The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-11

| WOhOh OASOAlCu all duu dllcI OuG WhE /
it was the women who inspired the
hearts of tired, defeated ones with !
hope; the women who sought out
the lonely graves and rescued the
names of the silent sleepers from OBJ
llVion; the women who provided
homes for the destitute and raised |
monuments to the dead
Who but these same noble women
and their daughters and their grand
daughters now represent here the Unit
ed Daughters of fConfederacy?
To all this we have been eye wit.
nesses, receivers of the benefits as 1t
were, and what man is there with
soul who does not love, honor and re-
verence them for it?
But this work is still going on.
They have not yet concluded their la
S Dor of love and the list of good works
is growing larger day by day; and
after generations will have the full re-
K cord of their work and will esteem
+. them accordingly, and in ;the long
after years their history will be read
by the people of this land with partic-
ular pride and the story of their devo-
tion, mellOwed by age, will be told in
> every household, and to be decend-
ant of one of these noble women will
: be title of nobility of the truest kind.
IS Under the auspices of this organiza-
E tion we have met to decorate the
" graves of our dead who are buried here
r. and to commemorate the virtues of
p. them all
=. Today we remember them without
=, distinction-from the Atlantic Coast
= TO the Mexico border-from the Gener
- al in chief to the rawest recruit in the
. private ranks, all, all are remembered
60 alike and all are honored in their sta
ton. While on this day all over tn,
Southern country crowds are gathered
in cemeteries strewing the grave
IN with flowers and reverently reading
at the names carved upon the headstones
cn let us not forget the lonely mounds ol
D. the hillsides and in the quiet valleys il
me sparsely settled regions where ono
lst sae armies were.
Let us call to mind those who la
me in these forgotten spots awaiting tn
W. sound of the universal reville
las Though they may have lost thei
ny lives in picket skirmish or in som
ne hand to hand encounter with ambush
ro- ed foes and their names may have beer
'aO lost forever, yet they are still part o
our glorious dead and some of tn
90 most daring and heroic deeds wer
ou done oy the unknown heroes.
In- Let us cherish the memory of ther
is- all. Let us see that their history i
truly handed down to posterity, an,
m while we would not here provoke con
VI troversy, we can all rejoice in the con
'es ISOLATION that Notwithstanding thei
Oe- defeat the march of events is surel,
developing the fact that their struggl
nd and sacrifice was not in vain.
gh The lessons of adversity well learn
it ed are more profitable than the arrC
lily CANT teaching Of prosperity TIL
res principles of constitutional govern
al. ment which our soldiers sought to e,
cir tablish in separate organization ar
OF still as dear to the hearts of thei
cir children and survivors.
us An overfuling Providence denie
as their desire that their devotioAs t
'eo those principles, consecrated by tn
enl blood of SO many noble ones should |
iae given wider field and be at the Sc
US vice of the whole country, and the
rVS are now the nucleus around whic
nd rally all those who would maintai
mo the doctrines and motives that actua
Ihe ed the founders of this republic, whic
er- doctrines and motives are the hope
the world
ner So in our sorrow there is the glow {
eA- pride our grief is not unmingle
erS with satisfaction and our hope is sti
strong within us.
'ne And in the same spirit that actuatC
ase those who fought for the South Y
lea stand facing the future serene in Il
confidence that right will 6nall
'ue triumph, and with hearts for whatev
my duty may be ours in the worlds wol
ia and progress.
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