The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-30
LONGSTREET ON GEN. GRANT
OLD WARRIOR RIDES ON THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN.
with Hobart and Reed for Conpa nioms the
Old Horo Indites IL Tribute
to tho Great LEADER,

train bearing the vico presidential
party tothe Grant ceremonies arrived
at Jersey City today at 1874 p. m.
The entire trip had been unevcntful.
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart
walked at tho head of the procession
through the small crowd on tho plat
form to tho carriages which were
waiting for them. They were driven
on board the Jersey Central ferry
boat Fanwood and landed at Twenty
third street, whence they were driv-
en- to their respective stopping
places.
During the run from Philadelphia
to Jersey City over the Jersey Cen
tral tracks the vice president and
Speaker Reed hold their respective
] dinner parties. OF the famous men
who travelled on the train, perhaps
mono was more spoken of than Gen
eral Longstreet. His venerable face
and tall figure, now somewhat bent
with age, brought back to mind the
days when in the primo of life he lod
the southern forces in many fierce
assault. General Longstrect request
ed the Associated Press to publish a
statement written by himself.
He said to the correspondent that
it was fitting on such an occasion that
he should speak, for he was with
Grant at West Point, served in tho
same regiment with him before the
war and even introduced him to the
woman who became bis wife. The
statement as General Lcngstrcet
wrote it is as follows
"lt was my good fortune tc know
as few others could that Grants
heart went out in sympathy for the
brave men and women of tho south
during the distressing times of re-
construction, and to my old comrades
who followed tho stars and bars of
the south and the gloom and glory
of Appomattox. l want to say that
! General Grants heart went to us in
all of our woes. He appreciated the
principle that all governments derive
their powers from the confidence and
respect of the people, and his great
mind and patriotic heart were bent
toward the re- establishment of cor
dial feelings between tho sections of
the land. If every old confederate
soldier or widow of a confederate to
whom he gave helping hand could
leave a tear about his tomb it would
be baptised in loves best Offering.
10 the brave men of the other side
OF the great strife, my people send
/ messengers to crown this occasion.
We turn from the setting star of tho
confederacy to accept tho glorious
flag of the union, to put it about our
hearthstones and lovo it as wo love
our noble womon, and we stand
gu rd about and uphold it forever;
its glories are ours with undivided
hearts, undivided people, undivided
arms to protect its triumph. Wo
are with you today and all days,
brothers and friends. All poisons
are buried and gone and with tho
ragged remnant of our once proud
arm we offer the loving tribute to
the war, and, according to such crit
ical and disinterested authority as
, tho London Saturday Review, ':con-
tain mass of information relative to
tho war without careful study of
which no historian, however limited
his scope, should venture to treat any
fragment of that most interesting
story" Tho contributors to these
papers were among the ablest mill
tary writer's and most gallant sol
diers the country has PRODUCED
OF course, a history of the war be-
tween tho States written by South
ern author will not bo of value jf it
departs from the facts at any point
to cater to sectional prcjudices. This
is tho objection which has been fro
quently made, and very Justly,
against histories by Northern au-
tbors. Neither the United Confcd
crate Veterans nor the Grand Army
of tho Republic should desire any
thing but fair statement of tho
facts. No patriotic man in the South
or in tho North want sectional fecl-