The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-11
MANY CHEERS FOR GORDON.
THOUSANDS GREETED THE BAT
TLE-sCARRED VETERAN.

Charleston the Scene of the As
sembInge of the SOuth's Heroes.
Resolution on the Presidents SuE-
gestiOn Referred TO Committee.
Gen. Gordon Rugged Mrs. jackson.
Great Parade of the Veterans.
Gen. Wheeler On Hand.
Charleston. s. c.. May 10.-(special)-
The patriotism of Charleston and of South
Carolina shone to the best advantage to-
day.
Bright faces and hearty hand-shakes
greeted all who entered the hospitable
gates of the proud old city. Residents
Joined heart and soul in making the well
come cordial and impressive. 1t reminded
one of the days of the secession, for pa
triodsm and ardor and enthusiasm. There
was this vast difference however, that to-
day the blue flag with its palmetto tree and
crescent. and the Confederate battle flag
with its ST. Andrews cross, fioated side by
side with the Stars and Stripes of our
fathers-now the flag of ourselves and our
sons.
St Michaels chimes, which have rung
out glad tidings for nearly a century and
a half, sounded their resonant, mellow
notes in welcome of the ex-soldiers Of
Lee, and Jackson, and Johnston, and Cor
don, and Johnston, and Joe Wheeler; a
grey and grizzled lot, but warriors Of
surdiest fiber, now fully appreciated by
fomer foes, as they are loved and honored
by the people of the South.
Proud Day for Charleston.
1t was proud day for Charleston, when
her people could exhibit to appreciative
eyes the table on which was signed the
ordnance Of secession of South Carolina,
the gavel that ruled the secession conven-
ton, the columbiads which beloved forth
the faith and defiance of the South from
the ramparts of Fort Sumter, and other
trophies of those epoch-making times.
II was, indeed, a glorious day: glorious
because of the happiness of the chivalrous
and hospitabe people of Charleston in en-
tertaining their guests; because of the
genuine pleasure of the veterans in re-
newing old acquaintance and grasping
once more the hands of former comrades
in arms, and because all bitterness of sec
tionaism is now happily past forever.
and it may be said that one matter which
gave the visiting veterans genuine pleas
ure was to note the returning prosperity
of the city of secession, the cradle of the
Confederacy, which was nobly defended
to the last and never surrendered, and
which has paid by years of oppression for
its faithfulness and heroism.
The Georgia Delegation.
The Georgia delegation was the largest
in the parade. Savannah's two Confed-
crate camps had $50 men in ranks The
honor of escortlng The commanding gen.
eral the magnetic and eloquent Gordon,
was assigned to A. P. Hill Camp No. 6,
Of Petersburg, Va, grlAch. came nearly
100 strong, dressed in grey and headed by
drum corps. Next to those grey-headed
veterans from the Appomattox, the Sa-
vannah camps were the most noted of the
visitors
The entire morning was consumed by
the meeting at the Auditorium. The
speeches of welcome and response were
patriotic, pointed and brief Gen Cor
oons remarks on opening the convention
We're fun of the speakers old-time fire,
ana aroused the assemblage to the highest
pltch of enthusiasm. There was a blend
ing of the memories of the past with
oIlgAt views of the future that showed the
speaker to be a lover of his people and of
his country.
Every visitor seems to be well provided
lor and intent upon making the most of
the occasion. JH.E.