The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-15
COLUMBIA + 9. G..
Thursday Morning, July Is, 1859.

Gen. Frank Blair has been looking a
some Of his brother officers, Farragut
Sheridan, Heintzleman and some others
through an inverted opera-glass, tn
lenses Of which were the names of Lee
and Stonewall Jackson. It made thes
gentlemen very angry. It occurred il
this,Way; Last Friday. at Long Branch
the soldiers of the "Army and Nav.
OF the Gulf" were having sort of pran
dial reunion, and when Gen. Blair cam,
to speak, he spoke as follows:
"I feel greatly complimented by thi
call. 1t hardly bee Jmes me to speak O
war, but inasmuch as we are having ,
general jollifcation in which the small
ones can enjoy themselves as much a.
those of larger merit, will say few
words of the struggle which has ius
ended, and I will speak one word o
those who have had no voice here to
night. will speak for people who
were once our enemies; and I know tha
when speak for them before soldiers, ]
speak before those who will heartily re
spond. Those against whom we con
tended, whom we aspersed as rebels, anG
whom 1 think we triumphed over as vel
for them as for ourselves. They were 6
great and generous people; they were
worthy OF the steel of our best. We hea,
of Sheridan and Farragut here tonight
but we shall yet hear of Lee and Stone
wall Jackson. Kisses, cries of Order!
and great confusion. Who dissents:
Many voices, we dissentp we all dis
sent! think of Andersonville and Lib
by Prison!l It would be little merit fol
US to have triumphed over mean enc.
my. Loud cries of 'Orderl sit down!
Dry up!] I admit that they were mis-
guided; I speak of them us our adverse,
ries. Cries of 'Traitorsrl Gen. Blai,
paused for moment; then, looking all
ever the room. said, Are there no voices
to be raised for them? Cries of Yes
yesp NO, no! and They were trait.
ors!'
SAT this juActure Admiral Farragui
said he thought the speaker should be
allowed the right to go on.
"Gen. Blair-I do not claim right to
speak; I am here by courtesy.
ga voice-I call the gentleman To
order.
Admiral Farragut-I think the point
well taken, inasmuch as we meet here
for social enjoyment; anything which is
clearly against the wishes of the MAORI
ty and tends to disturb the general har-
mony, is decidedly out of order
Gen. Blair bowed respectfully and
good humoredly, and sat down."
General Blair, in q note to the JForM
replies to The radical papers who allege
that he insulted the military association
of the officers of the army of the Gull
in his speech at their recent meeting He
says:
81 was urged to attend their meeting
and banquet, and declined to do so unit
further refusal would have appeared
childish. was appointed to respond tc
one of the regular toasts, and refused to
do SO. My reluctance to attend or speak
at the banquet grew out of the appre
henslon that these army reunions were
being used as radical stalking horses
The result justified the suspicion, which
cannot be tortured into anything but q
compliment to our gallant soldiers, was
eagerly seized by portion of those pre-.
sent and made the occasion of q great
and indecent insult to an invited guest.
81 do not intend to wound the feelings
of those who had honored me with an
invitation to participate in their festivi
ties; on the contrary, it was q compli
ment to our army to speak well of those
over whom our army had triumphed, as
'foemen worthy of our STEEL MY in.
tention and meaning could only have
been perverted by men who had been
taught by such heroes rs Butler to relish
O. different kind of steal"
ALDERA1ANIc SUPPER GIVEN BY JOSEPH