. Sponsor souvenir album : history & reunion (1895) . of men who confronted you in battle. It has been my fortune recently tomingle with those men in every section. Be assured, my Confederate comrades,that the overwhelming majority of the Grand Army of the Republic, composedof soldiers who were brave in battle and are generous in peace, courageous,knightly and true, bear toward you neither lingering bitterness nor sentimentof distrust. Whatever of untimely passion may here exist from any cause willbe of short duration and comparatively harmless. In the presence of your con-tinued conservatism,
. Sponsor souvenir album : history & reunion (1895) . of men who confronted you in battle. It has been my fortune recently tomingle with those men in every section. Be assured, my Confederate comrades,that the overwhelming majority of the Grand Army of the Republic, composedof soldiers who were brave in battle and are generous in peace, courageous,knightly and true, bear toward you neither lingering bitterness nor sentimentof distrust. Whatever of untimely passion may here exist from any cause willbe of short duration and comparatively harmless. In the presence of your con-tinued conservatism, and in view of the higher and nobler sentiment of thecountry, it will vanish as the vapors before the morning sun. But I must not consume more of the time of this most important conven-tion. I close as I began, by assuring the governor of this great state, the mayor ofthis metropolitan city, and the generous and patriotic people of both, that theUnited Confederate Veterans are profoundly grateful for this superb receptionand bountiful Houston Homes. 42 SPONvSOR SOUVENIR ALBUM.
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