The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-27
EULOCIzE THEIR
FORMER FOES
Ex-Confederate Extols Lin
coin and Ex-Union Sol
dier Praises Lee.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26-The thirteenth
annual banquet of the Confederate Vet
eran Camp of New York. held tonight
at the Waldorf f-Astoria, was made
memorable by eloquent eulog1es of the
great figures of the South and the
North during the Civil war by men
VINO themselves had fought in the ar
mics opposing them
charles Francis Adams, of Massa-
chusetts, soldier of the Union. re-
sponded to the toast of Robert r.
Lee" and Col. Henry Watterson, a SOL
dler OF the Confederacy, paid tribute
TO the character Of Abraham Lincoln,
The third toast, to Jefferson Davis. was
responded to by William Hepburn Rus
sell, formerly of Missouri, and now
commissioner of accounts of New York
city.
Upward of 500 comrades of the camn
and their guests were present. and the
presence of many women lent brillian-
cy to the banquet. Commander Henry
II. owen presided, with Mayor Low at
his right and Col. Watterson at his
left us
The opening toast, to "The President
and the Army and Navy of the United
States-A Prince Among the Rulers off
the World, but the Servant of a Free
People" was drunk standing, amid
great applause, the orchestra rendering
Hail, Columbia" This was followed bV
the toast to Gen Lee. Mature made
him then broke the mold" In respond
Ing, Mr.. Adams warmly eulogized Gen.
Lee.
This was succeeded by the rendering
OF the Bcnme Blue Flag and songs Of
ante-bellum days, by Mrs Hollfngs-
worth Watkins, formerly Of Louisiana.
In responding to the toast to "Abra-
ham Lincoln-He Was Not for an Aga
but for All Time Col. Henry Waiter
son said:
From first to last throughout the an
cry debates preceding the war, amid all
the passions Of the war itself, not one
Vlnd1ctlve, proscriptive word fell from his
tongue or pen. whilst during its progress
there was scarcely day when he did not
project his great personality between
some Southern man or woman and dan
ger Yet the South does not know, ex-
cept as a kind of hearsay, that This hie-
Drained, big -souled man was friend. a
friend at court, when friends were most
in need, having the will and the power to
rescue it from the wolves Of brutality and
rapine, whom the history of ell wars tells
US the lust of victory, the very smell of
battle, lures. from their hiding to prev
upon the helpless, the dying and the dead.
But, perus1ng the after-story Of those
dread days, Mr.. Davis knew this and died
doing full Justice to the character of
Abraham Lincoln.
The years are gliding swiftly by.
Only little while, and there shall be no
man living who saw service on either side
Of that great struggle Of systems and
ideas. Its passions long ago vanished from
manly bosoms. That has come to pass
within a single generation in America
which in Europe required ages to accom-
pltSh. There is no disputing the verdict
Of events. Let us relate them truly and
interpret them fairly. If we would have
the North do justice to our heroes, We
must do justice to it's heroes I here
render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesars, even as I would render unto
God the things that are Gods. AS living
men, standing erect in the presence Of
gray without being ashamed; and we need
not fear that history will fail to vindicate
our integrity"
The final toast of the evening was to
"The Silent Brigade all rising and a
bugler sounding taps"