The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19


 complete the Hall, and this means con. tinued generous giving by all toe 5tates. Our women realize That VA nave passed the hardest places. Dfs- couraSements are behind us, The whlts marble building has progressed SO far tnat We can now see what we can and VIII make t., a magnificent monument 70 our Revolutionary ancestry, worthy to stand alongside the other whfte mas bie buildings in Washington. ana wor- thy the labor and sacrifice of tha Daughters of the American .Revofution of our whole country.
 AS With one voice. nearly seventy thousand women are now savfnn. rhis one thing I do." Alabama nas uone as generously as any State irs proportion to it's membership ana ase stanas With her few hundred members besides Connecticut with her thoua- ands. feel sure that she will not xalf behind, but will keep hers-piace in ths Iorefront and at the Seventeenth Con- tinental Congress your honored ana beloved State Regent win be proud xey report another generous contrtbutiou rom the Alabama Chapter, Dauxhfera or the American Revolution.
 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith,
 wee Fresident General. U. s. D. 4. R.. Maee % she Aiaham2 sfnaa
 oonherenee Ely Mrs. Dezier, of
 Tennessee.
 Madam Regent and Daughters of tbA
 American Revolution of Alabama.
 l am delighted to be in Aiabarna. a State that has heen and is stin tho home of brave men and true womene men men and women whose deeds of hefo@ Ism have made the name Alahama hone ored among her sister States.
 am delighted to be with this body or parrfotic women who revere kha memory of their ancestors ana arS proud Of the glorious history made by
 am happy to bring greskfnwm heartfelt greetings. to the Daughters ok tho American Revolution of Alabaran from those of the volunteer state We in Tennessee are not Ignorant 0k me grand work you are doing in Ala pama; and we wish you e hearty dod- speed in all of your noble undertaixinen. we Know of your efforts to honor Rev olutionary soldiers to mark the ground made historic by them; also of yosIr work for the education of their dns scendants and your efforts to free tho little children of your State from tha bondage of the mills and factories. bondage worse than slavery. To erect monuments to our Revolutionary he- KlQIl0UH tory made by them is a grand woFl. but to educate their descendants and help them to live lives worthy of their. rorefathers is grander work. 1t IA a work that the D. A. R. can do and should do.
 You of Alabama have done much that has been of interest to us of Tennes- see; put the monument you have erect | cd to one of Tennessees great mon. our own Andrew Jackson, and the in- terAst you are taking in a memorial to Katherine Sherrfll. wife of John Se- vier. first Governor of Tennessee. touch our hearts and awaken In them very tender feeling for the Daughters of Alabama.
 We in Tennessee are proud of An drew Jackson. We are proud of him because at the early age of sixteen ha was a worthy Revolutionary soldier: because In the war of 1872 he, with his brave men won at New Orleans on that memorable eighth of January, glov rious victory; because of his Victories over the Creek Indians because of the record he made as President of ths United States eight years; in fact. be- cause of the strength of his manhood. his deeds of daring and his Spartnns like endurance.
 Last summer your State Regent. Mra. Mcclellan, contributed a most axce1isnt address to the program of the Mont4 eagle D. A. R. Circle which is an inc terstate organization: which by the way was organized at the suggestion or one or your own women, M-s. Mems ory Peebles. Inythis address Mrs. Mc< Clellan suggested that the D. A. Rs of Tennessee keep on the monumenk erected by one of your chapters to An drew Jackson, vigil flag. a flag oR Tennessee, just as the United sfafaa keeps on the grave of LaFayette. d United States flag to show their ap- preciation of his love and loyalty ta our country She also asked us ta unite with you in your efforts to honor the memory of Katherine Sherrill. Our honored State Regent. Miss Temple, xa. quests me to say that the D. A. R. of Tennessee. will be pleased to furnish the vigil flag, and that it has been one of her fondest hopes and plans also nf her chapter, the Bonnie Kate" to Till placed by the side of her iilustrtoua husband In Knoxville. Tennessee De. speak for the D. A. R of Tennessee 4 most hearty cooperation with you ir your efforts to restore to her niche n history, the name of Katherine Sherrill.
 We of Tennessee feel that we too. have much to be proud of. We are proud of Tennessee's part in the Rev. olution. It was at that critical mo- ment when a compromise with Great Britain was being urged in Congreax that every male citizen of the Wat amgna settlement who was old enough to shoulder a rifle. went forth under the leadership of John Sevier to an- swer in person the rash threat of Gen. eral Ferguson. At Kings Mountaiu they met him and his brave men and won that glorious victory that turned the tide of the Revolution and nothA ing more vas thought of a comprorniaa. We are proud Of the fact that from 1880 to 1850 1t may be truly said that Tennessee almost ruled the United States. She was not only well repra- sented in the Senate and in Congresa. but important places In the cabinet ana in foreign ministries were filled by heR great statesmen. Her lawyers wer6 judges of Federal. Circuit and Supreme Courts and Tennesseeans were Pres@ idents of the United States twelve of these twenty years and Andrew Jack son eight of the twelve years. No othef State except Virginia. the Mother State, had ever held so commanding an influence in national affairs. We are proud not only of tho record of our own State, but of what our sisS ! ter States have done: and of none are we prouder than of Alabama.
 It is not only a pleasure to bring greetings to you from the D. A. R. oe Tennessee; but 1t will be my privilege I feel sure, to take back to them manV beautiful thoughts and helpful sug= gestions.
 Again I wish for you a happy fruit- ion of all your hopes and plans and