The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28


The hearts of her people have caught
and held the inspiration of the clarion
call of fellowship and union. which.
growing in strength and volume as the
years go by, is now the grand pean of a
nations peace.
Nhen the recent call to arms brought
volunteers to offer their lives in the COM
mon cause Of the Union against Spain,
the patriotism of our people found quick
expression in the response they made to
the drum-be of the republic, and the
sons of Federals and Confederates alike
poured out their heart blood in the com
mon cause None questioned the loyalty
and patriotism of his comrade in arms,
and Northern boys and Southern BOYS
marched shoulder TO shoulder under the
stars and Stripes to the mingled strains
OF Dixie and Yankee Doodle " Under
the tropical sun of Cuba and the Philip
pines, they have borne between them the
sacred ark of the nations covenant, brave
and true and patriots alike, moved by the
common impulse of their countrys love
and the eternal glory of it's mission!
The peace that Gen. Grant commanded
has come at last and it is an abiding
peace
The peace of a prosperous people per-
meates the land and lights all sections of
the nation in its holy glow. Mason aud
DlXon's line marks no more trace in the
geography of our common country than
does the equator mark the silvery surface
of our Southern seas
Let us have peace!' A happy and con-
tented people repeat the benediction and
cry back to the great heat that now is
stih in the peace that passeth all under
standing, Thy peace is come
Coz 7
was read expressing regret at not being
able to be present.
Gen. Grants Letter to His wife.
The letters in the menu booklet were
copies of letters loaned by Mrs. Grant and
never before published. In a letter, dated
at Savannah. Ga. (probably Teunessee) .
March %, 1862, Gen. Grant wrote:
IAN the ISLANDERS you have seen against
me originated away from where l was
The only foundation was from the fact
that l was ordered to remain at Fort
Henry and send the expedition under Maj.
Gen. Smith. This was ordered because
Gen. Halleck received no report from me
for near two weeks after the fall of Fort
Donelson. The same occurred with
me. I received nothing from him The
consequence was l apparently totally dis
regarded his orders The fact was that
he was ordering me every day to report
the condition of my command. 1 was not
receiving the orders, but knowing my du-
ties and reporting daily and when every
thing occurred to make il necessary two
or three times a day When j was or
dered to remain behind, it was the cause
of much astonishment among the troops
of my command and also disappointment
1 never allowed a word of contradiction
to go out from my headquarters. You
need not fear but what l will come out
triumphantly. 1 am pulling no wires, as
political generals do, to advance myself
| have no future ambition. My object is
to carry on my part of this war success
fully and l am perfectly willing that
others may make ali the glory they can
out of it. Ulysses"
Gen. Wheeler Talks of Progress.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler responded
to the toast, Progress of Our Country,
During the Last Third of Century"
He said, in part:
The wonderful progress of our country
during the last half century has caused
the world to stand aghast and gaze upon
us with wonder and astonishment. 1t is
not eXtravagant to say that its percent
age of growth during that period is great
er than that experienced by the rest of
the world during any ten centuries prior
to that time. Our population has in
creased almost four-fold. and our domain
has expanded so that when it is midday
in New York it is midnight in that part
of our country lying in the far-off East
ern Hemisphere. Our wealth which was
81. .135. .4S0. .22S in 1880 now far exceeds 500, .
0O0 OO1,OO0. and the greater part of this mar
velous increase has been created by the
wonderful development of the last very
few years, the estimates of the increase
during the single year just closed exceed
ing in amount the total wealth of our
country forty years ego.
Fifty wears ago the nations which prided
themselves upon being the great powers
of the world negotiated and made diplo-
matte arrangements with each other with
scarcely a thought of the new republic
then budding into real life upon the
western shores OF the Atlantic. Now we
stand the triumphant power of the world ::
we are triumphant in culture. justice.
freedom and Christian civilization. We
triumph in manufactures and arts, and
the products Of American toll find their
wav into every inhabited spot on the
globe.
National Hopefulness" was the toast
70 which ex-United States Senator Will
liam +. Chandler of New Hampshire re-
sDonded
Inst before Senator Chandler spoke
letter of regret was read from Minister
Horace Porter
Gen. Isaac c. Catlin Of Brooklyn, who
has lust returned from the Philippines,
was the last speaker.
MAGNANIMITY OF GRANT.