The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-09-27


Tourgee for the many strong an
admirable points made in hi
speech. 1 want to tell you, if thes
states in which l have lived are t.
be counted in this union, and ar
to stay in this union, you ought t
ask of us this: Fidelity to tn
constitution and its amendments
the declaration of independence ant
this flag, and no more. Applause.
There is in the citadel square a
Quebec beautiful monument, tina
could not have been built by pagan
nations. 1t is in sight of the fields
of Abraham, where brave English
men, following the flag of st. George
and brave Frenchmen following the
lilies, went down IN the blood anC
storm of battle. The brave leaders
died that day and that monument
in the citadel square at Quebec has
on one side the name of Montcalm
and on the other of Wolfe. What
would you think of an Englishman
and a Frenchman to-day who
should meet at the base of that
monument and fall out with each
other about the battle on the plains
of Abraham? If it would not be
right for the Englishman and
Frenchman to have heart burnings
today, standing in such a place,
how is it with US 30 years after the
battle? Are not heart burninOs as
much out of place?
Last night 1 was at little sta
ton in Ohio waiting for the train.
1 was reading a good book. 1 will
give you one sentence from it: at
is often said of men when they
come to die that they become rec
onciled to their enemies The au-
thor added, "They ought to do it
now" l stand on that basis. APP
plause
1 will not keep you much longer
There are some circumstances
brought up to-day that 1 under
stand much better than the choir.
For instance that "Marching
through Georgia" business. 1 tell
you the historic truth is in it. Poe
try has written history; for you
got mighty near all the gobblers
applause and laughter, and most
of the sweet potatoes applause and
laughter and if ever an army had
an easy time marching 300 miles on
fair roads and in dry weather, you
habit. Laughter. Georgia had
sent out about 10000 men, but
they were elsewhere. have got a
piece of news to tell you about that
" Marching through Georgia that
you don't know. On the road be
tween my house and Atlanta is lit
tie town near Stone Mountain. Two
months after you marched through
[ went back, not marching. was
getting along the best could with
some very broken down mules that
had lost their ordinary vivacity.
l noticed in that little town not less
than a dozen chimneys. You know
what war does. 1t burn houses.
That is what it means. War is
hell. Pardon the roughness. That
is what it is; war is hell. 1 saw as
1 came along to Chautauqua that
the last one of these chimneys
had a house built to it. 1t had
stood for Is years or more, but this
spring a house had been built to it,
and was glad.
We are raising up boys there
that some of these days, should
there be occasion for (which
God forbid if it please him-woIld
fight under that flag, as the High
landers, whose ancestors fought un-
der Bruce, fight for the flag of ST.
George. l did not come here for
gush, but l am glad in my soul, as
1 said in the beginning, that Geor-
gia is on that flag. Applause. l
love this country. L believe in it,
that it has mission to the nations
of this world, and that it will &C
accomplish more than statesmen
understand. But in the prophetic
heart of the church there is deep
feeling somehow that the deliver
ance OF every nation from bondage,
the evangelization of the world
largely belongs to this people. 1t
could not have been done with q
divided union. Applause.
say it with reverence in this place,
it would have marred the stupen
dous plans of Divine Providence.
But now, after all that God has
done in setting men free in this
country, we can go on, working out
by his great help the noblest prob
lem ever given to a civilized nation
in this world.
Now, God keep us in the peace
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
constitution and declaration of indie
pendence, and this book, which is
the magma charta of the worlds in
telligence and the worlds freedom
Prolonged applause.