The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-14
WORDS or DIXIE GOOD ENOUGH ron
GENERAL CABELL.
COMFORT FOR SOLDIERS
Whether Fighting In the bitches or
Sitting Around the Camp Fire.
Let Old Dixie Alone.

At the meeting of Confederate
Veterans at Fort Worth last Sunday
the following communication from
Gen. W. l.. Cahell OF Dallas to Mrs.
W. NJ. Campan of Florence, Ala. was
read:
Il am a Confederate soldier proud
Of his record proud of the record OF
tfsa brave soldiers OF the Confederacy
who served with me and under me
In more than fisy aard-fought bat
Ties. | am proud OF this glorious
southland OF ours. ] am proud of
that glorious old song. Dixie and
the Battle Hymn of the Confeder-
aey. which was great comfort and
almost food TO the old Confederate
soldiers, when sitting around their
camp fires on the eve of battle. with
out food or shelter Yes. am pround
ot II, and / am religously and con-
setentiously opposed TO the changing
the dot of an Z or the crossing of a
.t' in that glorious song. consider
that | would be guilty OF saerilege
mat ] would be dishonoring the dead
heroes of the Confederacy, who are
blankets. on more than a hundred
1attlefields from the Atlantic TO the
Rocky Mountains Our greatest So /
Lac" and pride is In the glorious mem
0ry OF the past My dear madam. I J
am opposed to any change and win |
continue 30 object You had as well !
expect me to take down from the wall
the portrait OF my old mother. who
n h.ss3 IN, nd 4
other brothers on southern food. and /
with tears streaming down her
cheeks sent six sous to war. and cus
Il To pieces, because she was not |
dressed ia the modern STYLE: to re-
pudiate my noble old gray-headei /
father, who al the age Of - shoulder
ed his gun on the 10th day of April,
1851 and marched down through the
streets of Danville, Va, behind a
drum and fife playing Dixie, when
Mr.. Lincoln issued his first proela-
nation
No negro dialect was observed
or thought of, bat for every roll of
the drum and the shrill note of the
fife, noble son OF glorious old Vir-
Elnia was enrolled Thank God il
was the same In every southern state
and while these brave Virginia boys
were enrolling. the prettiest young
women Of that state We're singing
Dixie These pretty southern wo-
men never thought Of the great dIf-
terence between singing Old Mlssus
Married Bin the Weaver. or the more
refined dialect. William the Weaver.
No let our glorious old Dixie
alone Let the old Confederate sell
dier, the unpaid soldier OF immortal !
principles, who was true TO the south !
and who fought for four long years.
badly fed, badly clothed. badly shod 4
and badly armed-the best fed. the /
best clothed and the best equipped .
army in the NoFld--en JOY the mem
ory OF his glorious deeds aud the
memory of glorious Dixie, without
single Tine or word unchanged II
is this Dixie our brave old soldiers
fought under. IL IL this Dixie that
thousands OF our best soldiers died
under. he~ring It's glorious words
Mr Lincoln said that he had
captured Dixie. but IL took four long
4 ears Of bloody war aud thousands Of
brave soldiers Killed before in could
he done No matter whether cap N
tufed or not. glorious old Dixie Will II
inspire more enthusiasm aud more
patriotism than any other song ever
written. II viii. IKE the name and
fame OF our glorious President JEFF
ferHon Davis. 60 sounding through n
the Halls of Time. thousands OF years \
after all th@ other songs have been
forgotten. aud lost sight of Then l
let old Dixie alon@' And when
am lflng IN my grave wrapped In my
old gFay coat ptaSwpd IN = dozen
plases with YankM bullets. and II
Sh@n the man of God is through. lei
tue Daughters Of the Seufh. the prws. 4
ftsss and the most glorious women
es earth. sing 'Dsxse. mo that ny
spirit may De taken to heaven 20
join my osd comrades who have gone
before
wishina yoa and all ths ladies' of
roar ehaGAsF groa health and long
and hmuty ste and that yon mAy !
euBtsaue - pea after he dtmahlen
and helpless ID Confederate soldiers.
their wtauwm snt orphans FOR many
seaF@ 20 CORE ! arm. wffh hgah re-
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