The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20
SOUTHERN ORATORS BOAST.
sorTuERNERs FIRST AT THE
FRONT IN THE EVENT OF WAR.

mud Comrndeship-The EARLY Grad
mates of West Point Military Acad-
envy Were Men of Rare Military
a Genius and High Character--Men-
81 ton of Some of the Features of
III Their Courses.
"a pine Crest Villa. Maitland, Fla, May
II Ut was the boast of Southern orators
n and statesmen for years, that whenever
~ his reunited nation became involved in
a,ar the old Confederate soldiers and their
,ons would be among the first to rally
,oupd the "Old Flag and among the
Il orsvest to stand for it's defense. This was
\ ,be claim of the late Senator Joseph f.
q Brown in his great speech in the Senate;
and the Spanish -American war came on
and amply proved the truth of the claim
90 often and so emphatically made. And
II now the whole nation is in the full and
free enjoyment of an era of complete
rconciliation and good fellowship.
This era of good feeling brings about
! many fraternal meetings between the
Void boys" of the Blue and the Gray.
&aury Camp of Confederate Veterans at
fredericksburg, Va, sends it's salutations
the Society of the Army of the Po-
a. at c. with expressions of it's pleasure
shon prospect of having their annual
Alag there on May Is, and adds; 1.-THE
RConfederate soldiers will give the boys
who wore The Blue a warm Virginia well
come when they come, and will be pleas
ed TO make their visit pleasant and profit
able while they once again pitch their
tents on the old camp ground"
Another evidence of this fraternal feel
H. Al. III IL
bound souvenir of the Grand Army En-
campment of the Department of Massa
4 chusetts, in which appears the following
patriotic sentiment from Gen. John 3.
4 Gordon: with singleness of heart and
4 purpose, in the OF a common coun-
4 try. and of universal human liberty and
a by the blood of our fallen brothers, we
q unite in the solemn conservation of these
4 hallowed hills of Gettysburg, as a holy,
II eternal pledge of fidelity to the life, free
dom and unity of this cherished repub-
A lie"
And a Georgia example Is presented by
young Charles o. Beauchamp, Mayor OF
i Jackson, Ga. who wishes to return
sword presented 90 Capt. John S. McDow-
ell of the Seventy-seventh New York Vol
unteers in the Civil War. The father of
4 Mr. Beauchamp. came into possession of
the sword after the war, 1t having been
found in the line of march of Sherman
4 army through Jackson, and now that we
are a reunited and happy people the son
wishes 10 return the sword TO Capt Nc
4 Dowell, if he is alive, or to any sur
vivor of his family. Writing to the New
a York World, for this purpose. Mr.. Beau
4 champ says 1.-The hatred that once ex-
listed between the two sections involved
In that terrible war is now dead; we are
4 reunited again, and all stand ready as a
unit to defend the glorious Stars and
Stripes from any foe that may seek to dis
l. - a.ar1f acfr or
considerable property belonging to my
grandparents and other relatives in this
county, yet "all is fair in war, therefore,
we have no malice or hatred in our
hearts against this captain or any MEM
Der Of the Seventy-seventh Regiment, Tor
we are now as one family, defenders OF
4 the same flag"
The cheerful and united support given
by the Grand Army of the Republic to
the proposed Branch Soldiers Home
at Castle Pinckney in Charleston harbor'
a bill for which has already passed the
+ United States Senate, Is genuine token
o. the coed feeling of that organization
Of some 900 members. This is true in
4 a marked sense because other locations
In the South were pleading earnestly for
a similar Endorsement, and presented
strong claim fer recognition. 1t is to the
credit of the Department Of Florida
Of the Grand Army that 1t promptly ana
generously withdrew its claim TO recogni-
ton in favor of Castle Pinckney. Tennes-
see and South Dakota, however, are sun
in the field, yet 1t looks very much as
though the Charleston location will be
selected despite the cry of hot bed Sc
cession." No city or community is to-day
more loyal and patriotic, and the name of
Pnckney is wreathed about with heroic
4 memories of the early history of this
country
And yet another evidence of this era OF
good feeling appears in the cordial accep =
ence by Gen. Albert D. Shaw, the COM
mander-n-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, of an invitation TO participate in
Grand Blue and Gray Reunion to be
held in Atlanta on July 20. in the Cd war
trenches OF the battles around that city
In July, 1864. Gen. Shaw, who believes full
ly and sincerely in a genuine reconciliation
OF the two sections once@at war with each
other, says: II gladly accept your invita-
ton. 1t will afford me great pleasure 70
nave part In a reunion where deadly foes
who, in manhoods morning, fought hero
really for and against causes equally lear
TO each, meet in the evening of their lives.
IN peace and JOY one in the love of com
mon country and common institutions and
loyal alike 10 the Stars and Stripes and
the lndissoluble Union of the United States
OF America. Whoever can help in any way
IN making stronger the ties between the
sections should feel II TO be the proude st
work of life one can have at heart, in view
Of the future true glory and safety of our
great nation. The proposed re-
union to be held within the Entertainments
where the famous battle of Peacltree
Sreek was fought during the great war is
sne that appeals strongly 10 my head and
asart"
The Morning News recently copied a
paragraph in regard to the first three
cadets at West Point. There were some
errors in regard 10 the third cadet, who
was Walker mot Walter) X. Armistead
OF Virginia, who entered the Academy in
May, 1901, and was graduated in March,
!S8 instead of 1S04.The error in his name
- a common one. Walton Eclor, gallant
GGeeorgia soldier, being often referred to as
Walter Ector
The Academy opened on May y, 1900
WIN only one cadet, Joseph G.. Swift, of
massachusetts,; but Simon M. Levy Of
Naryland mot South Carolina). came in
on on March 2, 1901, so that the North and
south then had equal representation so
as numbers were concerned. Levy was
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