New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-02-28
rIIRDAY. FEBRUARY 2S. l9Vo.

h ~r11. 9EH1, - 1shA,
n.,' """j1os ,'"$e'4rr S,.! Of -
\ " WIN 't~ r'..s States. + Se'ara. and
sign. g. ~rrr. S|"' "ftte ;a1. ~ "e"4l that
'ss n,: sa.s ma, ): 70. q. JHr" S1 "n'1
the discretion Of the y - tL III ANU
Trus, cor, that hene'h- ehe ''F''-
nit ,a.,,,rers If war should be dls-
Sc 1 ,ha ,.a,eming nobleneS> or
,,n re Federal and Confedera''i
aioneat a reciprocal confidence sh'"''
ated. .oidifv aud pnrifv our po'''''"'
and if. and. finally, that, as one ID,
a'oni an we should become one pe"i''V'
@ sefln' II is not too much to say 'l"'
sEois larger significance of the ''a
acted i. struosle of forty years ago Is
busin ow understood and appreciated
rated throughout the Union. Recently
na Aapd especially within the last It"
thar wears, the feeling has oee''"'
lnrststrono among thinking men every
day, Ahere that III 'the 'rrepfess'o'e
Coutk :, ,nfiict" both NorthernefS anu
"a ,,,borners "defended the right
\ snIs God gave them to see 'he r'sh''
Ill .,d that it was in the lnscrutaoie
ret wisdom of Providence that Tue
lo..I pure purposes of the South were
,..d and her brave armies were
nii-verwheimed
q ALa ) with these feelings ano
4 thirds yqgs kindred to these 'n"'
VT: n,ericaus of the South are looking
Fl forward to the next annual fe"hiol
~ Of Confederate Veterans. Inc ~
ID ,,, Committee is actively at WORK
Ne n Annie preparations are making Il
ieeti raceive the hosts Of ex-Con1edera'e
that will soon converge upon Ne'
r., Orleans from every section OF th
IT.. Union. The people OF this o''
n top hone and expect that the grim me
N th IN gray who forty years ago II"
or ! periled all for their coun'ty-a'
regretted not that they lmpefi'e
yoU twill! come, in large number,
sher,s' this hospitable old City Of ours al
ne ne, the '"'s .h honadiction of the
as mi III tcCoi y hN' nv, !.
w." grateful countrymen. Inc ud
ao'o cot for the reunion draws ne'
.n' We want the venerable and vel
IN rated heroes-the thin gray II
iatiCa, rated le'o's rorv v,
fond, What is growing thinner every y
'he ma, r. move with martial tread OF
mt. more through the streets OF
h'-->-auolis Of the South ff
,.,...n States or-A her neighbour
los'esTexas and ArEsn,ssi Alaba'
dea ie of rar1hg is way zee .na Florida T;
,ut in linas, Georgia, Kentucky and Nj
, theI and, and from the more dis
iod oil Northern and Eastern States
ent which Southerners have, since
,e weri war, found congenial homes
beenj, enduring reputation-from e1
e,ested point in the Union, we desire
omntlH ex- -COnfederates and the sons
Ia. THE daughters Of x-Confederates s.
voupg, come to New Orleans.
- and In the impressive process
war de- will be men who represent the sp
willing did soldiery of the South that
mating ready at the call of duty-and
cognHe ready still-to fight valiantly
fouYht to die without murmer. Men '
sholld fought not for fame, not for
wv clar pire, not (thank God y for mon
she pat but for friends aud kinsmen,
t"=-he home and country In reflect
no ian upon what the Confederate solo
hislfe was, as well as npon what he d
nlssand the people of New Orleans hi
nv rom highly resolved that the reunion
,yi was this year shall be the most int
v the esting, the most impressive d
1ded at the most successful of all that h'
been held by the heroes in gr
lf the The organization of the United CT
this. fcderate Veterans, has, it is tr
ricans reached, if it has not passed,
led to zenith. Its meridian splendor-l
nee of force and the fire that once inner