The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-16
HEROES OF THE CONFEDERACY MADE
 WELCOME TO GULF CITY OFsALABAllA

dTouoeS dfl tn6 OAoGE amman .tQtktuCN$ and smothers virtue and charity: it places It's necessities above the laws of the land. even of God: tramplos up- on the rights of protesting peoples. tip ci.:i :saticn st..Id. sysast At the crimes
 Such was not the w,.r wagsd by the Confederate soldier. h.s waA inpelled. solely by sublime emotions and lofty Although his lovsd sou.hjaId was draped in mourning from ore end to the other; despairtng reS:sers enf.eb- led fathers. weeping widowa and de- hamlet and home. y1 he. with iron will. restrained the yearnings cf nat ural affcctisns anc with fixed, unal- fsrsDis ssna de,esiaation ess,S nsrly1d ,o ae- as the symb.d of libss.y. of justice or die in the effort: what he did Is of the past, buried beneath tie snows of ses sSundsr essas sons sspss so the brave of ssia nations ard ars writ ten onfthe brightest pages of history. The, cause for which he fought, the memory of the dseds done in that cause will ev3r ltse. eyer grow bright CT. What are thay? My countrymen, with imagination's eye we view pan lated homes: the wild rush of horsemen as they go laundering to the charge, sometimes to victory. sometimes to death; the roaring guns. bursting grape and canister of a hard-pressed but danntless battery about to be overrun by the oncoming force. cam noneerH dead or dying all around. still the fight goes on; a gun boat with slip perry. gory decks and shattered sides, fighting, fighting till she goes down, then her gallant "tars" struggling for steady tramp of serried ranks of tat tered, gaunt, half-starved infantry hurling themseives time and time again against breastworks. defended by oth- flashing guns and cleaning bayonets of the one intermingling with those of the other in frantic. wild chaos until this beautiful. lovely world of ours be- demonium of hell: the soul sickening field hospital where blood besmeared surgeons, with bloody knives, sever arms and legs from fair-haired, bright eyed youths. fond mothers petted darl- ings. and grey-headed old men, the pride and hope and support of far-aways families; a beautiful girl. just begin- ming to blossom into young woman- checks. cheering her lover. by smiles and carese. to do or die; mothers, wives, sisters and sweethearts on every hiil- scs s sRS ii syesg siryns yis With With amos super human strength to keep down the l frantic. devouring anxiety for the fate | of the loved ones at the front, yet oray- ing, with bated breath, that those loved | and. at duty's call, strive and struggle to the bitter end, even to the death. But why go farther? Why attempt | to portray the heroism of the Conted- crate soldier on the battlenelds; his | sublime devotion to duty as he shiv- cred and starved on the lonely picket line on the snow-covered banks os the Potomac: his unquenchable patriotism as he law lying amid the red glare of l flashing musketry or in gloomy hpsps- taig It is impossible. The task is be- yoRSS the s3 gSwsss ssrSll Sf man ,m.x,nat,o, tsat | ever produced an enchanting fairy tale. ! soul-stirring romance or wild. reckless adventure by flood or field, would ut | terly fall were 1t to attempt to depict all that the Confederate soldier did, en- | dured and suffered.
 My comrades, while paying tribute to those who wore the grey let us not for while our enemies, those who wore the blue. for the greater their glory the greater yours, as 1t was their valor that made heroes of you. We, my comrades, were patriots, so were they, and 1t was this patriotism that impelled the people of the North and those of the South to engage in the most gtgan- tic and deadly war ot modern times; ; the States was indestructible and their | allegiance was, first, to that union. The other believing that the Union states and that on the dissolution of that compact their allegiance was. first. to their State. and so believing each, patriotically. defended their be. bloody war during which nearly half l a million men went down to untlmely graves. Patriots all. Heroes all. for l each found in the other foemen worthy of their steel, and best of all they were oil Ar,nartcans
 General Harrison then. with the as | sernbiaRe. read the tribute to the dead,
 as required by the Constitution of Ala | bama Division.
 Division, made an elaborate talk his remarks being informal
 l The Reply of Harrison.
 In acknowledging the greetings of Governor Cunningham who, he said, was the first son of Alaoama 1 to hheis ssess of the city, and Hon. O. ]. Semmes. son of the only Admiral of the Con
 federate navy, General Harrison said for himself and and haaoas Alabama coDferTed % to to | the fair women of Mobile, his heart | went out in gratitude inexpressible and
 to these he could only say. God bless
 General Harrison said he knew the cause of the Confederacy was riSnt
 one. It will live as long as time wilI last. Tribute grand and oeautlHLu1i t, ne
 paid to the soldiers home founded py Captain Jeff Falkncr. This, ne de- clared, was a monument greater thap any ever erected by mortal. Ills feI- erence to the unmarked graves or con l federate veterans was touchlne' aho l while he barred contributions at the State reunions, he urged upon all vet l erans to send a mite to aid in erecting a monument to those who dieu TUT the
 cause of the just. AL. ..-,.
 He laid great stress upon the work
 of the United Sons and said they were destined to record nPSn, n, t1e 9e,br pages o'
 Tn referring to the Spanish American | war. General Harrison laid great stress
 upon the fact that the South Lurnlsneo
 as many if not more heroes than the North He appealed to ms comrades l vors of the grandest army that ever | went forth to do battle for what they | knew to be right and just.
 l When he had concluded General liar
 rison introduced General Lee, who,
 when he arose, was greeted oy tne
 sndienca standing and cheering to the
 echo reneatIng the cheers even after the band had ceased.
 General Lees Remarks.
 rutsr General Lee found a Hull in
 q, annia1se. he said it was profoundly
 nIeasspt for him to be present on this ksc,ss1- occasion Not being an elo-
 n,,bpf sneaker he felt embarrassed. but
 before he ceased to speak ne found
 himself the hero or the oay, IT applause
 ,ras an attestation of the feeling Of
 his ,,s.t auu those in front and behind him.
 t stood in that mighty struggle at
 WJcLshura as commander after the
 death of the gallant dracy i ana anu IaT- gar