The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-24
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TIE N1TTosxH Assoo1Ixriios ;;t1ii Tor, OF MEa1ii.
oAN WAR HEnoEs. AT the recent meet;
| ing in Washington. The Psasid lent laen.'
Cadwallader) delivered sther following
patriotic address, whichtvas listened to
with marked attention: e fgtisltatsf y
CoMRADEs:tI canuct express the .s-
titude with which the, honor that on
have bestowed upon me by selecting ae
to preside over your organization has
INSPIRED me. For several years past, as
many OF you we'll know, have led life
OF retirement from public affairs. +,
therefore, did not seek, nor did I ex.
peot, the generous distinction with
which you have honored me.
! I have been very deeply moved by the
Incidents OF this reunion aud the ~.
aeotions which naturally spring from it,
Here have seen long-forgotten faces,
and have had incidents long g-forgottpn
recalled, as one and another of my old
comrades would ask me. don't you re-.
member this place aud that" which the
lnpse of twenty -soven years had caused
to grow dim in my memory, but which
their eager questions quickly recalled to
my mind. Here in this >assemblage,
comrades in arms have stood side by side
after parting of more than quarter
OF century.
In that period of separation, great
events and mighty changes have tnken
place in our. country. Yet those changes
find Us here all Americans to-day and
united in common country. l have
been profoundly impressed by the sem
timents uttered hero by our comrades OF
Mexico from the South, who subse.
quently fought in tho Confederate army.
They were brave soldiers, who followed,
doubtless, their honest convictions OF
duty. however mistaken those convic-
tions may he regarded in the Judgment
OF history. Let the aoldierl of the
Union always respond as they have done
here in the same noble spirit. Foreign
countries. indeed, may say the whole
world, have looked on with astonisb-
mens at the rapid rehabilitation Of ous
country after tho great convnlsion
through which it has but recently passed.
The time is opportune for nnnihilatipg
all lingering differences that may yet
divide American citizens. Aud in my
Judgment the men who fought valiantly
In the late war. on both sides, can, if
they come together, better settle those
differences in tho true interest of our
sTeas republic. than any set OF mere
POLITICIANS. There can be no better
period than the present. Peace and
order prevail in our country; no dan
gers exist now, and none threaten tue
future, and all true Americans should
be united in common sentiment and
! effort for its perpetuntion. I desire to
say, in reference to one of the special
objects OF your meeting, that Isinoerely
hope that Congress will at once erase
from the statute books all laws which
| exclude from the pension rolls those
veterans of the Mexican war and the
war of 1872, who served since in the
Confederate army. Again thanking
you. comrades, for the honor you have
done me, can only add that 1 will
make no promises, but will endeayor to
perform all the duties that your kind.
ness has devolved upon me. II I suo.
ceed in this as we'll as our gallant com
rade, General J. ". Denver,) who pre-
sided over your convention that organ
lied this association, I know that YOU
will be fully satisfied.
General Milroy offered the following
| 1SoOAoSAoAs "hACd Nhb uOOpt6Q.
Resoloed, That the Congress of the
United States is most earnestly re-
quested by this association to repeal all
laws which prohibit tho payment of nny
pension money to any soldiers of the
Mexican war and of tho war of 1872.
and all other wars, who served in the
Confederate army.
Senator Merrimon seems to be labor.
ing under the old delusion that because
the South raised S35O, 900, 600 worth of
cotton, sue ought to grow richer, and
that something is wrong because sho
does not. That something is wrong we
admit, but tho North Carolina Senator
does wrong to look Nnrthward for the
wrong. Tho evil lies close at hand. Let
the Southern people pay less for corn,
wheat, pork, horses and mules from the
North aud West, and more OF tho cotton
money will remain among u.s. Let any
planter keep m account of his own
transactions, and ho will lind that seven
ty per cent. OF his proceeds aro paid for
articles that como from abroad, and the
money for which must 60 abroad, SO
Tint he has but thirty por cent. left 70.
maining for disbursement at homo. Lot
every man consider where his money