The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-21
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WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEKy 81 A YEAH
MONUMENT TO PATRIOTIC MEN
SIGNERs OF THE MECKLENBURG
DECLARTION HONoRED.


All North Carolina Joins with Char
lotte in Unvciling the shaft to the
Memory of the Patriots of the Days
of the HcvOIution--HX-Vic Presi-
dent AdIai T.. stevenson the Orator
of the Day--Gov. Atkinson Also
Speaks.
Charlotte N. c.. May 2O.--The whole
state Joined with Charlotte to-day in un-
yelling handsome granite monument to-
the memory Of the signers of the Meeklen-
burg declaration Of Independence, whiclI
was drawn up here on May 20. l775.
There was noble pageant in the early
morning of floats decorated in the national
colors and filled with young ladies. rep
resentng the various states and illustrate
ing many patriotic themes
There was long cavalcade of horsemen
in the uniform of the continental soldier.
ana numerous carriages filed with distin-
gulshed guests, but the chief feature was
the great line Of veterans there being four
brigades of them. under command of Maj.
j. c. Hall. Half a dozen tattere1 hattls
flags were carried during the parade.
T.. b. Mcdowell was master of ceremo-
MES. Prayer was offered by Rev. ]. II.
Howerton Of the First Presbyterian
Church.
Ex-Vlce President Adlai e. stevenson
was introduced by J. p. Caldwell editor oe
the Observer and made the principal
speech of the occasion. An extract relat-
ing to current events is as follows:
STANDING upon this historic spot conse-
Grated by the dead heroes we lift UP our
hearts in gratitude TO God that he has beeu
pleased to vouchsafe to our fathers aud to-
us. such a country The descendants oe
the heroes Of Mecklenburg, Of Guilford.
ana of Kings mountain, can never forget
that this flag is the smybol of constitu-
tional liberty--the eternal symbol of an in-
divlsble union of indestructible states.
You should never forget that all our hopes
and aspirations are bound up in the con-
stitutlon of our fathers. Guard this con-
stitution as the very ark Of the Covenant
"And, at Whatever cost. the Federal
union-this grand union OF people and OF
states-bequeathed us by our fathers, muse
be the heritage OF the future generations of
our countrymen. Let him be accounted
the common enemy,who, whatever the pre-
text would weaken the cord that binds all
the states and sections of our common
country in frnternal union.
Remembering that our greatest interest
Is peace yet we cannot close our eyes TO
the perils that may come from foreign
jealousies and aggression Need remind
you that when dangers from abroad
threaten party banners are furled party
names forgotten? Recent events have but
emphasized the words of Webster: our
politics go no further tlmn the waters
edge We study the things that make for
peace, but must never forget that worse
even than war with all its horrors Is ma
tlonal dishonor. If object lesson has been
needed that we are indeed one people. it IS
had la the glad response OF each state an
the union to the declaration OF war
against the traditional enemy of liberty
and of humanity. We're 1t needed to repeL
the invasion from our own shores; 10 re-
lease Cuba from the iron hand of the op-
pressor; or, to carry in triumph the dag
TO the heart Of the enemy's country, who
does not know that from all sections Of
the republic an army OF American free
men would gather greater than in tiie
ages past ever followed the banners oe
Xerxes or OF Alexander"
Gov Atkinson of Georgia followed with
| a brief but patriotic speech.
The Charlotte Observers $50 prize poems
was read by Col II. G. Jones of Char
lotte The poem was entitled THE VAN
| guard of the Revolution" and Is the COM
position of Rev w. w. Moore d. D., pro-
fessor OF Hebrew at Union Theological
| Seminary at Hamden Sydney, Va, and
native of Charlotte.
Mrs Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Mrs.
Gen D. II. Hin were among those ON
| the stand.
| The monument of Barre, VT, granite,
an obelislS forty feet high, was then un-
veiled by a number of young ladies', de-
scended from the signers, amidst the great
| est enthusiasm.