French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-14
A TALK TO THE VETERANS
BY MRS. ]. STEVEN BROWN'
fPublished by Request.l

tho Confederate Stats ever had. In
tho North +he name of Jefferson Davis
has been held up to ridicule and scorn
az a traitor to his country n a memo
in his personal character. while III the
south there has been too great ten
dencv to criticize him because he fall
pd tn win success against the COLL
hined hosts of the world. But the
nuiet dignity with which he endured
defeat and the indignities heaped upon
him while in prison seemed to Drlns
shame. to his enemies and 1t certainty
hound the hearts of his own people
more closely to him as he suffered Iof
i them. His record as a citizen a SOL
der and a senator is without a sIdtn;
In, his daily life he was a regular anu
constant reader of the Holy scriptures
and an open confessor OF the CHRIS
tan religion; he was a loyaI paCtloI
and risked his life i defense OF MS
country: and as a war secretary ne
was one of the greatest the country
has ever had. The youth OF our Ianu
should be taught that JEFFERSON laws
was one of the greatest men OF MS DAY.
When he was. a prisoner IN Fortress
| Monroe, Dr.. Craven was appointed 10
give him medical aid. He entered
upon his duties with bitter preJudlce
| against him but as he saw u
more of his distinguished patlent ne
| became Impressed with the remarkable
quality of his mental powers, Win Tho
| simplicity of his character. ana Win
the purity of his daily Christian lie.
Because of the friendly interest maui
! tested by DR.. Craven in his patient ne
| was removed from his position as ned
ical attendant. He afterwards wrote
a remarkable book entitled, The
| Prison Life of Jefferson DaVl IN
which the mental requirements OF MI.
Davis as compared to thomas JeIer-
son. VIM. Is. Gladstone and Lord SAILS
bury. 1t can be truthfully said that
Jecerson Davis was a loyal defender
of the Confederate cause IN a true
Southern gentleman. WHAT more
honorable title could be bestowed upOn
anf true SoutherneI?' Billy SUNDAY
Wu;ye in his Boston campaign some
months ago., paid a tribute to the
South in his own unique way Whlcn Is
too good not to be repeated. He salo:
"Sixty-eight per CEN Of the men OF the
South are in the Church. Why? You
may not like it but the bravest, the
truest and the finest men and women
in America are found South Of the
Mason and Dixon line. That is Why
it took thirty million people to II1k
eight million. There arc more Pure
blOOded Americans south oil the Mason
and Dixon line than anywhere IN the
country and that is why 50 many Of
those men ale Christians. l say this
even though my old daddy was n Of
the boys in blue and fought against
them. They were hard to lick down
there because they are real Americans
So l say south of the Mason and DlXoL
line they have got the North licked tC
a fragile in religion n in morals.
1t is pleasant to have such troubles
paid to our Southland but those of you
who are native North CarolinianS
should sing a little louder song o.
praise because you are born, TAI
Heels" The records Of North Carroll
ma are written high on the banner o
fame. 1t is said of North Carolin;
that n was first in battle and las
at Appomattox,"-.'frs in battle" whel
Henry L. Wyatt was the first man kill
ed in the war between the States
last at Appomattor" when the brigad
of Gen. w. R. Cox of Grimes divisiO
fired the last volley at Appomattox o
April 8. 1865. At Chancellorsvill
where Jackson fell, North Carolin
: furnished "a of the 12O regiments o
the Confederate side but her loss We
more than n third of the Confederate
killed and more than QUE fourth Of tt
wounded. At Gettysburg, in tn;
world famous charge, J. M. Brooks ar
Daniel Thomas of the 26th North Car
lima regiment planted the Confedera
colors on the enemy's works. II
heaviest loss in any regiment of tn
terrible battle was in the 18th Nor
Carolina regiment which lost 80 p
cent of it's men. North Carolina flu
nished a number of men as comman
ers of ships in the Confederate nav
mention but one-James 1redell Wa
dell of the Shenandoah which CARR
the Confederate flag entirely arou,
the world and did not surrender t
November 6, 1855. Gen. A. PHIL So
- he preferred to command North Cal
- Iinians not that they are BRAY
nm where all are brave, but have as t
bravest they are more obedient to CO
mand.' North Carolina furnished I
great war governor Zebulon B. Var
Orrin Randolph Smith of Louisbu
e was the designer of the Confeder;
d flag. The last meeting of the full CC
- federate cabinet was held in Charlo
on April 6, 1866.
rs One could spend hours telling
err possessions of North Carolina of ]
ambitions and her achievements
y your time shall not be taken in t
lway today. But right here I want
tell you how glad the Daughters of
- Confederacy are to greet each one
~ you today. We feel honored that !!
\ leave your homes and your busin
and give us this days pleasure in me
md ing with us here. On these annual
casions it always saddens our hes
that there are some familiar faces
sent and some voices do not ans7
!. when the roll is called. Irwin S.. &c
the celebrated war correspondent
lecturer, himself the son of a vete
tells the story of a man who at