The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-16
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The leading generals OF h war Of
| 1Si2-l5 were Winfield Scott q. Nirgtnla'
the hero of 'Lundy Lane and Andrew
Jackson of Tennessee. the hero of New
Orleans and the victor in many che:
sanguinary battles. Also prominent
among the actor in that war were
Major Generals Thomas Pirkney.
Wade Hampton and George IZard ~
South Carolina, James Wilkinson 81
Maryland and Thomas Flournoy OF
Georgia.
I'm our war with Mexico Il was Zach
TAYLOR Of Louisiana who won Palo
Alto, Resaca de Ia PalEna, Morterey
and Buena Vista. ana 10 was SCOT q
Virginia who led tie armies in then
triumphant victories from Vera cruz 10
the city Of Mexico. prbptn"nt M that
| struggle. also. were the gallant Guitman
OF Mississippi. Twiggs q Georgia M
Pillow Of Tennessee. n our southern
troops i'm that war suffered proportion
ately much greater losses than ala
those of any other section.
In the war Of lS61-65 the martial
spirit Of the Southern people was most
signally demonstrated. The ontre
country rose to- arms. the able-bodted
men of the Southern states iockinE 10
one or the other Of the s~tnndardS II
the c%ontending hosts, the records show
ing hat the people Of the slaNe-hold-
ing states were almost equally DIVIDED.
those who fought under the stars ana
stripes of the union being fully equal
i'm numbe To those who arrayed them
selves under the stars n bars OF the
C~onfederacy.
when the call to arms was sounded
n few months ago the people Of no part
Of our country responded with moro
fervor and devotion than did those nt
the Southern states and none were
| more nXiou than they To encounter
their country's foemen. The first OIL
Ger To give up his life upon the sea
was the gallant Bagley Of North Caro-
lima, and the first officer to fall i'm bat
tie on land was the gallant tapron
from a family proudly claimed by the
state Of FlOrida-that land Of sun anu
flowers. While Il is true hat there was
no distinctive Southern organization IN
the Cuban campaign, yet every state in
the South was represented I'm the rcSu-
lar regiments and the First
cavalry. The same Is true regarding
the regular regiments which were at
Manila. while one Of the best regiments
| Of our army in the Philippines was the
First Volunteer infantry from the state
Of Tennessee"
Charles Emory smith.
Hon. Charles Emory Smith. postmas-
ter general. was next Introduced by
MIR. Howell. He responded To the War
as an Echo of Independence Hail. He
said, fn part:
The war is the echo Of Independence
hall in that II has brought a new unity
and fraternity Of the American people.
independence hall saw the North and
South strike hands In earnest. ardent
brave. brotherhood. There, working to-
gether in the ommOn cause. stood
Thomas jefferson OF Virginia and John
Adams Of Massachusetts, the n the
master spirit that wrote the declara-
ton and the other the colossus of de-
bate that carried il. There side by side,
equally devoted. We're the cultured and
blooded Richard Henry Lee and the
| plain and wise Benjamin Franklin.
This war. the triumphant achieve
ment of which we now celebrate, has
proclaimed and carried liberty To new
/ lands and new peoples. We heard the
cry Of distress n obeyed the voice Of
humanity and we crown the war OF hui
manity with the peace of emancipation.
The patriots who boldly declared that
these united colonies are and of right
| ought 10 be free and independent states
had faith i'm themselves and their coun-
trymen.
who would have halted Sampson or
Schley or Dewey? Who would have
stopped Shafter or Wheeler or Miles or
Merritt? Then. with their mission tri-
umphantly fulfilled, who would re-
! LNuAlft Nv III 'Ah' ~ -
the Consequences
He was followed by Governor Joseph
T.. Johnston OF Alabama.
Governor Johnstone.
Governor J. +. tombstone Of Alabama
responded To the toast. The state Gov
ernments' Answer to the can to Arms
He said:
1T seems To me peculiarly appro-
pirate that his celebration should be
a here i'm the central state Of tn"
South. and still more. I'm the home city
of a man whose genius set another star
I'm the Southern armament and whose
patriotic eloquenCe first stilled the voice
OF sectional animosity.
II congratulate the president on his
being able to make this trip TO Atlanta
with less discomfort and apprehension
than one he undertook some - years
ago: and I am sure he prefers the kim
Of hot time he will have i'm the old town
tonight To the kind he experienced
then.
Georgia is distinguished i'm many
ways, chiefly in the fact that she lies
next To Alabama and some partisan
and political prophets. Ala
bama is. of course the greatest of all
states i'm the abundance and variety
Of her resources. but Georgia has tive
things wherein she is pre-eminert, both
going out into many states, n ap'
pealing to the tenderest recollection
OF predatory boyhood and the other in
spring the most patriotic hope Of th5
future-her watermelon n her Con
stitution.'
Coming to my text, I can say that
the proclamation Of wal found all the
states ready; not n i'm the sisterhood
but had her lamp trimmed n CLOWNS
with patriotic light: all differences n:
10 the rlghtfulness or eNpediency Of che
war disappeared. and once more the
men Of the North n Of the South
were ready to cement the union viii
their comminglinC blood.
The conditions We're not the same N
all the states: some had well organize
and efficient troops ready FOR instant
service: Georgia was peculiarly happy
I'm that the call upon her never reached
such proportions but that Il could ~
filled by the coloncls on the stan Of TN,
governor without any community y
missing. or possibly rerrettinC. them
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