The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-29
MEN OF THE CoNFEDERAcY.
JUDGE FALLIGANT's ADDRESS ne
FORE THE VETERANS.

Wen whose Nobility of Character
and knightIy VaIor Won Them
RenOwn, Which VIII Never Die.
The Principles for Which the Con-
federates contended Recognized
and the Rights of the States as
Fully Established in the system of
Government To-day as Ever-The
Pulaski Guards and Their Valiant
Deeds.
The memorial address of Judge Robert
Falligant at the Guards Hall in honor of
the Confederate dead was a magnificent
effort. A large audience was thrilled ard
charmed with his eloquence, and at dmes
was moved almost to tears. Judge Fall-
giant was at his best. His natural elo-
quence was given full play, and, both
speaker and audience being fully In SYM
pathy their emotions were kept in touch
throughout.
The haI was crowded, many people be-
ing unable to obtain seats. On the stand
with the speaker were Gen. McGlashan,
president of the Confederate Veterans AS
ISOLATION, and Vice Presidents IL. NJ.
Branch and l.. G.. Young. Judge Falugant
was presented by Gen. McGlashan in a
few brief, but appropriate, remarks.
The address by Judge Falligant, while
containing much that was included in his
former address of four years ago the re-
delivery of which had been requested,
touched upon many other topics of inter-
est and pertinent to the subject. 1t was
very simple story that he was to re-
peat, Judge, Fallgant said yet one that
touched every heart and more especially
every Southern heart. II is just to go over
the old times, so dear to u.s." he said,
that we can hardly repress our emotion"
1t was peculiarly fitting that these things
should be dwelt upon at these times, he
said. There is more for Southerners ia
the last war to inspire Southern hearts
than in any other period of our history.
The every idea of those who entered that
struggle was based upon ideal patriotism.
| handed down to them as a record from
| their forefathers. The idea for which the
South struggled could be expressed in a
few words, Judge Falligant said When
the tocsin of war was recently sounded
the President called upon for the states
for troops. The word states" contains
the whole idea. 1t is the love of state, ar
ter all, which makes heroes go forward
in this war, by which they demonstrate
their love of country.
Judge Falligant discussed the Formation
of the government by the men who haa
rebelled against England and the charac-
ter of those men as illustrating the ideas
and the character of the men who formed
the Southern Confederacy. After the sys-
| tenn of government had been agreed upon,
| it was submitted to the several states and
| adopted by them and thus become the gov
| eminent of the country. 1t was adopted
by the states and not by the people at
large. 1T is the grandest system of gov
eminent that ever sprung from the brain
of man." he said.
| The prescience of these early statesmen
was wonderful, he said. Patrick Henry
warned the people of the South that as
! soon as the North had gained wealth and
! power 1t would use them against this Sec
ton, and his words proved true. The in
tention of these early statesmen in the
formation of the constitution, he said, was
to guard against comforting any power
upon the general government which would
| enable it to destroy the powers of the
states. They thought they had settled this
question, but time proved that they were
| mistaken.
Judge Falligant recalled the changes
which had occurred in the ranks of the
veterans since last he addressed them. On
! the stand with him then were Judge Will
lam D. Harden, the late president of the
association; Gen. A. r. Lawton. whose
brigade had been famous, distinguishing
itself especially at Sharpsburg. and Cen
Lafayette McLaws, whom he described as
one of the true heroes of the war. THE
men of the Army of Northern Virginia will
never forget the fact" he said, that
when McLaws' division was to the front
the enemy never broke through" Capt
j. d. Johnston is another well known vet
eran who has passed away since that
time OF Capt. Johnston Judge Fallgant
spoke as the hero of the fight at Mobile
bay, and worthy comrade in arms of
Commodore Tattnall, whose remark in
lending assistance to the British ships in
Chinese waters while commanding an
American squadron there, that blood is
thicker than water" seems to be CRATE
fully remembered by England now.
Georgians do not need to be told to stand
by the flag, Judge Faligant said There
is not one of Savaunah's military com
mands which has not an honorable and
well won record. He spoke of Barlow and
the men who gathered to his call in the
days of '61. IAN honor to our citizen SOL
derry he said
without intending any invidious dis
tinction," said Judge Falligant, "I was
glad to see the old Jaspers come out as
they did the other night" There was
hearty applause at the mention OF the
Jaspers. 81 remember when quite a boy
! seeing the flag presented to them at the
residence of Judge Charlton when they
started to Mexico. They remain true 10
their record. / recall that it was a caq-
liant Irishman, Charles Carroll of Carroll
ton, who put his signature to the declaraa
ton of independence along with that of
Washington. There goes a cool million,
remarked some one, for Carroll was the
richest man in the convention but he Join
ed with the others in signing the document
without hesitancy"
Judge Falligant said he wished to recall
three names familiar to the soldiers in
the late war, who were worthy a high
place In the history of the Soui,and.
These were Sandy Pendleton, the son Of
the old chief of artillery of the Army of
Northern Virginia, who was StonewaIl
Jackson's chief of staff, and who fell at
Fishers Hill. The second was William
Johnston Pegram, colonel of artillery at
%, and the third was 1.-THE gallant Pei
ham " OF whom Cen Lee said nj ono h., :