Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-04
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Will also be found the best dissemination o
intelligence aud the best defender o.
political liberty"
''THB ARMY AND NAVY"
The eighth toast--"The army and navy
of the United States" was responded TO
by Lieut.. ). Il. BatchelnT, Z. 5. A. Lieut.
Bachelor said that 10 was extremely dif1-
cult for man Of his limited service to be
called upon to speak for the whole army
of the United States, although the army
and the navy were both OF skeleton al
mansions. 1t is true, he said, that both
the army and navy are skeleton, but, ne
added, for grit and patriotism, match us
who can. Applause. Military glory
might exist without civil liberty, put clVil
liberty never yet existed without military
virtue,
''THE PRESIDENT"
The ninth toast, The President OF the
United States" was responded TO by Gen.
John b. Gordon. The compliment i'm
piled by being asked to respoad TO this
Sentiment. said Gen. Gordon, " as peculiar
1v grateful TO him. All th surroundings
OF this occasion cOnspire to give point and
DatbOs TO the honor sought to be rendered
10 the President Of the United States.
The greatness Of the President rested
not in the fact of his being
euler, but because he is the
eervitor OF the people. 1t was his pre-
rogative to know no state, no section, no
condition, no creed. With our feet still
sore from the recent treading upon the
burning plOwshare, we are on them still
aud we challenge any one in the contest
of restraining him the President) within
the boundaries guaranteed by the Con-
stitution.
GEORGIA"
The tenth and last toast, Georgia."
was responded to by Hon. Robert Falli-
CANT, who made an eloquent and finished
speech. To respond to the toast 10 GeOr-
gia was to him TO speak of his mother,
Georgia. There was something in the
name that had centennial ring about it:
The grandeur OF our country is made up
by the autonomy fthe States. The CEN
turtles ring with the songs OF Bunker
Hin aud Yorktown and Bueda Vista and
Gettysburg. They al inculcated the idea
of the sovereignty Of the American
union. Things sometimes work
out strangely. To say that
Dur cause is not lost means that the
Eternal principles Of our civil liberty, Of
American liberiy,are sull preserved. The
Electoral commission bad dacid the
validity OF the autonomy OF the States be-
cause it decided that you could not go be-
hind the great seal of "A State. He believed
that the final dependence OF a State was
upon its citizen sOldiery. 1t was a great
past may be there is not a man in the re-
public who will deny the justice OF the
principles for whicn our dead gave up
their lives. He closed with an eloquent
and touching tribute to Dir. Davis.
''THE CITY OF SAVANNAH"
This closed the regular toasts, and the
fact was announced by Capt. Wheaton,
VINO proposed As an important subsidiary
sentiment the very Apostle toast, "rne
City of savannah" which ELECTED a hap
py response from Mayor Lester, who,
while admitting his reluctance to take
the floor, avOwed that he was a member Of
the Chatham Artillery, and fully realized
the fact that TO refuse to obey his captain
would be worse than treason. He spoke
OF the Chathams, which he said was a true
type OF the citizen sOldiery CT Georgia,
that citizen sOldieTy which faces danger
for bis country, performs his duty in time
ofpeace, aud woo carries his musket in his
hands and the constitution in his KNAPP
sack. He was happy to see that there
was peace all over the land, and that the
soldier had nothing TO do now but 10 OBJ
serve the law, prosecute the pursuit of
happiness, and celebrate Centennials,
keeping step with the march of progress
20 the music OF the Union. (Applause,
and cries Of ''Old Guardw "Old Guard!")
"THE OLD GUARD"
Capt. Saunders rising IN reponse to
these calls, prefaced his remarks by CT
ting the we'll known and historic motto
OF the Old Guard: "rhe Old Guard dies
but never sUrrenders.' When he had
heard Mr.. Davis he looked upon him and
saw truth Written in h s face Returning
20 the subject OF the Old Guard,
he said there was but one man
greater than Maj. Maclean, commander
OF the Old Guards, and that was Capt.
Wheaton, who had made an Old Guard
surrender The sentiment was greeted
with applause aud three cheers for the
Old Guard.
Col. Olmstead, commandant OF Camp
Washington, was next called upon, aud
responded briefly but happily.
Capt. Pierce OF the g influential Guards,
And also Of the Ancient Artillery of Bos-
ton, was next called upon. In New Or
leans, he said. the Guards had been
accustomed TO hearing the greatest post
prandial orators in the land. but he had
never listened to such brilliant array OF
orators as those who had furnished the
intellectual part of this least. He gave
an interesting history of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery OF Boston, men,
tiOnnr the fact that he was the only
Confederate soldier who was an Ancient
Artillerst. lie trusted that his old COM
gades would always End MIN as good an
AncIent as ne was an honorable COnleder-
Ste.
MR.. NORwoOD's RESPONSE.
Hon. T. NJ. Norwood, member OF Con-
Eress from the First Georgia district, was
next toasted, and responded IN his usual
happy style. The battle for cOnstitu-
tiOnal liberty, be said, was not yet won
~ remained for the South to do as il had
done in the past and stand shoulder 20
shoulder with ali lovers OF cOnstitu-
u0nla liberty In the fight.
BY this time, in the language Of one Of
tue speakers, many of tue citizen sOldiery
had departed-n0t this lite, but the
banquet here. The feast OF reason was
Kept up, however, an hour or two later,
and many happy and patriotic speeches
were made both by visitors and home
folks. And after they had finished, ia q
fragments OF the feast We're gathered up.
and the ball was lett to the quiet and
solitude OF early dawn.
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