The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10
United Daughters
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Mrs. l.. M. Bashinsky was elected to ' the presidency. Mrs. wm. Bibb Folmar was elected to the second vice presi- dency.
 Upon motion q committee was named to consider a reception to Gen. John B. Gordon, commander of the U. c. v., who Is to lecture here in February.
 Upon motion the president was author ized to write to Mrs. Longstreet, widow of the illustrious Confederate general. expressing the sorrow of the Chapter at his death, and expressing. the sympa- thy ef the Chapter in hef berAave1nent. Thus the business meeting concluded, but this was followed by very enter taining literary program. the first num- Der of which was by Mrs. r. S. Wood. being her own piano composition of 'The Confederate Grey" a beautiful march which she has dedicated to the Daugh-
 ters. This was thoroughly enjoyed and as she struck the soul-stirring notes of
 Dixie" the assembly -aSose and stood until the last notes died away.
 Mrs. John Key Murphee gave @ very pretty reading song of the Chattahuo- chee by Sidney -Lanier.
 This was followed by the concluding number. vocal solo, by Mrs. James Murphres, When Love is-Gone," and be- ing heartily applauded. she responded in "Goodnight Sweet Dreams."
 After delicious refreshments the meet ing was adjourned. 3.S.
 Mrs. s. H. Elan, Corresponding Secre- tary. IF
 Troy, Ala, Jan. '. 1904
 Second Paper by Prof. McMorries. | During the war it was a custom with the young ladies of Perote to give, in the
 Institute, a social entertainment in honor
 of any young man of the Perote Guards
 returning home on furlough. On this oc- casion, as before, one was given in my honor. At this gathering plainly saw
 that the ladies were becoming Respondent Of our ultimate success in the war. They | tried to conceal this, but the fact was
 too patent. They had not of course abat- cd one jot or little of loyalty to the South. | No community in the South loved the
 cause more than this, so much so that
 at the beginning of the war it went as
 a popular jest that if Alabama did not
 secede, Perote would. It was with the
 deepest regret that found this state of
 affairs at home At the time I believed
 there was no substantial foundation for
 this despondency, and had no doubt what | ever of the final triumph of Southern
 arms. It seems to me now that was totally blind to plain facts before me. 1 It was thus with nearly every volunteer Of the Confederacy. especially those of 1851. But now the women who from start
 to finish had been the spirit of the war,
 seemed to be yielding to doubts. The incident made upon me a profoundly sad impression. but took them severely to I task about these doubts. for I was sone- what wrought up, and told them that If
 all Sopthern women were sharing their fears. this alarm would ruin our cause and declared with earnestness my un- | shaken faith in the success of our arms, 1 and that the fears of theirs were with 1 out foundation. And 1 then had no doubt | of the truth of every word uttered. When we look at the condition of the South at this time we wonder that any, body had hope. Our fields devastated l our cities and homes laid in ashes, hardly | family not mourning the loss of loved one by the war, thousands of our citizens | and comrades languishing and dying of starvation in cold Northern prisons our 1 lines being forced back by overwhelming | numbers of Federals, our own slaves arm ed against us, and our resources exhaust | ed
 But more than any one of these causes, and more than all others combined in fact,
 and one of which very little account has
 been taken had the most influence in
 lessening the war spirit of the South. For two years preceding the end of the
 war there had been growing impress
 sion-unfounded, of course-that we could
 return to the Union with all our rights
 and property--that the war was being
 waged solely for the preservation of the
 Union. This impression, owing to its
 origin mainly to the activity of such well
 meaning Northern friends as Vallandig-
 ham of Ohio, 1t did our cause more harm than Yankee bullets, for 1t encouragcu
 the hope of an honorable peace when
 none ever existed. Not until the Confed- crates laid down their arms was the fact
 apparent that the war. on the part of
 the Federal Government, had been wagcd from sectional hate. for conquest, despo-
 ltation and robbery. There would have
 been no surrender when there was, if
 even we had the faintest conception oS what that surrender involved. We dIG