The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
United Daughters @ 7he Confectionery

 As s:ss. SSss.se' for them in durancs So martyrs were. in ages black of cid. OFT Gods own Truth. in dungeonfl chained and barred; And spite of pique, and loss. and All hearts turned to them. leal and warm and strong.
 staunch. poveless. stern as headiand Against all blasts of jeer, or threat.
 or scorn.
 Tho man stood there. undreamine Though 'f faiiusFe miss' comez 5a1t,- to al, of wo-
 Then constsnt though by doubt,
 misjudgment tried.
 He crystalized his sacred Cause Tender aid true as Douglas lived in
 song,
 The tSranan MS%an licked ,ifsi beside the man Then. with those traits that to the
 great belong
 Sat near his tomb. lest he. like Christ.
 Wrote his iife's story. till her eyes Moved with calm tread and upward
 followed him.
 Then the new nation. born of that Saw sn the fa%e sripled on its ancient r'ms' ,5Ss,; ESxs and Justice to each ono had Life's lesson: Truth. the true can never
 shame.
 Fen some who'd carped or jeered,
 but could not prove
 Came to that doubled tomb with
 faith and love.
 rhef sns shs seavs seawbt' nation that had wept When tho man and woman both be. Looked stil for bond to hold them Of that brave ,' past, from which so few are left,
 It found the tie--as clear and strong as mild
 Truths msn.s lesasy; csy that Man and wo- ITO the past go more dear faces u,u Every year;
 In the eventide they meet us. Everywhere their sad eyes greet us | And to como to them entreat us Every year.
 We are called together today to per | form a sad duty: to pay due homa ge l to good woman--a woman whose ho. ri1on has known no limits same those of sorrow and suffering; pain and tears. Tn espirit of Mrs. varina Jef- ferson Davis has winged its way to that bright Empyrean where her dear. est, with their glad eyes. welcome her to that homo made without hands where there is sursease of pain and where all tears are wiped away. l I said that her horizon had no linn its save those of pain and sorrow, for her young life was passed by the side United States Senator from the great State of Mississippi. as Secretary oi War of the United States. as Governor of Mississippi Mrs. Davis ever moved in the circle of the great of earth And in all the brilliant scenes in which i she f1gured. she shone eminent, dis tirguished by her intellectual power her social tact. her courteous and gra- cious demeanor towards all the world and her homely domestic qualities re- served for the family circle where she presided. wife and mother, with equal grace and with equal success.
 And when the days of fraternal strife had come upon the South, with ma jestic heroism Mrs. Davis took hel place worthily among the saintly anG patriotic women of the South. ever fol lowing where duty called. as in danger and disaster and in acrimonious accu, ] sations and unjust complaints. she was ever the competent adviser. the loving consoler, the patient sufferer. the noble | patriot, the exemplary wife and mother For years she cheered and cherishe ed her great husband In hours of dark ness apd despondency. and when for him the end came. she, stricken to the heart. yet took up life's burden with courage and resolution. and lived out her life to tho end. A life of so years. full of honor and power and of work done; and of suffering and sorrow nobly borne. and now. at peace with all the world, she has joined her dearest and Is at rest in her Fathers house.
 E. s. Colstop.
 This letter Was written after a visit to Beauvoir by Mrs. Charles Percy. then Mary Stollenwerck. It was copied and read as request of Mobile Chapter, U. D. C.:
 Pass Christian. Miss, Sept. 5. 1889.
 We found the Davis buggy. a shaky, broken down affair. at the station awaiting us. Mary, Mir. Clark and I went as the first load. Dr. Duffield, whom we invited to join our party,