The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-09-26
WATTERSON'S ELOQUENCE.
His Address to the Grand Army OF the
Republic at Louisville.

LOUSY lie, =, OSpt.
Army \. .,rns "a their friends at
tended The ;, and ca, ,-iire at Music
Hall tc night. Like al, "'h'r build
ings in /. .ousville, the hall va elabo
rately decorated and cry one was
lust bubbling over with PATRIOTS 'r1
enthusiasm. An elaborate program
had been prepared and it was carried
ou, G ,,.e delight and entertainment
of ali present. Hon Henry Waiter
son, editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, made the welcome address
in behalf of the citizens committee.
He spoke in part as follows:
"Comrades, for under the star
flowered flag of the Union all who
truly love it are comrades, in the
name of the city and the State |
bid YOU the heartiest welcome. l
have been in every State and Territory
Of the Union and can truly say that |
never came away from any one OF them
where l had not found something 10
make me proud Of my country. All
that | do contend for is that you will
find here more kinds of good things
and more of them than you will find
anywhere else on the face OF the
globe.
Let the dead past bury It's dead.
You at least have no reasn TO com
plain. You got away wa as many
of us as we got away with you. The
brave men who hay gone to heaven
long ago settled the act before that
conr, where all is made right. God
re ms and the government at Wash
in.ton lives. That should satisfy us
all. If there is any more fighting to
be done, lets 60 and lick England and
take Canada: lets 80 and lick Spain
and take Cuba: lets 60 and lick crea-
ton and make the unspeakable Turk
vote the American ticket: We can do
it. Shoulder to shoulder, with the
world before us and old glory above,
who shall stop us9
mo surrender"
mo pretender,
"Pitted together in many fray.
'Lions in fight
And linked in their might"
''rhe North and South Will carry
the day.
"All that is wanted in this great
land of ours is for the people-the
plain people as Lincoln called them
to realize from Maine to Texas, from
Oregon to Florida, that there is moth
ing whatever to divide them. They
are the same.
The monstrosity Of slavery out of
the way, the foolishness or secession
out of the way, and the nation having
actually had its new birth OF freedom,
what but ignorance and prejudice to
hinder the stalwart Americans in
Minnesota from taking the hand OF
stalwart Americans in Georgia and
calling him "brother?" Both came
from a common origin, good old
Anglo Saxon and Sco,cn-Irsb stock
are welded together by Common in
terest and a common destinv, bone OF
one bone, flesh Of one flesh IN nation.
al aspiration and fellowship. God
made this continent Tor us and con.
secrated il to freedom. The transhg
uration Of blood clearly indicate the
will Of God. Who dares dispute Hi!
awful work?
"But pardon me. did not NEAR
to be serious. This an occasion foI
rejoicing, for merry making, not TO
reflection. II anybody, thinks he:
thinking, wake him-nc' 5 My dream
ing. If anybody thinks les not wei
come, tie him. If there's 4 dog thai
fails 20 wa his tail tor y, shoot him
We are glad 10 see you. We are glat
you came Npw tha, y,u have fount
the way, come again aud come often
, The latch sl.tr will always hang out
; side the doc d the only password
, shall be II a.u an American citizen.
, While in Chicago, Mr Charles l.. kahler
a prominent shoe merchant Of Des Moines
' Iowa. hal quite serious time OF 1t. III
| took sucl a severe cold that lie could hardl
, talk or navigate. DGt the prohpt use
Chamberlain Cough Remedy cured hin
of his cold so quietly that others at Tia
hot who had bad colds followed his ex
S ampl. al half dozen persons ordered
from the nearest drug store They wer
prof,ise in their thanks to Mr.. kah'er fo
telling them how to cure bad cold 5
: quickly. For SAFE by NJ. u Z drlggis
: The ad. gi~.Ig a trr i.rmatlo
: necessary IN ne iN:,! )rds IS tn
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