The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
oangle Tax City Was Scene of Beasti- fuI And impressive Exercises- Lonx Talk Was Delivery By
 Senator Max Hamburger.

Senator Max fHambarEer.
 The recent reunion of the Blue and
 the Gray at Fairhope was notable
 event of the week.
 The program consumed severa r hours. the best of feeling and the ut
 most harmony prevailing throughout
 Song-America.
 Address of welcome-Mayor H. S
 Greene.
 Respopse-Comrade George T. Lyn- ll lsdall. Raphael Semmes Post. U. c. V.
 Music-"Dixie." Fairhope orchestra ,d Address-Jujge J. H. H. Smith, Bay . Nfinette.
 .s Address-fIon. Max Hamburger, Mo 'e bile.
 : Music-"star spangled Banner" or se chestra.
 Recftation-"Shenan with mus
 1cal accompaniment, P. Y. Albright 'a Fairhope.
 }. song-"Illinois," Major George T r Patch.
 fn Short speeches from Comrades Of the song~"God Be With You Till We . Meet Again" zrt
 r Benediction.
 ii. Of the occasion The Mobile Register rn says:
 J pr. Greenos hearty welcome in be-
 
 and Sherman was matched in it's cor r. diality and fraternal feeling by that ' of Commander George T. Lyndall or : Semmes Camp. Each speech elicited repeated cheers.
 ' Judge smith's Address. s Probate Judge }. H. H. Smith. &C., i, ( companied by Hon. Samuel Jenkins' {, came down from Bay Minette to par sf ticipate in the reunion. He made q
 short, but beautiful address, replete <. with patriotic fervor Addressing the s Blue and the Gray, Judge Smltn sala. MS. q esteem 1t a great. an inestimaoie i privilege. in the name of the people or ,A Baldwin County to welcome to this ,y historic site the representatives or that
 immortal band of men who more than e forty years ago met as foes In deIense of what each esteemed an inalienaole 1 right. who have bequeathed to thelr sa children legacy of vaior, floeity 'o < duty and fortitude unequaled in the an- canals of the world. and today meet to < take each others hand in fraternal csrraps and rejoice together that the
 politico- social bonds of the North ana .e south are again as firmly cemented as the granite boulders that lie on me 2 .hilIsides of our common country. t+s To-day you rejoice together tha' ene Z union proved stronger than the con
 stitution framed by your progenltors, E 1beeause- the constitution was framed
 and additions made to suit the ne" v.order of things following that great
 conflict and the union emerged power z tuI and more potent than before. ana l. this day finds you more determined a
 plural unit. that the starry emplem l of your country shall forever wave l1above the heads of an untrammeled
 people.
 ;. .TJpon the Plains of Abraham are the
 statues of Montcafm and Wolf Will you not. my countrymen, beqeauth to 1. your children their counterparts, either
 upon the heights of Gettysburg or be- < heath the shadows of our national | capital. the statues of Lincoln and .' Lee? ; May God bless and preserve you
 many years yet to come, and forever may you bivouac together on the ? plains of eternal peace. MT. Hamburger's Speech. /. Rev. E. K Clarkson, who was on the i prorram for the next address. was un- :: able to be present. The chairman in ( froduced Mir. Max Hamburger. Jr, who, ( he stated. had been requested to make
 the Hong talk" for the reunion. MT Q Hamburger iuterpersed his remarks ; xrith several stories, but all ap- ' propriate to his theme. He, said in part: ,- ..Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
 men-It was mighty good of you. if z may use that favorite expression of
 our Southern girls, to ask me to ad- . dress you on this notaple occasloh-
 an occasion that rebounds to the honor
 and glory of guest and host alike in < lie heauty. patriotism and inspiration ! aI am grateful without stint for the
 friendship so often and so cordially
 shown me by Mobiles gray-haired
 heroes, and am profoundly appreciative s~ of the proud privilege of being pres
 ent at reunion Of fellow Arlerlcahs s
 who engaged in battles as famous as 3 Thermopylae, Marathon, Jena or
 Waterloo.
 q congratulate you, members of
 Raphael Semmes Camp, upon this
 signal evidence of sweet good will and
 kindly feeling on the part of former
 foes; for their gracious and generous
 hospitality show that they esteem and admire you as friends worthy of their s affectionate regard. And I felicitate r the good people of Fairhope, most of them Northerners by birth. upon the r honor of having as their guests Mo ~ bile's surviving members of that peer
 less brotherhood of war. whose deeds
 of daring challenged the admiration of
 all the world.
 "When you. my friends. honor these . old heroes. you touch tender spot in , the bosom of wonder city across this 2 sun-kissed Southern bay; for. in the r morning of life they bore proud
 peoples hopes and in the evening and until twilight comes they shall bear [ our love and our reverence. None but : fellow Americans, Imbued with the
 same lofty conception of duty could
 ever have overcome their dauntless
 courage. matchless valor and sublime $ sacrifice.
 "The people of the South looking
 upon the followers of Robert F. Lee
 and Stonewall Jackson through the Y lenses of loving eyes. may out of their
 very love and admiration magnify
 their merits, but, making all due al
 lowance for their partiality and pride
 the history attested truth. remains
 that measured by every just standard
 of worth anu virtue. they stand as the peers of the proudest among the sons
 of men.
 "The Confederate veteran is an honor to the American republic. His is. magnificent manhood. Noble were
 his fadeless feats of fame on fields Of
 battle. but nobler still his deeds when