The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13
WOMEN OF THE SOUTH
From the Montgomery Weekly Mail,
September 2, 1862.

From the Montgomery Weekly Mail,
September 2, 1852.
In a life of fifty years our confidence
in men, as a class, has sometimes way
cred but in woman, never. Every day,
and every event of life, she rises higher
in our estimation In this struggle for
southern independence she has out
stripped her former monuments of moral
grandeur. First to move in Southern
Rights, she Is the most active to main
tain it. Neither sleep to her eyes nor
slumber to her eyelids does she give.
Her swift feet, fragile body, and MINI
bic fingers are employed night and day;
levying the heaviest possible contri-
buttons upon all her resources. She
works and prays, prays and works. She
has infused most patriotic and pow
erful energy into the Confederacy. By
her our soldiers are clothed and encour-
aged she encourages her husband, sons
and brothers to enter the army and strike
for liberty, and If need be yields them
heroically to a patriots grave. Strong
soldiers in the field now blessing her
for noble deeds. and in the hour of
battle her strength is added to theirs and
the enemy is felled; the wounded with
IdCkeu DOdN anu ltNtItd ups bltSS Iti,
and the dying thank her as his spirit
passes away.
When the history of this great move
ment is written, historians and poets
will exhaust their efforts in her praise,
and then the half will not be told The
utmost that be said of her is, She hath
done what she could
And now, fellowcountrymen, the win
ter will soon be upon us. and our soldiers
in fa11 ui ha eynOSpd q
the chilling blasts. when women, Gods
angels, ask you for a contribution to
purchase goods to make clothing for our
defenders. give cheerfully and give lib
orally. How can you refuse them? God
bless the women of the south. They
were first at the southern standard, and
they will be the last to forsake 1t.
never in the history of Alabama have SO
many demonstrations of respect ana
honor been paid to a woman Both the
supreme ana circuit court adjourned IN
honor of her virtues and patriotic serV-
ices; also the code committee or the leS-
islature, the Confederate Veterans, the
military companies and citizens with rev.
efcnd tread followed her remains to the
cemetery The Ladies Memorial associa-
ton, with mournful sympathy, attended
and with sorrowful hearts saw their KIND
and gentle president, with WnOm lHey
labored so faithfully, laid to rest in sight
of the graves of the soldiers to whom she
had so tenderly ministered in life and in
death. Her daughter, Mrs. Martha Dan
dridge Bibb, inspired by the same pa
triotic sentiments and who was SO long
the coadjutor of her beloved mother, was
unanimously elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the lamented
president. She has been reelected con-
tlnuousiy for twenty years TO the present
tin e. and has executed this exalted trust
with devotion to it's best interests. Under
her administration the monument was
completed. No officer or member of this
association has ever made a charge or
received any pecuniary compensation for
services rendered. 1t was purely a labor
of love- from the beginning, and having
raised about s3o0tp, believed with such a
record the proud state of Alabama would
aid them in the completion of this nonu-
ment to the soldiers and seamen who at
her command went forth to fight the
battles of the Confederacy The legisla.
ture, composed mostly of veterans and
their sons, generously responded to the
call, appropriating at intervals $1,000
5000 and 5000. All honor TO these noble
men who united with us in commemorate
ing our heroes at whose vaior "all the
world wondered" God bless them every
one May their sons emulate their vir-
tues and prove themselves worthy of
their hpuored sires.
Mrs. NJ. d. Bibb is the widow of Joseph