The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-15

| BID us follow IT as braveiy IN peace MS VIZ
BE- our ootlsecrRtsd task ID rebuild tia fafitr
walls Of our prosperity. Z.
,nen who fought against Us 2 me .sptl,sn'
ns ps ssf na mi. 0nn Il nov ono fe Al III
dsH9lubla tfnion OF lndestruetible States. we
IT. loyal to ts starry was sap
fathers first unfurlsd It 70 the breeze. II was
a nSSrn Il ass ssnes pa MSy hssn.a
soldier. George Warrington. That finally %.
assn u III dsess n Tho spans
war, and should occasion require, we pledge
our llyes shd our sacred honor to defend
will the descendants Of the Pnrltans And
yet. to-day while that banner Of the Union
Sief oyay Drss ,sT ef ~ the o. s
Of the Southern contcderaoy. Strange as i
may s seen, t. one who does not unders.H 2,
banner...tlie bar.ror Of ihe stars and stripes.
ss asss Ct tfs'ss saGn as'
memory Of the Stars and Bars There is In
our hearts double loyalty to-day; n loyalty
the southern cross upon it's fiery folds. We
enshrtned 4 in the s sacred ark Of our Ms love;
and we VIII honor y and cherish It ever:
morc--not now as political symbol. but as
the .cconsecrated emblem OF an heroic epoch;
as tho sacred memento OF day that u
dead; as the embodiment OF memories that
will be tender and holy as long as life shall
last
IL, "Ls. no. our w-eountrymsn Of TIL.
MsT sa bsna The ss.es Of ea ns rsst that
pel.petuaia hostility. 70 Great Britain, much
erected and will yct erect, In our southland
to the memory Of our dead heroes Gre no.
Int CID to ss assen
other parts Of the Union, s.: but these
in simple loyalty to the best and purest do.
forgets it, heroic dead Is already dying at the
heart; and we believe It will make for the
?, strength and the Story q the United States
be perpetuated. generation after generation.
Yes We honor, and We bid our children honor.
| iand-that inspired the men OF 81. and 1t Is
our prayer and our hope that. as the years
sattins SUM- the moon and the 's stars Wintes
the children % our southland loyal to The
years Of strife: loyalty worshipplng at the
shrine Of the splendid manhod q our her Is
womahhood. whose fortltude and whose en-
DURANGO have challenged the admiration OF
the world. Then. when the united republic.
children and our chidren's children. will
+ rally to the call, and enuatins the fidelity
4 the confederaes, viii sird : the Stars > and
\ Stripes With an inpenetrablc rampant Of
4 steel.
nut It Is not the dead alone whom ".
i honor here today. We hail the presence OF
the survivors Of that tremendous conflict,
como from all over tho south1fron from the
T! patapsco and the Potomac. the James and
In tnr1i a hn nd -fror,
seashore, from the E,ilf. from the Blue Ridge
and the Alleghanies.to pay, your tribute 70
I laid down their lives for It. May I. on behalf
! of this great assembly on behalf Of the whole
sen oet yo as %s
| ed survivors OF a great epoch and a glorious
struggle is Ie Y, !, 4, Is,
your comrades and your fellow southcrncrs,
should honor you. But not we alone. Your brave
e Tn pur Of
az they have always recognized the splendor
OF your ralor.
his sympathy Is given 70 the North no longer <.
the e honesty q your PURPOSE and
the glory OF your gallant struggle against
superior numbers and resources Most q you
title OF distinction. You We're private soldiers.
but see round your hrows the anreoie OF
SPerryvilIe Afulfrecsboro, Shiloh Chlckanauga
In the NeSs and sensn pnes
Charlottesville. Gettysburg. the Wilderness
and Cold IIarbor, in the East
breasts to the foemans steel. You have shown 4
the world how the defeats Of var I'M may be
tgpes1 m n9 he
tain disaster and yet survive and win the
applause Of the world. In those terrible years ears
e en- the e. sentiment q the poet. Mersus
"out of the depths Of the bitter flood q
reconstruction the South emerged. through
your fortnde through y9pr patience through
your old age. They cherish the memory OF
heirloom to their children's children. You
are not pensioners on the bounty OF the Union.
G1s ~ net
faced poverty as bravely as YOU faced the
cannon's mouth, and so II salute you, ms the
carved for YOU place in the Temple OF Fame,
They will not be forgotten-,the world WI,
no, 1Drk n thu Military SCHOOLS Of Europe yes
and Mt West Point
At the conclusion OF the address the
convention, after making the election
OF officers the special order for to-mor-
row at 10 A.. NJ. adjourned until to-
morrow at 9 a. M.
Sons IN Session.
Tho United Sons OF Veterans met in
Watkins Hall this afternoon The dele
gates were called to order by Command
ant Dewitt, Of the Joe Johnston Camp.
of Nashville Colonel Dewitt delivered
an address Of welcome, to which United
States Senator William 3, Bates re-
sponded. General Bates said that the OBJ
jects OF the organization were to per-
petuate the history Of the Confederacy.
to see that 1t remains untarnished. He
and the other veterans. the General
said, would not be here much longer and
that the Sons would soon be called upon
to preserve history. He made a plea
for the preservation OF Southern songs.
Mrs. Kate Lytton Hickman. " Nash
VILE, welcomed the Sons on behalf Of
the Daughters at the confederaoy. She
was followed by Colonel BIscoe Hlndman,
OF louisville. past commander In
graceful speech. Colonel Hlndman re-
ferred to tho fact that while so many OF
the old veterans were crossing the river,
1t was beautiful to know that they We're
Joining such men as Lee. Stonewall
jackson and that nature's noblemnn,'