, 1881-08-28
GRISBY'S SPEECH.

The Words of n Secexstonist Who Has
no Sympathy with Garfield. :.
The Confelerates Of Missouri held re-
union on Aug. 10, at Dallas, Tex, to ccle-
brate the twentieth anniversary Of the battle
| of Oak Hill. There were present among
others the following, all ex-Confetierates
| from Missouri: Secretary-of- u. Z. Nc
Grath; Robert McCuloch, Register Of Lands;
| Mai. 4. Z. Lemons, Of the State Auditors
! office; JOHN $. MELONS. Of St. Louis, who
was Connissary under eleven different Con-
fe,ierate Generals; W. C. Brouaugh, Il. n.
Casey, and @. n. Bush, all from Clinton,
Henry County, No.; Col. j.: a. Burbridgc,
| Alton, I'll. W. T. Wilson, OF the Fort Worth
brother Of Senator Cockrell; Sam II. Nor
rison, of the Standard, Shreveport, La, one
Of Parsons brigade Of Missouri sll;arps!Soot~
! ers; Brighten L. II. Lewis. once Of Cole
County, Mo-. but now of Waxal4achic, and i
Southern Methodist preacher.
The principal address was delivered BY the
Rev. Gen. L. Af. Lewis, and it IS rauting.
roaring affair, alike destitute OF patriotism
or scholarship. The speech of the occasion,
says the ST.. Joseph Herald was that of one
Grisby, which they printed without COM
Capt W. II. Grisby, soldier and a Missou-
rian, as the Chairman said, opened his re-
marks by saving that he was with QuantrelI
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when he was shot off his horse. Much a1t~
plat,seE lie was not there to-day to ask
President Garfield to speak. lApplause.l
lie ind0rscd: Coy. Roberts When he would
calling upon the people OF Texas to say that
they synpathized with him in his misfortune.
[Applause.l lie 1.-THE spcaker) did not sy1Il-
pathize with Garfield in his misfortune lap
plause.l lie paid his respects Of appreiation
to the people of Texas, and then said, n
reference to synpatlliZinz with people that I
care nothing about, I am not ttlat kind Of Z
man.' Here one suggested to the speaker
to tone down and temper his relnarks-l
s'Thcy ask ne not to be bitter, not to min
gle confusion with my talk, but | am not
dying OIL the wings Of policy. How can
SAY otherwise after being with Bill Ander-
son when lie fell, witt. Tucker, Hill, and all
those boys, loving them: i1% now can .n SYN;
Don't it?'l Gentlemen, ever since could
lisp the word Constitution, ever since I knew
anything about constitutional law, ever since
knew of the Confederate Governmental and Of
ist. [Crics Of Bully" and Stick to il, my
boyr1 am ready for war at q moment. [Ap-
plause.1 They tell Inc to temper down, buthow
can /, now can {? how can 1 temper the
trutll![ Cries of No. sir!l It you vii! teach
me by some metodions sonnet, sung by FAM
might possibly be done. ivoices: 'Cut it
sil0rt.'1 And now: they tell me to cut it
short Gentfelnen,1 / a1n not afraid of the
ladies. They fought aud stood BY US when
no others would. They are ready ut the first
sound of war, If fired to-day. There is no
one on earth SO glad to meet you as l.. Ny
heora upheayes with such power and force
that + am not able to express myself: know
not how to express myself. / feel my soul
growing with the grandeur Of my theMe-a
theme so majestic, and so able to cement
hearts among women and bonds among men.
I hope we stall meet. often and early, and
Should ever war again commence let us be
found in tha front rank battling against Gar
field and all the crew." lApplause.]