The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Notable Reunion of The
 Blue And Gray at Fairhope

but braver still is he. who having done his duty. admits that he was beaten. The Southern man, beaten in battle, turned his eyes and his steps to a home in ruins. a country devastated. Without money or means. save his own strong arms. his faith in God and him. self, started to begin life anew. What l he has in forty years accomplished is the proudest achievement of mankind. It Is always more ,difficult to recon struct than to upbuild an entire new civilization. Babylon, Rome. Carthage. Athens. Constantinople fell. They | never rose again. The Saxon civiliza- tion, which the Normans overturned | was never restored The South has not only recovered itself, re-establish ed the best of its ante-bellum institu- tions. but has enlarged enormously multiplied and strengthened every agency and power for doing good Dixie land, always Gods own coun | try, Is now so alluring that it is cap- turing the best type of Northern citi- zens to aid and assist in the develop ment of its varied matchless resources.
 The reunion is thus a revival. re- news and fortifies all the partici pants. It vindicates the value of valor. man. hood. seif-sacrifice. It stirs up patriotic flame. In the case of Ameri- ca 1t attests the value of one un- divided and invincible republic, instead of two constantly in danger of destruc- ton from European aggression or war between themselves. European diplo- macy did its utmost to keep Texas rom joining the union. It revolted from the vast cession of territory made by Mexico to the United States after our war with the sister republic. For California, that we got from Mexico, Britain despoiled us of British Colum- oia. which we obtained from Spain under the treaty. of 1S19
 The war between the staes was ap- plauded by Europe, insofar as 1t gave hope of divided and weakened Eng llsh speaking America. With divided country the Monroe Doctrine had been effaced. Europe would pierce a canal through the Isthmus, which we might be suffered to use on European terms, but the development of the South consequent on the improved water ways, and the industrial enlargement sure to precede. accompany and follow the construction of the Isthmian waterway, had never under a. broken up American republic. taken place.
 The South has gained Incidentally by the results of the war It was a war of Southern stimulation. There was temporary disaster. There were grievous. personal aad local losses
 
 thus accompanied. The South has now a country and . flag moro than ever worth fighting for. Southern patriot ism Is no longer sectional Every Confederate reunion accentuates the national character of the reconciliation affected fin 1865. It tells that the war between the states settled forever the tremendous domestic issues left open under the constitution of 1787; that the settlement is satisfactory; that the union is indissoluble; that the South has but one flag-the flag that Is Liber- tvs ensign and Humanity's protector the world over
 Tribute To John T. Morgan.
 A reference to the canal reminds me my friends, of the lasting debt of gratitude due to that incomparable tor John T. Morgan of Alabama.
 Clay and Calhoun brought about. the war Of 1872; a dozen statesman had a hand in making the war with Mexico put John T. Morgan made the war with spain. But for him a weyler would De captain general of Cuba today. Cabot. Lodge. Frye, Chandler. Thurs ton' Teller and others merely echoed what Morgan said, and Morgan talked the same whether Harrison or CIeve- land or Mckinley was president.
 While Cleveland was president vou never heard of anybody as anxious for war as the Republican party, and when Mckinley became president you never saw anybody as anxious for war as the Democratic party. Morgan for war in all the time. He Was the only man In Washington who knew that war was inevitable. the only one who thoroughly understood the Spanish character
 The war was fought: the victory won. Morgan's great object was to as- slst In reaping the fruits of the war The first was the canal, and it Is not too much to say that that enterprise would be as hopeless as the search for the south Pole, if John T. Morgan had not Kept 1t alive. Morgan's dream was another Pittsburg at Birmingham. an- other Philadelphia at Mobile. He saw In the distant future Alabama the chief iron state of the union, the chief cen tre of the world. With the Pacific nominating commerce as the Atlantic has for centuries, with the completion of the isthmian waterway, with the United States commanding the open door of the East, Morgan knew his dream would be realized We of Baldwin and Mobile counties will be among the very first to enjoy the fruits of his work and wisdom
 Rich in history and rich in tradition, We of Alabama have great and good reasons to be proud of the old state. The future Is filled with countless blessings. At present conditions gen orally may be below normal: the east winds may blow and the gray clouds may gather but a little while longer and good times will come again Our fond and fervent wish shall be that the cornucopia of plenty be emptied at the feet of every Southernized Yankee who has come to old Baldwin
 Baldwin Is forging rapidly to the front. was amazed at the magnifi- cent exhibit of your resources dis played at Birmingham and Montgom- cry last fall. As your near neighbor my heart filled with pride at the re- markable display of your products but my friends, you are in need of one great factor to develop the thousands of acres of this. the largest county in the South. That factor Is more work CTS. more men. more boys I deemed 1t to be my pious duty to take to task your otherwise vlgilant and patriotic legislator, Hon. Samuel Jenkins. for not doing his dufy. Himself a ready Biblical scholar. l reminded him that the good book said. Co forth. ba fruitful and multiply" If the sup- ply of females in this county is in adequate, let him and all other belated bachelors turn to wonder matchless and magnificent Mobile where n thousand al