French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-06-15
TO CONFEDERATE
VETERANS AND THE j. DC.
Delivered by Mrs. Lila Ripley Barnwell
at the Home Of DR.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Brown, Friday, June 2

AS l 1ooh luLo Cu0 lHL0lIlSenC races
of these men who wore the gray we'll
knowing that thei Knowledge and ex-
.perience would be vastly more valuable
to you than anything that l can say, it
seems almost presumptuous on my
part to address you about things con-
corning which they are so much better
informed.
l feel myself in a similar position to
that of a gentleman Of my acquaint-
.ance, who with his wife, was once pres
eIt at a banquet. Daring the course
OF the evening the toast master called
on him for a speech. He arose, bow
ed, SAILED and wrung hs hands. AT
ter a pause he again bowed, smiled and
Wrung his hands. When he had re-
peated his bowling. smiling and wiring
tng his hands for the third time his
wife grabbed him by the coat and said
in an audible whisper, For heavens
sake say something"
To this he answered, Il would if l
only knew what to say"
Now that exactly fits my case. 1
would say something If l only knew
what to say, but anyway l can talk,
you know every woman can do that.
Some wag has said Generally speak
ing a woman is generally speak
ing"
However, that need not alarm you,
for l will promise right here in the
beginning to talk but a short while.
Confederate Veterans. Daughters of
the ConfederaOy: l wonder how many
Of US realize the significance of those
! names. There have been many. Con-
declarations and Confederacies, but
when anyone says THE C~Onfederacy
the world knows that the term applies
solely and especially to our beloved
south, whose daughters Of today are as
loyal to the memories of the stirring
days OF the COS as were their mothers
| and their grandmOthers to the men
whom they insp red by their bravery,
their patience and their courage.
We are now a united people, thank
God. We love our country. we rever-
stripes, but On tbs tenderness we feel
y ih6 DtdlS o1iO GolO DOAAC III liz
trembling hands Of our battle scared
veterans.
Love the Confederacy! All, shame to
Us if we d d not.
The %undaunted courage, splendid
achievement, noble sacrifice, heroic en-
| 6urance. and pure patriotism of our
forbears are our legal inheritance,
! ours to preserve not only IN loving re-
] -,nhronon hat frIfhfn11U TnOn tho
pages of history that geneartion> Of
children, yet unborn, shall learn to I'M
derstand and appreciate the valOr and
the chivalry of the men who wore the
gray.
The motto Of the Margaret Davis
Chapter, which l have the honor Of
representing is, 81 will form no ties
for the future which would cause me
to break with the past"
Break with our glorious past! New
err. Itswould be impossible, for by its
memories are we raised, enthused, and
stimulated for increasing usefulness.
North Carolina may pom t with
pride to her war record. From the
bureau of Confederate Archives at
Washington. D. c., we learn that North
Carolina lost on the fields of battle and
from wounds, 4O,275 men. nearly as
many as Virginia, Georgia and M s.
sissippi all three.
At the outbreak OF the wal our state
had 1855 voters. She furnished to
the armies Of the Co%nfederacy 1875 900
sold ers.
She also furnished to the Union
army 1856 men.
This record has V been surpass-
= --,,-4--x - &I0n uyOT163r hiC
tory. At Appomattox there were three
times as many North C~arolinians as
from any other State. in fact they were
the only troops that showed any Or
gam cation that amounted to anything.
This is history.
The Famous 26th North Carolina reg
iment at Gettysburg under Pickett n
Pettigrew, went i'll with $50 men, they
returned with 112. the greatest losS
IN the war between the States.
The three Colonies of the regiment
were Zebulon B. Vance. Harry K.
) Burgwyn and John r. Lape.
We do well to honor such men, aid
We elorv in the fact that our men were
! irsf at Bethel, farthcst at Gettysburg,
and last at Appomattox.
The Confederates were t
classed as soldiers by any in the world
and in genius of Leadership no nation
ha2 ever gwen the superIors of Lee,
Jackson and others we might mention.
Our own small county of end
son promptly answered the call to
arms. and during the first year of the
war Sent a company under the efficient
Capt. .Shipp.
Today we take great pleasure in
counting his daughter as one of our
chapter members.
It is with pardonable pride that we
are able to point to many Of our Hen
derson county men who were conspic-
uous for bravery in battle and courage
lin accepting the sadness of defeat.
They fought for home and country,
and they fought well. and equally well