The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-13


You cannot chain the eagle,
And you dare not harm the dove;
But every gate
Hate bars to hate,
VIII open wide 10 lovei'
And the fagi God bless the fagl As
the heart of McCallum More warmed
70 the tartan, 90 all hearts warm to The
nag! Have you upon your round Of sight
seeing missed IL hereabout? Does Il make
itself on any hand conspicuous by It's alb
sence? Can you doubt the loyal SINGER
ity Of those who from housetop and roof
tree have thrown IL 70 the breeze2 Let
some sacrilegious hand be raised to haul
10 down and seel No. no, comrades; .he
people en- masse do not deal in subter-
fuges; they do not stoOp TO conquer: they
may be wrong; they may be perverse;
but they never dissemble. These are hon
est fiags, with holiest hearts behind them.
They are the symbols Of a nationality as
precious TO us as 20 you. They fly at
last as Webster would have had them
fly, bearing no such notices as what IS
all this worth" or Liberty first and union
afterward." but blazing in letters OF LIVING
light upon their ample folds, as they float
over the sea and over the land, those
words dear to every American heart,
Union and Liberty, now and forever
one and inseparable."
And why not? What is left for you
about2 When Hamilton and Madison
agreed In supporting a constitution wholly
acceptable to neither of them, they com
promised some differences and they left
some other differences open to double
construction; and, among these latter
was the exact relation of the states to
the general government The institution
OF African slavery, with It's irreconcilable
conditions. got between the north and
the south, and But 1 am not here to
recte the history Of the United States.
You know what happened as well as j
do, and we all know that there does not
remain a shred of those old issues TO divide
US. There is not a southern man to-day
who would recall slavery If he could.
There Is not a southern man to-day who
would lightly brook the effort OF a state
to withdraw from the union Slavery rs
gone. Secession Is dead. The union. with
its system of statehood intact, still sur
wives, and with It a power and glory
among men passing the dreams Of the
fathers Of the republic. You and ! may
fold our arms and go 20 sleep, leaving
to younger men to hold and defend
property ten-fold greater than that re-
ceived by US, its ownership unclouded and
its title-deeds recorded in heaven!
1t is, therefore, with a kind Of exulta-
tion that ] fling open the gateway TO the
southl bid you welcome in the name
OF the people whose voice Is the voice OF
God. You came and we resisted you;
you come. and we greet you; for times
change and men changed with them.
The roll call having developed the fact
that everyone of the delegates to the
national encampment was present and all
those not connected with the order having
been excluded, the commander-in-chief
proceeded to deliver his address, lie con-
graduated his hearers that they had as
sembled In a beautiful city south Of the
Al F.st
years ago, when they were ordered there,
but because they were now invited by all
its citizens to accept their hospitality and
to receive a royal and loyal welcome to
Old Kentucky and the New South. What
memories Of the past rose before them as.
they stood there and thought of the great
men born on Kentucky soil. But the one
whose memory was honored most by the
people Of this great republic was the
name OF him who by a stroke Of his pen
and the power of the bayonets Of those
before him. struck the shaclSles from 4.OOO-
900 OF slaves-Abraham Lincoln. Great ap-
plause)
The commander-in-chief went on TO
say that during the year he had Travelled
10000 miles In the state of Oregon. that
he had attended twenty-four out Of twen-
ty-five annual department encampments
and had attended meetings in every state
and territory in the United States-save
two--Florida and Arizona. Veneration and
esteem for the comrades and love for the
'old flag" was manifested everywhere
and especially through the beautiful
southland; from nearly every school
house and public building in the cities
where the department encampments were
held 'old glory was dying.
Coming down to semi-public issues the
commander-in-chieft touched upon the in
evitable subject Of pensions. I'VE all
know" he said, that all the legislation
enacted by congress in the interest Of the
old soldiers has been brought about by
or through the influence OF this great
powerful organiZation-the Grand Army
of the Republic-and those Of US who are
more fortunate physically than others
propose to keep It up just as long as we
live. And while we are not asking for
any new pension legislation. we do ask
and insist that when a law is passed by
congress that its provisions as intended
by them shall be carried out and not mis-
construed, and misapplied by any man or
any set of men or party who may be in
power"
There is one other subject" said the
speaker, that deserves a reference. on
my first visit to Washington. u. c.. when
did not see the President, my heart was
panied as / listened to the recital Of the
sufferings of our comrades, and the wild
ows and orphans OF our late comrades,
caused by their dismissal from the de-
partments and their belief in the power
of our great government TO again restore
them to places from which they were
dropped without cause, convinced me that
we ought TO have a special committee to
look after and help them. do, therefore
recommend that my successor be en-
powered to appoint committee of three
for this work"
The cOmmander-in-chiefl laid emphasis
upon did not in referring to the Presi-
dent. He concluded by thanking the Of
ficers OF the organization and his person
al staff for their services during the year.
and in touching language bid his COM
rades God speed"
The reports OF the adjutant general, in
spector general and surgeon-genera1 were
read.
ST. Paul was selected on second ballot
as the place for holding the Grand Army
Of the Republic encampment next year.
Another accident Tonight served to
mar the festivities attendant upon the
Grand Army of the Republic encampment
and reunion of northern and southern
soldiers The result was not as disas-
trous as the artillery horror. but many
persons narrowly escaped being crushed
to death.
The accident occurred during the dis