The herald., 1898-12-16

lands and seas remote. But, gentlemen, the
flag cannot come down. The institutions
and the policy of free republic are. equal
10 new conditions OF they are worthless. A
nation that cannot keep pace with what Us
own arms have accomplished is already eatd-
logued with The incapable and the degen-
crate. The new union, which war mas
welded more firmly together, summons Us
and leads us forward. 1t does not invite
responsibilities, nor shrink from theih
History has been busy in these last eventtul
months, interfusing all the elements OF our
national life. so that the parts forget tnat
they are parts and remember only an indis
| soluble. indivisible indestructible union.
OTHER SPEAKERS
| splendid speech was that OF lion.
Stephen O'Meara of Boston, the next on the
list, and its reception was one OF strong ap
proval. 8 .bo
Hon. Lyman j. Gage, secretary OF ths
treasury, delivered concise ana PoIsilteo
speech in reply to the toast: 'low the
| People Paid the Bill Like those who
preceded him, the secretarys words were
warmly applauded.
ali decorum was laid aside for the mo-
me.t. when General Wheeler rose to re,
spond to lis toast The distnguisheI
southernel svas cheered and cheered, ana
il was fully five minutes before he was per
mitted to proceed
| General Wheeler responded to the toast;
"The South's PaSt in the War He SAID:
| From the earliest history OF our country
| in all conflicts of arms. the southern people
have done brave and honorable service.
Twenty years before the Declaration OF In
dependence it was brave \irginlan who'
leading Virginia soldiers by courage,
skil and determination. saved General
Braddock's army from complete annlhlia
ton
General s. NJ. Il. Young filed the place as
signed to General Chaffee. In reply to the
toast. The Volunteer as Viewed by Regu-
lar Command" General Young said: a
call was made by our president for yolun,,
teers. unfortunately, and, my friends,
speak advisedly. unfortunately we accepted,
and mustered into the United States ser
vice regiments and officers in their entirety
from these state guards. This was mis-,
take. In looking at the volunteers, and
considering them as soldiers, the fact is lost
sight of that they have not received pro-
fessional education
Hon. Charles Emory Smith, postmaster
general, was next introduced by Mr.. How
ell.
ALABAMA'S GOVERNOR
He was followed by Governor Joseph +.
Johnston of Alabama who responded to the
toast. The State Governments Answer TO
the Call to Arms
He spoke in a humorous vein, which was
warmly applauded, saying: The proc
lamation of war found all the states ready;
not one in the ssterhood but had her lamp
trimmed and glowing with patriotic light
all differences as to the rghtfulneSs or en-
pediency of the war disappeared, and once
more the men of the north and of the south
were ready to cement the union with their
co-mingling blood. Democrats and Re
publicans, gold bugs and silver looms, and
even the PopuGsts, came from their politica
graves and all forgot party, currency, see
ton and anmosties, and stood for then
country. Even the women. God bles,
them. volunteered. and were then. now
the mainstay and hope of the infantry.
"One thing, Mr.. Chairman, was a Thorn
in the flesh of the state governments; that
was the physical examination the volunteers
were subjected to. Nothing but perfection
was admissible. \ man short of an eye
even if it were not the shooting eye, or witt
a missing finger, or too much or too little
circumference. was not in it. The onl!
way Shafter and Wheeler could have gotter
into the ranks would have been to have haC
themselves mixed up and made over into
two respectable men. Fortunately no tes
was had as to brains, and consequently
large number of officers of high rank wer,
able to get in.
| Experience obtained from our late fam
lily disturbance had taught us that the mel
who win the battles carry the muskets, St
we were extremely particular about thu
privates and quite indifferent as to the of
hcers. The consequence was that we haC
the best privates ever assembled in an,
army, and some of the fattest generals.
In conclusion, Mr.. Chairman. if tn
states had encountered as many dtficutie
in getting up the quotas as they have in get
ting back the money expended, we woul,
now be on the eve of Santiago campaign.
Hon Charles +. Warwick. mayor of Phila
delphia. responded to ''What the Libert.
Bell Says About 1t.
LEAVING THE CITY
The president of the United State
boarded his special train tonight at mid
night after a famous two days in Atlanta
His visit here has been a history maxim
event, and the results will be felt for year
to come. The words of his famous speec
before the Georgia legislature echoed
through the banquet hall tonight In hi
opening remarks Hon. Clark Howell tn
toast master of the occasion, read the Join
resolutions adopted by those bodies today
THE memorable words of the president ha
reference to the part of the north in carin
for the graves of the Confederate dead wa
cheered and cheered, and it was with dit
hculty that the POSTMASTER proceeded to tn
Introduction of the guest of the evening
Before the president was permitted so beg
his speech there We're three cheers an
tigers, thrice repeated, and it was with d
ticulty that the toastmaster could quell tn
enthusiasm.
1t was a noticeable fact that in all tn
gorgeous decoration of the banquet hall nc
one Confederate flag appeared
The presidents train left the union static
shortly after midnight
Tusk keegee, Ala, will be reached at
o'clock ON Friday morning, and the pres
dent will address students of the Tuske,
gee normal school, the institution preside
over by Booker 7. Washington. The d,
parture, from Tuskeegee will be taken at | +,
m. and the party will reach Montgomer
at 2:45 p. m, where they will be the CUES,
OF the governor and legislature of Alabam
tor three hours The train is due in S.
vannah at a. IN. on Saturday. Here
review Of troops in camp will be held. and a
night banquet will be given the presidep
/ and party by citizens at Savannah at th
De Soto hotel. Sunday will be sper
quietly IN Savannah, and the train wi
leave Tor Macon at ? O'Clock Monday NOR,
ing. The three hours in Macon will be d,
voted to review Of the enlisted men in IN
First corps under command of General WI
son.
Augusta viii have the president for fou
hours, the train starting on the return FRI
/, to W Nashlngton at 80 o o'clock Monday nirh
HIGHLY COMMENDED
} The Georgia Legislature Takes An
propriate Action