The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1894-02-10
Con, Gordon's Lecture for
the Soldiers Home.
J, rolls of "The Last Days Of
the Confederacy."
,.rk.ble Word Painting Of Men
and Incidents.
...,tiful Description Of Lee aud
Z n..rt .t Appomattox Court House.

from New Orleans Times-Demoorat' t. Feb' 81
! Iv' ~se long looked-for speech Of Gen.
3 Gordon, Commander-in Chief of
\. 4. 4, United Confederate Veterans, is a
sav w. of the past. It was delivered last
l1,ss VIM to an enthusiastic audience in
,1saS ,M1.ah;neton ~ Artillery Hall, who could
" hut warmly applaud the nohly
~ ISy..,otic utterances Of the last Of the
Ss"iaderate Generals,-patriotic both
! Y @ The dead Confederacy and the living
,y,ion Of American States.
uT.V. r sas a masterful address, combin-
NO . oratory and narration. war and hu-
~ ~ in language especially strong be-
.."sa @ Of it's simplicity, and especially
sssv s,.c~ant because Of the manifest sin
III ss,Itv Of every utterance. The SUBJ
:st ;.st vas 1.-THE Last Days Of the Con-
!.Ssracy." but the speech was neither
lnne. dry dissertation on the political
III hellicose reasons why the end came
J. II 4 aid. nor u series Of eloquent out
lursts: nor a mere narration OF noble
is.ds. Now he would give his atten-
An to depletion Of the self.abnegation
y the women Of both the North and
sa,th now TO the tenderness Of the
nsn % a both armies in their private
md 1SI extrvmely unwarlike dealings be-
tveen the picket lines; now to graphic
.ord .nictures Of most holly fought
iSttles: now to powerful narration of
n nobility of the greater Of the many
-. man m hoth sides. There Waa
n abundance Of pathos, an abundance
n heroism, an abundance OF oratory
md eioouence, an abundance Of humor,
hoth personal and narrative, and 60
tillfully we're they entwined and COM
mincled into the general thread Of the
nasch that the two hours consumed by
Ia General seemed far less than one
b his hearers.
ma scene in the hall was most i'm
resgIye. There were grizzled vete.
~ and sad.faCed women, whose sor.
rovs Of the war have not yet deserted
iheir clinging memories; there were
voupr women and young men, whose
res kindled as they heard the words
eloouence and power that took them
rantaily to the battle field, In the
pidst oi action and into the lines in the
lines Of the soldiers heard. earned rest.
There we're long lines Of United Con
ederate Veterans uniforms along the
ddes Of the hall, and many gray hat
hsped like those that once smelt o.
pwder and were dyed with liberally
pi|t blood, hung In hands that once
llasped muskets and rammed home
Charges Of deadly powder.
The front Of the speakers platform
vas covered with \ broad streamer y
national design. The table was drape'
With the same coiors, and upon it lay
beautiful bunch Of bright Southern
towers tied with the red, white and re'
pf tie past. High over 1t, hanging
limp in silken folds from a tall staff
.honv the Stars and Stripes Of America
bes.Le which Gen. Gordon stos'd as tt
delivered the impassioned words .ha
Stamped him as a patriot Of the highes
prier and man Of broadest mind
Cpn the platform. behind him, ~
Gov. Foster, Chief Justic Nichols an
nany other prominent statesmen ant
Ipldiers.