The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-13
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON.
Delivers his Famous Lecture at the
Opera 1ouse-Many Heard HIM.

his famous lecture, The Last
DAYS of the Confederacy," last
night at the opera house under the
auspices of the ladies of the Cen
trail Baptist church. Many people
from the country came in to hear
the famous Georgia orator and
soldier. At an early hour they
took their seats in the opera house,
but it was nine o'clock before the
audience had assembled and the
speaker appeared on the platform.
He was introduced with a very
eloquent and appropriate speech
by City Attorney J. c. Graham.
Mr.. Graham referred to the war
record of the lecturer and gave
brilliant description of some of his
heroic deeds as a general in the
Confederate army.
Gen. Gordon, while in the even
ing of life, retains the erect form
and soldierly bearing that were his
characteristics in the COS. The
speaker has an excellent voice and
the crowded audience eagerly lis
tened to every sentence. The
general was greeted by continued
applause as he approached the front
of the stage. He said he was here
to talk of war but his mission
was one of peace. unity and 10y
atty to the flag The lecture be-
gan with an interesting narrative
J telling why the Confederates
crossed into Pennsylvania. The
first reason" said he, we
were hungry with an accent on
the hungry that made the audience
laugh) and the fields of waving
grain, barns filled with corn and
the fat cattle just across the river
was an interesting panorama to
| hungry hOrdes. The second reason
we might term social reciprocity.
The Yankees had been over on oul
side, had marched their armies
through our prosperous valleys
and we owed them a debt such as
chivalric Southern boys could moi
refuse to pay.
After narrating some incident:
that characterized the Pennsyl
vania Dutch and greatly pleased
the audience, the speaker de
scribed his withdrawal from tn,
state as being more rapid anC
less cheerful" "
His lecture was based upon
wealth of scenes and incidents a
once new and interesting in tn,
? extreme.
t In words of burning eloquenc,
he referred to the immortal Jack
son aud the attention of younl
men particularly called to hi
record for the reason that jackson
had built character upon a brOa(
base Of Christianity and humbl,
devotion to right. At no other time
did the speaker become more elo
quent than when he gave de
scription of the closing scene a.
Appomattox, aud of Grant anC
Lee when they stood together in
the little house in that last act OF
the great drama and the mingling
together of the soldiers of the
hitherto hostile armies. Without
a word of offense to the champions
of Northern opinion, he kindled
anew the love Of every follower of
Lee, and deepened the admiration
of every federal survivor for the
military genius and manly magma
nimity Of Grant. He expressed
his loyalty tc the United States
flag, and in his closing eulogy on
the stars and stripes said that they
had been borne to victory by the
Southern soldier in every foreign
war except in the Philippine
struggle.
Henry NJ. Furman dismissed the
audience by gently waving the
large flag on the rostrum and quot
ing appropriately from William
Cullen Bryant.
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