The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-01

fcrson Davis. Ills address was re-
'ce.ycd with ezc-edtuG Warmth and
many times hc was conn lied 70 halt
in his remarks 10 aIio" the applause
to die way.
When NJ had concluded the choir
sang Jesus Lover Of Mv soul and
General cabell then introduced ket
W. MGR -AlcXa14cr. ~ n" orleans.
who spoke al Ien-ta ~ b con TIN
tioual side of tine right OF the states
10 sceeac. lie claimed It "#- the h7-
doubted privilege ~ The States % leafe
the Union prior ne 1851
1T is NOT right now. nc said be
cause tire war has settled tile TACT
Nr. Alexander closed his address with
an eloquent tribute 70 the women 81
the South. The memorial services
proper were ended by bcncdiction pro-
nouuccd Ky Chaplain General Jones.
General Caball then introduced
Lieutenant Governor J. Y. Sanders. q
Louisiana. who in behalf ri Inc sons
Of Veterans addressed the delegates
He assured the old soldiers that { @d-
believed by their sons ~ he j Guty
and privilege 10 show me @oIid At
large thai what was done ly the ile1
of tho South before. during % 81 ec
the war. was believed IN, honored amt
cherished 10y heir sons and he said
it would he the duty of the on-coming
ecrcrations t. see that the truth only
is |lccorGed of The deeds oI thu CON
tolerate soldiers.
1tIlrces of Judgc cant.
. j /. Nhyte. a handsome ana On
ttusiastic young Confederate, tLcn
read to the convention the names OF
Il committee selected by General Cabcll
10 make reply to the greeting Of the
sons Of Veterans. The presiding Of
ficcr. then in 4 few words,
as the orator of the reunion, JUDGE
James b. CAN'T. or Jefferson City. Mo,
the major general commanding the
Missouri division of the Confederate
Veterans. who said among other
things:
our citizenship for forty years since
that great struggle has stood every
test that could be expected, whether in
peace or war. ! have said on other Or
casions. and / repeat it now, that the
Spanish War was worth every life that
was lost and every dollar that was
spent. if for no other reason, that il
taught the Northern people that the
South and the old COnfederates and
their sons were as jealous of the hon
or of our national flag, and would
hight and die for it as readily as any
othes section of the country.
Tho North knows, as we know, that
it was Ensign Baglcy. the son Of a
Confederate soldier of North Carolina.
who gave his life as the first sacrifice
Of the war; that Hobson. of Alabama,
the son of another Confederate, braVed
the Spanish guns in the harbor Of
Santiago and added lustre to the
American navy; hat it was glorious
Joe Wheeler, in whose honor the vet
Grams Of both the Union and Confel-
crate armies II n survivors of the
Spanish War met at Atlanta a month
ago to pay their tribute of love dnd
1I m "a finn who held the American
lines at Santiago; and when our rcla-
tons With Spain over Cuba became
critical, the honor of the United states
and the protection of American cll-
zens was committed by Northern pre#i-
dents to that other splendid Confcd"r-
atc-FitZhugh G 50 that, thank
God. the day of suspicion and distrust
of our fealty to our country has for
ever passed away. and no sane nlad,
North or South. any longer sees auSht
to condemn or criticisc in our re
unions.
The eX-COnfcderatcS and the South
are glad that peace once more broodS
over our entire land. and that out OF
the ruins of the sectional wall that
once divided us have sprung the flow
crS of peace and fraterndl feeling eX-
halinG the perfume of good viii ana
genuine union all over our reunited
country. 1t was u graceful act on the
part of President Roosevelt in ap-
pointing Stonewall Jackson's grand
son to a c~adetship. at West Point and
in detailing Fitzhugh Lees son tor
at the White House. In so do
ing did he expect these young men TO
cease to cherish as their richest hertz
age the names of their immortal sir2S?
If ever the honor of our flag should
be imperiled. does nyOne II they
will remember that it is theirs. rot
only to defend their country. but to
prove themselves worthy Of the name
of Jackson II Lee?
'Ru we hear every day from some
well-meaning people that no good can
come from these reunions and the per-
~pCtuatiOn of our organization; thar Ne
but delay the coming of that day ot
universal fraternity hat is essential to
the welfare of our common country.
We deny it. If the union is to be per-
petuated it must be a union of indie
StruCtibie states, each of the same dis
nifty with the other under the Consti-
tuition and laws. We insist that truth
is eternal. We submitted our differ
cnces with our Northern brethren 20
the arbitragent of arms, the only court
to which sovereign States can &c when
all argument n peaceful oVertureS
fail. and we lost, and have in perfect
faith accepted the consequences; cut
it can never be a matter of indiifef~
cnce to any Self-reSpCCting, hOnOr3tDle
people that history shall record that
they are traitors. We arc unwilling that
our children shall rest under the
stigma that their fathers We're guilty
of treaSon-thc most d~eSpicable OF
crimes.
"A calm and dispassionatc discus
sion now. forty years after the last
gun has been silcnccd, can hurt 40
one: but it is demanded. foc the truth
of history, and surely No section ought
to be afraid of the truth. At Apo
mattOx the Confederate dag was fuTled,
and we are content to let it stay for
There is enough glory and sac
rifice in its folds. not only to enshrinc
it in our hearts forever. but the very
triumph of fame must be Silencetf