The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-02-14
Long Docket to be Tried and
Session Will Last for
Some Time.
JUDGE SPEER'S ABLE CHARGE
Undivided Loyalty Throughout
America, he Says-After Con
vening Court IL is Adjured
for Judge Charlton.

SAVANNAH, Feb. 13.-The Unitea
States court for the southern distric,
OF Georgia convened here this morn
ing, but recessed until tomorrow on
of respect to the memory of Judge
Charlton, whose funeral occurred to
day.
Judge Emory Speer, who is presid
ing, delivered an eloquent charge tc
the grand jury and was cordial;
greeted
The court will be in session for sew
eral weeks. Judge Speer's charge, il
part, was as follows:
MI. Foreman and Gentlemen o.
the Jury: We have assembled n.
a time which is an epoch in the his
tory Of our country At present ours
are yet the paths Of peace. Whi;t
the prayer OF all sentiment nina,
among our countrymen is for pcaco
we are confronted with The immeo,a. :
possibility of war with one of the
most potential alliances of which his
tory alfords an account. Il, inevi,
able, the struggle would be betwce,
comblnd autocracy and our great fed
Grated nation, the most conspicuous
example OF popular government oi
earth. In such a moment. how b3
there is strngth. The American state.
are no longer disseverd, discordan;
belliSerent. but a nation of more tha,
one hundred millions will keen stoI
10 the music of the union. Notwith
standing the mighty conVulsion which
ahllcted our country more than a hal.
century ago, the common American
ISM OF every section in the presence
OF a common hanger. has alreaG,
proven its devotion to the flag a,
the freeman's home and hope. Illus
tratlon was given on the heights q.
santiago and in the jungles OF Luzon.
on the waves of the Caribbean. where
they recoil from the Cuban coasts
on the waters Of Manila Bay, where
the guns of Dewey proclaimed that
the genius of popular governmen.
had come to stay, and in the coun
Try s. need they will prove il anew
Now the danger is far more immf
nent; the possible enemy far moro
dangerous. And while we may witt
SAFETY count upon the ultimate
strength of the nation in arms We
may suffer, and suffer sorely. from
us initial weakness. But incompara
Dly stronger are we, incomDara bIv
more secure our institutions. ON
homes, our loved ones, our lands IN,
liberty, our all, than if divided j.
the Americans of these southern
states mad been trained in implacablc
hostlllty to the Americans of the
northern states to encounter q o,,t,,at
hdtred on their part, if northern
ana a southern confederacv had beer
impoverished With standing armies
II every coin of vantage along the
frontier had been bristIing with on
posing guns, if hostile navies of the
two sections had been patroling on,
Atlantic seaboard How opposite the
slogan OF the patriots and the saees
OF the revolution: United we stand
divided we fall"
What a season is this then for IN,
revival of genuine Americanism o,
ardent devotion to the flag, TO tbi.
end there is perhaps noth.ug so er
fect1Ve and so enduring as the serum
lous, impartial and unvaryiug on
forcement of the law To this prime
and Indispensable duty you have beer
summoned. No temporary excitement
no urgent international tonic shouJt
divert you from this"