The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-08
A HISTORIC HORN.
Which Colonel ID. L. Sloan Inns Sounded on
ScycrnI ImrOrtnnt OccnsIOns.


Colonel ID. U. Sloan, of tho National,
has historic horn and on being asked
tho story connected with it furnished the
following sketch:
You ask me for history of the horn /
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 pcrforations through
the shell. See how tho worms have
eaten it. Yet it retains its original mol
low tone. This horn was presented to
mo by man who never saw or heard of
me i'll his life; by n man [ never saw or
heard of till after his DEATH His name
WAS kirkpatrick. 1t came about in this
way. Tho gentleman lived near Charles
ton, s. c., had been great hunter, was
on his dcatlbcd, and said to Stroheckcr,
of Charleston, who was sitting by his
side: "Strohcckcr, there hangs q horn; L
prize it very highly on account of its
superior tone; L feel that I shall mover
be able to sound it again; the delights of
the chase is all over with me; Stroheck-
CT, take that horn and give it to some
good hunter for me and tell him L be-
qucathed it to him as q dying gift. -
Strohcckcr promised, and thus L became
the favored one, and l. trust, ifdopartcd
spirits have cognizancc of what we do
here below, that the soul of Kirkpatrick is
satisfied with his lcgatcc. have winded
TINS horn III many n hunt on tho Blue
kld9o 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 wcllSin ring with this
horn Oh that memorable evening Of Sc
ccssiOn III Charleston. I 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.
l was sCcC ssionist in the war, n South
Carolina rebel, but am under reconstruct
tlCn now. | do not feel that | COM
!nittcd treason against the general gov
cmmcnt. 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
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 buried now.
revere It's 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 finchcd or
faultCrcd from what he believed to be
llS duty; | honor him because he was
ever Staunch and true to his trust But
| we tccl that We are again back in tho
| house OF our fathers, and arc here tC
stay; VIC feel chat the great banner Will
Its stars arc our stars, its stripes on
stripes; once moro we can place on
hands upon our hearts and say for th,
S:tar-spangled banner: "Long, long may
1t wave" etc. Henccforth, its foes arc
our foes, its friends our friends.
Jefferson Davis is no longer it's foe. Ii
! was not that he loved the great fedora
ton less, but that he loved the principles
OF the Confcdcracy moro. Yes, l love
and honor this dying hero, but God for
hld that III SO doing l should cast a
shade Of dishonor or disrcspcct Oh my
country'S flag. feel rs if, by the grand
est impulse of my nature, [ could grasp
amt bear aIoIt in my right hand my
country'S colors, and with my left hand
put INTO nn honorable grave the loved
form OF Jefferson Davis who soon must
go. L entertain no feelings Of animosity
toward our Northern brethren, once our
Toes. 1 look down upon them with
pride. They arc great people, II most
wonderful people. Let us together build
up IN 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 1883 for Grover Cleveland, or some
other Democratic President, and if de-
feat shall be our fate, | will hang it upon
the willows for another day. Once be-
for. then, however, / will take it down
'hd 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.