The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-07
A HISTORIC HORN.
Which Colonel II. L. sloan has Sounded on
Several Important Occasions.

| btShohiC tOhN.
| Which Colonel II. L. sloan has Sounded ON
Several Important Occasions.
Colonel D. U. Sloan, of the National,
has historic horn and on being asked
| the story connected with it furnished the
following sketch:
You ask me for history of the horn |
blew as the cars brought Jefferson Davis
into the Cato City of the South.
We'll, to begin, this horn has been in
my possession quarter of century.
Notice these small perforations through
the shell. See how the worms have
eaten it. Yet it retains it's original mel
low tone. This horn was presented to
me by man who never saw or heard of
me i'll his life; by a man I never saw or
heard Of till after his death. His name
was Kirkpatrick. 1t camc about in this
way. The gentleman lived near Charles
ton, 5. g., had been great hunter, was
on his dcathbcd, and said to Strohecker,
OF Charleston, who was sitting by his
side: ''Strohecker, there hangs q horn;
prize it very highly on account of it's
superior tone; [ feel that shall never
be 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 1 be-
qucathcd it to him as a dying gift"
Strohcckcr promised, and thus [ became
the favored one, and / trust, ifdcparted
spirits have cognizanco of what we do
here below, that the soul of Kirkpatrick is
satisfied with his lcgatcc. / have winded
tins horn i'll many q hunt on the Blue
Ridge mountains with that patriot, the
best of men, Wade Hampton, with Alick
Haskell, the Taylors, Calhouns and 9th
crs of South Cardinals noblest sons. 1
made tho seacoast wcll1in ring with this
horn on that memorable evening of Sc
ceSslon III Charleston. L sounded it on
Atlanta'S hills for Democratic victory
and Grover Cleveland, and made it re-
sound with lusty blasts on the triumphal
entry into the city of Atlanta of our old
Confederate captain.
! was Il scce ssionist in the war, a South
Carolina rebel, but am under reconstruc-
ton now. [ do not feel that / com
mittcd treason against the general gov
crnmcnt. If SO, our fathers did the same
i'll the Revolution; the same causes cx-
lstcd, but an illscrutablo Providence gave
success to the one and defeat to the 9th
CT. God docth all things well.
am Union man now, and should
Massachusetts, or South Carolina scccdc,
l. would help whip them back.
The lost cause is dead and buricd now
! revere its ashes, and love the grand old
chlcftaln who will soon follow it to that
bourne from whence no traveller returns
honor him because he never hinchcd or
laultcrcd from what he believed to be
his duty; honor him because he was
ever staunch and true to his trust But
we lccl that We arc again back in the
house of our fathers, and arc here to
stay; we feel that the great banner with
It's stars arc our stars, its stripes our
stripes; once moro VIC can place our
hands upon our hearts and say for the
Star-spanglcd banner: ''Long, long may
1t wave" etc. Hcnceforth, its foes are
our foes, its fricn,s our friends
jefferson Davis is no longer it's foe. 1t
was not that he loved the great fedora
ton less, but that he loved the principles
OF the Confcderacy more. Yes, [ love
and honor this dying hero, but God for
Dld that in so doing I should cast q
shade OF dishonor OF disrespcct on my
country's flag. feel as if, by the grand
est impulse of my nature, L could grasp
and bear aloft i'll my right hand my
conntry's colors, and with my left hand
put INTO an honorable grave the loved
form of Jefferson Davis, who soon must
go. entertain no feelings of animosity
toward our Northern brethren, once our
foes. look down upon them with
pride. They arc 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 the whole world gaze upon it in
astonishmcnt
But this horn--I hope to blow it again
III 1888 for Grover Cleveland, or some
other Democratic President, and if de-
ieat shall be our fate, will hang it upon
the willows for another day. Once be-
fore then, however, / will take it down
and blow strain for Governor John b.
Gordon, IL name of irresistible love to
every son of South Carolina and every
boy who wore the gray. ID. U. SLOAN.