Year: 1866

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Some time ago our attention was
called to project for the erection in
Memphis, Tennessee, of a cathedral as
a memorial Of the Confederate dead.
We hope the undertaking may succeed,
but we said little in flrtherance of it,
because religion is matter upon
which the people Of this country differ
50 widely that memorial which is
essentially religious, cannot in our
opinion meet the wishes of all concern
ed Still while it will be a cathedral or
place Of religious worship to many, it
will be to all monument and as such
we recommend it to the favorable con-
sideration of the public, and particular
ly to that portion Of the Northern peo-
pie who are sincerely desirous to give
honor where honor is due, and to re-
move all heartburnings and feelings of
aversion and revenge from the now
united but so lately hostile sections.


Another most appropriate and also
useful memorial of the Confederate
dead, would be the Southern Universe
ty which that good man, ripe scholar,
pious ecclesiastic, and gallant and
skiltul soldier, Leonidas Polk, had in
charge when the war broke out. We
believe the site was secured and some
progress made in erecting the necessa-
ry buildings. 1t was to have been To-
Gated in East Tennessee. Is it not
worth while for some of the true phil
anthropists of the North who are
sincerely anxious for the moral and
intellectual improvement of the South
ern people to make inquiries concern
ing this institution, and procure for
its trustees pecuniary aid to enable
them to carry out the original idea?


The necessary steps have been taken
to erect monument to the memory
of Stonewall Jackson; and we hope
the day is not far distant when the
great and good Albert Sidney John
son, the greatest and the hest of
Southern heroes, shall have his memo
rial too to excite American youth to
the imitation of his heroic virtues.
But rs all cannot be commcmorated on
so extensive scale, we hail with
pleasure every proposition for the
collection and preservation in any one
State Of mementocs Of the fallen braves
whom that State sacrificed upon the
alter of its liberties.


The latest and one of the most prac-
ticable plans we have seen for this
purpose comes from the Dialetic Soci-
ETY. Of the University of North Carroll
ma, at Chapel Hill.


In well considered and eloquent
appeal to the former members OF the
society, their acquaintance and friends
throughout the South, the committee
appointed begs all who are willing to
assist in obtaining record of her
patriot sons to furnish them with the
name Of every member of the society
who is known to have died in the
Confederate army from wounds or dis
ease. The sad list will he long one,
representing every Southern army and
every Southern State; but mingled
with the unhappincss will be the con-
soling reflection that its length is the
very thing Of which they have most
reason to be proud. SO far as posi-
bic, it is desired that the names of the
dead which may he forwarded to the
committee should be accompanied
with the time, place, and circumstances
Of death. We suggest to the society
that they do not cOniine their labors
to the preparation of a history of its
members only, but extend the object
and plan Of their undertaking so as to
embrace all those who died in the ser
vice of the Confcderacy from North
Carolina. And we think the example
thus set by the University of North
Carolina might be initiated by the
university or principal college in each
of the other Southern States. One
means which occurs to us for obtaining
the information desired, would be to
call upon the colonies or surviving
field officers of the different regiments
for an account of the services, losses,
DC, of their regiments during the war.


The Committee of the North Caro-
lima University also proposes to estab-
lish OH an extended scale and under
proper auspices museum for the
collection and preservation of all
curiosities and relics connected with
the Confederacy or incident to the war
for Southern independence. The for
nation of such museum must be
undertaken, if at all, by literary as
sociation, which can in no way be
considered political, and from material
now in private hands. 1t is designed
to be a receptacle for whatever may be
interesting to the lovers of liberty, or
admirers of patriotism and valor !;
whatever is dear to true SOutherners,
whether because of its intrinsic worth
and beauty, or because of its assOcia-
tons. The Committee therefore call
upon individuals to contribute what
ever their taste may suggest rs ap-
propriate, and thereby encourage what
may become valuable exhibition,
pleasing and interesting to the eyes OF
those who in time to come may ap-
preciate the motives and achievements
Of the Southern people in the late war.


We do not like the name museum
applied to such 3 purpose because it
has been degraded to so many un-
worthy purposes; and we hope the
Dialectic Society will be able to find an
entirely unobjcctionable title for an
institution which commends itself to
the head and heart of every true pa
triot.


We thank the Committee for sending
us their appeal, and cordially wish
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