The morning news., 1899-05-12
AMONG VETERANS.
continued from Flrst Page.

lOtlOT dnN PACStiSO imam SAAN
boz of the Southern states.
- Pr 1lnon whom rests the cares. du-
md burdens OF government have en-
N,tsreei no eEIlbarrassment or complaints
n1--r;oism from Southern states. None
heir brave volunteer regiments nave
"a 70 he returned from fields of active
and when the request has come
Governors of other commonwealths,
All rnreers from the Southern states have
Jria molly begged for the honor of films
ude r n.aces in the front of battle.
- nosition in which the American
ra ind themselves to-day was not
bt bv them, bur is the logical result
on 1on6itions thrust upon the country by
sd ,urt OF events beyond our control II
~ said they were foreseen and pre-
S& fsd it must also be admitted that no
.er. rsr in our grasp could have stayed the
md now we stand before the gaze
are civilization confronted by grave respon-
ral ,afties The supreme test of American
s-tut;ons is involved, and the American
stem of government is on trial.
D, He Is an ExpansiOnist.
a1, 8 said by some that while England,
Honand France and other nations may
AT- l.nd a protecting hand to peoples and
rAs separated from the home country,
AZ aedting both, the protector and the pro-
te3 that we shall be utterly unable to
-. .oinDlish such a purpose. To admit this
IA rsoosition is to admit that our system
government IS idGhluS III lAiS 0SScA-
RI a' Qualifications which every sovereign
hover should possess.
n "Tp cue year we have risen TO the first
~ Mlqce in the family of nations; to make
a smallest retrograde step would be at
IT, e expense of the prestige We have won.
o return to the starting point of a year
y 10 would be to lose what it would take
- century 10 regain. In answer TO those
no say that the policy of our foretath-
Y, MS forbade the extension of territory, 1
oud point to Jefferson and the Iouisi-
ma purchase Monroe and Florida, Polk
rd Texas and the vast territory ac-
iired from Mexico, and later to An
S Mrew Johnson and the acquisition of
Alaska.
- "If there be any who contend that we
Il EhouId not permit the Island of Cuba to
RecOme a part of the United States, and
ah IS people if they desire it, to enjoy all
y he rights of American citizenship, l have
~ Bnly to point to the official declarations
pf our great statesmen commencing with
ii Thomas Jefferson and running through
most the entire period or the first half
bf this century. During all that period
bur honored statesmen and Presidents
from jefferson TO Buchanan laid down in
heir messages and state documents, the
Imperative necessity of making the Pearl
pf the Antilles a part of the United States.
Tribute to the Women.
In concluding his address Gen. Wheeler
bf the South and the part they bore in
the war and the dark years that followed,
saying;
. Although some of those blessed women
pre- still with u.s. many more have long
since gone to their reward but they have
Booked in cradles, the principles minds
= and characters which are to control the
Future of their beloved land. The thought
(which L wish to impress upon the minds
pt the generation to whom we must soon
nTust a sacred charge, for the Confed-
e1ate soldiers race is nearly run, and the
njunction which 1 would leave with your
, eons and daughters-for the daughters
pave the nobler part, and I know they
Til faithfully perform it's this:
See to it that the women of the Con-
federacy have, in their posterity a monu-
ment more lasting than any that could
be built of stone.''
He closed amid much applause, and the
orchestra played america"
. Gen. Hampton Resigns,
Then occurred one of the most pictur-
Mosque incidents of the session. Gen Cor
don arose and advanced to the front of the
stage, followed by Gen. Wade Hampton,
Hescorted by Col. Holmes and Mai Bar
ker, the former bearing a beautiful silk
nag, one side of which was the battle flag
of the Confederacy and the reverse the
state dag of South Carolina. In a few
well chosen words Col. Holmes presented
the banner to Gen. Hampton, the gift
ot the Daughters of the Confederacy of
Charlestou to the United Confederate
ANeterans
Turning, Gen. Hampton presented the
mag to Gen. Gordon, who accepted it
with graceful little address, Here as
lon all occasions when he appears, Gen
Hampton was greeted with tremendous
Aappiause, the old veteran of the famous
H4leglop that bore his name being the idol
not only of his state, but the whole South
IN presenting the flag, Gen. Hampton
aiso resigned as commander of the Army
OF Northern Virginia, saying he would
serve in the ranks as private. He gave
as reason that his declining years and
physical weakness rendered him unable
10 give TO the Office the attention and en-
ergy 1t demands
Many of the veterans were vsibly af-
Iected at the generals words, and for an
instant absolute silence prevailed. Then
as by common impulse they rose and
cheered Justify. Bowing his thanks, Gen.
hampton stepped back and soon after
ward left the rostrum.
Winnie Davis Memorial.
Gen Gordon then announced that the
business of the convention would be sus-
pended for the Winnie Davis memorial
exercises
BY this time nearly all of the sponsors
had arrived and with the presence of
hundreds of ladies in the boxes and on
tiS lOof OIL the great Auditorium presented
gay scene. For the time being the en-
'huslasm that had marked the session
gave way to an Impressive silence as the
o'd veterans listened to eloquent tributes
20 me memory of the Daughter of the
COHIederacy. In opening the exercises
Gen. Gordon said:
Ny comrades we approach a solennItv
"Nleh VIII awaken in every heart the
sweetest, tenderest recollections that have
s1'red US for many days. We are about
70 siVe ourselves the melancholy pleasure
~ asah honoring sweet woman whose
memory will always live in every Con-
lederate household