Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-08-07
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70 The Confederate Veter-
ans at the Reunion by
Miss Columbia Redfearn.
aThis Years Graduate
of our High School.

Confederate Soldiers. l am glad
that the first talk OF my lie of thi.
nature Is 10 be made in behalf OF q
cause which should be dear 10 III,
hearts OF every true Southeruer.
There Is not only privilege VT
have, but. In my opinion, there Is a
duty which becomes each and every
one Of Us tn perform. and to perform
with pleasure and willingness. That
duty is 10 preserve the memory, In
the most substantial way. OF our
gallant snd brave Confederate sol,
der. We should be glad TO do
everything possible tor the welfare
and comfort of our soldier while he
Is here, and should be perpetuated
and handed on from generation 10
generation.
Let us then, in the first place. sec
what this Confederate soldier was.
Let us See under what conditions he
lived and fought. L1t Us 90 back
for moment. If you please. to the
beginning OF the war ana see this
youth as he leaves home Il 80 forth
TO fight until his cause should h.
won. Little did he then think it
would ever he termed The Lost
Cause"
This soldier left home under as
good condition AZ any volunteer
ever went forth to battle. CUmpa-
nies We're organized from the best
youth oithe community. They were
largely composed OF Young Men just
reaching the age OF manhood. This
soldier left mis- home with his sword
girded about him, rs 1t We're. fully
filed with the knowledge that his
cause was just and right and that
the loved ones at home would be
with him i'll every strGggle.
II is not n pleasant feeling when
men leave home for war, hut when
they are inspired by true sense OF
DUTY and a feeling that their cause
IS right, 1t is not strange that the
Confederate made one OF the most
gallant soldiers IN the history OF nay
tions.
4 man can fight and go forward
when he knows that at home Is a
dear old mother who is praying for
him and watching over him and
whose only thought Is that he may
be safely brought through every
tight with honor wrapped about
him. Do you ever wonder that u
man will push forward to the high
hst mark when he realizes that he
has the prayers OF dear mother for
Il bodyguard and n protection? II
vas under these circumstances that
the young soldier in the spring Oi
1861 gave up his home aud his loved
ones and sacrificed all for the love ot
this cause for which tie SO maululiy
fought.
The Confederate soldier was q far
superior fighter 10 the Union man.
His heart was IN the cause for which
he fought. while the Union soldier
was made and paid 70 fight. Tue !
Union soldier die not enter into the
tight as willingly as the Southerner. /
There were not SO many volunteers /
IN the North, but her n any couscript- .
ed men overcane us.
People sometimes speak Of the
Whipped South" We were not
whipped. but were simply overpow
cred By nun hers. You, Confederate
soldIels. were not whipped. Though
the cause for which you fought has
JAILED. yet you have gained an heri.
rage that time itself cannot strip
you o.! Those comrades who fell by
your side did not fail; for
They never fail who die in great
cause; |,
though years elapse and Others
share az dark doom,
hey but augment the deep and
sweeping thoughts
Which overpcwer all Others and {
conduct
The word az last 70 freedom" {
It's a noble thing to die for ones {
ountry. Those men who fell In the e
1reuos line Of battle were brave
zen. They died as heroes and the
,orld will recognize them as such. I
Srst c.ctzre :or moment ttsss il