Excerpt from Address Delivered Before R. E. Lee Camp, C. V: At Richmond, Va;, December 18th, 1908, in the Acceptance of the Portrait of General William H. Pyne Meditation upon Stonewall Jackson inclines one to believe that grand, genuine strenuousness is most apt to abound where there is least said about it. Bound up with Lee I have said. To this twin thunderbolt we give the reverence for true greatness which deepens with every true approach to it and insight into it. In death they give defiance unto death; vanquish death. In death they are lifted up to be the living word of our ideal. They are the Bruce and Wallace of the South. Could we rally a united South to follow in peace, with war's obedience, the banner of their characters, it were a moral Bannockburn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Address Delivered by Comrade N. V. Randolph, Before R. E. Lee Camp, No; 1, C. V., December 3, 1886 I was much surprised to learn a few days ago that by unanimous resolution of this Camp the honor had been conferred on me of delivering an address before you to night, the occasion being the dedication of our new hall. I fear the mover of the resolution has allowed his personal friendship for the man to warp his better judgment; for certainly there are many members of the Camp who, more gifted by nature, could do the subject greater justice than I can, for no matter what else I may have claimed to be, I certainly never claimed to be an orator. But, sir, when I entered R. E. Lee Camp in its early days, I did so with the determination to do my duty to the best of my ability, feeling that I could and would be of some service to my fellow man. The Spirit that caused me to take an active part in your organization was the same that prompted me, when at fifteen years of age, to throw aside my school books and enlist in the Confederate army, determined to do my duty to my native State with all my soul and strength. The subject for this address, as outlined in your resolu tion, is the Origin, Growth and Present Condition of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans, and certainly no more fit subject could have been selected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: An Address Delivered Before R. E. Lee Camp, No; 1 Confederate Veterans at Richmond, Va;, October 29, 1909 "Out of the old fieldes, Cometh al this new corne." - Chaucer. Comrades Of Lee Camp, Ladies And Gentlemen: By a resolution adopted by the unanimous vote of this Camp, I have been asked to deliver an address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States. Believing the request a reasonable one to be preferred by the Camp and that such a request from the Camp to one of its members is equivalent to a command, I have, with some hesitation, and with greater distrust of my ability to meet the expectations of the Camp, undertaken the fulfilment of the uncongenial and perhaps unprofitable task thus imposed upon me. I wish to state in the outset that what I shall say on this occasion will be said in no spirit of carping criticism, with no desire to do injustice to my remarkable subject, and will be as free from sectional prejudice and passion as one who has suffered as I have, by the conduct of Mr. Lincoln and his followers, can make it; and I shall also strive to say what I do say solely in the interest of the truth of history. "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," is a maxim of the Divine Teacher, and it embodies a principle which should be the "guiding star" of every writer of history. The truth about the cause, the character and conduct of the leaders in the great conflict from '61 to '65 is all that we of the South ask, or have a right to ask, and we should be satisfied with nothing less than the truth about these. Whenever the good character of a person is put in issue, the party avouching that good character challenges the opposite side to show, by all legitimate means, the contrary of the fact thus put in issue. In the war between the States the character and conduct of the leaders on both sides were necessarily involved, and especially was this true of the character and conduct of the official heads of the respective sides. Last year was the centennial of the birth of Jefferson Davis, the civic leader and official head of the Southern Confederacy; the South duly celebrated that centennial and avouched to the world the conduct and the character of their representative head and his leadership, and we think every one who loves the memory of the Confederacy, and of our great struggle to maintain it, ought to feel gratified and satisfied with the result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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