The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-12
GORDON AT GREENWOOD.
Georgia. Senator Makes an Eloquent
Speech to South Carolina
Veterans.

Sixth South Carolina cavalry. Abou
1900 of these veterans are of all classe.
and descriptions.
The feature of the day was the ad
dress of General John B. Gordon, O.
Atlanta, who made asuperb talk to the
immense crowd which feelingly res
ponded to his vigorous and eloquent
words. He recalled memories of the
past as incentives to certain duties fol-
the future, and invoked the recollections
of former struggles for the dead confed
eIacy, as an inspiration for future ser
vices to the living republic. Memories
and duties should be correlative terms,
War memories ought to beget higher
conceptions of peace memories.
The general was interrupted during
his speech by twitching of the throat,
and be said he wanted somebody to get
him something with little sugar it it.
''Lots of sugar and little whisky"
| Gaughter.)
In these dispensary days it might
have been supposed that such a thing
as obtaining little whisky, on the
spur of the moment, for an emergency
was an impossibiiity, but the unin-
itiated had this idea dispelled in the
twinkling of an eye on this historic oc-
casion to-day. A dozen responses were
to be made when Colonel James Arm
strong, who is always the right man in
the right place, came forward with "a
little Jamaica ginger" .-.....
"Ladies and gentlemen, I drink to
your health" replied General Gordon
as he accepted Colonel Armstrong;
| substitute. Thinking that he fingered
too long and lovingly over this throat
liniment, Colonel James Armstrong,
the Charleston wit, called "time," and
the general had torelinquish. Colonel
Armstrong, soto voce-''I hope it
! comes back"
The general then gave vent to these
words, which are freely interpreted as
significant:
"The lion roams the forest king of
beasts because Jehovah made him
king. The proud eagle mounts upward
on his mighty pinions to meet the ris-
ing sun, and follow it in its flight, be-
cause God made him king of birds.
And here all around you these mighty
oaks, tall pines and towering poplars
lift their crests to heaven, while round
and beneath them grow thorns and
thistles and briars on the same soil,
warmed by the same sun, and yet they
are the mouafchs Of the forest. Are
you going to stand together now? Are
you going to teach the lesson of blot
tinSa asat the sun and the moon that the
lesser stars may shine? Are you going
to clip the eagle's wing that the owl
and bat may the better soar? Are you
going to cut down the cedars of Leba-
non that the blackjack may thrive
Are you going, as the white race, to
fritter away your strength in bitterness
and dissension and deprive yourselves
of power with which the great Jehovah
has commissioned you until inferior
races shall lay hold Of the helm of this
great commonwealth ?"
There were various negative ejacula-
tions to these signifaSnt questions put
by General Gordon, and he finally
said:
lam I treading on dangerous ground,
my friends?" ..-
Voices-"Say what you please"
General Gordon-"I am not here as
a partisan of any man or any set of
men. I care not for men save as they
are instruments in the hands of God
for the liberty and progress and rights
Of people. Solemnly and seriously,
with all respect with these uplifted
hands of mine to heaven, in token of
my sincerity, warn you against these
divisions. My countrymen,. you are
treading on the very brink of an abyss
which is bottom!ess as to your future.
Come back together, and stand to your
brother, stand to the state, bury these
contemplate differences which are un-
worthy of thought as compared with
the interests Of the state Of South Caro-
lima. Let the brotherhood, harmony
and unity live, let the highest drought
that ever wells up in your hearts be
the controlling thought in your actions.
Come back to the old beaten track. of
truth where you stood when you re-
deemed South Carolina from the for
eign plunderer. Come back under the
old flag and rally arolad it, and then
when your eyes shall be turned for the
last time to look upon these blue balmy
skies, which benignant God bends
above you, you shall behold this glo-
rious commonwealth, your beloved
South Carolina, still erect, prosperous,
proud, grand and free"
General Gordon's speech elected
great applause and numerous baskets
of flowers were sent to him by lady ad-
mirers. Efforts have been made to
show that this reunion is political
stroke in favor of Senator Butter in his
fight for reelection against Governor
Tillman, but there have been no indi.
cations Of this.
Strongly Endorsed.
The advertising of Hoods Sarsapa.
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