The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-28
SONS OF VETERANS
A Reviving Of Gen. f. Kirby Smith
Camp-A. ID. Land Jr. Named as
Temporary Commander.

| An adjourned meeting of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans was held in
the court house Sunday afternoon.
The number present was not as
large as anticipated. With the sons
were several ladies and fifteen of
the old Cornfeds Camp No. 3, U. C. V.
By request Y. Grosjean, who with
Major Will II. Tunnard and II. C.
Rogers, a committee of the General
Leroy Stafford Camp No. 3, appoint
led to organize the camp, called the
gathering to order and explained
| that 1t was purposed to enthuse, if
possible, the sons and the descend
ants of Confederate Veterans in
shreveport to activity by an appeal
| to their patriotism.
The sons and the descendants of
Veterans should feel honored in
their legacy, conferred through the
heroism Of men who in deeds of
lvalor in the face of overwhelming
numbers and in the most trying of
ordeals, have challenged the admi-
ration of the world.
1t was generally believed, by the
uniformed, that slavery was the is
sue which had led to the historic
struggle, but slavery was only an
incident. The emancipation of the
slaves by Lincoln was not suggested
in spirit of philanthropy, but as a
war measure. At that time the
fanatics of the North believed that
the slaves would welcome their free
dom with enthusiasm and there
would have been re-enacted the hor-
rors Of San Domingo. The slaves
remained loyal to the end. While
the master and his sons. were at the
front, the slaves teiled to produce
the substance upon which the
armies of the Confederaey were sus-
tanned, and If need be, the slaves
would have yielded their lives to
protect and defend the women and
children at home.
IF there were slaves i'll the South
they came from the North. 1t is oil
record undisputable that the me-
groes brought TO the United States
were stolen from Africa by Yankee
adventurers. When the negroes be-
came useless and Improbable in
tilling the rocky and sterile lands of
New England they were transferred
to the South and sold into slavery.
III slavery was crime, ii was at,
tended in the South with some COM
pensating results. The negroes, with
some exceptions, were treated hu-
and reciprocated with re-
markable devotion the kind treat
ment they received. Do not be de-
ceived or misled into the belief that
slavery was the issue which led to
this fratricidal strife.
The war was a elimination Of |
arising between the Sec
tions, instigated by fanatics and the |
of the Constitution. |
When the states entered into the |
compact TO form a union of the |
states, each State reserved to itself |
the right to Withdraw from the COM
pact.
After Lincoln had been elected to
the presidency as The candidate of |
the Abolition party and as the repre-
of the fanaticism which |
was antagonistic to the South and
its interests, the states Of the South
withdrew from the Union and es-
tablished a Confederacy of their
own.
This issue of states rights as cher
ished in the South was settled at |
Then followed the attempted CO.
ercion of the South by the Republic
can party which then dominated the
country.
It is unnecessary to indulge in a |
recital of the horrors of the recon-
struction period, but suffice it to say
that the same men who won imper-
ishable renown in facing and in de-
feating the hordes recruited from |
the nations of Europe, resisted the |
vandals from the North, who, pro-
tected by the military power of the
United States, robbed and pillaged |
the people of the South under the
guise of law.
After several years of struggle, |
during which reputable citizens
were thrown into prison in defiance
of law, the Confederate Veterans
triumphed over lawlessness and the
efforts to Afrieanize The South |
failed. To The Confederate Veterans
must be credited the triumph of |,
white supremacy.
These brief references to the re-
cord Of the past are suggested DELHI |
erately and for purpose. It is to |
impress the Sons of Veterans and
the descendants of Confederate vet
erans that they should never be
ashamed OF what their forbears have