The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-21
Mrs. Lees Report,


The following is the report read by
Mrs. ]. c. Lee as Vice President for
Alabama at the convention of Confed-
Grated Memorial Associations in Nash
VILE:
History is not only a tell-tale but a
prophet. 1t has a two-fold life-in
memory and in hope. 1t contains the
elements of evolution. as well as rev
olution since the pith and marrow of
its interest lies in the tireless labor of
nose from whom the present takes its
If the noble deeds of our Southern
soldiers in the Titanic struggle of four
years or civil war, have made eternal
history; and enrolled their names high
up In the panthenon of Immortality so
too has another army of noble workers
given emphasis to their heroic deeds
and perpetuated their memories
through the tireless. but loving iabors
Association.
Though great and good work has
been done by the Independent memorial
organizations of the various Southern
states 1t had long been manifest that
stu stI,t greater and more permanent re-
grand central Confederation of all the
SoutSCrn Memorial organizations. This
was accomplished in 1900 largely
through the individual efforts of Mrs.
Lizzie Pollard, President of the Memo
rial Association of Fayetteville. ARK
We greet you today with cordial affec-
ton and rejoice that so many of our
precious mothers of the Confederacy
are present, and we also tender our
grateful Acknowledgement to the in
spirer of this movement. Mrs. Julia
Garside WEIGH, which was taken up by
mother, whose loyal memorial to To
the veterans and their acceptance. res
cued the memorial women from obliv-
the wisdom and foresight of our Asso-
citation in the selection of that peerless
and resourceful woman, Mrs Behan
our honoIed President, who, like the
Waterman on the tower of Israel Meth
er slumbers nor sleeps on the interest
of our beloved Confederate cause She
warns of approaching danger and holds
aloft the Southern soldier as the ideal
our children and in our schools, owing
to her untiring labors, our names will
also be placed along with the veter-
ans, to live In history as Memorial
Confederate women" The very name
breathes an atmosphere of sacrifice.
courage, love, devotion to duty. No
grander title than Confederate woman
1t is the insignia of purity, truth. he
roic courage and having walked
through fire and blood in the cause,
"semper Fidelis." Ills said that in ali
the vastness of by-gone ages there is
no record that will bear comparison
with the unexampled heroism. the I'm
1 =
and the unspeakable tolls and sacrifices
endured and displayed by Southern wo-
| men, during the four years ordeal of
1re through which they passed and
which won for them from the lips of
an enemy that splendid tribute, THE
men OF the South may be overcome
put the spirit of her women is invinci-
pie, and when all was over and moth
! ing remained but devastated fields end
ruined homes, her undaunted c1ura Re
CLEANED forth like a diamond crushed
and ground to powder by the mills of
| the gods with it's particles ali scat
tered, vet glistening in beauty, even in
the aust OF misfortune and her match
| less fidelity shone in the surrounding
gloom, with the brilliancy of the stars
in the ebon vault of night - These
GLORIOUS memories are precious to us
devoted mothers, there is still a great
work for us that will bind us heart TO
heart and soul to soul forever. and we
must press on to the end Confederate
monuments to build. observance ,of
DECORATION Day. preserve the relies and
archives of the Southern federation
teach our children the faiths. the tradiI
TONS and the legends Of our beloved
southland in the beautiful language Of
the gifted soul who has passed into
the great beyond The fame OF the
Confederate women, like a vestal lamp
is lighted up, and IL shall burn with
the world for its temple, and the fair
assemblies of the earth shall trim it
with their praises"
After my return from New Orleans.
where l had the honor to be elected
Flce-President for Alabama for this or