The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-12
WHEELER Ar CHARLESTON
Patriotic Addr, SIS Delivered by
The Fannn. lAYAIIYman.

Ai.tA VIII HAAN % tNaN ANAAAtN D AaE I
reunion the following resolutions was in-
troduced by General stephen D. Lee oi
Mlssssppii
Whereas, u Atlanta. Ga. Decomh J.
20 lSaS. the president of the United stlts
of America gave utterancc 20 the sale-
meut: "That tho t.mo has come when in, !
United states SHAH share iu caring fori
the graves Of the confederate dead and
Whereas, the uttcranco OF the ch.ff |
executive of the nation demands from
us The survivors Of our dead comrades |
ni arms. a frank and generous response |
% so lofty ana magnarsmous sentiment
therefor be 81.
"Rosolver by the United STATES confed-
crate soldiers In annual session as
sembled, that in this act Of President
Mckinley and In its reception by our
brethren Of the north we know and rec
ognize and authoritive evidence that we
ae again a united people ana one in
in determination 90 exhibit to the world
the gentler as wen as the stronger traits
Of American character and that we ex-
cept the statement Of our chief sxecutlve
nj the spirit Ia which 81 was made.
General Gordon introduced General Joe
Wheeler.
"T need not tell you, said General
Gordon that here IS one Of tho widest
Of confederate wizards I need not tell
YOU Of that day IN Santiago when he saw
tho spaniards flying before him and when
in his wild enthusiasm Of the moment
he forgot where he was and called upon
ass men forward, boys. the Yankees are
running. u should tell you anything
of these things, I should strike chord
in every breast but do not Ike TO do g.
I am going to strike every chord at sin
slo stroke at once by calling the name Of
General Jce Wheeler
"Ihe history of our country comparel
with an the eras that have preceded ms.
shows that our civilization has produced
the highest class OF men and the nob-
lest type Ok soldiers. The very idea oil
Of liberty nerves the soul and fires the
heart. Defeat but exasperates. adding
desperation 20 vigOr ana energy TO DO
tcrmlned resolve
"It was the teaching or fathers and
mothers who fled from the oppression
Of caste and class. braved the unfath-
omed ocean and landed upon these
shores, confronted by wild beasts and
savage Indians that the highest honor
and greatest privilege was to fight for lts
salety and its honor.
"If the people Of the north evcel in
some qualities, II IS also true chat
those of the south excel In others I'll
has been said that tcnacty Of purposeI
thrift and perseverance, prcdominated|
In the northern character. This may
probably be so, but it is also true chat
other characterictlcs are more notice
aiAe among the people OF the south"
- Hl... y. Il
Uary history OF the Southern people has
been a prominent feature in history from
the first settlement OF this country. He
| cited Washington and other southern
commanders OF the revolution. Winfield
Scott and Andrew Jackson and the
other heroes OF the war OF 1872. the
Southern Generals who won fame IN tho
war with Mexico. and then passing toI
the war between the states he said:
the battle SCARED veterans, who dur
ing four years Of bloody warfare daz-
2led the world with the splendor of
their herolsm are fast passing away
The few who remain gather annually to
renew the friendship, which formed
euhc sceens Is the warmest tnd most
enduring No greater heroes were inI
the legion led by Alexander, Hannibal
q 1Idi diirmaEN't or -NdpNleout Iuf your
achievements excelled all theirs.
"m the great battle OF the olvll war.
YOU contcuded with men OF endurance.
fortltude and courage. men with the
same birth right of freedom. imbued
with the same spirit of liberty, men who
We're as conscientiously contending for
what they deemed the right of the fed |
eral government, as you. for what you
just as firmly held 10 be your Iights +!
while our civil war was, I may |
truthfuuy assert the most sanguinary |
recorded In history, 81 was also the most
remarkable, as IN st there was no ele-
ment of personal hostility, and the sol !
diers as individuals could not in the
nature OF things, have entertained feel |
ines Of hatred for each other. They |
fought not from revenge, not from ma |
lice, not from desire to shed blood, not |
from ambition, but simply because they |
felt than there lay the path OF duty.
1T was a war fought TO settle ques-
tions that for more than half century
had been matters OF the most earnest.
and 1 might say bitter contentious, IN
croasng in Intensity until an appeal TO
the God OF Battles was rendered inevi-
table so that no arbtrament save that
Of the sword was possible. When ;he
south yielded, IL was to numbers bait
talions, atlnery. TO the unlimited re-
sources OF the federal government.
'"Tho amies of the South laid down
their arms, but not one iota of thar
belief IN the truth ana justice OF The r
cause did they surrender. with energy
ana determination they met the new
problems confronting them
Above the carnage above the wall
of widows and the cry Of orphans, above
.he desolated homes, above the hclla
1vergrown with new forests there arose
a new civilization and a new union, one
niche In whose temple holds a figure s
name shall be honored throughout the
Niche I'm whose temple holds a figure whose
aoldiery spirit. whose wonderful en-
iurance, was only equalled by the graz
leur Of soul which accepting the fate Of
war; lived out TO its fun Close, the
loblest life recorded I'm an history Gr
he admiration Of posterfty.
AS between the soldiers on either side
here was no real enmity Mutual al.
niration for each others prowess IS thel
sentiment OF all brave men, and with
admiration respect naturally increas ~.
The lifetime OF generation hasl
oftened the memories OF that conflict I
md side by side both North and south
nave stood together nj battle against
oreign foe.
we meet here to cherish and intensity q
he memory OF the great struggle in
which You are actors. Your devotion 10 I
uty your courage in battle and your I