The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-26
COL CAR2'S FINE SPEECH
IT Is FULL OF FACTS THAT
WILL BE TREASURED IN
THE MEMORY
MEMORIAL TO The GENERAL ASSEMBLY
There We're Over Fcur Fur drtd Men Prese'
Who had locked in The Canncns
Mouth Without FncSing.
The Old Guard never surrendcrs.

The Old Guard never Surrendcrs.
At ; o'clock yesterday afternoon, with
the grateful sun shining upon their de-
voted heads, four hundred of the men
who followed Lee and Jackson, Hoke
and l.. OBJ. Branch, and the other
chieftains who led the finest body of
soldiers the world has known, marched
down Fayetteville street to an inspiring
air. People gathered on both sides of
the street to cheer and wave open hand
keFchiefs at the men, on whose heads
the snow that never mcltS has fallen.
There were not a few who had to march
on enc leg, but they had the same fire
and were animated by the same patriot
ism that caused them in 1861 to don
the gray and to march to defend their
homes and their tiresides. They were
escorted to the House of Representa-
tiyes by the l.. OBJ. Branch camp, uni
formed in the Confederate gray, and
were preceded by the band of the ID.
ID. and g. Institute, which discoursed
patriotic airs.
| shall not soon forget the feelings
that took hold OF me as the remnant of
the proudest army of this century filed
into the House of Representatives. The
veteran in the Confederate Home, who
finds shelter and care in the sunset of
his life; the man upon whom fortune has
been more kind. represented by such
patriots as Julian $. Carr, Thomas $.
Kenan. w. L. Wood, a. B. Stronach
and many others in private and public
life; the gray-haired fathers Of families
who have found the journey an uphill
one since they surrendered at Appomat-
tox, but who have kept the faith and
preserved their integrity and Independent
ence-these men, We're gathered to clasp
hands once again this side the great re-
union beyond the skies, and to petition
the General Assembly for generous
treatment of those who have-not pros
pered in the uneven conflict in which
they have been engaged in the days of
peace.
They are entitled to anything they
want. They are the men who gave the
State glory from 81 to 50; the men who
redeemed the State in 1876; and, who
again in united action with their young
or brethren in 1898, rescued the State
from the slanderous men who in their
Wanted pride cried ont that ''the Con-
federate soldier has played out"
These men-(God bless them and make
them feel how truly the State honors
them)-wil find this General Assembly
responsive to their petitions.
1t was 3:23. when President Julian 5.
Carr, dressed in suit of Confederate
gray. entered the hall and was well
coined with applause. Before he had
ascended to the Speakers stand, Mr.. A.
r. Stronach presented a gayel from
Mrs. W. w. Smith, made from the
funeral car of Jefferson Davis. i'll few
happy expressions and President Carr
accepted it with the thanks of the Assoc
CATION
Prayer was offered by Rev. James
Battle Avirett, who wore the Confed-
crate uniform presented him by the
Franklinton Rifles lie gave thanks for
the memories of the past. the splendid
examples of courage displayed, and
prayed that the General Assembly might
remember kindly and generously the sur
yiyinr veterans. He closed with the
Lords prayer, in which all the veterans,
some in tremulous tones, Joined fervent-
IN. 1t was an impressive scene to see
those gray-haired men bow in reverent
petition to the God of battle.
Col. Carr opened the meeting with a
short and appropriate address.
Sergeant Hamilton asked that the
Legislature be memorialized to give the
full pension to which soldiers are entitled
nnder the act of 1889. They ought to
Get 500 and now they only get $62. lie
was brought to the front and introduced
by Mr.. Carr as "a brave Confederate
soldier. who lost both eyes i'll the army,