Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-06-16

Kentucky troops in the Confederate
army is one of the finest things in
the history of our race. Not only dis
owned by the nation. but exifed from
their state with nothing to lure them
on but the high claim of principles for
which their fathers fought before them.
With everything already lost that meu
count precious. and a forlorn and
swiftly falling hope before them. they
battled TO the end with a stubborn
courage that never knew defeat. We
We're fighting for our homes and fire
sides; but these Kentucklans were
fighting for US because theyloyed our.
cause better fbo,. ~
.u IS Impossible for c0nfe5erates
standing on kentucky soil not to re-
rlember that from this commonwealth
came the Two leaders of the contend
ing nations. Here was born the pa
tient, frontier lawyer. trained in the
hard school of diversity, who, in the
hour of fate, was to stand at the TO-
Gus of the world. who was to give TO
history a new ideal of greatness and
to die at last like Caesar at the ze-
NTH of his fame. sealing his immor-
tality with death whose tragic pathos
will move the hearts of men forever
Here, also was born the pure and
stainless gentleman who stood at the
helm of the sinking Confederacy. the
one and only ruler of brave people,
who failed in a mighty struggle for
constitutional liberty as they under
stood 1.-THE chained captive at Fort
ress Monroe, the exile. the gray haired
Notwithstanding to the last the
the cause of his gallant people-the best
loved of all Kentuckys mighty sons
Not Clay, in the hour of his glory: not
lincoln I'm the hour of his passing
were ever lowered with the love and
devotion which We're given TO this
brave old man. whose white soul was
the mark for every shaft that passed
over the people of the south The
south wrapped him living In the man.
tie of her love. and poured upon his
tomb an offering of tears she never
gave to Washington. And when her
hear shall at last cease to beat there
viii be found craven upon it the name
OF Jefferson Davis.
One of the reasons why the Confed-
eracy FAILED WAS that it's supply OF
Kentuckians was insufficient The his
torian of the United States Is accus-
toned to picture to himself a united
north contending with a united south
for supremacy-the true picture is OF
a united north contendIng against a
divided south. The slave holding states
gave 10 the armies of the Union more
than hall as many soldiers as they gave
TO the armies of the Confederacy. With
her ports all sealed not only was the
a.
al the world for men and supplies. but
the south was fighting her own sons.
In the Union armies there were 335.-
293 white soldiers from the south and
1881 negro soldiers. The south fur
nj he'd about one-eseventh of the army
which fought against her. so that it
would appear from the record that the
south played no insignificant part in
preserving the union of the states.
We have taught our children TO
honor the flag of our reunited coun-
try. Ia the Spanish war we sent our
sons and grandsons to follow the flag
thlt our forefathers filled with stars.
and To which we now again give our
unstinted loyalty. Best OF all. we re-
stored our beloved land as an inte-
gral part Of the Union of our fathers |
With MS now. all passion and bitter
ness has passed away
The venerable Simon Boliver Buck |
ner. who IS approaching his eightieth |
year, was heartily greeted and deliver
ed a speech which would have done
credit To a man half his age.
Lieutenant General w. L. Cahell. |
commander Of the Transmississippi d.
Vision. Was helped to the platform by |
many willing hands. and his appear
ance was the signal for a prolonged |
outburst of handclapping.
The reception accorded General Joe