Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30
GENERAL GORDON.
visit Gf Senator Jno. E Gordon. Of
s.vs,rgsa, so Wilmington Sers'-
Eassde al sna Purcell 8AOuse-sse en-
e.0rd0u's ssesponse-

and. al sne PurccIi Hho"se-ssen
e.0raon's ssesponse-
We announced yesterday that Gen
john i. Gordon, U. s. Senator from
G-orgii, WAS expec.ed in the city. Ii"
arrived here III the morning on IL
Northern team and put up at the Pur-
ell House. where maby of our prom
n mt citizens called on him durlbE
the forenoon. AS it was announced
thai lis visit to the city would necss
5 ,riiy be IA very short one, the CorneF
3 eld concluded TO serenade him dur
Jig tie afternoon. Shorty after !
O'Clock, the Bad arrived iii 'front.' Il
the 7 urceli H3use, and after playing
seTs raj foe airs, the distinguished;
Gargian appeared accompanied by
Hon A. III. Watideii.
Ger Gordon was very happily intro
j;ic.d by Col. Waddell as one vel
known Is Lis deeds on the field and
Bis course IL the Senate Chamber 10
the people Of the Scuth; but not as
, Canei al nor yet as Senator, would he
Introduce him, but simply as john b
Gordon, OF Georgia.
Gen. Gordon, IL response to this IL
Production, spoke for about fifteen
minutes. We only regret that We aIe
lot able TO produce here ever word
taat was said; we took no notes, and
must therefore report entirely troIn
memory.
Gen. Gordon thanked the Feu-
pie IoT tue cordial welcome that
lad been extended to him III bi>
first visit to our beautiful city. Yet
he did not feel as though he was
addressing strangers. The ties
Of common past, with It's sulferings,
is tIia.s and It's terrible tIibulatjons,
We're the links that bound the people
OF tie Sontb together and made them
I ali brothers. B. sides, he was almost
North Carnlinian by birth. Ii $
rather, when "A boy, had courted some
O. tue beauties Of the historic old
! cou.f y ii Wilkes. and II he Lad MAJ.
ried enc Of them he General Gordon
/ would, in that case, nave BEEN born n
! North Carolina. As 1t vas, he was
/ fully pursuHded n his own mind that
! that i ne had not been born in Geor-
/ ga lie would have been in North Car
DINA.
He hal met and known and loved
ard Aouored North Carollnlans IN
al Of his public life, wheth~r
in tle camp or in the cou. CT.
halls. As Southern man he
vas proud Of the record which.
suey had made for themselves
dutIDg the war but more peciaily
f5r that which had pe1tainod to them
since tine war IN iedeening this proud
Old Commonwealth from the hands Of
the sLoilcE. He s.:id that it had been
cltrSeu on the floor Of the Z. s. Sen
"a tnat lie had uttered concilIatn,y
S sntiments at Concord that he dare not
speak 1T the South In response 20
this chyrg., he would say here TO-DAY
tlat Le had asserted in New Hanp-
shire tnat the south had been, wa
NV ana forever would De ready to
eAlend the right hand of fellowship /"
tie people Of the Northern States.
Gen. Gordon iikened the South t.
t. suffering patriarch Job; like hi,.s
thy we're alH cted but patient; tE,y
ha,t Ost lands AID Louses and friend
and tamiles bat they were faithful and
constant unto the end job was filed
W n boiIs aud scabs and sores and Il e
people OF the South had been overrun
with scailawags and carpet-ba2ger%
Ony, in one re spect, did they differ
even in his worst extremity the
devil didn't set up Jobs ser
wants over him. 1t was the speak r.
great privilege to lee the bearer tlis
DAY Of glad things to the people. H.,
had been among the people of the
North, and everywhere could be heard
the mutterjngs Of the doom that wa
sure II overtake those who had abuseu
the privileges of power and had sum
all of the instincts and teachings of
p triotisln in their panderings to |
self, and when the first Centennial of |
American Independence dawns, the |
f g Of free people would float fro,
The dome OF the Capitol.
Gen. Gordon concluded with an elo-
quent appeal to the people to stand
fast by the principles that they had i
50 happily maintained here in the Old
North State, and to go on copquering
and to conquer in the great cause of
constitutional liberty.
At the close of his remarks, Gen.
Gordon retired to the reading room of
the Purcell House, where a number of
gentlemen availed themselves of the
privilege of an introduction and a
kindly and cordial grasp of the hand
of the gallant Southerner. He left
here on the Southern train last even
ing with many expressions of regret
a