Posted on 06/25/2015 10:47:58 PM PDT by tcrlaf
K Edgerton, a black Confederate advocate, tells of his fondness for the South, the Confederacy, the distinction between the original Klan and another formed forty years later for totally different purposes, and the rarely told truth about Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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The equestrian statue of him in (former Forrest Park) Medical Sciences Park in Memphis attracted 30,000 people to its dedication in 1904.
It’s a huge brass figure of Forrest on his horse, and was brought over to Memphis by boat a couple of years after a fundraising drive raised the money to commission a Frenchman to sculpt it (I forgot the number, but it was tens of thousands of dollars).
It’s the most magnificent monument in Memphis, in artistic terms.
A couple of years ago I noticed the local (Memphis) Commercial Appeal newspaper web site had a feature section on the monuments of Memphis. The Forrest monument was the only one that wasn’t shown, even though some of the monuments were small brass plaques.
my great uncle rode with Forest in the 5th Miss cav
I hope you have, or will, research him on ancestry.com.
Outstandin and thx
Bump for later.
South will Rise again, bedrock.
oh yes , I know quite a bit about him .
our family keeps track of the ancestral histories fairly well
This is SCV’s page about his speech to the The Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association (the predecessor to the NAACP).
http://tennessee-scv.org/ForrestHistSociety/forrest_speech.html
His speech
Ladies and Gentlemen I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states. I accept it more particularly as it comes from a colored lady, for if there is any one on God’s earth who loves the ladies I believe it is myself. ( Immense applause and laughter.) I came here with the jeers of some white people, who think that I am doing wrong. I believe I can exert some influence, and do much to assist the people in strengthening fraternal relations, and shall do all in my power to elevate every man to depress none. (Applause.) I want to elevate you to take positions in law offices, in stores, on farms, and wherever you are capable of going. I have not said anything about politics today. I don’t propose to say anything about politics. You have a right to elect whom you please; vote for the man you think best, and I think, when that is done, you and I are freemen. Do as you consider right and honest in electing men for office. I did not come here to make you a long speech, although invited to do so by you. I am not much of a speaker, and my business prevented me from preparing myself. I came to meet you as friends, and welcome you to the white people. I want you to come nearer to us. When I can serve you I will do so. We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict. Go to work, be industrious, live honestly and act truly, and when you are oppressed I’ll come to your relief. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for this opportunity you have afforded me to be with you, and to assure you that I am with you in heart and in hand. (Prolonged applause.)
My relatives on my mother’s side grew up in the panhandle of Florida. When my aunt and uncle bought an abandoned mansion, in it they found a trunk with a Ku Klux Klan outfit in it. I asked my mother why the Klan was active when there were few blacks in the community, and she told me they would impose social order by such means as visiting a man in the middle of the night who had been beating his wife and tar and feather him.
I guess when the laws fail folks find other means...
Who are we to tell the left what to do? They tell us and our GOP toads hop to it!
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