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 Lizzie Chambers Hull - Spanish Commandants Memorial - St. Charles, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 38° 46.484 W 090° 29.079
15S E 718512 N 4294783
After the Civil War, Missouri was trying hard to be hospitable to all.
Waymark Code: WMP2HY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2015
Views: 5
County of quote: St. Charles County
Location of site: 906 S. Main St., St. Charles
Marker erected by: Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Quote: "Nor North, nor South, nor East, nor West,
But part of each, of each the best."
"Champ Clark once commented humorously upon the political disturbance which followed backward waves of migration from the West into Missouri. That was in the past days of grasshoppers and drought." ~ Missouri Historical Review Chapter 11
This was at the end of the Civil War, and thus his comments and the actions against Confederates brought about a call for Missouri Hospitality. And thus a call for a contest of a Ballad to drive the Hospitality point home.
"In the state-wide contest for a Missouri song, suggested by Governor Herbert S. Hadley during his administration, the award was given to Mrs. Lizzie Chambers Hull. The father of Mrs. Hull was Adam Black Chamber, one of the publishers of the Missouri Republican before the War. Mrs. Hull was 69 years-ole when she penned the pleasant lines: MISSOURI
Missouri fair, we bring to thee
Hearts full of love and loyalty;
Thou center star, thy brightest gem,
Of all the brilliant diadem --
Missouri
Then lift you voice and join the throng
That swells her praise in joyful song,
Til earth and sky reverberate;
Our own, our dear, our grand old state ---
Missouri
She came, a comprise, for peace,
Her prayer is still that strife may cease;
She mourned her blue, wept o'er her grey,
When, side by side, in death they lay ---
Missouri
Chorus
Nor North, nor South, nor East, nor West,
But part of each -- of each the best.
Come, homeless one, come to her call;
Her arms are stretched to shelter all ---
Missouri
After the award to Mrs. Hull for the production of the words to the Missouri State Song, a prize was offered for music to accompany them. The committee, of which Professor Pommer was chairman, passed on the music submitted but decided that none of it was acceptable. Later still Mrs. Julie Stevens Bacon composed music for the song. The music was adopted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the song is sung at meetings of that patriotic organization." ~ Centennial History of Missouri
Address:
906 S. Main St.,
St. Charles, MO 63301
Website: [Web Link]
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