The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-10
HEAR CAUSE Of
SOUTH DEFENDED
Daughters of Confederacy
Mingle Song With Story
On Historical Evening
FORGET ALL BUSINESS
AND PRAISE THE CAUSE
Virginia's Division President
Pays Glorious Tribute to
Those Who Fought
for Their Rights

With song and story. United
| Daughters of the Confederacy ceie-
brated historical evening last night
| in the auditorium of the Jefferson,
| under direction of Mrs. J. Enders
| Robinson, historian general. the oc-
| casion being the social event of the
| convention now In session In Rich
mond.
Arrayed in all their glory. the
Daughters assembled In full force In
the hall, where but few hours be-
fore they were assembled for bust-
ness
As usual. Mrs. Virginia Faulkner
MCS berry, president general, occu-
pied the seat OF honor on the plat
form. with the officers-general on
either side. Calling the aseemblage
to order she introduced Mrs. Norman
Y Randolph hostess president.
who In turn introduced Mrs, Robin
son.
Again and again the Daughters
cheered AZ the Southern Marseillaise.
Use Gwine Back to- Dixie" WAS
rendered In chorus This MAS pre-
ceded by Maryland. My Maryland"
WuICa AibO StI 0Ch v 1GStSArise SASi "
In the hearts OF all.
English Friends Recalled.
Mira Cabell Smith. of Martinsrille.
Va, FIRST read paper entitled Eng
lish Friends Of the Southern Confed-
eracy." from the pen Of Miss Kate
Mason Rowland. Of Virginia, in
which a comprehensive outline OF the
subject was presented. Reference
was made TO the Grand Bazaar held
In Liverpool October. 1864. for the
benefit OF the sick and wounded Con-
federates. and for the relief OF the
Confederate prisoners. The author
also touched upon activity OF the
Southern Club at Liverpool, which
had agents IN the United States
through whom aid was sent to Con-
federate prisoners.
In "A Bit OF Southwest Virginia
History Miss Nelly Cummings Pres
ton. OF Seven Mile Ford. Va, gave
graphic description OF the battle of
Saltville. which Ii to-day "a busy
little manufacturing town. spruce and
redolent OF Scotch thrift and indus
try"
Special reference in the sketch is
made to General Mudwall jackson.
from Tennessee, and to Colonel Rob-
ert Smith. a man OF eighty. who COM
manded the old men and the boys
that checked the enemy with squirrel
gun and rifle. so that they never got
beyond the foothills.
Defends state Sovereignty.
Easily the feature OF the evening
was the address OF Mrs. A. A. Camp
bell. of Wytheviile. president of the
Virginia Division, whose subject was
The Defenders of State Sovereignty"
In excellent voice Mr.. w. +. Mcneil,
o., ,,hv picH
An ond, where jefferson Davis and
Robert E. Lee worshiped from 1851
10 1886, sang The Conquered Ban
ner so we'll aand sweetly that she
was obliged to respond TO the en-
cores.
In the Land of Dixie Where We
Were Dreaming poem full OF pathos
and sentiment by the late Hon Dan
lei Bedinger Lucas, of West Virginia,
was received most effectively by Miss
Jeanette A. Stearns. OF Richmond.
Mr.. Frederick Jones, OF Holy Trinit,
choir sang "LoreRa." He was followed
by the Bonnie Blue Flag rendered
by the chorus.
Then the entire audience arose and
sang Dixie" In unison. bringing the
meeting to a close.
Doctrine Older Than Union.
Mrs. Campbell. who Is a sister OF
Henry &. Stuart OF the Ninth dis
trict, said in part as follows:
THE men who fought on the South
ern side in the War Between the
States were not fighting In O slave
holders rebellion They We're defend
ers OF State sovereignty. Il doctrine
older than the Union, older than the
Confederation Of the thirteen colonies,
u doctrine coeval with the settlement
of America. recognized under the re-
gime of royal governors. proclaimed
by the New England members OF Con-
gress in 1914. asserted by South Caro-
lima in 1880, and with the exception
OF Hamilton. and a few extreme FEEDER
aliSts, the universal faith OF the foun- |
ders OF the republic.
IT seemed that the Republican par
fy which came into power in 1869. was
not to be restrained by the provisions
OF the constitution. nor appeased by |
reasonable concession. and so as a
necessity not choice, the Southern |
States resorted TO the remedy of sepa- |
ration
Reluctant to Secsds.
Then came the hour when Virginia |
rose to heights OF unselfIsh devotion |
in. all her glorious past. Re-
luctant to secede and still hoping for |
an amicable adjustment, the Virginia |
deliberated on the course |
to pursue when the call for troops |
"a decision. She cast in her |
lot with that of other Southern States, |
became one yasf field of marching |
armies, and at last devasted by fire and |
sword and famine. she emerged from |
the strife. the Virgin on her ensign |
beneath the Tyrant's heel. the fair halls |
of her legislature polluted by a horde. |
the majority OF whom would have been |
more appropriately arrayed in the |
stripes Of the felon than in the toga |
Of the law-giver. |
God Will vindieate.
The Southern cross of honor bears I
the motto: Dec Vindice, God will |
vindicate' And so he did. For the |
warriors who received the accolade of |
death won the triple crown for courage, |
constancy and fortitude. and those who |
survived added to the soldiers laureIs |
the civic wreath of victory and re- |
stored each Southern Commonwealth |
to her rightful place.
" The old order changeth yielding |
place to new,
"And God fulfills himself In many |
ways /
"One OF those ways Is the oblitera- |
tion of sectional discord and the evo-
luton OF a mighty and united nation"
Just before the audience dispersed,
Mr. John Mason, son OF Mr.. James
NJ. Mason, who was one Of the special