The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04
HONOR TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.
SONS OF VETERANS PRAISED AND
GLORIFIED HIS NAME.

knights of Pythias HaII-The OH
GERS Elected for the Coming Year.
Gen. =. NcGIashan One of the
speakers-Hc Passed scathinG
Criticism Upon Gen. Miles for His
Treatment of DavIs-sOme of the
other speakers-sOngs and Good
Cheer Filled in the Evening.
The first anniversary OF the organiza-
| ton of Francis S. Barlow Camps Of Sons
of Confederate Veterans and the birthday
Of the president of the Confederacy were
celebrated by the camp at Knights of
Pythias Han last night. There was wine
TO cheer and speech and song to enlivcn
the occasion and II was a glowing and
glorious success.
Al the anniversary meeting of the camp,
held just preceding The supper, several
new members were added 10 the member
ship rolls and the applications of three
others passed their first reading and were
referred to the appropriate committee.
a committee was appointed TO consider
the matter of providing the camp with
suitable uniform, to be used on parades
and other occasions of ceremony. The
committee was instructed to examine the
merits OF the various uniforms that have
been suggested, and to report to the camp
The result OF its deliberations and its ad-
Wee as to what had best be done in the
premises.
The following officers were elected by ac-
clamation and without opposition to serve
the ensuing year:
Commandant-U II. McLaws
First Lieutenant 'Commander-W T.
Dixon.
Second Lieutenant Commander-C. W.
Sausay.
Quartermaster-R. P. Eason.
Treasurer-Fulton Saussy.
Color Sergeant-R. E. l.. Wylly.
Chaplain-M. J. Epting.
Historian--Edwin c. RyaIs
At the conclusion of the business meet
Ing the members of the camp and their
invited guests filed into the banquet haa
where a dainty supper had been spread
by the ladies of the Independent Society
OF st. Pauls Church, and sat themselves
down. At the mead of one of the tables
was Commandant McLaws, with Gen. p.
McGlashan on his right and Capt c. L.
Chesnutt on his left. and a the head of
the other Lieut.. Commander Dixon. At the
sides Of the long tables were seated seven
" or more of the members of the camp
and their guests
When the pleasant business of supping
mad been concluded, Commandant McLaWs
proposed lndL the health OF President la-
Wis should be drunk standing and in bump
efs. without a note of applause, in re-
specttul silence, with earnest faces ana
from glasses filed to the brim, every man
drank toast 20 che immortal memory
of the leader of the fight. for the cause
OF southern Independence.
lie irst speech of the evening was
made by the commandant, who said that
the camp met with no feeling of animos-
lty towards the federal government but
N earnest loyalty ana hearty good win.
n 4 In 10 Z he f.raar
pand OF heroes who for four long years
fought against fmmeasurable odds the
braYest conflict the world has ever seen.
Inc hght that they fought was in de-
tense of their homes their firesides and
their conceded rights, and their names and
fame We're glorious and imperishable.
Il believe" said Mr. McLaWs, that
baptism OF water is necessary to the de-
Velopment of the good and perfect man,
and ! believe, with equal f1rmness, that
baptism or nre is necessary to round out
and complete the development of a great
nation. The wars of the Roses in Eng
land and the revolution in France chast-
ened and purified the blood and the lives
OF the people, and, terrible as they were
In themselves, made the armies of these
Two warIike countries terrible and inVincl-
The arb.rament Of war has decided
against our people, but 1t has not deter
mined shat the cause for which they
fought was wrong. On the other hand
the events of the past year have shown
lnat the doctrine of states rights is alive
and unquenchable, and that il is the slo-
gan tnat viii bring the nation up and
away from the shoals of imperialism ana
tyranny toward other peoples, against
which it ~ now drifting like a ship be-
lore the toe. Let us be loyal to our
country and our country's flag; 4et US fight
and If needs be die for the perpetuation Of
the principles for which she stands bu4
let us not forget the glorious memories
of our fathers lives and deaths and the
truths for which they fought" Comman-
dant McLaws closed amid an outburst OF
"a
The next speaker was Gen. p McGlash-
an, the president OF the Confederate Veter-
ans Association. Gen. McGlashan was in
troauced by capt McLaws as a Southern
gentleman, a soldier brave and true and
general officer in the Confederate SER
vice I'VE are assembled tonight" said
Gen, McCAashan, TO do honor 10 one
whose name and fame stand out boldly
among those of the gallant band of he.
roes that the ConiedeIacy produced. Amid
all that gallant band, as the type ana
leader of them all and with glory soft
ened and ennoOlcd, but not enfeebled, by
time one figure is ever prominent. that OF
JEFFERSON Davis, the president of the Con-
federacy. Satisfied that the cause he low
ed was right that upon the SIDE he chose
| honor and justice were arrayed he con-
| secrated his life 10 the cause of the South
! aud throughout all was a consistent fol
.ower Of The doctrines he believed TO be
] Just and true
Gen. McGlashan animadverted with bit
| ter severity upon the treatment to which
| President Davis was subjected after his
| NtiAAAN ANit IMPRISONMENT. 1 lie lAAINf
| OF great nation, recognized as q beliig-
| erent by the Powers of the world ard ac-
| corded beiisetont rights by the section
! of the country against which 1t fought
! for four years ievying taxes and enforc-
| ms its laws, was thrown into a dungeon
! like a common felon and MANAGED, like
| human beast whose crimes had lost him
! Che right 70 humane treatment. Through
| the years that have passed, even the man
| acles on his weakened limbs shine with
! bright and increasing luster and cry
| out against the man by whose order the
| outrages was committed. That man"
| snid the speaker, dramatically, was Gen.
] Miles"
And now" concluded the general. mo
| one loves the flag against which We
fought better than the people of the
| patriots followed n a hundred bloody
| fields that have been fought on Southern
| soil; it was our flag then, IL is our nag
| now, and no one wiz carry it farther into
| the battles front, come ne from North
| !2ast or WeEt, than the sons of the
/ South. II is for that flag the SYMBOL of
! liberty, equality and fraternity esiaunsned
| by our fathers, that we will fight within
| the country the lust for conquest that has
| taken possession of some Of our people
| and Danish the thought OF imner,alism
~ a M