The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-11-13
yETERAS REUSIos.
The First Battalion Of North
Carolina state Troops Ceie-
I,rated at aIagDolia--Ad-
dress by.Coi. Il. ID. Hall.

Magnolia, n. @, Nov. g.
(Special)-Thls has been Il pat
rIotic day he.e. The ocras;on
/ was d reunion Of the surviving
members Of ompany 3. First
! North Carolina battalion OF the
late war. Besiaea the Surviving
! members of THAT notable COM
mand, there vas present fine
ASSEMBLY Of ladies' and gfrtle-
men ON Du. lin ard the sur
rounding counties.
Tie meeting vas organized by
calling Mr.. J. Wells Taylor, Of
! Dup'in, Of the command while
. im active service, to the Clair,
aud appointing j. T. Collins,
ESQ, of Burgaw, and 8 solfie.
III it, as Secretary. Rev Colin
Shaw, Chaplain in the Confed
cate States Army, opened the
meeting Will, an eloquent and
patriotic prayer. The roll of
the Command was then called.
After these preliminary pro-
ceedings, the invited speaker
of the occasion, Col. i ID. Hall,
Of Wilmington, was happily In
PRODUCED by tie Chair TO the
fine aud app@eciative audience,
Col. Hall feelingly alluded in
his introductory remarks to The
association, and events Of the
past, as connected with the war,
and as explanatory of this
patriotic reuion. lie brought
, tears from tie eyes of many a.
, he dwelt " til pathos upon the
"reminiscences of the war, and as
lie related the bravery and
self sacrificing services and
-heroism Of our North Carolina
Soldiers. Warming UP the as
semb lage in this eloquent state
ments bearing upon the trials
and events and patriotism of
/, those times that tried mems
sous, lie launched forth III d
bold. allie and splendid address
upou the causes of the war, and
r the impressive lessons it teach s
{ MS all. He contended that the
q bloody strife originated from a
! long and persistent disrega q O?
= right ,justic and constitution al
obligations or the part Of New
England puritans. lie said that
this puritanical spirit, intole-
rant, oppressive, intrusive upon
:, the rights Of Others, and all TO
self, was waited to New Eng
+, land from old England, after
? failing tt ere to accomplish It's
: proscriptive and exorDitant pur-
: poses That it spread over the
f New England States, Furnishing
witches, g called, and original
, ing all sorts of obnoxious and
impetous heresies, until it took
up the abolition OF slavery as
t one of its unconstitutional here
s;ers. That the same split
> would not have allowed the
constitution to have been fO@ln
G ed, had 1t not have been for Wash
Y ington and others OF oaa early
@ fore fathers, after the tDerical
;, Independence ot 1875 had beer
: acknowledged. The able man
ner III which Col. HILL hai.dIe(
tits part Of his mastery ad
T dress shows him to al orig Ia
l. thinker and statesman. NG
was he less potent in SHOWING
. that there are distinctive pecu
liarities be ween the North an(
- South That the Southern PEG
I pie are less selfish, much more
e moral, patriotic and reiia Die il
sc principle and duty, while til,
love Of money and power wa
the all-absorbing purpose an,
- aim Of the more immoral north
N He went on III this Inc o
lie thought III y most impressiv
rs mamer contending that til
,r PRINCIPLES Of tle late SoutLel.
: Vonfederacy would yet preva,
=, in the North if this count
ld should re Il. ain ased III or, til
lie const futon aud con5ti tut,ona
d. liberty. So splendid ard ;.bl
was ~. n = = no., 10 Al, Ic,,
concluded d vote Of thanks wa
- passed to rs q stiliguiohe,
t. author, and 1t copy requisite,
h. for publicat OIL III our lpddinj
A papers, especially the Me9seu
- ge, and TIE CAUCASIAN.
Rev. Coin Shaw wa the
DIS called out and made a fine sd
K dress, Well suited to tie coca
RI sion.
b. Rurgaw was then selected a
the next place of reunion fc
the Surviving members, and sh
bo second Thursday in Septenbe
next as the time. The follow
es ing members We're appointed
ut committee Of arrangements f.
in the OCCASION. Messrs. 7.
TO Collins, William Bass, B. \
tv Groom, Andrew Moore, n.
=. Groom, B. w. Collins and n. Y
". Powers,
he The meeting then adjourne
be for dinner. a rich and elegar
i'm lepast was spread in the grow
of thu Academy wher, til
meeting was held, by the ladi,
of Duplin county, who are a
ih' ways ready to give a helpin
lty hand in all such ratriOt;c occ.