Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-08-22


eyes, she gave to her beloved boy her
parting blessing, Go, my son; go to
the front! |. perhaps, will never see
you again, but l freely commit you
to God and to the defense Of your
peop!e!' | have seen those Southern
women with the sick, the wounded
and the dying; and in the late stages
| of the war, | have been made to mar.
vel at their sanity spirit of martyr
! dom, standing as it were, almost neck
deep in the desolation around them,
and yet bravely facing their fate,
while the light Of heaven itself play
| ed around their divtnely beautiful
| faces"
And it is the high, holy and sacred
mission of the Daughters of the Con-
| federacy to perpetuate the memory OF
| the heroic deeds Of the men and the
| women Of the Confederacy, and to
! collate and keep in permanent form
the valuable records of those deeds.
/ believe 1t Is estimated that there
are now more than $4,000 women
who proudly bear the name Of
Daughters Of the Confederacy. They
are located in thirty-two States and
from Ocean to Ocean; they all have
the same hopes and aspirations Of
giving honor where honor Is due, and
of preserving from falsehood and mis-
representation the true history of
the Confederate States of America.
"No Nation rose so white and fair,
Nor fell so pure Of crime"
Survivors of Orr's Regiment, in
your 45th annual reunion assembled,
as we stand in your presence to-day,
we see the highest type of American
patriot. Venerable men! You have
come down to us from the former
generation. You stand to-day as
the connecting link between the gen
Grafton of your comrades and ours.
You have been spared for So years
and more since you sheathed the
sword at Appomattox to pursue the
though your ranks be thin and num-
bers few, you stand as the highest
exponents of true patriotism and
real Americanism. Your record is an
open book. known and read of all
men, and the lesson it teaches is one
of everlasting rebuke to the slothful,
the selfish and seditious in this peril
Gus hour.
We may take Webster's definition
of patriot as "one who loves his
country and zealously supports its
authority and interest,"; and, meas
ured by this standard, whether in war
or peace, your record will abide as a
perpetual memorial of true Ameri-
can patriotism.
TO this end | would cite the loyal
message and trenchant words Of the
| United Confederate Veterans In their
reunion at Birmingham in May, 1916,
and forwarded to President Wilson
almost a year before the war cloud,
then ominously rolling darkly to-
ward our shores, broke upon us.
Listen to this stirring utterance and
heed its call:
ITO the President and Congress Of
the United States: We. the Confede-
rate Veterans, in reunion assembled
at birmingham, Ala, this 10th day
Of May, 1916, do hereby renew and
declare our unfaltering allegiance to
the government Of the United States
in this hour Of great international
difficulties.
1--WE took up arms against the gov
ernment, not as rebels, but to pro-
tect our homes and firesides, to pre-
serve and maintain the principles of
States Rights; and although the ar
bitrament of arms was against US,
we lost neither our courage, our man
hood, nor our patriotism.
"To-day the remnant Of the armies
Of the Confederate States OF America
does hereby offer itself, its sons and
its property upon the altar Of a re-
united country, which we love and
seek to serve, protect and defend.
1--WE recommend that every male
citizen over Is years of age residing
in the United States and its Terrific
ries be required to report immedi-
ately to the probate judge Of his
county. or other like officer, under
penalty OF the law, and there swear
allegiance to this government, pledg-
ing his loyalty to support the govern
ment against any and all foes, whe-