The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-24
VENUES TO FRIENDS.
OF TWO CID ARXIES
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georgia. Ring ng Speeches.
From The Nelo York Times.
,-stsrans of two opposing armies Of the
-.-I war. those Of TIE Ninth regiment of
~ York volunteers, Hawkins Zouaves,
~ those of the Third Georgia regiment,
s-.tsrrally celebrated the thirtleth auniver-
~ If the organization of the Zouaves last
Int at the Hotel Brunswick. The walls
- the ballroom, where the reception and
5i,rsr we're held, were drsped with the
.,tUiued battle flags Of the New Workers
md the Georgians, while the long
VOWS Of tables were adorned with
,o,kat editions Of heavy ordnance.
email arms and battle flags Each member
oft5e Ninth wore on his breast the stars
sni stripes Of the Grand Army, and each
veteran Of the Georgia regiment wore the
yrqv ribbon and the cross fl igs of the con-
fsierate soldiery. The names of Fort
Tst,eras, Roanoke Island, Camden, Anuie-
pn and Fredericksburg, where at the
aDnons mouth these two regiments met
! face to face, were conspicuously displayed
an the walls, menus and battle flags.
Among the Zouaves present were: Gen.
Rush c. Hawkins, Gen. Edward Jardine,
Lieut.. Matthew j. Graham, who lost a leg
al Antietam, Capt. Charles Curie, ex-Judge
C. julius Langbein, Lieut.. Thomson P.
. NcElrath, Sergt Malcom, Capt. John B.
Fannes, Lieut.. w. s. Andrews, the Rev.
/ Clark Wright, Sergt John T. Miller,
Latham A. Fish, Sergt. George W. Muir
raw. Sergt. John Moorchauser, Color Sergt.
fink, Bugler Thomas Flockton, Lewis Coul-
man. Lieut.. Thomas L. Bartholomew,
Corpl. James H. Folan, Adjt. George A. C.
Barnett, John Hess, George w. Debevoise,
John T. Miller. Peter L. j. Soaring, Joseph
N. Richards, George Teller, George D.
Lowe, Walter L. Thompson, John r.
Shields, George F. Belts, Richerd H. Nor
ris Richard H. Jackson, Robert h. Alberts.
Adolph l.. Barre and John W. Jacobus.
The party of Georgians who were present
consisted of Col. Claiborne Snead, president
of the veterans association; Miss Lizzie
Snead, Miss Julia Starr, Miss Bessie Ballard,
Miss Lizzie Jones, Maj. r. L. McWhorter,
Capt S. H. Starr, Col. w. F. Wynne, Capt.
". E. Carswell, Capt. R. G. Hyman, G. w.
Lindsey, Capt. w. w. Starr, o. c. Nc
Cafe Dr.. J. u. Anderson, f. H. Yancy, J.
6 Gates, Commodore g. W. Dexter. Capt.
v. ". Bagley, Capt. Walter A. Wiley, S.
f. Harper and William NJ. Kersh.
I Just before the banquet began there was
interesting scene in the parlOr, where
Mss Lizzie Suead, known among the Geor-
gans as " The Daughter of the Regiment. ~
presented t. the Hawkins Zouaves aDs Ameri-
can flag, made by her own hands. The
Stars, she said, were painted on the flag by
another favorite of the Third Georgia, Miss
Jl Lester Of Atlanta, and the staff was
N De of native Georgia hemlock. Ex-Judge
L4agbeln responded on behalf ofIthe Ninth.
When the banquet had concluded, at 10 30
o'clock, Gen. Rush G. Hawkins, the father
ofthe HOuaves, made an address of welcome.
Let us rejoice, he said. that we have
lived to realize the simple fact of this oc-
Caslon-an unimportant event in the history
Of a nation, but one which emphasizes an
existing sentiment for a broader nationality
and the vanishing of those imaginary lines
which are supposed to mark the boundaries
Of sections. 1t is also rare oasis in the
great desert of the usual commonplace of
modern life, and mutually we must ever
regard 1t and the memories it calls forth as
our most precious possessions.
THE cup of Joy is not as full as it would
be if we could call to life those who were of
US who fell so gloriously with face to foe
and those who were with us that have fallen
by the way since the war. But though we
miss them now and heed the falling tear
DuNN "ICil VIC l6Cdli butII EOIOlSIl, IL con-
Soles US to know that their great sacrifice
was in response to self-Imposed ana heroic
duty, and that the manner of their taking
off adorned our mutual record far beyond
the power of any other event incident to
human existence"
Then the general described the hostile
meetings of the Georglans and the New
Workers at Fort Hatteras Nav 10, 1861; at
Roanoke Island Feb s, 1862; at Camden OF
South Mills April 10, 1862; at Antietam
Sept. II, 1862, and at Fredericksburg Dec. 10,
1862. Meetings." he said, lin which we
learned to our hearts discomfort that those
Georgia fellows were fighters to the marrow
Of their bones. Twenty-Five years have
passed away, and what strange things have
happened within that timel A new south
has risen from out of the ashes of
the war, more glorious, more national, and
better equipped for those victories incident
TO the arts Of peace than ever before. 1t
did not take the men of the south four
years to teach us that they knew how to
fight, nor has it taken twenty-five years to
prove their capacity to labor. The tenacity
Of purpose they showed upon the field of
battle did not forsake them when the dawn
OF peace smiled upon their shattered ban
ners, but followed to a new sphere of action
and enabled them to achieve new victories.
Who can imagine the Oscillation of the
old homes that welcomed the southern SOL
der at the end of his weary struggle, or
picture the growth of the recreation a
quarter of a century has brought forth!
/ here are more unfortunate events In the
history of nation than war. We regard
1t as the greatest of all calamities because
OF the sacrifice it involves of human life. But
greater misfortunes may befall a people.
Decadence from political virtue to corrupt
partisan depravity is infinitely worse AS
the individual who is without moral prin-
olple sinks to the level of the brute, SO with
the nation-of which man is but the proto-
type without political integrity it degen-
crates into lawless mob.
But terrible as war always is, it becomes
sublime when fought for a principle of
right, and when a people stake existence in
a contest their action bars the question of
ialth in Righteousness of their cause. The
soldier who holds his life willing offering
just as much as the one who has given his
closes the lips of doubt as to
the purpose which carried him to the field.
The voluntary sacrifice of life. even though
1t be at the shrine of error, Is a splendid
Iault, and no earthly power can question
the honest faith of the man who consum-
mates the supreme act of death while con-
tending for that which he believes to be
right.
In this spirit we who are left of the
Nlnth New York greet you who are left of
the Third Georgia. We differ from you as
TO the principle Tor which you fought, but
we are certain you believed it right, and we
know you contended for it like brave men,
and in your heroic record we rejoice! There
Is no difference between US now: we are of
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