The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-23
SEIZED THE BANQUET WINES.
CONSFABLES INTERFERE WITH
FOREFATHERs DINNER.


chusetts Responded to the Main
Toast, ''FOrefnthers' Dnyn-His In
teresting References TO Calhoun
and Webster.
Charleston. s. c.. Dec 22-The seventy
ninth annual banquet Of the New Eng
land Society was given at the Charleston
Hotel here tonight.
Early this morning. while searching at
the Charleston Hotel state liquor consta-
bes found and seized the wines which
were used at the annual banquet of the
Society
The dinner given on 'Forefathers days
by the society Is the main function OF lts
kind that takes place In Charleston during
tho year, and IL Is famed for the excel
lence Of its wine list. This year Senator,
Iioar of Massachusetts, and McLaurlu
were on the toast card for speeches, and
there was CONSERVATION in the
ranks of the members of the society when
1t was learned that their wine had been
seized.
Ordered the Wine Released.
Rev. DR.. Vedder, president of the So
render Il, but his request was refused.
The situation began TO look serious.
There was no chance to get other wines
In the city.
United states Senator McIaurin of
South Carolina. who delivered an address
at the banquet. was seen and asked to use
his influence TO get back the liquors. He
aopf a warm taiatrrot, To CO, Ustto~ka
advised him 20 make the constable deliver
the goods. A short while afterwards tel
egram from Columbia announced that the
wines would be released. Sharp orders
were sent to constables and tonight tho
wines flowed as usual at the banquet Tho
seizure is being Indignantly discussed In
Charleston.
Under the law, the constabes had no
manner of business with the wines, as
they were purchased outside OF the state
and shipped here for private use, as every
one knew.
The leading speakers of the evening were
Senator George f. Hoar OF Massachusetts,,
who responded to 'Forefathers' Day"
Senator John l.. McLaurin OF South Car
and the Hon. Joseph b. Cumming OF
Georgia, who responded to "The May
flower"
Senator Hoar's vislt to Charleston re-
calls the fact that ifty-four years ago his
father. Samuel Hoar was sent 20 the
same city by the Genral Court of Massa-
chusetts to act for II in the matter OF tho
arrest and freeing of free black sailors ar
irving there. The legislature requested the
Governor to expel him, and the New Eng
lander was forced TO depart.
The banquet was a most elaborate and
brilliant function, and there were seated
at the tables 100 guests Senator Hoars
address was largely of an historical nature
and touched but lightly upon the issues OF
the present day. Among other things he
said
"If there be a single lesson which tns
people of this country have learned
from their wonderful and crowded his
tory, it is that the North and South ara
indispensable TO each other. They are
the blades OF mighty shears, worthless
apart, but, when bound by an indissolubis
union powerful, irresistible, and terrible
as the shears Of Fate; like the shears OF
Atropos. severing every thread and tan
gled web of evil, cutting out for humanity
its beautiful garment of Liberty ana
Light from the cloth her sisters spin and
weave
II always delight to think. as / know
the peop.e Of South Carolina delight to
think, OF these states of ours, not as mere
aggregations of individuals, but as beau
tiful personalities, moral beings, endowed
with moral characters. capable Of faith.
Of hope, Of memory, OF pride, of sorrow
and Of Joy, of courage, of herolsm. of
honor, and OF shame. Certainly this is
true of them, Their power and glory, their
rightful place in history depend on these
Things. and not on the numbers or extene
of territory
1T is this that justlnes the Arrangement
Of the constitution of the United States
for equal representation of states IN the
upper legislative chamber, and explains
its admirable success"
Calhoun and webster.
Senator Hoar spoke eloquently Of the
meaning conveyed In the name ola state
or country, beyond mere designation and
then told some Interesting stories of CAL
houn and Webster. He said:
have sometimes fancied South Caro-
lima ana Massachusetts, these two illus.
trious and heroic sisters, instead Of sit
ting apart, one under her palm trees ind
the other under her pines, one with the
hot gales from the tropics tanning her
brow and the other on the granite rocks
by her ice-bOund shores meeting toQefh-
er, and comparing notes and stories az
sisters born Of the same mother compare
notes and stories after a long separation.
How the old arrangements. born OF ig-
norance Of each other, would have melted
away.
Does Il ever occur to you that the
greatest single tribute ever paid TO Daniel
Webster was paid by Mr. Calhoun? And
the greatest single tribute ever paid 10
Mr.. Calhoun was paid by Air. Webster
II do not believe that among the COM
piimeuts or marks Of honor which attend
"a the iilustrious career Of Daniel WcD-
eter there - one that be would have valued
"a much az that which his great friend