The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-30
VETERANS TRIBUTE
woR1AL RESOLUTIONS IN HONOR
OF ROBERT FALLIGANT.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES MADE.
COALITIONS WE'RE PREPARED
BY HON. j. II. sAusSY.

.,,es in Their Favor Made by
con. p. McGIashan. Judge III. ID. ID.
t.ss and Capt. Louis G. Young.
.dar and Loving Tributes to the
w.mory of the Dead President OF
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trait.
The memorial exercises of the Con-
,.sarate Veterans ssociation in honor
If the late Judge Robert Falligant. its
president for two terms, were held at
Confederate Hall last night. They Of
f.rod an impressive illustration of the
1--we and esteem in which Judge Fal-
,,gant was held by his comrades and
friends.
The members of the chapter of
daughters of the Confederacy and of
the camp of Sons of Veterans had
been invited to attend the gathering
and despite the cold and foggy wealth
or the hall was comfortably filled. In
addition to the beautiful memorial of
tbe association and the eloquent
sneeches by which its adoption was
moved and seconded, there were reso-
mtions Of sympathy and coincidence,
nassed by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy and the Children of the Con-
federacy, that were read at the meet
ing
Capt. Louis G. 4oung, first vice
president of the association, presided
and stated the purpose for which it
had been called. The report of the
Memorial Committee, consisting of
Hon. Pope Barrow, Gen. P. McGlashan.
Can't. John R. Dillon, Hon. j. R.
Saussy and Mr.. G. Lucien Jones, was
read by Judge Barrow. 1t had been pre-
pared by Mr.. Saussy, whose long and
intimate acquaintance with Judge Fall
Ugant as a soldier in Virginia and a
practitioner of law at the bar of Sa-
vannah, rendered him especially COM
petent to undertake the task. Refer
ring to Judge Falligants career as a
soldier, the memorial says:
His conspicuous gallantry and un-
finching courage and marked ability to
command soon raised him from the
ranks and placed him in charge of
gun in the artillery. All through the
long years of that momentous strug-
gle, in that army led by the peerless
Lee. we find him always at his post,
in the forefront of the battle, directing
his gun with conSummate skill and UNI
daunted courage.
DUTY dissipated all sense of PERSONAL
danger, and while he was ever careful
of the safety Of his men and watchful
to caution them against undue ex-
posture to the enemy's fire, he held his
position, encompassed with imminent
peril with stubborn tenacity, and
fought in every contest with the cool
ness and daring of a season veteran.
Our comrade was one of those val
liant spirits who met the storm of bat
tie with enthusiasm. He never quailed
before the furious onslaught of shot
and shell. though the soil was red
dened with the blood of thous-
ands. yet when the strife was over his
poetic soul could break forth in songs
SO inspiring that even now, long after
the breastworks have been levelled ana
the slain have mouldered into kindred
dust, his stirring verses arouse the
martial spirit in our hearts and we
can almost hear the defiant yell of the
brave Confederates, as they drive back
the advancing foe and snatch victory
from threatened defeat"
In stirring and eloquent speech,
replete with that tender affection in
which his comrades hold the memory
of Judge Falligant, Gen. McGlashan
moved the adoption of the resolutions.
He said the whole life and character
of the man was an inspiration to his
comrades and IN this account and
because of his tenderness and charity
and freedom from malice, he had crept
close to the hearts of all-closer than
had any other man.
The resolutions were seconded by
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs. Judge Twiggs
tribute was to the man, rather than to
the soldier or the jurist, and he said
that in all his acquaintance he had
never known a man more lovable than
Judge Falligant, more sympathetic,
more free from hatred, malice and un-
charitableness. AS Judge Twiggs pro-
ceeded to lay his tribute upon the
shrine of his dead friend, it seemed to
MS hearers, to use one of his own fig
ures, that the fires of Judge Falli-
gants eloquence and pathos had been
kndled on his tongue.
The resolutions of the Daughters of
tne Confederacy, and of the Children
OF the Confederacy, were then read by
secretary McIntire, and in the same
connection letter from Maj. Robert