The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-27
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the succeeding four years b.
Victories and defeats. until finally the
gallant Confederate army was over
whelmed by a force over four times
It's size. and the noble lee forced 70
surrender AZ Appomattox. Many Of
those who left their homes IN the
prime ~ life. returned not. They had
laid down their lives for the Confed-
eracy. and b. gallant deeds had proven
themselves worthy Of their country.
HONOR THEIR MEMORY.
We honor and revere their memory.
and their example shall not be lost.
bat shall incise US. and our children
90 deeds 81 valor and ACES IL patriot
ism whenever our country calls. Those
who survived we honor not alone for
their heroic deeds upon the field. and
Drawing the hardships 81 war. but also
fer the part they played during the
years after the war Let Ne follow
them back from AppomattoK. hack
from Raleigh or back from across the
Mississippi. after Kirby Smiths sur
render We see the thin lines ~ dusty
gray turning their faces homeward
What a pitlfui sight Il was. the sroken
men, worn with age and soiled with
the Crime ~ many a battle. their
faces pinched with hunger and Ia
tigue. their forms wasted with long
marches and weary yigils. and after
all they had suffered ane endured. 10
return. not 90 the homes they pad left,
not 20 the peaceful scenes. not "a lnd
their houses in order. their barns
allied. and their aeIds cultivated as
when they left. all was changed Wa
had laid a heavy hand unon this land
they found their homes in ruins. their
families scattered. their fields over
grown. their cattle driven on bat they
were not dismayed We open our
eyes Ga wonder. establishment and ad-
miraiion. when we consider under
what conditions these men started 10
10 repair their fortunes. and realize
what they accomplished. They re-
turned Go a wilderness. marked here
and there by chimney standing guard
Ger the spot where once had seen
home The scene IL changed again
These men. ~ their industry, patience
and perseverance,. have made a new
paradise out 81 the old south. greater
than ever. hiled with busting cities.
and prosperous villages. ribbed and
crossed BY steam and electric rail
ways. carrying the products Of its
farms 70 ita own and foreign markets.
and the articles from its factories to
al the world. The South is truly CON-
I ing into its own again. It's sons. after
a brief lapse following the war. are
I taking the lead in the nause, n the
senate. on the bench, and represent
/ ing this country in foreign lands In
/ fact. the south ~ again asserting that
& leadership which IL held from the rev
/ olution 90 the civil war The South
I today iN the real Amerlea. Immigrants
l flooding our country settle IN the ether
sections. the East. the West, and the
/ North. only two per cent find their
way 60 the South The sons 81 the
/ south are. therefore. almost entirely
descendants uf those original settlers
on our shores. who braved the danger
4 81 a strange and unknown land. Voc
their Independents. and fought for ths
/ principle 81 state rights cause
/ which was lost. but the great principle
/ 81 free government In dear go the var
Of every patriotic American. and thls
sentiment is particularly strong IN tns
South. should another contingency
arise. II viii be the South thas eli
save the nation. Today We have q
/ greater nation. through q creates
south. We have a nssion fhst n
blessed with peace and plenty, AZ !
time when the war sod seems deter.
mined 60 involve the whole world
when the volieys q musketry and the
/ thunder 81 cannon are heard on evers
other continent. May we continue is
peace, and may the blessings Of .
bounteous heaven be showered upor
/ this land. may the hearts Of the PEG.
pie be Allied with courage, wirsus ans
wisdom. Inspired ~ the example 81
\ those brave men Who struggled fron
victory 20 victory. and from defeat q
defesss until the iaAt gun vas nret
and the last sword sheafhed. and thee
kept on toiling ard made eur present
prosperity a reality. And a. long ~
We are thus endowed ws wiii oontinns
TO Be . tree and independent aeopis
the protector Of the weak. a living pat
tern aea example for aii republics
We are now a united nmtiou. The
Mouna has been healed b. time. ans
the blue and gray have held . Join
reunion at Nashville. Tennessee. ans