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THE SPEECH OF LEE
Read at the Reunion of Confed
erate Veterans
AT BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
The Following Address Was Pre
pared by tb Late General Stephen
D. Lee Who Was Commander-in-Chief
of the United Confederates.
It is now fourteen years since the
Confedtrate Veterans enjoyed the
hospitality of this magic city. We re
member gratefully the courtesy of
our former unsurpassed welcome, but
today we are ready to believe that
Birmingham can surpass itself. Then
there was with us the incomparable
Gordon, soldier, statesman and orator
who along with the valorous Long-, the treasure 0f his people, incorrupt
faced the cannon's mouth for those
he loved dearer than life had the re
ward of beinjr a hero, tie who was
faithful unto death had the reward of
a stainless honor. What other course
could a Southerner have taken?
Behind him were the great tradi
tions of his English race there were
Hastings and Cressy and Agincourt,
there were Naseby, Blenheim and
Quebec, there were King's Mountain
and Valley Forge. In his veins flowed
the blood of a thousand years of chiv
alry. He could face the line of fire,
but not the shame of standing back.
States are not great, except as men
shall make them.
Men are not great, except they do
and dare.
These men fell bleeding and with
broken swords before the altar of
their country. Their reward was the
imperishable Knighthood of their ser
vice. I imagine that the Knights of
the Holy Grail never sought other
reward than just to serve. Ihc Con
federate soldier was the flower of no
ble and heroic courage. Duty laid
her kiss upon his brow, and Love of
Country folded him in her arms. He
enriched the world in honor. He ad
ded to the spiritual riches of man
kind. Ihe memory ot Ins deeds is
street and the gallant Wheeler were
Alabama's Paladins in the armies of
the Confederacy. It was from Ala
bama that Yancey's voice, like a sil
ver trumpet, called the South to Arm3
with an eloquence more potent than
Clan-Alpines' fiery cross. Alabama
was the cradle of the Confederacy.
Here was installed the Provisional
Government of the new nation, and
here her illustrious chief took the
bath of office which no man but him
self should ever take. And from Ala
bama came the great Admiral who
able, indefiled and that fadeth not
away. No noble action is ever lost,
no brave deed shall ever pass away.
They are written upon the everlast
ing pages of the Universe, they are
inscribed upon the heart of God.
To those who keep alive in loyal
Tiearts the memory of the Confeder
ate dead.I would say, these men chose
the noblest part. This is the best life
offers any man, to strive for the high
est, the greatest, the bravest he knows
Is it not better to achieve these
I things, even at the cost of life itself,
GrxfttAA ti a ef i re? rA fiifa nnnfl avaw
. than to purchase length of days by
sea, and single-handed swept the na-i ; " .
, t . I mean and sordid living, by cowardice
tion s commerce from the waves. , , , . , .
. ,, T , , or craft, by surrender of the fine
since tne war, l nave neara many ; i t. j t.
addresses to Confederate Veterans.
Our orators have been rich in argu
ments to demonstrate the correctness
of States Rights views, and the
(- ! i . i-. i i : Af
, . , , . e .. i span of human !li.e, into the white
the Constitution held by Southern ..... , ,
. . . . i light of eternity, what better could
statesmen. They have displayed the ; s ;
, ,. ... f .... , 'we nave wished for the Confederate
firm historic basis of our political! , ,. , , , , ...
, . , m, , , . r . ' soldier than to have played his part
faith. They have spoken in comfort- , ,..,, , , .
, , . . . ,. . 1 as he did? He has left heroic memor-
ng .woras 01 unexpeciea uenenicem.
results of the war, of the preservation
of the rights of tHe states in the
ideals of manhood in base compliance
to dishonor? In the hearts of every
man the Everlasting has made an
swer. If the cause was lost the men
were not. Looking beyond the little
Union, of the discipline of adversity
which prepared us to meet the ter-j
rible race problem with unflincl.!.ig ;
courage, indefatigable patience and (
, , t . o . "i 11 I reach of years,
that the Lost Cause was not w holly
lost, that the best fruits of the great The of . dying Sidney who
conflict came to the South, when the j ave hls S,ass of water to a wounded
1 r n I 1 1 a H riiimv I H ti n f r i f i r a
i ies that chasten and purify the hearts
of all who shall come after him. He
has lifted life-above the low level of
the common-place into the realm of
precious and immutable things, into
the great spiritual realities which
abide above all change, beyond the
necessity
greater than mine", is one of the fine
memores of the English race. 1
would than the pen of Milton or
! Gibbon wore mine that I might place
master was freed from the slave, and
the old ice-bergs of sectional hate
were set adrift in the warm gulf
stream of i new national patriotism.
Neverthpless it has not seemed the
whole truth to me that the Confed-1 besifle h t,ie story of Pat Cleburne at
erate soldier went into battle to vin-! Franklin as he drew off his boots to
dicate a constitutional argument. He P1'1" them on the bleeding feet of a
went to war because he loved . his comrade and then rode on to lead
people; because his country was-in-! the fatal charSe- He fe "Pn the
vaded: because his heart was throb - breastworks, saying, "I'm killed boys,
bing for his hearth stone. Here was!11 it out."
the land wheh gave him birth. Here j The old masterful type of the
was the church spire where he had Southern statesman passed away with
learned it was not all of life to live, i slavery. Whatjever may be said of
or all of death to die. No hostile foot! that institution, it trained men .for
shall ever tread this consecrated 1 leadership and government. The con
ground except over his dead body. It j tant presence of the bindsman
was the prospect of invasion that j wrought in the master a love of free
made the border states with bleeding j dom and a sense of honor that will
hearts try to cast their lot with the "ever be surpassed. Wonderful men
Confederacy. He who could have ex-1 those old Southerners were: great in
pected a Lee to do battle against i counsel, great in battle, but greater
Virginia, or a Hampton t draw his' than all in the integrity which felt
sward against South Carolina, has dishonor like a wound. They would
never learned the language of the hu-jhave fallen upon the sordid plunder
man heart. Nothing but the most , ers which in later times have infested
devoted love of country could ever public life like Elijah upon the prop
had sustained the Confederate sol-jhets of Baal. I cherish the hope that
lier in his unequal and terrible strug-jr Southern blood will produce the
., je , , j type again that with renewed pros-
B"Neither do I consider it necessary j perity we will again introduce into
ti find a reward for the Confederate pnblic life a class of men able and
soldier in unexpected good results of , willing to devote themselves with"
the great conflict. The reward of pure and unwavering fidelity to the
noble actons lies in the capacity to doolie service, and free from the all
them The Confederate soldier who ! absorbing struggle for bread, which
fought with unflinching courage had , has been the portion of Southern men
the reward of being a brave man. He for so many years. May it be the lot
who loved his country had .the re- of our children to perform the duty
ward of being a true patriot. He who! of freedom m a republic, with C will-
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ing hearts as ours, but at no such
fearful cost.
The reason why I have this hope
that the old time Southerner shall
live once more is because the South
ern boys love and cherish the deeds
of their ancestors. They do not for
get. The ideals of the fathers are
real to the sons. The homage these
young men pay to us old Confederates
is sweet to our declining years, but
sweetest of all, because it bespeaks a
love for the dreams which we cherish
ed and a willingness to die for them
if need be.
' We old soldiers are sitting in the
twilight of life waiting for the even
ing detail; waiting for the shining
angel.
"With things
Like chevrons on his wings."
We are the stragglers in the great
march. The victory is already won,
and our comrades expect our coming
to share the glory of their triumph.'
In the little time left us before we
report to our Great Commander, let
us quit ourselves like men. When the
pale sergeant coijtes, v ? shall listen
for voices in the upner air saying
"Welcome Comrade. Do they love us
still in Dixie."
STAk
THEATRE
HAVE 26 ENGAGEMENTS
From June 3 to June 7 113 Killed
And 26 Taken Prisoners.
TOKIO, June 9. A despatch from
Seoul dated to-day (June 9) received
at Army headquarters reports that
from June 3 to June 7 the govern
ment troops had 26 engagements with
the insurgents.
In these engagements one hundred
and thirteen insurgents were killed
aid 26 taken prisoners.
The recent transfers of Korean
cabinet ministers were due to the fact
that during a conference of provin
cial governors a number of cases of
negligence of the governors to rep
resent the actual facts concerning the
attitude of the Korean government
towards the insurgents were over
looked also neglect in failing to cor
rect false and malicious reports con
cerning Japanese .policy thus tacitly
encouraging the insurrection. In con
sequence the minister of agriculture
was transferred to the home depart-
Week Commencing t
f June o.
PROGRAM
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mcnt and to-day the new home min
ister announced the removal of seven
provincial governors showing a deter
mination to effect many sweeping
changes in local officials.
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