The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-30
MAN ON THE MONUMENT.
What He said with Regard to the
Current War.


with the imam on the monument" ana
secured his opinions on the present situa-
ton with regard 10 the war with Spain.
The address is of interest, as giving the
view which the old Confederate took OF
things a few years ago, and The view
which he takes now. In the course of his
address, Mr.. Hill said:
LAS L walked down Second street, in
Macon, Ga, several nights ago on my
way to the Telegraph bulletin board to
read of wars and rumors Of wars, I passed
the Confederate monument, whereon thai
armed and belted soldier has stood for
more than a decade a silent reminder OF
those boys in gray sleeping over yonder
in the cemetery.
Il stopped and gazed upon the sculp-
tured figure standing gloomy and grand
in The weirdly Pickering city lights, and
ii seemed that the lightning of the sur
charged Spanish war cloud had thrilled
him into life like Pygmalions statue, and
that l stood face to face with battle
gory gray coat hot from Crater of Pet
ersburg.'
Johnnie Reb,' l SAID we've got a
use for you and your gun now, Get down
off your dignity. Macons motto now is,
He answered me thusly:
" I am good old rebel; that's exactly
what l am; and for this fair land of
freedom l don't care a cent,
1 hate the nasty eagle. with all his
brass and fuss, and the lying, thieving
Yankee, I hate them wuss and wuss.
-" 1 caught the rheumatism a-camping
in the snow, but we caught 1900 Yankees,
and | wish we'd got some more.
m n pnIa old IaI -.
exactly what l am, and for this fair land
of freedom, l don't care a cent
" Soldier said ], you have been asleep
for thirty years. Listen While l tell you
of the emancipat ton, the reconstruction,
the New South of Henry Grady of de-
mocracy and plutocracy of starving Gu
ba and the Inflated Maine
Young man said he i knew all YOU
have told me, and more besides; but 1
thought twas only a dream. DO you tell
me this is true?'
Petriiied facts, yer homer; true blue
gospel; Now, soldier, what have you to
say on the situation? Give me an inspira-
ton for my speech Memorial day! What
shall tell the people?
Young man. tell the people am tired
OF speeches and speech makers. Just tell
them that you saw me, and this is what
said Il am tired of speeches and speech
grit and gumption." Young man, read the
golden rule. In the good times il used to
be, DO unto others as you would have
others do unto you" NOWADAYS. il is
DO the other fellow before he does you.''
Tell the people that if Spain had blown
up Confederate ship and 266 old rebs and
insulted my old flag she would have smeIt
five different kinds of gun powder the very
next day.
fo11
national flower is the golden rod; NOT the
tune:
Scotland has a thistle ana England has
q rose,
And everybody knows where the sham
rock grows
But not in vale not on hill
But in the bankers till grows the Ameri.
can emblem, the one-donar bill.
Tell them that a patriot is a man who
hleeds for the benefit of his country. moi
the man who bleeds his country for his
own benefit.
ASK the ladies why they are afraid
to name the baby after big man before
the big man dies-too dead to skin-and
steal. Kleptomaniac? We used to call
II klepto roguis act But Americas EN-
blem is the one-dollar bill!
ASK the people why some.of the busi-
ness men are so crooked that if YOU
drive a nail through one of them it win
come out on the other side a corkscrew.
Americas emblem is the one-dollar bill.
why do so many bookkeepers figger
with a forked pencil and then rush off
to Canada for their health, and why are
there so many very industrious bank
cashiers so very much attached to their
business they can't take a vacation with
out breaking a ball and chain. Ameri-
cas- emblem is the one-dollar bill.
Soldier" said /, what about Cuba
and the war with Spain?"
We'll, young man, that brings on more
talk. / think Spain has more Sagasta than
sagacity, and Weyler is not the only
butcher on the beach,"
Poor starving Cuba! If we listen to
the troubles of others it sometimes makes
us better satisfied with our own. We don't
believe in hunting up a fight. None of
us feel like walking out to shake hands
with a stemwinding cyclone, nor to stick
our noses into the muzzle of an active vol
cano-but the situation in Cuba has be-
come stencil in the nostrils of this ma
ton.
They tell me that there were two Geor-
gia boys in the good ship Maine in the har
Dor of Havana. There is a new-made
grave in Virginia and broken hearted
mothers In New York. IL l could wake
up the boys sleeping over yonder in the
cemetery we would give the good old rebel
yell, blow those torpedo boats out of the
water. and send those Spanish scoundrels
to that hot place with a short name
Il am sorry for Cuba. Here she Is right
close to us-almost close enough for the
South wind 20 blow my old bullet-ragged
flag across her face and wipe her weeping
eyes Just wake up the boys over there
and show them our little neighbor over
yonder with n1anacled limbs and clanking
chains. her babes starving at the famish-
ing breast. her sons butchered, her maid
ems in tatters and rags. scenes that would
bring a blush to the cheeks OF a demon.
Just wake up the boys and let them hear
that wall from the ocean:
Come over and help us Is the cry.
Come over and help Us. or we doe"
Wake UP the boys and you will see cuba
a free country or that island a Spanish
grave yard.
Just wake up the boys over there in the
cemetery and tell them that Fitzhugh Lee
needs them In his business again 10 DO a
litte lighting in Havana. where Spain
crowds non-cOm bataHfs, young children.
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