The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-10
REUNION FOR YEAR
BROUGHT T0CL0SE

Their mother shares with me that
pride" This elected more loud ap.
plause. Another applauded reference
to the governors sons came when
the Hon. ]. Howard Moore, of Alb
beville, who is of the opposite politi-
cal faction to that to which the
governor belongs, gracefully said in
his speech, turning to the chief exc
cutive: "You and Mrs. Manning are
brave and true to the traditions of
South Carolina" :
Governor Manning spoke at first
of the obligations which Sest upon
the people of South Carolina in the
war and then second disloyalty, say
ing that there is little difference be.
tween a Stacker and traitor. There
is no place for such people in Am
erica. He said that unless the gov
ernment dealt in more speedy and
drastic fashion with the enemies of
the United States in this country,
there is danger of mob violence. He
said that the people have but one
business and that is the successful
termination of the war. We must
give ourselves. We are fighting IN
the greatest war, for the greatst
cause and under the greatest leader
in history-Woodrow Wilson.
Gen. Bonham Speaks.
The annual orator was Gen. Mil
ledge L. Bonham of Anderson, al
ways favorite with the veterans
and often applauded yesterday. No
report of course can do justice to
the silver eloquence and the felici-
tous diction of Gen.. Bonham. 1t is
interesting to speculate, he said, on
what would have been the attitude in
this war of the Confederacy had it
maintained it's independence until
the present: 1t is fair to assume
that the animosities which brought
on the War Between the States
would have continued to exist be-
TWEEN the United States and the Con-
federate States. The English gov
ernment was hostile to'the Confed-
acy from the outset, although the
English people were rot. Quen Vic
toria would never hear to any sug-
gestion Of aiding the Coafederacy.
The English government kept back
France when Napoleon III was al
most ready to declare for the South.
Russia was the implacable foe of the
Confederacy. Even if there had been
two republics on this continent,
they would have been found march
ing together today against Germany,
Gen. Bonham thinks. They would
not be deaf to the, call of humanity
and democracy and Christianity.
Pointing to the Stars and Stripes,
Gen. Bonham said it was the flag of
a united people. If Lee and Grant
could see how the people are as one
in this war, each would exclaim :
"Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
depart in peacew Gen. Bonham then
related the great part the South
played in the Revolution and in the
making of the nation. He also dis
cussed the wonders of modern war
fare, but said that there are some
things this war doesn't possess. 1t
hsa not produced leader like Lee,
nor has 4 Stonewall Jackson flashed
across the anxious gaze of the world
There is no strategist like Joseph E
Johnson, no "wizard of saddle" like
Nathan Bedford Forrest. The fame
of the Confederate army can never
be eclipsed, for all other great armies
have had ample resources behind
them, but it had practically none.
1t was an army destitute of food and
clothes, barefotted. Its fame will
never be dimmed, it's glory never for
gotten. The armies at war today are
following the maxims and in large
measure the tactics of Confederate
leaders.
Hospitable Abbeville.
The spacious hospitality that grac-
ed the ante-bellum South still lives
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