The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-18

by the gulf and sea, Whercs looking
across the boundiesse waters. he was
ever reminded Of the Ruler of the Unit
verse. sa4 as., -s..sas .Ess-
Gould 1t have been otherwise then.
that history. such as no other time has
ever known, should have been written
in deeds OF blood and yalor? - f
1T has now been nearly half a
century since that peerless Christian
warrior, recognising the physical weak
ness OF his armies, agreed. with great
soldier. a ma gnanfmous man. to lay
aside the implements Of war, 80
fright here It is but just to say
that To divine Providence we owe
thanks that With such man and sol
dfer as General Grant. Robert +. Lee
transacted his last official act of war ;.
1--WE never were conquered people:
and TO that spirit which kept us from
being CONQUERED. we owe what we are
today; a great component part of the
greatest nation the. world has ever
known; to that same spirit are we en-
abied to live for and love our common
eounfry--and to be as true to the stars
and Stripes as were our fathers to the
"To this end 1t but needed the call
to arms which was sounded in 1898.
when the sons and grandsons of Con-
federate soldiers rallied around Old
Glory. to their honor and to hers
what wonderful marvellous changes
have transpired within that half
century from a weak. impoverished
and near starving people we have again
become afluent and honored. sf
efr Are sIep ef Hrains.
"The sons OF the South have ever
been men OF brains. and SO long as
laws are made BY men. SO long as ia. u
of Justice last. her sons Will ever ~
the future. as in the past. be foremost
among the leaders. sF
The descendants of ancestors. who.
under the Lions OF England and the
Lilies OF France, had ever been used. to
the appeal to arms TO sustain their
honor; 1t was but a. natural conse-
auence. that the South sent forth men,
who fought for their rights as they
conceived them. and died IN the main
tenance OF these principles.
ITO undertake to recount the nara
ships. periis and numerous marvellous
achievements by the Confederate sol
der, would require time which we have
not hore. and to which no man can do
full justice. gts
although the South produced
geniuses among Its generals, VINO won
many fields OF hattie BY the exercise
Of strategy; yet It Is to the private sol-
der to whom honor IL also due. Tor
the history that was made ~
And when genius led soldiers WHO
each was A genius in himself LED
troons whose personnel was such as
had been reared with the ideas ana
ideals instilIed Into them by fathers
and mothers OF the South, IL was smaA
wonder that such records were maae.
I'VE OF this generation VIII never
know, can never know the hardships,
priyations and perils through whicn
the Confederate soldier uhderWen.,.
starved, half-clad, shoeiess and weary
with fatigue, going into battle. ooiiN
Ions OF SER but with mind and body
intent OF, duty and forgetting all else.
but to obey; knowing full well that
his life hung by slender threau'
likely to be snapped at any moment
but with all this, never faltering.
never wavering,' always ady,aalways
willing to do and die for the cause
Indeed, he was. and as has been
said, the very personification OF all
that Is perfect In soldier. Living,
| fighting to sustain principles. dying
in defense of them! What more could
| be said? ess s tfs
ITO the women of the Confederacy
we also owe our HOMAGE; without
them the struggle never would have
lasted as 1t did At home, praying.
struggling. fearful working always
with an indonital spirit Upheld by
the consciousness of what they be-
lieved to be right. they sent inspira-
ton straight TO the hearts of hus-
bands. sweethearts and brothers, and
kept them by their brave example.
fighting for love of principle. too
much cannot be said In their praise.
for to their sweet Influences our sol
diers were what they were.
And now, ] emphasize that You are
welcome. thrice welcome. Welcome
not only by her Sons and Daughters
OF the Confederacy, but by re- united
citizenship. who are proud TO have as
their guests sons OF men who wore
the gray"
The Response.
In response, Rabbi A G.. Moses, OF
Mobile. member OF Camp George Il.
Dixon. delivered a notable address In
which he justified the excuse for the
organizations existence. DR. Moses
is widely known as a scholar and his
torian. his historical works having
attracted much attention tr
The feature of DR.. Moses address
was a repudia ton OF the perennial
charges that such organizations as the
Sons of Confederate Veterans serve only
to preserve sectional bitterness. The
real men and women. thinks DIR. Moses
are those sons and daughters of Dixie
who perpetuate the memory OF and CO..
operate with the organizations of the
soldiers who fought four years for
Dixie, In cause they believed right,
and worst of all. lived through the
incubus OF reconstruction. sa5
Like the child who will gaze up
award at the aeroplanes of the future
and think that they have always been.
too many of us are prone to consider
the old Confederate Veterans with too
little thought as to what they have
lived through said the Rabbi in part.
1--WE see them on the streets every
day, but their ranks are growing thin
ner, and 1t is nothing less than our
duty to show them honor while yet
the remnants are with US 80
DR.. Moses thinks one of the several
missions OF the organization is 10
purge historical textbooks of preju-
diciaI errors. He said that the people
of the North and of the West are be-
ginning to understand what 1t means
to live with an inferior race, as. for
instance, the Western people and the
Chinese. He believes that a history
for school use with a correct interpre-
tation of the war between the States
is a necessity, and that its compilation
is one of the missions of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans. aF
A resolution endorsing the actions as
a whole of the Memphis convention, in
PRODUCED by DR.. Thomas M. owen. In a
strong speech was adopted unanimous
ly. 1t Is:
"Resoived, That the Alabama
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