The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-15

doris at the entrance to the room OF
the committee on foreign relations he
was recognized and given a nearly
handclapping. He responded With a
bow and a smile and FASTENED into the
committee room.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS AT NIGHT.
The night demonstration was almost
as quick and unpremedItated as that
which had greeted General Lee at the
-epot and state department The Unit
Sstates band had been secured from
the barracks "nd the Seventy-nrs reg.
imerft band, un. Ihe boauISilp
Professor Fancieu4 ioIIIi4y HNuC
tor of the Marine ba-u, oalhe y TT
New York on an afte. 80 - 80
crowd assembled With 80 = 80
by s O'Clock was 5000 81.
streets about the Shoreham hotel wnere
Genera Lee is q~uaruered. +. u~as
colse 1T fas twice that size.
after 8 O'Clock before he appea
one of the small corner balconies, ac-
cOmpanied by a of the I'm
ion Veterans Legion and the Confeder-
ate Veterans Association, which were
jointly in charge of h affair. The
bands struck UP the Star Spangled
Banner" and there was a burst of the
i WI No 4lOtI llIC z iEDC1 ia II1dcCo,
while mound of red, white and blue
lights famed at intervals along the
street, throwing the crowd on the bal
into sharp relief against a back
ground of flame. The crowd yelled itself
hoarse, calling for Lee and demanding
a speech. The speech was brief and so
much broken by APPLAUSE that the crowd
caught probably little more than its
general drift. Genera Lee said:
after all the speeches I have been
forced Ito make i'm the past two days
I cain hardly hope to make myself
heard over this great gathering. 1 can
only assure you that u a great dem
O~nstratiOn seems to me out of all pro-
portion to the simple fact of my hum
bile presence here, and I am frank to
say I don't see that l deserve it, hav-'
ing only tried to do my duty as am
American, where circumstances placed
me-"
The crowd broke out tafresh and there
were yellS: That's it," That's what
you did"
81 have to thank you heartily for
this splendid endorsement of my course.
Ut is a him hat cam hardly come to
a man more than once i'm "a lifetime
and it moves me more than 4 cam put
in words"
You can act pretty quick" cried a
man in the crowd, and then some one
yelled War! Fight" and the cheer
ing drowned everything else.
Il have not come to talk war con-
Itinued General Lee, but if war comes,
in a few days or in a few years, the
present crisis has proved that it will
find us a united people and the only
contest WIFI be as to who car carry the
flag farthest and fastest"
There in one thing in conclusion. 1
WANT ITO thank my good New York
friends wthO hav come 50 promptly to
the front tonight. 1t is only another
evidence that New York is ready as
she has been in the past to stand by
Virginia, and if the trial comes, / can
assure you all that Virginia will be
found shoulder to shoulder with New
York"
The speaking and music was followed
by a very brief reception, to which a
few score gained admittance i'm the
rooms OF Represen itative Council, of
Pennsylvania, from whose balcony
General Lee had made his address.
Richmond, Va, April 12.-Consul
General Lee arrived here ait II o'clock
this morning. The train remained at
the depot about ten minutes. There
were at least 10, 900 people present, in
Guiding the governor and staff, and the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues. The
governor welcomed the consul general,
who made a brief speech. He said the
time for talk was over amid THAT the
time for action had come. The HOw1isz-
ers fired a salute ON THE arrival of the
train. THE widest enthusiasm pre-
vailed.
The generals wife, son and daughter
accompany him as far as Quantico.
Emporia, Va, April 12.-General Lee
arose at 8 o'clock in time to catch the
first glimpse of Virginia soil. He rest
ed Well during the might and when he
came out of his room he said: "I feel
like "a different man. If I only had a
good crowd behind me / could turn
back for Havana"