Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-08-12
YeH York for I'D. C. Convention for 1914
MISS KINNIEE. SMITH, PARKERsBuRG, WA
From the Confederate Veteran.

/ rum Tue 09uEeuSEdL6 veteran.
Editor Confederate Veteran: Because
think it unjusS that our United Daughter
of the Confederacy object to holding thei
annual convention north of the Mason an
Dixon line. l want to say few words il
favor of New York City for he annual con
vention in 1874
l live ON the border in West Virginia
which furnished many brave Southern sol
diers. Though a little girl in short dresses
l was prisoner OF war, putin the Wheeling
jail, and was to have been sent to Camp
Chase. had to ''cuss, taking the ironclad
oath Ito the restored State of Virginia |
know how united the Southern U. D. C.'s
are and how much unanimi and affection
they have for their noble cause, but also
know how difficult it is for the Southern
people on the border and in the North to
maintain the same, therefore do think the
Northern States ought to have chance to
show what they can de-
IL the ''Rebs" can unite with the nYauks,
at Gettysburg, surely the U. ID. c. s can hold
one convention in New York City. | have
no ak to g;ind, have no intention Of attend.
ing the conHentinn, and have had no infiu
enoe brought to bear on the subject | at
tended he last two conventions at Ric :
mond and Washington; aud when / found
that New York had raised five thousand
dollars, with a promise Of doubling that
amount, felt that we ought to respond to
the call.
Let us recall some New York history Sc.
fore the war actually began Mayor Word
proposed that the city of New York should
announce herselfas an independent repub-
lie rather than side with the President. In
January. 1861, Democratic convention met
in Albany to protest against forcibie meas
ures against the South. When the FIST states
seeded Gov. Horatio Seymour was among
the first to declare that the South had suf-
fered wrongs that justified her secession, and
said that the States should not be pinned to
the Union by bayonets. As Governor he on
posed the war and emancipation, and had
an enormous folio wing He also opposed
coufiict that is dis,racting the land" After
the war he was selected by the Democrats as
their candidate for the presidency. The
city OF New York detled the Federal govern
ment for four days abb u, the time of the
battle Of Gettysburg. Ten thousand in fan
try and three bait cries of artillery were sent
from the Army of the Potomac to intimi-
date it,
The editors. the Franklin brothers, were
incarcerated by Secretary Seward in Fort
Lafayette for proving by letters and speeches
that the Southern States had a right to Sc
cede, :hat prosecution Of he war was ag-
gressive and wrong. and that the South was
really occupying the position at that time
that the original States did in the Revolu-
ton, In several towns nearly aa many per-
sons were enlisted for the Southern Confed.
eracy as for the United States
At Wilmington, Del, salute OF one humid
red guns was fired at the secession Of South
Carolina. In the western part of Connect
cut the people were disconnected with Lin
coins policy toward the revolving States.
How kind the New York people were to
the prisoners 10 their nearby foEtss Horace
Greeley was the first to go security for our
President Jefferson Davis, bafriending him
and Others There is Chapter of U. D. G
numbering tiye hnndr d members and a
large influential Southern Society, repre-
senting many of our oldest and best South
ern families; and their wish, ! am sure,
would be to give warm welcome to their
friends from the sunny South There are
many of the new generation in the North
who are reading history and are friendly 10
every way to those whom they have been
taught to consider rebels and who have
never been Sonth.
We want our lovely women of the South
to go to them and show them how divine a
thing Sonthfrn woman can be made We
do not want to confine ours Ives to few
States, but carry our bonnie flag and our his
tory to every State in our Union. As sun
shine Hawks say:
"Unfurl that banneri il stands for right
Wave it forever, day and night.
Unfurl it so; beneath it may stand
The fairest women in Gods land"
Hurrah for New York City and the U.DC!
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