The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-23

OF Which you were born and tralncdl 10
was utterly destroyed. Yet you hero
ically undertook the task of its reorgani-
zation under a new system and OF adapt
ing your selves TO that new order. The
success of your efforts is the noblcst
commentary upon your wisdom and jus
tice. With no power 10 control that hith-
erto servile labor and no money to pay
it, you successfully guided it TO a plane
Of self-support and to vastly increased
product of the south's great staples.
The second is your astounding success
in securing. In spite OF the radical revolu-
tion in the conditions around you. and in
so short a period financial independence
for your families and industrial prosper
ity for your section. You returned from
the war poor, tens Of thousands penniless,
many shot and MANNED. and yet bravely
and uncomplainingly laboring with aid
from no source save from God and your
self-reliant manhood. you have fought
your way 10 competence. and provided for
your disabled comrades until scarcely a
confederate soldier can be found deprived
of the comforts of life.
At the same time your combined efforts
have carried these southern states to a
hight of material advancement from which
you may now calmly look back over a
land which but thirty years ago was a
wide waste of DISSOLUTION and ashes and
around you, over country now happy in
its rebuilt homes and redeemed farms.
radiant I'm the light Of industrial resurrec-
tion, of assured prosperity and enduring
material independence.
The third achievement IS the passion
less, unostentatious and peaceful manner
In which you laid aside the trappings and
discipline of the camp for the modest garb
or the citizen, and the silent restraints Of
civil government. For this marvellous ex-
hlbition Of self command under supremest
trials, for this complete burial of all sec
tional bitterness; for the gradual but GER
tain transmitting Of your valor and de-
vouon, exhibited In defense of the" flag
that fell, into unchallenged loyalty to the
flag that triumphed; for all these evidences
OF the loftiest attributes of citizenship,
you Will vet find your reward IN the uni
versal plaudits Of your countrymen, as IT
Is already secured in the power, progress
and cherished freedom of our reunited re-
public
Go forward. my comrades, and by self
denial. by wise economy and well-directed
energy continue the development of this
heaven-blessed section, until abundance
shall be found in every home and the
whole land shall rejoice in your indus
trial triumphs.
Go forward in the cultivation Of a ma
tonal fraternity, giving no heed to impru-
dent of thoughtless efforts to stimulate
sectional animoslty In any quarter. / re-
Joice in the privilege of bearing to you
fraternal greetings from the great body OF
brave men who confronted you i'm battle.
1t has been my fortune recently to mingle
with those men In every section. Be as
sured. my confederate comrades. that the
overwhelming mapority of the Grand Ar
my or the Republic, composed Of soldiers
who were brave in battle and
are generous in peace, courag-
kpiphflN no
toward you neither lingering bitterness
nor sentiment of distrust. Whatever Of
untimely passion which may here and
there exist from any cause, will be Of
short duration and comparatively harm
less. In the presence of your continued
conservatism and before the higher and
nQbler sentiment of the country, it will
vanish like vapors before the morning sun.
But i must not consume more of the
time of this convention. l close, as \
began by assuring the governor of this
great state, the mayor of this metropOli-
tan city. and the generous and patriotic
people of both, that the United Confed-
crate Veterans are profoundly grateful
for this superb reception and bountlfm
hospitality.
The convention proceeded to business
A committee on credentials was appointed
as follows: r.. G. Shove of Arkansas r.
NJ. Plowman Of Georgia, John Boyd OF
Kentucky, w. r. Lyman of louisiana
Frank Phillips of Florida, b. II. league
of South Carolina, Samuel Thomas of
North Carolina, r. II. Dudley of Tennes-
see, j. Taylor Ellyson OF Virginia, George
H. Stewart of Maryland, Col. Goldsmith
of Mississippi, H. II. Newman of Missouri
J. d. Shaw of Texas, and J. H. Gait of In
dian Territory.
A committee on resolutions was then ap-
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bama, ID. II. Crawley of Arkansas, n. s.
Calhoun of Georgia, John Glynn, Jr, of
Louisiana, Samuel n. Thomas of North
Carolina, J. G.. Holmes of South Carolina
]. Taylor Stratton of Virginia, John Boyd
of Kentucky, j. A. Enslow of Florida
George II. Stewart of Maryland, w. D.
Holder of Mississippi, j. o. Shelby of Mis-
souri, ]. H. Holmes Of Tennessee, J. c.
Campbell of Texas. r. b. Coleman of In
dian territory.
At this point the confusion was so great
that a sergeant-at-arms from each state
was appointed to preserve order.
At the reunion two years ago a commit
tee on history was appointed, with Gen
Stephen D. Lee as chairman, to- collect and
disseminate accurate historical informa-
tion concerning the civil war. The conven-
ton held at Birmingham last year adopted
a new constitution, which, among other
mander ordering the suspension of the
new constitution until the reassembling of
the convention and continuing the COM
mittee. This was done in January so that
the work Of the committee was delayed
nearly a year. These facts were set forth
in the report, which then went on to emu
merate the part that the south had taken
in the civil and military history of the
country. Many of the histories In use in
the schools It says, are inaccurate, al
most to the point of criminality. The
south, which has done so much I'm the
making Of our history, would be satisfied
if that history were truthfully written.
At this juncture Miss Winnie Davis, with
her escort, including many ladies', ap-
peared on the platform. The enthusiasm
Of the convention as the delegates caught
sight Of the Daughter of the Confederacy
was beyond all bounds 1t was not a sue
cession Of cheers, but one continued thun-
derous roar. Such a scene has not been
witnessed in the south in years.
Miss Davis, dressed in a dark brown
costume, with confederate badge on her
breast and a bunch of flowers in her belt,
advanced to the side of Gen. Gordon. near
the edge of the platform, and made bow
after bow to the enthusiastic crowd
which seemed intoxicated by her smile.
Complete order could never be restored
after her advent and 1t was not until Gen.
Gordon had said after a reasonable in
termission, that he would clear the hall