The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-06
GEN. LEE AND OFFICERS DlNED
Continued from Eighth Page.


tCi1o Light Horse. Harry Lee and Robert
ee Mr. Charlton gave an eloquent
I-.-riDtion of the growth and development
the country, and urged that the ideals
rh.,b had animated and inspired the peo-
In the past should not be lost sight
II in this great national growth.
,rai Gen J. Warren Keifer responded
GENEROUSLY 70 the toast, THE Seventh
,r,,v CORPS" He told how he would
I've been a Georgian, but for an acct
dent of birth, his grandfather having once
ssttlsd or the Savannah river. Gen.
Keller gave a humorous description OF
how he came to again be solder after
having once laid aside his arms, and how
he came to command a division composed
entirely of Southern troops, with words
of praise for Gen. Lee and Gen. w w
Gordon of this city. Gen. Keifer said
mat this is the greatest day of the great
est age in the history of the world, and
the American people were entering upon
the greatest epoch of their history. Be-
fore the Spanish war, he said the sun
never set upon the territory of the great
republic, as before darkness had
fallen upon the most westward
lv point of Alaska the SUMS rays
fell again upon the coast of Maine The
destiny Of the young republic, he said, is
10 advance civilization around the world
the right TO speak the words Northern or
Southern as applied to sections but the
whoa country will be known only as the
great central republic of the United States.
Lieut.. Col Guild, Inspector general upon
Gen Lees staff, responded most felicit-
ousIy TO the toast, THE Army and Navy
of the United States,' showing the great
work that had been done by the American
volunteer in every war in which the coun-
4 at "a ff,o5
how much indebted the country was TO
the regular army, small and unappreciated
as il had been, for furnishing the ex-
perience and the discipline needed to put
the volunteers in fighting trim Col Guild
smoke of the herobc work of the regulars
al San Juan, and said that man for man
the regular army of the United States was
edua, ed by no other on earth.
Col William j. Bryan of the Third Ne
braska was called upon to speak to the
toast Of Cuba Libre." Col. Bryan said
that it was appropriate that a representa-
tive of the great West should be heard
from upon such an occasion. The war
had done much good, he said, especially as
Il had resulted in destroying the preju
dices which had separated the people of
the two sections of the country. He spoke
in the highest terms of Gen. Lee as one
who had formerly fought against the
union. yet none could be found filter to
uphold the honor Of the American flag
I'VE went into the var he said, with
Out regard to politics" He illustrated
this by instances in his own regiment
Not only had the Republicans and the
Democrats mixed up, but they had even
allowed the gold Democrats to
come in with them and share in
the work. Great problems can
be better solved, he said, when the glasses
OF prejudice and sectionalism have been
thrown aside.
Col. Bryan proceeded to speak to his sub
ject. 1t was for free Cuba that the peo-
pie Of America took up arms, he said. He
would regret to know that the people of
this country were ready to free Cuba be-
cause they had said it should be free and
not because it should be free. He was
glad it was not a covetous spirit which
took this country into war, and he trusted
that it would not go on 10 toboggan Slide
from the sublime to the ridiculous He
had heard some doubts expressed as to the
ability of the Cubans to govern them
selves. He had heard doubts expressed
before as to the abi,ity of people to make
good use Of things which other people
wanted. He had even heard some doubts
expressed as to the ability of the people
of this country TO govern themselves. If
we expect the people of Cuba to form
government in comparison with the gov
eminent of this country we viii be disap-
pointed. Government is process of de-
velopment and is instanced by the
history of our own country. It is
an enfolding process. When the people
of Cuba showed that they were willing TO
fight and die for their country, they show
ed they bad there the basis of govern
ment. Mexico had her revolutions, and
yet she is going forward No matter what
Cuba does, she will be the home of patri-
OTIS and whatever she does will be based
upon The deeds of those patriots We
must not look down upon the efforts Of
other people struggling for self-govern-
ment. Self-government is the drawing-out
of thc capacity for government. We
throw around a people our protection and
tell them to work out their own saliva
ton.
Col. Bryan humorously alluded 10 the
facl that he belonged to the executive and
not the legislative arm of the government
Others decide what we shall do, he said
Inc people who pay the bills will have
something TO say and the mothers whose
sons go out in defense of their country
will also be heard from. Whatever is done
Will not be the will of the men who wear
the uniform, but the voice of 70,000000 peo-
pie.
The last toast was the Destiny of the
Anglo-Saxon Race" responded to by Hon.
Robert Falligant, Judge Falligants reply
was thoroughly characteristic, illustrated
by anecdotes which were strictly to the
point. Among them was the story of the
old Confed at the crater, as illustrative of
the characteristics of the American.
lie told how his wine reminded him of
the other people which the Anglo-Saxons
mad absorbed, the French in Canada and
Louisiana, the Spanish possessions in
Florida and their more recent possessions
IN the West Indies. The Anglo-Saxons
are growing race, he said According
to the statisticians, in 1880 there will be
1850 600 of Anglo-Saxon, he said. Judge
Falligants remarks upon the subject of
Anglo-SaXon supremacy were Endorsed
with hearty applause.
Following Judge Falligant, there were
songs and imprumptu toasts, which added
greatly to the pleasure of the evening The
occasion was a very enjoyable one. ana
WliI not soon be forgotten by those pres