The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-12
.CONFEDERATE'S
GREAT REUNION.
At Charleston..Tho Second Days
Proceedings General Lees
FneeHous Letter.
GENERAL "J0E' WHEELER
Expresses His Views on Expan-
s1on.-A Patriotic Defense OF
the Administration.

the Administration.
CHARLESTON, s. c., May 1l.-At to-
days session OF the Confederate veter-
ans convention committees on creden-
nals and resolutions were appointed
and the following letter from General
Ntzhugh Lee was read:
IT am obliged for your kind and COM
pilmentary letter. do not know Of
anything that would give me greater
pleasure than to be ut the reunion In
Charleston, but my duties, however, aro
80 pressing that fear will not be able
to leave. II only for a few days.. Then
too, I think the quarantine regulations
would prevent me from getting to Char
lesion or any other southern point In
May. You see after these quarantine
laws are In force wo Cubaus arc sup
posed to have yellow fever, smallpox
and all other diseases. and We are set
down as. not being proper persons for
anybody to associate with until the gray
frosts overspread the Island.
Yours very truly,
"FrTzHUGH LEE"
General Gordon tiren introduced Cen
eral Joe Wheeler. II need not tell you."
said General Gordon, that hcre IL ono Of
the wHiest OF Confederate wizards.
need not tell you Of that day In Santia-
go when he saw the SpaMards flying
before him and when In the Wild en-
thusiasm OF the moment he forgot
where he was und called upon his men--
Forward boys. the Yankees are run
ning"-it should tell you any OF these
things I would strike n chord In every
heart. but am not going to do It.
am going TO strike evory chord ut IL sin
gle stroke at once by calling the name
Of Zoe Wheeler"
The audience apphadcd wildly. Every
sentence OF General Whceler's speech
stirred the veterans to n frenzy OF en-
thusiasm. At tines 1t was impossible
for the speaker to proceed.
Wheeler on Expansion.
In the course OF his speech General
Wheeler touched upon the question OF
expansion by declaring that southern
soldiers and southern statesmen had
ever taken prominent part In all
70 hp .v,ln
OK OF: territory.
"Hlstory for all time" nc said, will
record that il was under southern pres
idcnts that We have wreated from tho
Wild Indians the greater part OF tho
s2a.SSS square miles, which lay between
our thin lines OF settlement on the ocean
and the Nisslssippl river: and under
southern Presidents THAT We have added
to this domain au AREA nine times US
great as the present AREA OF the original
thirteen states.
while tho various negotiations woro
being had. and our dominions wero be-
ing enlarged. adding TO the glory OF the
country. chiefly through the intuenca Of
the southern element. most bitter oppo-
sition was developed in other parts OF
tho Union
ut Is Il matter OF which thu southern
people may well take pride. flaat DUR
inS NIL the great progress and eivanco-
Enent Of our country. including tho arm
ed contest OF ldst gear md which am
glad TO Hny now appears to be happily
ended. no section OF our land has been
more devoted to the cause OF our coun-
try and to upholdlng Its honorand pres-
tige than the people OF the southern
states.
Those upon whom rests the cares,
duties and burdens OF government have
encountered no embarrassments or
complaints or criticism from southern
states. None Of their bravo volunteer
regiments have asked to he returned
from fields Of active duty and when the
request has como from governors OF
other cummonwealths, Volunteers from
the southern states have promptly beg
ged for the honor OF filling their places
In the front OF battle.
A Duty Thrust Upon Us.
THE position in which the American