The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-24
GREAT BANQUET ENDS
CHICAGO DEMONSTRATION
Continued from First Page.

he gave his life.
'Thirty-ve years have passed; another
war has called its roll OF martyrs: again
the old bell tolls from the crude latticcd
tower of the settlement church; another
great pouring of sympathetic humanity,
and this time the body of son, wrapped
in the stars and stripes is lowered to It's
everlasting resi- beside that of the father
who sleeps in the stars and bars.
rThcra were those there who stood by tine
grave of the confederate hero years pel"lo.
and the children of those were there' an"
of those present no one gainsald the mono,
of the death of this hero of Ell Caney, ana
none were there but loved. as patIlo|S
alone can love- the glorious hag that en-
shrines the people of common country
as It enshrouds the form that Will sleep
forever in it's blessed folds And on this
tomb will be written:
"'Hara lies the son of Il confederate soldier.
He died for his country
"And 50 il is that between the making
of these two graves human hahus anu
human hearts have reached solution OF
the yexed problem that has batiled human
will and human thought for three decades.
sturdy sons of the south have Sald 10
their brothers of the north that the pcope
OF the south had long since accepted tilo
arbitramcnt of the sword to when they
had appealed. And likewise the oit-repeateo
message has come pach from 'hS % 49,
that peace and good will reigned, and that
the wounds of civil dissension were put
as sacred memories. Good fellowship was
waited on the wings of commerce and de-
yclOulneut from those who mad worn Ine
blue to those who had worn the gray. NOT
were these messages dellNereu III VAIN IVA
they served to pave the way lor t'9 In
pictc and absolute elimination ., ''ie , my
of sectional dhterenceS oy Tue oli'S ,r3-
by which such Il re9tI' "'' pe p09e'. .i,I ,','l,
stHtliiet' W VI t a'+S 49,, i.hIf,, .noIxer in the
PIC u Wv ~ ir,r1ortol nm and in the
i',,,st,t1r aIn,1,n1,ce nf Henry Gradv-both
',',H ',,s',,l. tbo record of whose blessed
,I N +l,l, ro.toratinr Of r,eaca b,,wce1
.,,,,,. t,or,,,a, - natinnaI heritage.
''e "cc'''"' t,,,,,,,,i a., a,,lr.,ine,
ana whose NAMES ''o ''o''t' AI .,o
impress upon me "t'NouV'A " "
OF the repupll'' -
"And yet there Were sun '''9' '''o''s
US VINO pclleNea your ''"'"' wa" P9liSl'
lhsincere and those aiil""e 80" WY WY , |
sumed that our proleSSeu atI1t"uS wa" SCH
timental and unreal.
"I3itteruess had departed, and sectional
boto was no more but there were those
vino feared even if they did not believe,
thnt h,twcan fine great sections Of our
,rro,to,, government there was not the
perfect faith and trust and love that both
professed; that there was want OF the
faitE that made rhe American revolution 4
saccagsful possibility: that there was want
or the trust that crystallizcd our states
,,+,. tho ,riain9l union. THAI there was lack
- I,, lava mat bound in unassailable
~ i+I .istorbnol ofistatrs
tC,, +h, .b,cl, of ,ivl war II
I'I''' t.1 a. ,.,.t,. =,
~ iue ''i' "V"'I ,,.,, +n,.
gree aN'''" H'1.ii o. I'm, I.'t ,,,.,,
plSI OK NilCtl tdIIllY ""S Oe0' 9'N''
hE lhe SHh'i%''t ~ cF''''" 80
uo'pl 'b9IJitu "o''iS "C'''i"' :"
uel' commanding 'le ''h,li' t'io'' VI III,
WnOl@ "oE.d, ''le I'l"7l 'I'iIo"9 - 20 ~
united strength ana sentiment AZ" 10y W.
ty known T. the history OF hal"nS'
"Out OF the chaos Of that civil war had
risen u new nation, mgnty in the VaS'heS5
Of IT'S lmttess resources the redhHes
within It's reach SURPRISING the dreams 81
fiction, and ecHpsing the fancy OF
f.Ilg-a new nation, yet rosy in the
flesh with the BOOM Of youth upon it's
.ta,I1s aud the CLEAN of morning In
.- No ,.,o. g,neetioned til1t cnrnr1er-
,i,1 @,,,5 o,s,,er,,r,ir rn1on had been ef-
e. "a p,r,, ro,,,i+od i+s faltcr-
',. ,,,.-t,.,t,,ire, ~, 1i,,r ,f its
i.i,I H,ri. i.'1i,r on b,, the mower Of com
,,,..i.T i,.,,dg ,ra tra majesty of the
IKE, J., ,,. ,.r, ,.,.t,,os, ~ cor-
S"'''l ~, 4t - IT, ,,,,,,o ,7td ,,ot
P ,,is', >-.tio,,e ,,a,. ha made