Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Athens Weekly Banner in Athens, Georgia

We have 1,947,233 pages in Georgia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 2 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1901

Page

3

Memorial Address on Confederate Cause and American Liberty

The speaker honors Confederate dead while defending their cause as rooted in a struggle for state sovereignty. He contrasts Southern gentleness with Puritan rigidity, argues the Revolution affirmed state rights, and critiques Northernpolitical motives, slavery as property, and sectional conflicts leading to secession and war. He emphasizes memory, liberty, and the enduring truth of the states’ autonomy.

Lexington Lee Georgia Potomac Mississippi Mandy Yorktown South England Rhode Island Federalist New England United States Danie Webster United State Congress Virginia Ots Missouri Supreme Court Republic of Texas California Mexico Texas South Carolina North Constitutional Court Kanesa Daniel Webster Union Fort Sumter Washington Confederate States Sumter Carolina Castle Pinckary Charleston Ehemera Pericles Dazale Troy

Civil War Reflections and Memoirs of Southern Valor

A lengthy, period-voice passage reflects on the Civil War, secession, and Confederate memory. It honors dead soldiers, recalls Gettysburg and Pickett, and pleads for enduring Southern heroism while lamenting poverty and loss. A second portion promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poisons and cancer with testimonials.

Blood Balm Co Atlanta

Also Mentioned on This Page

Athens Walter G. Charlton Savannah, Ga Great Britain Maryland Thacher Cadmus Greece Grecy Plataea Oscsar Malakoff Pleyna Pickett Gettysburg Arthur Tennessee FOR Etvice Tutt CANDY
Search Courier

Search the Athens Weekly Banner Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Athens Weekly Banner?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication