The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-10
OPPOSED
To the Rabid Views
of TiIlman :, ,
And Vardaman is the Nations Bulk,
Foraker Tells Veterans In, Elo-
oquent Address at Home -
Coming. 4r*> ,T5.>.,r '.

Batavia, Ohio, October 5.-The
Last meeting of the Clarmont County
homecoming at Highland Park to-
day was by far the largest of the
week Prominent men in all stations
or life have been in attendance, in
Guiding Generals Of the army, Gov
,ernors and ex-Governors OF Ohio.
congressman and Judges without
number. 'Today,s program began
with exercises by the Fifty-ninth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The well
come saddress was given by Rev.
Baker&and was responded to by Gen
eral Henry C. .tCorbin. ..E !. -.
In the afternoon, after a review
of the Chicamauga battle field by
Miss Louise Abbott, Senator J. B.
Foraker spoke to the old soldiers.
I He said in the course of long adj
dress: ...
1T has been one Of the pleasures
OF my life that 1 have been acquaint-
ed with the people of Claremont
County all the days of my life, and
that | was born in a county adjoin-
Ing you, aid for the last 80 odd
years--4O 0 almost, 1 have lived in an
other. county Immediately adjoining
you, and that during all of these
i$yeaTs I have been we'll ACQUAINTED
l:Y1th the people Of this community.
Especially Is it a pleasure for me
TO- recall that In the regiment in
(which L had the honor of serving
There were three companies from
/ Claremont County OF as gallant SOL
d1ers as ever bore a country's flag to
victory -; -.
+ Claremont County is especially
noted for the production of great
men. / will not undertake to call
the roll, except as it has been made
| since the Civil War commenced. Cen
| eral Grant heads the list Colonel
Hotter, Colonel West and others are
tentitled to be mentioned In this con-
I necti0n Of great men, and, you also
have General Corbin, who presides
| here this afternoon.
Il came here this afternoon to talk
to you about the Civil War and the
soldiers Of the Civil War. Just be-
fore. l came to this platform, I was
| reminded Of the events Of the Civil
War by the recitation Of the young
| lady telling the story of Mission
Ridge. There are some things that
take pride in recalling, and one
Is that / was at the battle Of Mission
Ridge, but take more sincere pleas
ure in thinking that I got home
alive. When l. entered the army
was eager for the first battle After
that was always afraid that there
would be another one But now If T
am to talk to you a little while about
the war, would like to talk to you
as to what the war was about.
Two Questions.
IF you will remember there were
two great questions about which the
American people were divided. one
a moral question, the other legal
question. One was as to slavery and
the other was as to the intreperta-
ton Of the constitution. You will
remember Abraham Lincoln said he
would save the Union with slavery If
he could and without If he must. The
great question as to whether any
state had the right to withdraw from
the Union was to be settled. Well,
the first year we tried to settle the
legal question, and it seemed that we
met with so many discouraging fail
ures, with just enough success to
give ray Of hope, until at the be-
ginning of the second year 1t WIS de-
cided to take up the moral question,
Gods question, and from that time
came series Of successes terminal.
ing with the surrender Of Lee at APP
pomattox.
THE recent campaign OF Varde-
man, Of Mississippi, for election to
the Senate is illustrative Of the views
Of the people Of even the South OF
this day. Senator Vardeman's BEN
timents, as expressed in his state
ment that he would rather live un-
der the Stars and Bars with JEFF Da-
Wis for President than under the
stars and Stripes with Theodore
Roosevelt for President, were refuted
by the great majority Of voters who
voted against him when election time
came. The people Of the South are
not inclined to be in sympathy with
the rabid views Of such men as Till
man and Vardeman. The represent
tative people Of the South, as we'll as
Of the North, are now glad that the
victory was to the Union Army, and
that this great domain Of territory
extending from the Atlantic to the
Pacific should remain as one"
Senator Foraker then entered into
a lengthy discussion as to our acqui-