The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-10-11
NEWBERRY, S. c.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER H. 1883.

have got one one old man in Geor.
gia, and you may have one or two
in New York, for all I know, who
get madder the farther they get
from the war. t. Laughter. They
remind me of an old countryman in
my State who started to market
with a load of apples in a cart with
his wife. They crossed a little
ferry. and coming out the hind.
board of the cart broke loose and
the apples all rolled into the river.
The old man was mad, but for a
time he said nothing. He sat down
to contemplate the scene. His wife
wen to the house. He did not come.
and, after awhile, she said to her
boy, "Go down to the ferry, and
see what has become ofyour daddy"
He came back without his father.
"He won't come" "What is he
doing?" "He is sittin' there cuss-
in" [Great laughter and ap-
plause.
For the most part that sort did
not fight much. What are you 60
ins to do about them? will tell
you what some papers do. If it
happens to be one Of our men, your
papers take him to be a represen-
tative of the South, and if it hap.
pens to be some one in the North,
some OF our papers are foolish
enough and mean enough to call
him a representative of the North.
What are we going to do with these
men sitting down there at the ferry
cursing twenty years after the
fighting? Let them curse on.
Laugher But 60 on raise more
apples. Long continued applause
and laughter.
pity Southern man whose con-
victions of honor and sense Of his
toric position are so feebly based
that he gets into rage every time
that Northern man disagrees with
him. And I pity q Northern man
who must explode every time some
Southerner chances not to agree
with him. Our people would be un-
worthy your respect if they should
pretend to change their convictions
in day. But there are changes
going on. l might give you some
illustrations of the gradual change
of opinion, an honest change, where
men and women are doing their
best. But time forbids. People
who always stay at home generally
have very fixed ideas, with deep
roots. but they are not wide ones.
l am much obliged to Judge
Tourgee for the many strong and
admirable points made in his
speech. l want to tell you; if these
States in which have lived are to
be counted in this Union. YOU ought
to ask of US this: Fidelity to the
Constitution and it's amendments, to
the Declaration of Independence
and this flag, and no more. Ap-
plause There is in the Citadel
square at Quebec. beautiful mon
ument, that could not have been
built by Pagan nations. 1t is in
sight of the fields of Abraham,
where brave Englishmen, following
the flag of st. George, and brave
Frenchmen following the lilies, went
down in the blood and storm of
battle. The brave leaders died that
day and that monument in the Cit
adel square at Quebec has on one
side the namo 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 the Frenchman to
to have heartburuings to-day, stand.
ing in such place, hoy is it with
US twenty years after the battle?
Are not heart-burnings as much out
of place?
Last night I was at little sta.
tien in Ohio waiting for the train.
l was reading good book. l will
give you one sentence from it. 1T
is often said of men when they
come to die that they become re-
conciled to their enemies" The
author added, They ought to do it
now." / stand on that basis. Ap.
plause.
I will not keep you much longer.
There are some circumstances
brought up today that l under
stand much better than the choir.
For instance, that Marching
Through Georgia business. I
tell you, the historic truth is in it.
Poetry has written history; for you
got mighty near all the gobblers
Applause and laughter, and the
most of the gweet potatoes lap.
plause and laughter] and if ever
an army had all easy time march.
ing 800 miles on fair roads in dry
weather, you had it, Laughter.
Georgia had sent out about 10000
men, but they we're elsewhere. l
have got piece of news to tell
you about that Marching Through
Georgia that you don't know. On
the road between my house and
Atlanta is o little town near the
Stone Mountain. Two months
after you marched through, 1 went
back, not marching much. I was
getting along the best I could with