The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-11

+ - thzt The wer ended nearly city
I years ago. he sho thinks there are
issues Jeff Outstanding from the days
u seosssi0n and slavery must have
been dwelling 81 rut q distorted
fancies. nor have Travelled much De-
yond The shadow of his Own Toof-tree-
MISSISSIPPI aHe Massaehasetts are
/ teonVenfble terms. given the same con
dlaons their people Would b. the
same. Daring the thir1y years imme-
diateiy preceding the var o. sections
three AZ least u Nississippfs most
popular and celebrated public men
came here from The north; Robert j.
Walker. born and reared in Beunsyl-
Yania. John A. Quitman. born and
reared in New York. and Sergeant
:. Prentlzs. born and reared iu the
state q Maine
4 am about 70 present you ID sue
cession Lieutenant General Clement
Anselm Evans. commaDder-in-chief Of
Confederate Veterans. Major General
Frederick Dent Grant, Of the army Of
the United States. and Hon George
Record Peck. Of the great northwest.
holding ny own commission al large
and from the District Of Columbia.
where was born, but claiming some
tine 10 be a kentuckian. No state. or
sectional lines have ever made a pent-
up Utica for any Of us. Each Of US
breeds back 70 good old Anglo-Saxon
and ScOtcb-Irish stock In the by
gone days the two most kindred
American types were TO be found in
Boston and Charleston and. still
there are those who. enjoying the
gracious hospitality Of the AlgOneyin
Club in the Yankee City and the Palm
etto Club 10 the City Of Huguenots.
cannot tell one from t'other, particu-
larly after 10 o'clock In the evening
Following Mr. Watterson, General
Clement A. Evans. commander-in-chief
Of the United Confederate Veterans
also made beautiful address.
Our thoughts and feelings today
concentrate fitly on the patriotic life
Of Lieutenant General Lee, as we shall
always associate him with the great
events in which he acted HIS distingu-
ished part, said Gen. Evans. 7 will
make his well known life the theme.
his character an example. and his ca
reer the suggestion Of the citizens
patriotic duty What a noble man he
was. Not merely titular nobleman
without the noble graces. but a monu.
mental nobility. proven by his deeds
belonged TO him without other escut-
cheon. This monument declared his
fame and our country will accept il as
a part Of its own glory"
Gen Evans spoke Of ~the four years
brilliant military career Of the great !
Confederate soldier" which he de-
clared could be expanded into volumes !
by narrating the wonderful incidents
Of that vast war in which he achieved |
the fame the country delighted to
honor AT the close OF his life" said |
Gen. Evans. in fun vgor Of his thirty I,
two years, there can be found no un-
fitness for public service in any trait |
or quality OF character. or act OF bis I
bright career. which suggests a cause
Of any Kind why the honors bf this
remarkable memorial should not
crown him Not a cloud lowered I
around his name II it be becoming 1
30 man to be brave he had that ex
cellency Of manhood for the best
ideas Of chipalry were exempliled by /
bis courage. since ho fought as a pa |
troit without malice toward his en-.
emy His hand never withheld what I
was anothers due His tongue did not |
falter in praise when it was merited /
by foe His heart flowed with linn. |
pid charity for an. and his life was |
passed in faithful service Of man and /
God He will be remembered forever /
IN the biography OF Americans as a |
type Of the true citizen; the courage /
Gus, skillful. generous leader IN war: |
the ardent Confederate comrade. the |
true gentleman, the anectionate hus
band and father and above an. the |
consistent Christian man
lu concluliHg. Gen. Evans declared |
that the people Of the north and south |
should more perfectly know and more |
kindly consider one another. They |
should mingle without prejudice. he |
said. without distust. and for mu.
tual benefit not for partisan or sec.
tional gain. Let east and west inter. |
change courtesies and not complaints:
let south and north cultivate fairly /
more general determination by the OK
change of admiration instead OF re
elimination The evident quartet OF
sections. east. west. south and north |
can be made an advantage and not re-.
main hindrance. and the civic
union by states of a homagenetic kin
dred citizenry viii secure safely and