The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-27
A CONFEDERATE BANQUET
Given by the Camp of Veterans of
New York.
SOME NOTABLE ADDRESSES MADE
Charles Francis Adams on Lee and Henry
Watterson on Lincoln We're the Fea-
lures OF the Occasion.

New York. January 26-1he thirteenth
annual banquet OF the Confederate Vet.
Grams camp Of New York, held tonight at
the Waldorf-AstJria, was made notable by .
eloquent cuogcs OF the great figures OF !
the South and the North during the civil /
war declared by men who themselves had /
fought In the armies opposing each other
Francis Adams OF Massachusetts, "A sol /
der of the Union, responded to the toast |
of Robert Il. Lee" and Colonel Henry
watterson, a soldier Of the Confederacy,
paid tribute to the character of Abraham
Lincoln, The third toast. to Jefferson
Davis, was responded to by william Hep
burn Russell, formerly of Missouri and
now commissioner OF accounts of New
York city Upwards Of 500 comrades OF
the camp and their guests were present,
and the presence Of many women lent
! brlllluucy to the banquet. Many repre-.
sentative SouthernerS, now prominent IN
commercial life In New York. were present,
among them John II. Kirby OF Houston.
| whose huge lumber operations are now ex.
| citing more than usual interest among
! Eastern capitalists United states sena.
! tor Bailey was also present
! Commander Henry r. owen presided.
! Watterson al his left. Others ut the
guests table were George IA. Taylor. Com
mandcr Alexander H. Post. j, Edward
Graybill president of the Georgia society;
General \. $, Barnes. commander Confcd-
crate veterans of New York; Roger A.
Pryor regent Virginia society; b. l..
Snodgrass, former chief Justice OF Ten
nessee; James \. Parker. past commander
G.. v G., of New York; General Thomas
Hubbard of the New England society:
Walter 5 Logan, regent of the Empire
state society, Sons of tho American Revo.
Carolina society; Rev. George s. Baker,
chaplain G, Y, c. Of New York: Rev ]
II; ~, steele president OF Maryland society.
army aud navy or the United States a
} prince among the rulers of the world hut
me servant or u free people, was drunk
lowed by the toast TO General Lee
mould"
In responding 10 the sentiment Charles
Francis Adams said, IN part:
A. this banquet given In honor ot the
memory or Robert =, Lee, | am asked 10
respond to a sentiment n his honor and,
Massachusetts man, I see In him exempt.
fed those lofty elements OF personal char
acter which, typlfying Virginia. made
such qualities by an opponent can not but
cousc thrit az satisfaction from the sense
mat we also rs so foes no less t6a9 a GSgn
whom he typlhed. II was great COM
pany, that old, original thirtoen and iu
! The front rank az that company virginia,
conspicuous So / recognize n peculiar fol
lowship between them-.the fellowship Of
those who have both contended shoulder
This, however, ls OF the past Its issues
are settled, never 70 be raised again. But
{ no matter how much we may discuss tho
/ VlrhtN md rho q "A 40 H.
dead--its victories aud defeats one thine
= Is clear beyond dspute--victor and van
descendants Of those who between 1851 and
1sG5 wore the gray and Of those who wore
2 the hluo, enter as essential ana es cqua
fuctors into tho National life which nov
Is and IN future is TO be. Not more 50
! Puritan and cavalier In England. the of
, spring OF Cromwell and Strafford's de
scendants with us, as with them, tho In
diyidual opponents Of either side became ii
time common property, and equally the
q | glory Of ALL
THIS was succeeded by the rendertne al
, the 'Bonnic Blue FlSg" aud songs Of amt,
hcllum days by Mrs. Hollingsworth Wat
: kus, formerly u Louisiana.
Of ASTaRSam t Il tag Tt the Me@e.
= son spoke In substance as follows:
Jefferson Davis than whom there neve
l. lived, In this or In any land, uohler gen
tleman and n knighter soldier Jefferson
- Davis who, whatever may he thought q
' his opinions aud actions. said always wha
ne meant nnd meant always what ne said
Jefferson Davis declared that next after tn
% surrender At AppomattoS, the murder o
. Abraham lincoln made the darkest day Il
$ ne calendar for the South and the peopl
d of the South. Why? Because Mr.. pavi
had come 10 knowledge OF the macnanim
:, ity ~ Mr.. Llncoln's heart and the ger
" crosty ~ his intentions
Il II hpcoln had lived there would nav
heen no era If reconstruction. With II
|, oppressive agencies and oppressive legislf
iian n Lincoln hal Nved there woni
lc have been wanting to tho extremism ~ IA
= time the cue of his taking m to spur IN
steNds of vengeance. For Lincoln ental
tained with resnrct n the rphahiiitAtid
D. ~ The Urion tho single vlsh that IN
Southern Stntes-to use his homely phras,