Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-26

on the Old Camp Ground,'' . after
which Mr.. Henry Lee spoke as fol-
lows, in Introducing the speaker Of
the occasion:
Judge Walter Clarke, in his dedi-
cation Of the History of North Caro-
are inscribed to the heroic women of
North Carolina, who inspired our
soldiers by their faith in God; by
their magic influence and immeasur-
able good works; and to their Daugh-
ters, whose unbroken fidelity has
preserved the fame of our glorious
State-inscribed to them, too" And
it is some of these same fair daugh-
ters, always faithful, who have met
here this afternoon to commemorate
the natal day Of that soldier and
commander, who in every walk OF life.
proved to be the grandeSt character
this country has ever known AS
husband and father, he was kind and
affectionate; as soIoier and leader,
fearless and wise; s.s teacher, just and
merciful; as cit,z,l, with Christian
faith so sublime u /; all the ends he
aimed at WeIe his conntry's, Gods
and Truths.
These noEle daughters have also
selected speaker, and have
asked me to int duce him, but
that. is n,edIess, for you all
know him we'll But I want
to tell you Ii, ready he has ever
been to ans\ ,NeIy request, even
without Nc, o say a word Of
praise for l1ederate soldier,
living anG o.. in their behalf
/ thank vet. Crimson, for it.
So, your pal dis detention,
you will nov III in his own
delightful wa Aoautiful Ian
guage and elot. Cs, tell OF the
deeds and heIl +tI cur South
lands idol & al Robert E.
Lee, I present &C. scs. l.. Robin
son.
Col. Robinson spoke as follows:
Miss Collier, President, and
members of Thos. Rufin Chap
ter Daughters of the Confed-
eracy:
Confederate Veterans:
Ladies and gentlemen-and
children, too, for it is here the
children shall bestlearn, through
these memorials, the meaning
and the purpose of the South's
reverence for it's Confederate
memories:
No honor could come to me that
feel I would appreciate so high
ly as the privilege OF standing in
such a presence as this, at the in
Vitation Of Southern Womanhood,
to give expression to my sentiments
upon the Lost Cause and the men who
made it immortal and not the men
alone all honor to you, Confederate
Veterans! you battle-scourged heroes
who so fearlessly followed a banner
| that was conquered only in the ex-
haustiOn Of glory, in cause that was
lost only in immortality! for while
| you and your dead but deathless COM
rades in that terrible crucible of war
sized up to gigantic stature measured
| by deeds that make men colossal,
yet not less gloriously will history
| record the matchless herOism Of the
| Immortal women of the Southern
| Confederacy, who in the suspenseful
solitude of their homes, in the desc
lation of their ruined hearthstones,
in wars rude alarms, and even in
the red shock of battle, played
the part of the Spartan mother, wife
or sweetheart. Co-partners with you
were they in the stress and tragedy
of those four terrible years: the deep
est travail of their coun fry's desper-
ate ordeal was theirs; they eagerly
made sacrifices that canOnized
saints would have shrunk from, and
in it ali, and since it all, they were
and have been fonnd faithful as
Ruth.
The memory of a heroic wife
mother or sWeetheart's parting bene
diction may have made Leonidas
fearleSsly facing the Persian hosts il
the pass of Thermopylae immortal.
There will not go sounding dow1
the ages the farewells of Southern
mothers, wives or sweethearts tt
, their loved ones departing for bat
tie, but that they were to the Con
: federate Soldier an abiding inspi
l ration to heroic endurance and al
unfailing source of sublime cour
) age, we are proud to believe Al
I honor, too, then, to the women. Q
the Confederacy!
There is no parallel in history fo
: the hero whose fame we have com
= : together today to commemorate. N
1 otner land or age has furnished
}, man Whose genius in peace as we
= as intrepid valor in war was CON
parable to Lees; and especially wa
he the embodiment of the South
e ideal of true manhood and nobility
= He was the highest type of the so
. dier, citizen, statesman and Christian
His noble spirit was bloom from th
:. cherished traditions of generations