The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13
SOLID SOUTH IS NO MORE
AN Ex-CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AT
 THE LINCOLN BAN0UET.

N Will the Hand of Southern Man be Raised Against the North-Majority of S the People To-day Are Republicans Splendid Address by Governor Mckinley. X Boston, Feb. 12.-Nearly two hundred
 members and guests of the MiddleseX Aelub attended it's annual Lincoln <3Night" banquet at Young's this eVen- Nng. The special guests of the occasion ,tWere General J. A. Walker. an ex-Con- rsederate soldier, now member of con-
 gress from Virginia; Hon. w. H. Eus- stis- ex-mayor of Minneapolis, and Hon. lCharles A. Fairbanks of Indiana, who S%sfheld a. short reception in the private KANparlors of the hotel just before o'clock.
 BPromptly at that hour ex-Governor ssBrackett, president of the club, and MTohn Haskell Butler, vice president, led ss2the way to the cafe, where dinner was
 served. Vice President Butler occupied
 he chair and on his right were General
 sNValker, Charles A. Glidden of Lowell,
 Ion. William H. Eustis, Senator E. P.
 sshaw, Senator E. B. Frothingham, Hon.
 oana Malone of Greenfield and General
 Edgar R. Champlin of the governors
 taff. On the left of the chairman were
 ,. w. Fairbanks, ex-Governor John D. z 4ong, F. H. Raymond. c. H. Terrill, FsSenator F. w. Dallinger, w. Murray AE @sdent of the senate.
 & Vice President Butler made brief 8Sntroductory address and read a letter F8f regret from Hon. Charles s. Hart xsnan of Montana, who had been expect sssRd to speak. He then introduced Gen sYral Walker, who spoke in substance as sNollows:
 11S ''I bring to the people of the north
 greetings On behalf of the
 geterans of the Confederate army I ex- Send to the veterans of the Union army Ehe right hand of fellowship. Never AE gain will the hand of a southern man Ssbe raised against the Union. The solid 23outh is no more. The majority of the SHeople to-day are republicans. But by @5artisan laws passed for the purpose If disfranchising the republicans and Rendering fraud easy and safe with
 Election machinery in the hands of un- 6crupulous men of one party alone re- <publican voters are bound with iron ss hains. The people of Virginia aibhor x Corruption. Democratic newspapers are
 ow denouncing these frauds and hon. Est democrats are demanding reform sssn the election laws. The color line has o1, ta1 i,, int H he republican cause is being led by %Fhite men of character and ability. 2Nirginia, whose mountains are teen1ing
 vith undeveloped resources and whose E&alleys are lighted with the struggling $lres of infant industries, will unite her #* oice with Massachusetts in demanding zs he return to power of that party which ||szl as established and maintained a na- i|ional currency, national credit, faith 3s@ nd honor and has raised sufficient rev. Enue without grinding the face of the 2Soor mangto defray the current govern lHnent expenses, provide liberal pensions lzFor it's soldiers and to pay off millions #sf the public debt. But I am expected # To speaf Lincoln. No great man was
 Ever so misunderstood and misrepre- Rented as was Lincoln by the southern @9eople during the war. He appeared to ~is only man who was devastating our %~ields and prosecuting, as we thought, ~Nur people. The first glimpse of truth 4#ame when we received meagre &C., s#ounts of the result of the peace con- # erence at Hampton Roads and were EI old that Lincoln had written on a sSplank sheet of paper the words: Union, &Abboiition of slavery" and, passing the #Daper to the Confederate commissioner, x aid: Write under it what you please" @ "When his tragic death came it was Borne in upon us that We had lost our Epest friend. From that day to this his
 ory and biography have shown us the Tberfect character and greatness of this
 nan. We can now understand that be- #neath that rugged frame beat a heart Us true and kind as ever animated mor-
 - al frame. We can see now that he lsAAvas not the enemy of the south, but $ hat in the discharge of the duty inn , posed upon him by the American peo- Sole he vert forward ibravely to accom-
 blish the things set before him.
 zN May wise and conservative counsels
 suide us in the paths of peace and of
 Snoderation, guarding the honor, the zzautonomy and the welfare of this na- Sion at all hazards against all foes, do- ~nestic and foreign, but avoiding the M ,lixotic notion of statesmanship
 (which would make this government the
 brotector and guardian of all the op- SDressed people of the earth. The pa- xriotism which would extend the ill-de-
 ined boundary of the Monroe doctrine =slntil it makes this nation assume the
 Ridiculous attitude of seeking to re- ssAress the wrongs of all the western
 hemisphere is abnormal and unhealthy. <Fhe only hope for this country is in the s Eeturn of the republican party to DOW sAr We are all citizens of one country, Avith one constitution, one heart and one Nationality.
 E General Walker was greeted at the
 Conclusion of his address with cheers
 End prolonged applause.
 & The next speaker was Hon. Charles
 ~. Fairbanks of Indianapolis, Ind, s*s -ilo was received with cheers. He paid S<n elaborate tribute to the republican Marty, which he described as synony- +T1ous with justice, equality and nation Hlity. He then proceeded substantially Ns follows:
 R We believe in the Monroe doctrine
 End uphold the hands of the president ssh standing by it. Upon that question
 lartisanship disappears. We are grat- Flied that the Queen of England con-