The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-11-21
DELIBERATIONS OF THE DOCTORS
President Talley's Address, Proceedings of
the Meeting.

President Talley's Address Proceedings OF
the Meeting.
Columbia Record, Nov. 15.)
The Association of Confederate Medical
Survivors Of the Army and Navy met in
the Council Chamber at noon today. The
following members were present: Messrs.
A. n. Talley, W. B. Taylor, A. J. China,
VIM. Anderson, R. H EdmuDds, F. L.
Frost, Middleton Michel, Thos. J. McKie,
James Mcintosh, A. S. Salley, George R.
Todd
President Talley delivered an address OF
welcome as follows:
''It is with sincere pleasure that vel.
come you on this the first anniversary OF
our Association and my welcome wakes
warmer with knowledge of the sacrifices
your presence here sacrifices
which none but the busy practitioner may
appreciate or the patriotic citizen make.
That our membership is not more largely
represented we deeply regret, but ceDsure
is not an element of that regret, for we are
far from suspecting our absent friends of
waning interest in the objects of our meet
ing.
In Offering you the welcome which it is
my province and pleasure to extend, per
nit me to give expression TO q thought
which I hope you will deem neither irrele-
want nor ill-timed. It is true that ours is
in no sense political organization, and
that with us the behests of party are sub
ordinate TO the instincts of patriotism, but
no loyal son of the South-with the recol-
lection of the humiliation, deep, dark and
damning, to which he has been subjected,
yet ranking in his heart and branded upon
his memory-can fail to look with anxiety
upon our political environment. The
clouds which once darkened our civiliza-
ton and threatened our extinction again
appear in our horizon and the listening ear
may catch the stealthy steps of change and
fear.
''Do we not, my comrades and friends,
in this menace find an incentive to closer
uniou, the bands of stronger brotherhood?
Does it not admonish US to cherish the
recollection of what we have done and suf-
fered in our country's cause that we may
derive fresh inspiration from the recollcc
tion? True it is we may never again be
called upon to forsake kindred and home
for the perils of the battle .feld-and God
grant that we never may! But should the
call come, the experience of the past
teaches that it will not fall upon deaf ears
in this association.
"But let us rather hope that the new era
will not be one of stratagems and spoils,
OF sectional strife and vindictive persecu
tion, but that broad philanthropy and an
enlightened patriotism may shape the des-
tinies of our common country"
On motion of DR.. Mcintosh committee
was appointed to select eminent surgeons
to address the association at the next meet
ing. The committee consists of Doctors
Michel, Mcintosh and Tal!ey.
| On motion of Dr. China the present Off
GERS were reelected.
The following lineal descendants of
members were elected members of the as
socialion: Doctors NJ G. Salley, R. An
dral Bratton. W. T. Edmunds and A. N.
Taliey, Jr.,
Doctors F. P Porcher and James McIn-
tosh We're appointed committee on NEGRO
logy.
The association then adjourned to meet
at 5. 30 p. NJ. at the residence of Dr. Tay-
lor, who has rendered the body y collation..