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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