The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-09

Eethef - Htano fpf tla aileta-atl1H -
the benefit ~ be traiuiug. Bot thank God
American liberty and American unity.
"Mf Pfeei19ut. I am s'a0 that % nal
felerai6 solder who fought n The ranks
~ caVaifVman through that var. unoef
ere command q Cen. Glanton' 81 Ala-
/ have been permitted 70 riae Under thf
given 20 me fhe great principles q hon
egiy and Justice and who has taught me
and reiterats the priniclpies = Pon Hhi.l
both ~ whom / owe al that I en-, and
% whom ! shall refer IN the END what
ever glory and honor. may some g -
my lot. and IN paying tribute - tho4e
two DaFenfa I must also pay tribute -
those Efaud Old heroes 81 the Confederate
Army who gave 20 az, % you ana % ne,
~ Psip =, ~ u e,,soaIy hsrt M
nothing 20 beautiful than were the WOrda
81 the auclenas when they said, With ali
their sacrifices. with ell their pattiotlan,
that here, Obeying her behest. we fell
What. 8F. President what can be moro
beautifuli What Ne. President, could
more endeaF us and cause az % be more
Indebted % them. or cause us, Mr.. Presi-
dent, 90 owe 10 them the everlasting and
uhpayablo debt Of sratfude7
dorned by the sky and lighted 81 the sun.
and lu this citadel 81 fairness and JUS
lIce. IN the discharge % our duties e.
Senator'S, ief ~ not tOfHetf ana Fetuelulef
that we are engaged In a saeftd duty.
lea us both Is officers represepting ne
State AZ an entity and also with hearts
that beat In unison a. true liberty lovers
81 our own America and that thf0b On
sadness 10 remember the heroes who died
for ua IN answer % the ballot box OF
their own States and their own children
and whose spirits are immortal We
should love them forever, not - much
because % their personality, but because
OF the princlples for which they fought
and because Of the sacrifices they made,
Mr.. President 20 forget them for one
moment d 10 brand our hearts with the
slave mark 81 the baBeat ingrutitude FOR
those whose sacrifice upon the FIELDS Qf
carnage a9d a. ihome Es Ss.. 70 Hf t ans
people, one Law, one language, one faithE
the home Of freedom and the refuge %
the oppressed % every race ana every
cline, more solldly united than since the
sword Of Washington leaped from SIS
acnbbard. No mercenariea were DAVIS,
Lee Jackson LongstTeet, Gordon and
their armies. They pore arms not TOT Ptfli.
power doing unwillinEy a despots de-
no soldiers OF fortune hungerinE
for the spells 81 conquest no invaders or
foreign soil for terrestrial aGgrundize-
ment; but they were soldiers Of the Con-
Tolerate States and Of the COnfederacy, /
lighting for the principles Of liberty; they
ness and alacrlty TO the call Of duty; they
were patriots, brothers native TO the soil /
aRhtlnE for liberty with treasure. blood /
and toll. iiGhting for the defense Of their
homes, the protection Of their property, |
and the. preservation OF their right; they
wefe bone Of the bone Of that noble /
Anglo Saxon race that marches IN the
vanguard o. civilization, when mas g ,y,sh /
throws the search light Of ChriatendOm /
into al the iungles o. earth, aeizes In
Nv gigaatic grasp and bends over con-
more eonsoiontloua Never we're warriors
animated more by the guidance Of pure
md iOIty principles for principles. sake.
How superb was their courage. For four
onK years their consecrati0n 10 the cause
d toe South and their unsurpassed daF-
ng upon the fields OF carnage challenged
he admiration OF the civilized world. Ihe
ltteHtatiOn % ndelity than shines In the
'eCOrd Of tne service and sacrifices OF
he COnfedefacy. Never before never
lnCe. have nhartialed heroes whether %
,Iblted superior patience on the Ions
march, hearGer cheerfulnesa In comfort
eaa camps, more good humoE IN poverty
et or more stubborn resistance In with
tanding the shock Of overwhelming num-
,eTs. From Mannaesan on that memor-
aatsoS q April .. iSs5. the soldier Of TIE
confederate Army, with duty 90 hls
was ever the same admirable
zero, whether victorious, as g Manas-
lsaults whether favorable or unfavor-
bic, we're only the background % MAKE
iearer his splendid lnhenaibllity 90 dis
- soidiera. devastating no region that
he enemy might not Bubsiht, creating no
ncendlaFy hrea 70 blacken their encutch-
one i pnarchins 6 Snmo'eZ we1osn nome snd
nothers saw their children play and ,
rattle on the steps Of their lonely home
mid whose ranks we're 10 mulny OF
mes across any part OF tne bonnie blue
az or across their long roll 81 honor,
nd an the archives Of our own govern
lent are endurng records OF tnsi G a9n ss,
lore In equipment, those incomparabie I
oidlcrs held the line of defense thousands !
T miles IN length unbroken Tor years I
M and country and Afterwards with
nat line cut IN two along the mississippi
hey yet made the Issue doubtful, and (
trough Georgia, the Grand defense still, |
tent on tIll ~ last the inevitable came, /
! Il came 10 the tabled warship OK IRE /
pom the summit OF horoiam.
Let spain blush ~ her loss Of i'm.
Hhamed % her Waterloo lee old mother !
nd Yorktown, but the southern heart I
ambe TSs victories e. Il LEAPS TO the
-ownlng glory and honor Of the name Ol q
ppOmnttnN. Just history must award
j her soldiers that they were the peers 4
/ che English IN defense, rivaled the ]
rench IN the charge. enduring az the ]
oartan and az faithful as the Swiss. ,
heir GROWING glory et AppomaitON, Nj. q
resident. 20 the statesman, philosopher i
IatOrlan and poet, shall ever be and 4
.main their marvellous conduct on SUR Z
.nLeF There Il was that they illustrated [
the world that they we're soldiers ana 4
"a gucrillns. and exhibited 70 clvbiEa. q
on 4 manhood developed only by free In D
itutlons and laid the basis for peTpet- 4
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