The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-20
CHlCAGo'S GREAT JUBILEE.
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his infancy. been gladdered 10y his youtl,
and strengthened by his manhood. was an
ever memora bic one with the sorroWlnS
concourse of friends and neishbOrs WAC
followed his shot-ridden body 70 the grave
And Of that number no man gainsaid the
honor of his death, lacked fun loyalty 20
the flag for which he fought or doubted
the justice OF the cause for which he gave
his he.
"Thirty-fve years have passed; another
war has called its roll Of martyrs; again
the old bell tolls from the crude lattced
tower of the settlement church; another
great pouring of sympathetic humanity,
and this time the body Of a son. wrapped
in the stars and Stripes is lowered to rs
everlasting rest beside mat Of The father
who sleeps in The Stars and Bars.
There were those there who stood by
the grave of the Confederate hero years
before, and the children OF those were
there. and of those present no one gain
said the honor Of the death of this hero
OF E} Caney, and no2e were there but low
ed, as patriots alone can love, the glori-
Gus flag that enshrines the people OF
common country as il enshrouds the form
that viii sleep forever ia its blessed folds
And on this tomb viii be written:
&c Here lies the son Of a Confederate sol
der
lie died for his country
'And so il is that between the making
of these two graves human hands and
human hearts have reached a solution Of
the vexed problem that has bafiied human
will and human thought for three decades.
Sturdy sons % the South have said TO
their brothers Of the North that the peo-
pie of the South had long since accepted
the aroitrameut of the sword TO which
they had appealed. And likewise the Oft
repeated message has come back from the
North that peace and good viii reigned.
and that the wounds Of civil dissension
We're but as sacred memories. Good fell
lowship was waited on the wings of com
u1erce and development from those who
had worn the blue to those who had worn
the gray. Nor were these messages de-
livered in vain for they served to pave
the way for the complete and absolute
elimination of the line of sectional differ
ences by the only process by which such
result was possible. The sentiment of the
great majority of the people of the South
was rightly spoken an the message Of the
immortal Hill, and in the burning elo-
quence of Henry Grady-b0th Georgians-
the record of whose blessed work for the
restoration of peace between the sections
becomes a national heritage, and whose
names are stamped in enduring impress
upon the affection Of the people Of the re-
public"
rom whence was ine pIOOI TO come
to ourselves as well as to the world, that
we were being moved once again by a
common impulse. and by the same heart
that inspired and gave strength TO the
hands that smote the British in the days
of the revolution, and again az New Or
leans that made our ships the masters
of the seas; that placed our flag on Chap
ultepec, and widened our domain from
ocean to ocean? How was the world to
know that the burning fires of patriotism,
so essential to national glory and achieve
ment. had not been quenched by the blood
spilled by the heroes Of both sides of the
most desperate struggle known in the his
tory of civil wars2 How was the doubt
that stood, all unwilling, between out
stretched hands and sympathetic heart,
to be- in fact, dispel,ed2
IF from out the caldron of conflict there
arose this doubt only from the crucible
of war could come the answer And
thank God that answer has been made in
the record of the war, the peaceful term
ination of which we celebrate tonight.
Read II In every page of its history; read
1t in the obliteration of party and sec
tional lines in the congressional action
which called the nation to arms in the
defense of PROSTATE liberty, and for the
extension of the sphere OF human free
dom; read Il in the conduct of the distin-
gushed federal soldier who as the chief
t-NtNhtlNN VI inns great IfDADnCs UOttOiN
this occasion by his presence tonight, aud
whose appointments in the first commits
sions issued after war had been declared
made manifest the sincerity Of his oft re-
peated utterances of complete sectional
reconciliation and the elimination of sec
tiCnal lines in the affairs of government.
Differing with him, as l do. on party is
sues. utterly at variance with the views
of his party on economic problems l sane
ton with all my heart the obligation that
rests on every patriotic citizen 10 make
party second to country, and in the meas
ure that he has been actuated by this
broad and patriotic policy he will receive
the plaudits of the whole people. Well
done, good and faithful servant
1.-The South answered the call to arms
with its heart, and its heart goes out with
that of the North in rejoicing at the re-
suit. The demonstration lacking to give
the touch Of life to the picture has been
made. The open sesame chat was needed
to give insight into the true and loyal
hearts, both North and South, has been
spoken. Divided by war, we are united
as never before by the same agency, and
the union is of hearts as well as hands.
The doubter may scott, and the pessi-
mist may croak. but even they must take
hope at the picture presented in the sim
pie and touching incident of eight Grand
Army veterans, with their slvery heads
bowed in sympathy, escorting the lifeless
body of the Daughter of the Confederacy
from Narragansett to its last, long rest
at Richmond.
when that great and generous soldier
L. s. Grant gave back TO Lee, crushed,
but ever glorious, the sword he had sur
rendered at Appomattox, that magnani-
nous deed said to the people of the South:
You are our brothers. But when the
present ruler of our grand republic on
awakening to the condition of war that
confronted him, with his first commits
sion placed the leaders sword in the hands
of those gallant Confederate commanders,
Joe Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee, he wrote
between the lines in living letters of ever
lasting light the words; There is but one
people of this union, one flag alone for
all
THE South, Mr.. POSTMASTER, will feel
that her sons have been well given, that
her blood has been well spilled, If that
sentiment is to be indeed the true in
spiration of our nations future. God
grant it may be as l believe il will"
THE President" was the next toast on
the programme and to that ex-Vice Presi-