The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Nov.
14-The errors that have floated be-
fore my vision in the press the past
week will require at least three letters
to make even brief corrections. The
death of DR.. 1. K. Rainey of st. Au-
gustine is incorrectly reported. It
should be J. K, and he was not, nor
had he ever been, department COM
mander' of the Florida G. A. r. He
was commander of H. w. Chatfield
Post, and had been medical director
of the department. He was a popular
citizen and an honored veteran of the
Union army. He also served as con-
tract surgeon with Gen. "Fitz" Lee in
Jacksonville and Savannah during the
Spanish American War. Edi-
tors are mixed on Sewanee and SUI
vance; the former is in the highlands
of Tennessee and the latter in the low
lands of Florida. And the old familiar
song is not the 'Suwanee river" as
some newspapers put it. Being a ne
gro melody, it starts off in this style:
''\Vay down upon the S'wanee ribber."
1t is a song that the most gifted of the
worlds vocalists have sung with Won
derful success.
I see that Hon. William Harden has
been investigating the name of Gen.
James (Edward) Oglethorpe to good adj
vantage. Now, let him take up the
name of Gen. Nathan, or Nath, or Ma
thaniel, or Nathaniel, Green, or
Greene, and untangle the snarl. Teh
us why he was called Nathan Green"
and why he signed his name Nath
Green" and why Gen. Washington
called him Gen. Green" and why
ninety out of a hundred persons, books
and records call him Nathaniel" Can
r. dead mans "coffin plate" and half
a dozen books offset this great array
of live witnesses? 81 am simply a
seeker after truth, and it is just as
important to clear up Gen. Greene's
tangled name as to search out and re-
move d single twist in Gen. Ogle-
thorpes.
The big Sunday issue, of the Bos-
ton CMass) Herald of Nov. 8, has sew
eral handsome illustrations and arti
cles of interest to Georgians, and some
of local interest to Savannah. A half
page, with a taking picture, is given
to king OKeefe's Career" and his
"Dusky Queens" written by Stephen
Bonsal. A splendid full page pic
ture of the National Capitol and it's
main approach, shows Secretary Hay
1
Georgia as No. in the crowd that is
scattered about the entrance Admiral
Dewey, No. As, is the last man in the
procession" The pictures are excel
lent and it is easy to pick out German,
Tillman, Hanna, Daniels, Bailey and
others. But the young ladies and
widows will just go wild" over the
page filled with photo-engravings of
"Apollos of the Army who are still
ylpy
correspondents will rejoice to learn that
so far as pictures go, Capt. Archibald
w. Butt, L. S. A, of Augusta, Ca,
is the handsomest man in the lot, and
fairly puts Gen. Miles in the shade.
Capt John c. Gilmore is also very
handsome man.
A good deal is being said about the
foreign birth of Col. George B. Nc
Clellan, it being argued that he is in
consequence ineligible to the presi-
dency This is not correct. The con-
stitution of the United States simply
declares that mo person, except a nat
ural born citizen" shall be elected
President. Col. Mcclellan is "natu-
raj born citizen" his parents being
American citizens al the time of his
birth. AS to the place of his BIRTH
that has nothing whatever to do with
this matter. The constitution does not
say No person born in a foreign coun-
try is, or shall be, eligible to the pres
idency." Editors who argue against
Col. McClellan's being "a natural born
citizen"-as some do-will do well to re-
member the old saying, being born
in a stable does not make person a
horse, or mule, or cow. Sons of Ameri-
can citizens born in other countries do
not have to be naturalized, simply be-
cause they are already 'naturalized
citizens" regardless of the place or cir
cumstances of birth.
The National Magazine for November