The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-11-13

1 NNa'NN N'hN'7AA Va WI Wv "a Ab1oIVt VI Il vi
est. Let him, if you Please, fol
low Nerxes across the Heilespont
Cesar across the Rubicon, or follow
Lconidas with his three hundred
chosen as ne throws himself int,
the mountain gorge, bids defanc,
to thousands Of the enemy ant
with true Spartan courage held tn,
post Of danger till there was bu
one to tell the tale, and he told i
in dis race, or let him follow that
man of destiny through amid des
erts Of Africa till he stands in the
shadow OF the pyramids or through
SHOWS Of Russia till he beholds
Moscow in flames, and half of the
empire in waste. aud tell him these
brilliant achievements grow pale
IN the halo OF glory that encircles
the brow Of r. L. Ice. Yes, Mr..
President, cur baby nation has
found a place in the burial house
of nations. but she has left histo
ry noble and grand, and II we are
true to ourselves, true to our dead
heroes, true to postcrity--we vii!
endeayor to perpetuate it.
In arranging this collection OF
! portraits shall We forget the women
Of the south? | have gone to the
post of dnty and danger ut. night
and found it deserted by the con
federate soldier. ! have known
them 10 leave our camp ard 60 de-
liberately to the enemy. Unior>
tnnaJely | was captured and placed
in u yankee he'll. / have seen the
confederate forsake our flag and
swear allegiance to that of the ene>
my; but, sir, neither by history or
tradition have | ever known a
southern woman desert the south-
ern cause. Then, in behalf OF
their fidelity, ask Il place upon
these walls be appropriated 10 the
portraits of southern women. |
will ask thatone OF Georgia stand
hish in this temple; ! mean She
who instituted the custom OF strew-
ing the graves Of our dead heroes
with flowers an object lesson as
beautiful and chaste as she was cul
turcd and lovely. LIT it he placed
there. ana Giay she live in the
memory Of the uIhern people as
long rs the rose shall bloom
| hear much these days Of new
south. | assure you it has no eu.
phoLy for my ears. | see in it the
glitter Of gold and the skeen Of sill
v.r, and | also see a disposition to
wean our children from The memo
ry OF our past history. No, we
veterans will call it tie old south.
Hove the name. love her tradi
tons. | love her Institutions, ]
love her pure, sincere good women,
! love her cultured, chivalrous
graLd mer "In that old south
was realized the republic o. Pla
to, the Utopia Of a More or the
Eidcrado OF a " alter Raleigh. Lin
that old south was realized the
dream Of the poet, and 1t was the
paradise Of the practical. 1t was
an Ellen modernized without the
fall" The grand consummation
Of all that mind can conceive or
money achieve to make man peace.
fll noble and happy.
Forget the old south. When my
eyes shall look upon yoader sun
for the last time on earth ); when
memory's tablet shall have 50 faded
that ! scarcely remember the col-
den scenes of my childhood; when
life's last Pickering ray shall he So
spent that / only remember the
teachings Of pious mother or the
devotion OF a true and good wife,
may there not forget the great-
ness and erandeurof the old south.
Satisfied that no senator in this
chamber will oppose the bill, with
one other thought commit the
measure 70 them. | feel this c hi,
net will not be complete unless
there be hung upon tie highest
arch in this temple the portrait of
the grand old chieit0in Of our lost
cause. He lives today in his soil,
tude. Slandered, traduced, ma,
ligued and outlawed. Yes. Mr.
President, eutlawed. No country
he can call his own. No flag t.
which he can appeal for protection.
Yet that hero, stateman Christian.
scholarly patriot, like Marius in the
wreck OF Carthage, sublime even
in ruins. May he live to put to
shame his traducers and slanderers.
and When he has filed his mission
on earth and the last roll is called
and tn tocsin o. his enternal doom
is sounded,as his soul wings its way
from earth 70 heaven may cohort
OF rede med veterans stand at the
threshold beckoning binr onward
and upward, aud as he passes the
pearly gates Of the new Jerusalem
may he receive from the Captain
Of that mighty host the assuring
plaudit Of "Well done. good aud
faithful servout."
For Consumption, Sick or Bill
ious Headache, use Dr.. Pierce,s
Pellets, or antilbilious Granules.
Purely Vegetable and PERFECTLY