The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-02

attention to the fact that they had no
| per5ion-that war had Slapped the very
substance from them. | read 1t and read
Ing between the lines my eyes became
moist. and / never was ashamed OF H.
| picked up my pen and wrl te five BRIEF
notes. / asked FIVE different men TO come
TO nv office at o'clock. They all came
within one minute and a half OF O'Clock.
Every mothers son OF them was snort
an arm or n eg. III told them 10 take
seat. They looked at me and said, Tan
uer what in the devil have you got
nowg / read riem that circular ana
they said, what have We got TO DO with
it, / wrote out call for meeting
Of Union soldiers at the Council Hail.
They came and packed the building.
read my call and everything went along
like a Methodist camp-meeting with an
amen OUT Of that came a great mass
meeting. and Henry Ward Beoches made
a great speech. and L tell you it VS.
a great speech.
"The chaplain OF the Grand Army made
a magnificent lecture on American citi-
zenshp. We counted up our expenses and
found out that we had-I am proud 10 say
that we did have the PLEASURE OF sending
10 Richmond 81 76S. TO the boys In Rich
mond. (Applause)
when that project for that monument
at Chicago was started there was a great
deal OF kicking \ good many did me
the honor to write and ask me wha-
thought Of IT, L said that II seems 20
me that when man who was IN the
Confederate army sees two thousand nm
known graves Ca voice, six thousand, sees
six thousand unknown graves of his for
mcr comrades. wanted to build n mOnu-
ment 10 mark their graves l said there
is evidence Of warm heart. and
I elbows
with him.
REVERSE CONDITIONS.
Il said. further. that when you ask me
about what 1 thought of erecting monu-
ment TO the rebel dead I'm reunited
country that / don't draw line In the
United States-I take mp the whole earsl.
4 people who will forget their men who
90 out and fight for cause who will per
init their memory TO die out entirely. are
so contemplate as not 10 merit respect
Tremendous applause)
Il have told my Northern comrades
that the chances are that ninety-nine
out Of q hundred would have worn Tne
Southern gray instead Of the Northern
blue if they had been brought up on
Southern soil and drawn into the doc
trine Of State rights, brought mp on IL
from their mothers milk. loud APP
Ilause)
"Tho chances are that nincty-nine out
q one hundred Of MS would nave worn
the gray n the conditions had been re-
! yersed. Yes. reverse the conditions and
You would have been following Grant,
Sheridan and Sherman (Applause)
u want 70 say another thing. and I
say 10 with particular PLEASURE I'm the
presence Of these women Of the south
When 7 sat down here yesterday and
. sf.a
federate Veterans Association ought 20
Doe very proud OF you-pr0ud that they
had so many ladies with them (Ap-
plause) II you hadn't had the ladies'
with you as they were We would have
/ licked YOU eighteen months sooner
Gaughter) Why. every man in the
Southern ranks knew that n be did not
toe the mark-if he did not stand up and
keep step 20 the music Of the bonnie
Blue Flag" MY Maryland aul Dixie
that lf be sulked from the contest, he
know that II he returned home the girls
would burn him alive. Laughter)
Another riug. There sre plenty OF
stalwart young men around here to-day.
Frost has not gathered I'm their hair.
years have not builC the burrows upon
their brows. as they have upon ours. 1
think that 10 is only natural that the
boys Of the South should be particularly
attractive 10 the young ladies' l speak
upon the basis that manhood and woman
hood arc only divided upon geographical
lines.
LOOKING BACKWARD.
$50. If you boys-I say TO the young
men of lsg5-perhaps they cannot under
stand 10 when you speak Of these women
with wrinkles i'm their brows. and silver
iu their hair. and when they hear YOU
I
appreciate 10. In the Southland and ia
/ the N0rthiani we look 40 them in a
/ backward way We are looking back at
I them as they We're inn 1861. when they stood
ON the hills and I'm the dcpots and waved
| us goodbye and Good bless you came
from Southern hearts and Northern
| hearts" loud applauseJ
so young men just remember that these
women go back 10 ~. They are the
girls yet of Our hearts Rcnewecd ape
/ p.ausc) out of all has come q reunited
/ country. We stand to-day under one flag.
/ II the t0csin or war shall ever bee head
aran m This land it shall Doe with Nir-
einiu and Vermont answering together.
/ CApplause) New York and the CarOlinas.
! Continued applauseD Maine and Mis-
| sissippi. prolonged cheeringJ Then. peg
| haps. our young men may hear once again
/ thc Yankee houcr. and the old-time rebel
/ yell CONTINUED chcering) And II that
/ day should come they Will hear fl down
| one line BOZ support of one flag and a COM
mon cause. Gtcncwcd checrs) 80 man
! viii deprcafe war more than those who
/ have seen fields ran red. and yet, nay
/ comrades. / almost wish that General
/ Gordon was in the White House or some
/ Other man. believing that II he were
/ there be wo-I take steps 10 kick the
| last sembauce OF monarchial government
from our lana. We have no room for
/ shadow of monarchial government bon
/ the confines of this country fApplauseD
/ We most earnestly hope that freedom IN
thc most perfect sense may bee guaranteed
/ 90 that gem Of the Arti.les-the blue island
/ OF Cuba lApplause)
ELOQUENT PERORATION
And. now. my comrades. and / choose
| the term applause. the heart OF our
| great leader weiled up with absolute
! peace when be said % Lee. Tell your
men 10 take their horses home with
thcm-they win need them 20 DO their
spring work with lie wanted 10 make
the desoiated South 10 bloom and bios
som again (ReneweG applause) II
Grant and Lee and Sherman and Jack
son could look down from the regions of
| the blest; II spirit eyes could gaze upon
material sUrmT AMI scenes they are
! gazing upon this scene to-day and thank
! ing God that this spirit exists at this time
| loud appiause)
Ny veteran friends, | am entitled 10
say one word more 10 you. You put up
me best tight that IL was possible TO
nave done, and don't want you % think
! for moment that you surprised us