The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
MEMORIAL DAY PRESENT AND
FuTuRe.


The gallant soldiers from the south
land who followed Lee. Jackson and
Gordon in the dark days Of the sizties
ana fell in The task, we're not forgot
ten in Brunswick yesterday
While It is true the old time custom
was not followed out in It's entirety
The ladies. Gcd bless them, who een.
orally with tender hands and loving
hearts. bedeck the graves 81 She
fallen heroes were, for some rea.
son, absent At the same time
time those comrades who stood
on The firing line, were there and they
very lovingly remembered their ola
comrades With the best floral tributes
they could command. The seeiuaion
of the hot house Of mammon @as not
disturbed costly exotics and prIacely
tokens Of the paid florist were eonspic.
oous for their absence. In all OF the
arrangements Of the day there was no
evidence Of the presence Of the new
idea Of show and display no furaaovs
and frills.
on tho other hand small remnant
.of tbat gallant army who FOR four
long years challenged the admiration
|of The civilized world, left their homes
aud their aresides 10 pay tribute q
those u their clan, who sacriaco9
their lives IN the most brilliant pas.
.sages at arms that ever emblazonaa
.the pages Of history
| we are not here to pass uDon the
differences that at this time seem to
divide the two ORGANIZATIONS. left WIN
.us TO remind we Of this age OF those
dark days, away back In the sixties
that tried che souls Of men. Indeed
we would be lacking in the matter Of
appreciation IL we did not accord 10
both Of them, certain degree or cor
rectness in their respective contcn.
lions.
And we are INDUCING the hope chat
ere another memorial day shan have
glonfod time with its arrival. that
Ian Of these discords will have been
resated 10 The past Aye, this is nor
the time Cor disunion. we have ia hand
q trust handed to US by tradition re-.
yered by countless noble souls in all
christendom, who understand the ma.
ture Of The heritage and arc at ar
tInes ready to do honor to Il and to
aee that others do not bcsmirch fs
proud escutcheon, which always has
and always viii be the privilieed boast
lnr Tue gravost people in all the world.
50 on this day the day after tho
dead confoderates have been houorea,
we offer flag Of truce not the msig-
MIA Of error. not the confession Of NAL,
Ice Or intended intrigue. not the surren.
der Of single principle held by eitlr
or party. But as token to the dead
those who gave their lives and their
all for the very cause, we now pretend
to honor for those we speak.
let's bury deep IN Oblivion all scars
ooeasloRed by the present discord
between the Ladies' Memorial Assocjr
ton and the Confederate Veterans
Association. Ours is a loftier duty
than the finding of fault WITH oaeh
other. Let's take up the beautiful les
sona taught by the soldiers Of the
confederacy and weave them IN beaa.
|'iful fashion into the very wooF of
.our lives, seeing only the blue SLY
.of friendship tender clear inlmeas
ureable.
+ there in all the Nights Of imasi
nation a nobler conception Of dety
chan Is contained in The case outlined
aboFe2 We believe not and We are
persuaded that all parties at interest
win take this matter seriously ana
remedy the evil that detracted 10 mn
terially from yesterdays program 81
honoring our dead.
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