Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
Calendar for Monday.
CONFFDERACY DAUGHTERS
STICK 10 THEIR GUNS
Richmond Chapter Declares That
Committee of Award Hasn't
Adequately Explained.

mond Chapter United Daughters of
the Confedcracy. yesterday afternoon
passed resolutions reaffirming their
censure OF the widely-discuSsed Boy
sen essay, and declaring that neither
Or, f. A. Alderman. of the University
of Virginia. nor DR.. &. Alphons0
Smith. o: the University of North
Carolina. had in their opinion, ans
wered the charge made in the Off
cial protest OF the chapter
The chapter held a special meet
ing at 4 O'Clock in Lee Camp hall
% further discuss the essay and III"
answers of Drs. Alderman and Smith.
The former resolutions were re-
|i,erated, and the following additional
resolutions. along the same lines
were passed:
First That Richmond Chapter,
Daughters OF the Confederacy, holds
itself responsible as whole for the
foregoing resolutions.
Second That the chapter in
dorses the protest of the editor OF
Confederate Ven,eran. when he says
in its December issue that it is I'M
fortunate the United Daughters Of
the Confederacy gave out q prize to
pape '.ulogizing General Lee al
the ex,t use CT nearly all that is true
of the South and her people.
No Repdy-Made.
Third. That nc mention is made
in the foregoing resolutions OF the
ott-printed and quoted clause used
by Miss Boyson. when she wrote. re-
ferring to General Lee: He was a
traitor in that he sacrificed all to
aid the enemies of his country. but
so was General Washington and John
Hampden and William of Orange
Fourth The chapter made this
protest on account of the many mac
curacies and misstatements in the
essay. notably those in reference to
the South's condition as whole. and
The reflections cast on her people,
her private soldiers and officers Now
! who were these officers? StOnewali
Jackson, Beauregard. J. F.. r. Stuart
Jubal A. Early. Joseph A. Johnston.
Albert Sidney Johnston, Forrest.
Morgan and others TOO numerous to
! mention.
Grievous Mistake Made.
Fifth. Richmond Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy. feels
that neither DR.. Alderman. of the
University of Virginia. nor DR.. Smith.
of the University Of North Carolina.
has answered the statements made in
, its Official protest On January %.
! It feels that a grievous mistake was
, made by the committee Of award and
the history committee of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy when
| they conferred the prize and printed
the Boyson essay without protest IN
the Official organ Of the United
Daughters 1t considers it untor-
| tunate that the essay did not appear
| in the Confederate Veteran before
the United Daughters OF the Con-
| Tolerate convention Of 1908. in
November. as the essay had been
examined in May OF that year
Mistatemsnt Cited.
Sixth. Among the statements in
the essay which should have elected
protest is the following paragraph
| For neither as the exponent OF a
former patriotism which the results
OF the war have made treason. MOI
as a leader of a lest cause. could he
NLeeD attract anything but senti
mental interest. His real worth lies
in the spirit of the man himself the
holiness and dignity Of his character
the richness and fullness of the soul.
In the next paragraph the writer
sneers a; Lees biographers. Of whom
one was his son. the other his
nephew. for endeavoring 10 portray
him as a faultless man. and says:
Fer the historian o. a later day Ia
represent him as a man Of stainless
virtue Is to make him ridiculous.
Hal Drs. Alderman and Smith
and tho essay committee Of the Unit
ej Daughters Of the Confederacy
protested. even in the slightest way,
against the historical Inaccuracies
and the many snecrs directed against
the South. whilst admitting the
literary merits and structural abiii Y
and general thoushtfulnsss' Of III"
paper. a clearer understanding might
have been gained by the Richmond
| Daughters.
In conclusion. the chapter requests
| the public TO read carefully and
thoughifulIy the whole essay and
| ;uAse ~ lie marits "a historical
paper. TO he placed in the archivrs
81 the United Daughters OF the Con
federacy."