The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-13

Waters. ] regret that the battleship
which but a few weeks ago came
and went. did not penetrate yet
little farther up the mighty stream
so that the bullies from her decks
might have looked upon the fields
where Grant and Pemberton con-
tended for the right of way; so
that the heroes sleeping here, might
have heard the thunder OF her guns.
shotted with the words of the noble
Fremont. "the navy Is without sec
tional prejudice and its patriotism
knows no boundaries save those Of
cur own great country but am
roioiced TO feel that wherever she
sails she will carry with her the
,figy of that gallant Mississipian.
who I'm life signalzcd all that is
chivalric In American manhood and
all that was typical Of the civil.
cation of the south, to the end that,
when her officers entertain the val
iants Of other lands, from the North
Sea. !mmortalized by Paul Jones. TO
the Sea Of China. immortalized by
George Dewcy-thc stars and stripes
above them-they will need only 10
point TO the likeness OF jefferson
Davis. the chief Of the Confederacy
for proof OF the rehabilitation Of tha
sections and the prepetuity Of the
Union,
After the unveilng Of the sta;u',
accompanied by salute from the
Warren light artillery and the sing
ing Of the Vicsburg school chill.
dren, Mr.. Watterson. as a prelude
To the Introduction of Lieutenant
General Clement A. Evans. who PIE
sented it in the name Of the Conf d.
crate veterans. and Major General
Frederick Dent Grant. who accepted
! 1t on behalf of the government and
the army. and Hon. George II Peek.
who delivered the Grafton, said Il
have declared thai we are one peo.
pie. No air lines. no water lines. nor
isothermal lines. separate ~ into
geographical fragmf nts, all the good
The war ended nearly III = years
ago He who thinks there are issues
/ left outstanding from the days of
secession and slavery must have
been dwelling in a rut of distorted
fancies. nor have Travelled much be
yond the shadow of his own roof
tree.
Mississippi and Massachusett a,
convertible terms. Given the same
conditions their people would dc
the same. During the thirty years
Immediately preceding the war o
section three at least of Mississippi.
most popular and celebrated public
men came here from the north
Robert J. Walker. born and reared
in Pennsylvania; John A. Quitman
bbl II anu l'dl'u III .N'N iblh N, dl'
Sergeant S. Prentiss, born and rear
ed in the state OF Maine.
Il am about to present TO yol
in succession Lieutenant Genera
Clements Anselm Evans, commander
in.chief of the Confederate Veterans
Major General Frederick Dent Grant
of the army of the United States
and the Hon. George Record Peck. o
the great northwest, holding my Owl
commission at large and from tn
District of Columbia, where | wa
born. but claiming some time to b.
Kentucian. No state, or sectiona
lines have ever made pent.u
Utica for any of us. Each OF y
breeds back TO good old Anglo-SaXo
and Scotch-Irish stock. In the bygOu
days the two most kindred Amer
lean types were to be found In Bos
ton and Charleston; and still, t6eT
are those who. enjoying the gra
cious hospitality of the Algoncvil
Club in the Yankee City and tn
Palmetto Club in the City of tn
, Huguenots, cannot tell one fror
t'other, particularly after 10 o'1loe
in the evening"