The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-08
A HISTORIC HORN.
Witch Colonel u. L. Sloan has Sounded on
Several Important Occn sIons.

"hirh Colonel u. L. Sloan has Sounded on
Several Important Occasions.
Colonel D. u. Sloan, Of tho National,
has n historic horn and on being asked
the story connected with it furnished the
following sketch:
You ask me for history of the horn L
blow as the cars brought Jefferson Davis
into the Gate City of the South.
Vol, to begin, this horn has been in
my possession quarter of Il century.
Notice these small porfOrations through
the shell. See how tho worms have
eaten it. Yet it retains it's original mel
low tone. This horn was presented to
nc by II man who never saw or heard of
me i'll his life; by man mover saw or
heard of till aftcr his death. His name
was Kirkpatrick. 1t came about in this
way. The gentleman lived near Charles
ton, s. c., had been great hunter, was
on his dcathbcd, and said to Strohecker,
Of Charleston, who was sitting by his
side: "Strohcckcr, there hangs a horn; l
prize it very highly on account of its
superior tone; feel that L shall never
DC able to sound it again; the delights of
the chase is all over with me; Strohcck-
CT, take that horn and givo it to some
good hunter for me and tell him l be-
4ucathed 1T to him rs q dying gift. "
| StrohccliCr promised, and thus l became
the favored one, and l. trust, ifdoparted
| spirits have cogniZancc Of what we do
here below, that the soul of kirkpatrick is
satisfied with his lcgatcc. | have winded
this horn i'll many n hunt on tho Blue
Rdgc mountains with that patriot, the
| best of men, Wade Hampton, with Alick
Haskell, the Taylors, Calhouns and 9TH
CTS of South Carolina's noblcst sons. I
made the scacOast wcll1in ring with this
horn on that memorable evening of Sc
ccSSlon III Charleston. ] sounded it on
Atlanta's hills for Democratic victory
and Grover Cleveland, and | made it re-
sound with luSty blasts on the triumDhal
entry into the city of Atlanta of our old
! Confederate captain.
L was Il SCcC SSiOniSt in the war, n SOuth
Carolina rebel, but am under reconstruct
ton now. | do not feel that l COM
mlttcd treason against the general gov
Crnmcnt. If SO, our fathers did the same
III the Revolution; the same causes OK
listed, but an inscrutablc Providence gave
success 10 the one and defeat to the 9TH
cr. God docth all things we'll
am Union man now, and should
Massachusetts or South Carolina scccdc,
L would help whip them back.
The lost cause is dead and buried now.
l revere It's ashes, and love the grand old
chicltain who will soon follow it to that
! bourne from whence no traveller returns.
! ! honor him because he never hinched or
fallltCrcd from what he believed to be
his duty; honor him because he was
ever staunch and true to his trust. But
we feel that VIC arc again back in the
house OF our fathers, and arc here to
stay; we feel that tho great banner with
It's stars arc our stars, its stripes our
stripes; once moro we can place our
hands upon our hearts and say for the
Star-Spanglcd banner: ''Long, long may
II wave, =" etc. Hcnccforth, its foes are
our Toes, its friends our friends.
Jefferson Davis is no longer its foe. 1t
was not that he loved the great fedora
ton less, but that he loved the principles
OF the ConfcdCracy more Yes, | love
and honor this dying hero, but God for
bld that i'll SO doing l should cast q
shade OF diShonOr or diSrcspcct on my
country's flag. | feel rs if, by the grand
est impulse Of my nature, / could grasp
amt bear aloGt i'll my right hand my
countryS colors, and with my left hand
| put INTO IN honorable grave the loved
form of Jefferson Davis, who soon must
go. | entertain no feelings of animosity
toward our Northern brethren, once our
Toes. look down upon them with
pride. They arc IL great people, most
wonderful people. Let us together build
up an American government SO grand,
SO good that the heavens may smile upon
us, and thc whole world gaze upon it in
astonishmcnt
But this horn I hope to blow it again
III 1883 for Grover Cleveland, or some
other Democratic Prcsidcnt and if de-
icat shall be our fate, | will hang it upon
the willows for another day. Onco be-
fore then, however, / will take it down
and blow strain for Governor John b.
Gordon, name Of irresistible love to
every son Of South Carolina and every
boy who wore the gray. d. U. SLOAN.