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University Reporter.
13
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Substance of Remarks made by Dr. Boggs in the Chapel of
the University Upon the Occasion of the Death
of Mr. Jefferson Davis.
Ladies, Gentlemen and Fellow Soldiers of the Confed
erate Army:
In the ten minutes to whieh I have been wisely limited by
your committe, I shall address myself especially to the young
people who are with us today by the earnest desire of all.
My young friends will permit me to speak as an humble
member of that generation of Confederates whose illustrious
Chieftain lies now awaiting his burial in the city of New Orleans.
Tour feet, young friends, are pressing close upon us as we are
being crowded from the stage of life. Feeling myself to be
among the rear-guard of a once mighty host that is rapidly
crossing over to the other side whither our great captains have
preceded us, I make this request of you to whom we must
commit our reputation and our country: Cherish the memory of
the “ Old South.” Representing on this solemn occasion the
men who fought for the Confederacy, I charge you in the pres
ence as it were of the dead; I charge you at the bar of History
to wli ch we have taken our final appeal from a defeat which
was without dishonor; I charge you by the honor of this fair
land which we shall soon leave in your possession that, for the
love of truth and of right, you cherish the memory of the “ Old
South”—the South of Washington, of Calhoun, of Lee, and of
Davis.
I avail myself of this opportunity to warn you against the
evil and deceitful meaning that is wrapped up in the popular
phrase “ The New South ” Not that I would say one word
against healthful, conservative progress. Like you I would fain
see our dear South lead the van in civilization and sound de
velopment. I would see her first in the race for glory, and pow
er, and pre-eminence, if it be possible. But I beseech you, as
you would lead your country into a career of solid prosperity
not to ignore the principle^ of Constitutional liberty to which
Jefferson Davis consecrated his Statemanship and in defense of
