The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-16

waschfei as a Roman vestal on duty. cbedient to authority as q servant. as royal in authority is q King. v
 Ses wss sse sns des Of os GSa the the Confederate soldier. In proportion ! to the ratio Of genius culture, power ideal elements of character of the great Robert E. Lee. Certainly. for l and devotion. the Confederate soldier l history When it is remembered that ! inJ addition to the 600,000 foreigners and negroes enlisted in the Federal I army that there were more than x.eyv.- | ican, while of the Confederate soldiers l there were not more than 600,o0o ano | when 1t is further remembered that the | sources and sympathy of the civiiised world and that 1t took four years to | overcome the resistance Of the Con federate armies some little idea is evolved as to the valor of the Conked- crate armies and the Confederate sol dier. is1E
 fon foiiowed Tar are % an indissoiuple union. uni versal freedom and the birth of new commercial and industrial South. These results were impossible without the war and in them the Confederate Therefore. when tried by the justice of his cause, the valor with which he low. inc confederate soldier stands to- day and will forever remain in sistory the peer Uf any American in patriotism. his equal upon the field of battle and without a peer in sacrifice, fortitude. endurance and suffering. This proud heritage Is given to- the South which as an Inspiration to his sposterity Will be of greater value than the business T. rvbf sentiment of abolition and to the prin- cipie of an indestructible union. thus l bringing into contempt the constitution of his pecuniary interests. As pa- triots and soldiers and veterans of 9 | righteous but Lost Cause we greet you and upon the part of the whole state | give you hearty and cordial welcome Hon. Pat J. Lyons. Mayor of the city of Mobile, then delivered the follow | ing address of welcome on behalf of
 Lyons Welcomes Veterans.
 | Confederate Veterans, Ladies and | Gentlemen | The warm hearted and hospitable | peop.s of Mobile. for whom I have the l hoonr and pleasure to speak, are every l ready both to welcome and to honor all | veterans who have sacrificed their per | sonal welfare for what they believed to | be the good of their country, and since | you are Confederate veterans. you have our love as well as our respect. We have always been proud of you, but we have not always been proud of our selves. But we may now say for our people, that the pride with which we extend to you welcome, is not only a pride in that which you have done. but a pride in that which we ourselves are doing, for the time has just come when the people of Mobile can invite her visitors to pause for a few moments upon her highways and watch her | great deal of eradication to be as- ! sured by the present prosperity and up- | building of this. and other cities of the South. that you have lived to see the South recover. fndustrtaiiy at least from the effects of the struggle in which you suffered. whatever may be the present gloom of her political situa- tion-
 i But. gentlemen. you must not for get that you were not the only heroes of the civil War. Indeed. have often thought that those who suffered most patiently, who endured the great est hardships. who have exhibited the most herotsm, never shouldered gun' and, was about to say, never had on a straight jacket, but l expect that in this day of tailormade gowns had bet ter omit this expression. It was the woman of the South, raised in plenty, educated in ease and devoted to their children. who accepted poverty, endur- ed hardships. and buckled the swords upon their only sons, who were the truest of her patriots.
 Never was there an exhibition of 1 such devotion, of such unselfesh patriotism. And If we may judge from their daughters who are here as your sponsors and maids of honor, the wo- men of the South are today as gentle, | as devoted, and as heroic as were their stand that no body of women, however beautiful and admirable, can hope to excell that noble generation of South ern women. The number of reunions of the Confederate Veterans which will take place in the future must neces- sarily be few. It will not be many years before the generation of the Civil War will have passed away. As each year passes the reunion of the Con- federate Veterans becomes more inter- esting.
 must assure you, gentlemen, that the welcome which our people extend to you is not an empty formality. We are glad to see you. and we hope to make your stay pleasant one and one long to be remembered.
 Hon. O. J. Semmes for thirty years judge of the City Court of Mobile and a son of Admiral Raphael Semmes of veterans of Mobile County, then spoke as follows:
 Speech of semmes.
 Mir. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen | l nave been selected to welcome you. on be- half of the old Confederates of Mobile To extend to you, in their name a well come to our beautiful city. a thrice heartfelt welcome to their homes and families. This I do with the greatest satisfaction and pleasure, full well knowing that he who worthily wore the grey is pre-eminently entitled to a foremost place in the esteem and af. fections of the Southern people and that kindness and hospitality extended will be appreciated, ever cherished never ignored nor abused. Why have you been invited to Mobile? Why are we gathered here? Why futterinE banners. fife and drum. brave mems approval and fair yomen's smilesi Why this magnificent cosmopolitan au- dience? I understand that the purpose of our annual State reunions is not that we may advance new arguments or adopt new ideas as to our past ac- tions We believed that our cause was just, that belief remains unshaken The argument Is at an end. We meet that we may cause to burn more brightly the comradeship of long ago
 to recount with laughter or signs tho recollections of the days when we were united by ties born around the peace full camp fires, while preparing for the awful, tragic drama about to be un- folded. ties that by reason of the touch of elbows during many desperate charges, have become binding and hal. lowed, to continue unbroken so lone as life shall last; to show to the world in an unmistakable manner. that we are justly proud of the part we enact ed; to recall the heroic deeds of. anC drop the silent tear to. our comrade. sleeping their eternal sleep on camp. ing grounds made immortal by theil chivalric conduct: and with friendly