St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-07
JEFF,s EVERLASTING JAW.
Still Another Speech ON State Sow
ereignty.

eFeASheFs
SAVANNAH, Ga, May 6.-The feature
of yesterdays festivities in connection with
the Chatham artillery centennial was the
unveiling of the bronze tablets on the mon
unlent of Gen. Nathaniel Greene,
of revolutionary fame. The Grafton
of the occasion was delivered
by Col. G. G. Jones of Augusta. After
the Grafton salute of thirteen guns was
fired by the Chatham artillery from the
same guns they used at the unveiling OF
the monument over fifty years ago AT the
conclusion of the firing calls were made
for Mr. Davis, in response to which he rose
amid tremendous cheering.
1t might be possible, he said, to speak, but
not to this vast audience. He could not find
words equal to the occasion. This gathering
is significant. he said, as it expresses the
sympathy of the people of Savannah with
the centennial event. The two occasions that
OF the Chatham artillery centennial and the
honOfing of the memory of Gen. Nathaniel
Greene were moat happily blended together.
The colonies OF Rhode IslaHd and Georgia
stood
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
battling for independence in 1776, and it was
in that great crisis OF our history that Rhode
Island gave her son t0 Georgia to defend the
common principle OF state sovereignty and
constitutional liberty, which lived then,
lives now, and which shall live for
ever. lApplause.l 1t is true that
Immediately after the late war
birthright, but she regained her freedom and
with Rhode Island to-day stands shoulder to
shoulder in defense of constitutional liberty.
Georgia threw open her arms to re-
ceive to her bosom that patri-
otic son of Rhode Island. Applause
Here he cast anchor, determined to stay as
long as God spared him to breath, and here
lived and died. These are memories that en-.
dear him to the state of Georgia, and to every
one everywhere who loves liberty In IRE
the colonies acquired state sovereignty.
THEY REvoLTED
from the mother country in desperate
struggle. Is it a lost scauSe now? Never
Here the old man became eloquent and spoke
with something like the fire and pathos OF
old. Has Georgia lost the state sovereignty
which, with Rhode Island, she won in l7T6;
No. thousand times no. Truth
crushed to earth will rise again." You may
hold 1t down for time, but it will rise again.
Its might is clothed in all the majesty and
power which God gave it, and so the inde-
pendence of these states. The constitution,
liberty, the state sovereignty which they Won
in 17T6, and which Nathaniel Green the son
of Rhode Island, helped to win for Georgia as
well as for Rhode Island, can never die. ]
1 hope God may bless you.
AT THE CLOSE
of Mr.. Davis address thele was a mighty
surge in the crowd, and the next moment
the stage was filled with veterans eager to
grasp the hand of the old statesman. So
| great was the rush that there was danger
of Mr. Davis being crushed. A lane was
cleared, however, and he was escorted
| to carriage, in which he was convened
| to the city exchange. Here he gave a
| reception to the battalion of cadets of the
South Carolina military academy. MIR.
Davis remarked to them that the cadets al
Charleston had always turned out the best
men in the Palmetto state. AS Mr.. Davis
resumed his seat cheers were again given.
This morning, in response to a note from
the sister superior, expressing a wish
to have the honor of entertaining
the first and last president of the con-
federacy," Mr.. and Miss Davis visited the
convent of the Sisters of Mercy, where the
latter went for instructions during the late
| war. They also visited St. Mary's home,
and from II to 2 Miss Davis was present al
German given in her honor in the armory
of the Savannah guards. The chivalry
and beauty of Southern society were in
attendance at the banquet given by the
Savannah volunteer guards battalion to-
| night.