St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-06-21
CITY COZ NCILS AND
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There are good many old Civi
d war veterans, in this parish
: who are anxious to go to the
great peace reunion at Gettys.
: Eu-g, where the northern an
southern armies will mingle
. once more, since the time that
they were waiting the news Of
the war and Dixie was being
played by both, the Union and
Confederate bands, and the sol
diers of both armies were rejoic-
ing over the supposed end of the
war, but finally a courier came
to them and said to resume hos
tilities; when brothers separated
to fight against one another;
when the flower and cream of
southern chivalry went on the
battle field to fight in heroic
manner for a loss cause.
st. Landry is proud of her
Confederate veterans, and in
deed has all the right in the
world to be; from this parish
thousands of young men, who
were not nigh old enough to cast
their vote, stole away from their
loving mothers, t o n
their fathers t o fight for
t h e j rights; these C a n
righteously be called heroic,
brave, noble. But, though
thousands of them are departed
and are now reaping the reward
of their battles, still there are a
few who are yet with us; though
they are not young, and are no
longer able to fight battles for
US, who do not know anything
Of war, yet they are here with
us; they brought us into this
world, they taught us all we
know, nay they fought for us.
They did not die, because their
Creator desired to have them
remain long enough to tell their
sons and grandsons what real
bloody war is. Now these old
fellows, have retired from the
life of gaiety for years, are anx-
ious to have four days of happi-
ness, but they are unable to
have it, unless their sons and
g%randsons do something to help
them. They need money to go
to Gettysburg, Penn, and we,
for whom they fought, owe it to
The Police Jury of st. Landry,
a few weeks ago, donated three
dollars to the old Con-
federate veterans, for the pur-
pose of defrayingr art of their ex-
penses to the reunion. But It's
sad indeed to say, that this
amount, though it was all that
the parish could afford, is not
near enough. Now is the time
for the city and town councils of
Opelousas, Eunice, Washington,
Barre, Grand Coteau, Leon
Vile, Sunset, Melville and other /
in this parish to come to the
assistance of the old veterans,
who will be with us only for a J
united time. It will, probably, &
De their last opportunity to wit ]
less such a reunion. Thiss
'eace reunion might be the first
md last of its kind. and the Con- !
.ederate veterans in st. Landry !
would like to attend it. |
1t is true that there are some y
# the old soldiers who have q
money enough to go at their own
expenses, but there are still (
many of them who are too poor t
0 afford to go. The only way t
hat they can attend is for the (
ity and town councils of every Y
ity and town in St. Landry to /
olloW the splendid example of c
ne Police Jury. If you council v
len cannot give three hundred s
give whatever your town c
an spare; the Veterans need it d
nd you cannot help a Worthier r
ause. Give them an opportu- ?
ity to mingle with the men v
18th whom they spent four long ii
ears in war once more before r
ley join the vast majority of b
le soldiers who fought in the n
reat Civil War. Be generous t
lis time and the Veterans will a
ways bear your kindness in t
ind b