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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
CHARLESTON REUNION.
Care of Confederate Graves by Government—Memor
ial Cottage to Winnie Davis—No Change of
Name—Gen. Gordon Re-Elected.
According do all accounts the Confed
erate reunion at the “Old City by the
Sea was one of the most pleasant and
satisfactory ever experienced by the old
soldiers.
Memo whistles, tire hells, church hells,
drums, brass hands and everything that
could make a loud noise was brought in
to play in announcing the opening of the
gnat convention.
Soon alter the opening General Stephen
D. I.eo offered the following resolution,
which was referred to the committee oil
resolutions:
"\\ !’t ro.is. in Atlanta. Ga., on December
11. ivs. the president of the United States
of America gave utterance to the senti
ment ‘that the time has come when the
t cited States should share in caring for
the graves of the Confederate dead. and.
•“Whereas. This utterance of the chief
executive of the nation demands from us.
the survivors of our dead comrades in
arms, a frank and generous response to
so lofty and magnanimous a sentiment:
therefore, be it
Resolved by the United Confederate
Veterans, in annual convention assem
bled. That in this act of President Mc
Kinley's. and in its reception by our
brethren, of the north, we recognize au
thoritative evidence that we art again a.
united people and one in determination
to exhibit to the world the gentler, as
well ns the sterner, traits of American
character, and that we accept the state
ment of our chief executive in the spirit
in which it was made, believing that such
legislation by the general government
that lie has suggested would show clear-
ly the advance that the American people
have achieved in those higher virtues
that adorn a great nation."
Tin' committee on resolutions reported
on all the resolutions which had been
ratified. The resolution on the care of
graves was amended and reported on as
follows:
“Your committee to whom was referred
the resolution introduced by General S.
D. I.*e, begs to report the following sub
stitute. with the recommendation of the
committee that the same he adopted:
“The, United Confederate Veterans in
their reunion assembled desire to place
upon record their sincere appreciation of
the utterance of the president of the
United States in Atlanta in December last
concerning the assumption of the care
of the graves of our Confederate dead by
the national government.
“We appreciate every kindly sentiment
expi 'ssed and we shall welcome any leg
islation which shall result in the care of
the graves of our comrades in the north
ern states of our government.
“In regard to our dead whose remains
are resting in the states which were rep
resented in the Confederacy and Mary
land, the care of their final resting places
is a sacred trust dear to the hearts of the
southern women, and we believe we can
safely let it remain there."
General Gordon, the commander-in-
chief. was greeted with the wildest ap
plause ar.d heartiest demonstrations. He
addressed the great audience as follows:
General Gordon's Speech.
“Governor, Gentlemen of the Commit
tee. My Fellow Countrymen of South Car
olina: The flood of emotions which stirs
the sensibilities of these veterans today is
their loving answer to your gracious
greeting. These emotions will speak t«
you in language far more impressive and
eloquent than any words that I could ut
ter. The ringing shouts from these thous
ands of Confederate throats are veritable
echoes of the inspiring resolutions of wel
come unanimously adopted by your gen
eral assembly. While those resolutions
have cheered and thrilled every southern
soldier's heart, they were not needed to
tell us of the reception that awaited us in
South Carolina. Her whole history and
I that of her commercial capital were the
promise and guarantee of this magnifi
cent reality. For more than two hundred
years, made memorable by heroic strug
gles in v. ar and brilliant achievements in
peace, the names of South Carolina and
Charleston have been the synonyms of
hospitality, of chivalry and of valor.
“What else could lie expected of a peo
ple in whose veins are commingled the
lilood of the proud English cavaliers? the
blond of those devoted and resolute men.
who protested against the immoralities
and grinding exactions of the Stuarts:
tin blood of the stalwart dissenters and
of the heroic Highlanders of Scotland,
and of the sturdy democratic Presbyte
rians of Ireland; the blood of those de
fenders of freedom who came to our
shores from the mountain hattlements of
Switzerland, and lastly, hut no less pure
and sacred, the blood of the high-souled
Huguenots of France, whose martyrs, by
a glorious fidelity, even unto death, have
made sweeter and richer the record of
human devotion to conscience and liherty.
'No resolutions. 1 repeat, by which this
great commonwealth extends its 'loving
welcome’ were needed to assure these
remnants of the south’s immortal armies
that the ‘freedom of the state' was theirs,
and that every heart within her borders
was a soldier's shrine. We had but to re
member that South Carolina was thq nur
sery of heroes, as well as of statesmen
and of patriots—that no one state, except
that she he endowed with almost bound
less affluence of greatness, could in one
century have given to the cause of liberty
and the republic such a splendid galaxy
as South Carolina presents in her Rut
ledge. her Sumter, her Moultrie, her Mid
dleton and her Marion: in her Butler, her
Pickney and her Pickens: in her McDuffl^
and her Calhoun: in her Hamilton, her
Hayne and her beloved Hampton.
“If we turn from this incomplete array
of her noble sons to the contemplation of
the scars upon her bosom, received in her
battle for American freedom at Cowpens.
at Camden and Charleston: at Eutaw
Springs. Fort Moultrie and King's moun
tain. while her ‘Swamp Fcx,' with his
ragged brigade, roasted their rations of
sweet potatoes in her forests at night,
and by their sudden sallies, now from the
mountains and now from the marshes,
amazed and bewildered the British invad
ers; if we add to this survey of her past
the record of her princely liberality in
the donation of her soil to the general
govt rnment. we shall gain a still better
conception of the lofty characteristics
and unchallenged patriotism of her peo
ple.
“To me. personally, whose associations
with South Carolinians through the civil
war and the still more galling period of
reconstruction and rehabilitation, gave a
clearer insight into their motives and fu
ture aims, it is a proud privilege vouch
safed today to stand In your pres
ence as the representative of these bat
tle-bruised veterans and tell this people
how fully we recognize their worth and
how gratefully we acknowledge our in
debtedness to them."
General Gordon closed his speech in the
words:
“I fee] power by your confidence to send
to every patriot in every section and state
the fraternal greetings of this convention
and of the whole people, to pledge in the
name of every Confederate and son and
daughter of a Confederate the south's
eternal loyalty to every cause for the up
lifting of American manhood, the perpe
tuity of American freedom, the unity of
the American people, that by all these
agencies we may celebrate the onward
march of the republic in its benign mis
sion to humanity.”
“Praise God” is Sung.
It was several minutes before order
could he restored.
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When order was secured General Gor-
dan said. “I want every comrade to stand
and sing 'Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow.’ ”
Airs. Jefferson Davis was Introduced by
General Gordon as the one whom Jeffer
son Davis loved better than the Confed
eracy and better than his own life. As
Mrs. Davis stepped to the platform the
veterans went wild with enthusiasm. “I
am going to shake her hand, comrades,”
cried General Gordon. "1 am going to
hug her.” and caught her in his arms and
pressed her to his bosom.
General Wade Hampton was called for
but was not present. Then General Gor
don asked if the granddaughter of Gen
eral Beauregard was in the audience.
She was not present.
Mrs. K. C. Curry, president of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, was called
for and cheered to the echo. There were
shouts for Joe Wheeler, but he had not
arrived. Mrs. Kirby Smith was next pre
sented to the audience. There were shouts
for Mrs. Gordon. General Gordon said:
“Mrs. Gordon is present, but she was a
soldier. She ought to have a seat out
there on that floor with you, my com
rades.”
Mrs. Gordon was escorted to the plat
form by General Gordon and applauded.
Many distinguished officers and privates
were next introduced. The convention
adjourned at 12 m. until the night ses
sion.
Winnie Davis Cottage.
The report on the Winnie Davis cottage
resolution was as follows:
"Having learned with pleasure of the
scheme to honor the memory of the
Daughters of the Confederacy by building
at the orphanage near Luray, Va., a cot
tage to be named the Winnie Davis cot
tage and to he devoted to the care of or
phans of Confederate soldiers and their
descendants,
Resolved, That we regard this as an
appropriate and graceful tribute to nut
lamented dead and commend it to the
sympathy and support of our people.
This was carried unanimously.
A uniform coat was suggested for the
veterans, the shade to be of gray, the
coat to he of serge and not costly. The
quartermaster general was authorized to
select a grade and to ascertain the cost.
The coat is to he also worn on ordinary
occasions, with interchangeable buttons.
A resolution thanking the navy de
partment for the presence of the cruiser
Raleigh was approved.
Many minor suggestions were made by .
the committee on resolutions, all of which ‘
were adopted.
The resolution to change the name of
tile association of United Confederate
Veterans to the Confederate Survivors*
association was not reported favorable by
the committee, and the vets voted solid
ly against any change of name.
The resolution that future reunions be
held in any state or city composing the
Confederate States of America and that
the Confederate flag lie recognized as the
national standard was lost unanimously.
Thanks were tendered Columbus. O.. for
the care of Confederate graves there.
Tributes of love and esteem were or
dered placed on the minutes to W. C.
Smith, a Confederate veteran who fell at
Manila.
Officers Are Elected.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted as follows:
General John B. Gordon, commander-
in-chief; General Wade Hampton, com
mander of the department of Northern
Virginia: General Stephen D. Lee. com
mander department of Tennessee; Gen
eral Cabell. comma rider department
Trans-Mississippi.
General Gordon said that nothing was
dearer than the demonstrated fact that
his comrades loved him and had confi
dence in him. “God bless you, boys," he
said.
General Gordon announced that there
were Confederate veteran camps in Bos
ton. Chicago, New York and Columbus,
Ohio.
"All the earth's ours, boys.’’ he added.
The next reunion will take place in
Louisville, Ky.
MEMORIAL DAY IN EUROPE.
The police of Paris are called upon ev
ery year to suppress what would be, if
allowed to proceed, a decoration service.
The leaders of the Red party make the
effort every year between May 23 and
May 26 to decorate the graves of the men
who fell in the ranks of the commune.
But, aside from these, there are no deco
ration days in France. Neither is there
a holiday in England which resembles in
the least the American Memorial day.—
Exchange.
Governor Johnston carried the legisla
ture of Alabama with him in his flop on
the constitutional convention question.
The governor has won a personal triumph
but the important question is as to what
he has done to the Democratic party in
his state.
OUR SOLDIERS.
Pause, O nation, reunited—
Pause and shed a tear today
To the mem'ry of the soldiers
Dead for many and many a May!
Marched away as brave men, hearing
Call of country, yours and mine.
From the hillside and the valley.
From the hemlock and the pine.
Hearts asleep and pulses bounding.
Loyal, whether gray or blue;
Loyal, whether cross nr crescent:
Duty—that was all they knew.
Oil, the glory of their story!
Oh. the graves that dot the plain!
Oh, the mournful tale of battles!
Oh, the partings and the pain!
Years and years the grass has blossomed.
Faded, died, their graves upon;
Years and years, yet not forgotten,
Mem'ries such as theirs live on.
And upon fame's sacred altar,
\Vrtt 'mid deeds of heroes, glow
Names of these, our soldiers, sleeping;
“Soldiers," neither "friend" nor “foe.”
And as soldiers weave them garlands.
Rose and lily o'er them spread;
Love and tears—a nation's tribute
To a nation's glorious dead.
—Chicago Tribune.
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HISTORIC CHARLESTON.
Her Every Foot of Ground Is Sacred and Memories
Carry Us Back to the Revolution and the Dane
Davs of the Great Civil War.
There exists on this continent today no
more historic spot than battle-scarred,
heroic, glorious old Charleston, and one
cannot walk the streets or visit the
suburbs without treading on historic
ground, and reviving hallowed memeries
of a glorious past and a patriotic, noble
people.
A party of English settlers first estab
lished themselves in 1670 on the west bank
of the Ashley river several miles above
the present city; hut finding this point
undesirable, the settlers gradually cross
ed the river and established themselves
at Oyster Point, at the confluence of the
Ashley and Cooper rivers, and built here
the town of New Charles Town, to which
the seat of government was removed in
16S0. From that day to the present
Charleston has had a continued and grow
ing historic interest, and her people have
proudly preserved her relics, her tradi
tions and her history.
An intelligent citizen will point out
many Interesting relics of colonial and
revolutionary days, and will be sure to
tell the story of the Charles Town "tea-
party." where patriotic citizens, unlike
the Mohawk Indians, who at midnight
figured at the famous Boston “tea party”
in broad daylight, and undisguised, re
fused to allow the tea to be brought into
the city, but had it stored in cellars on
the wharves where the Incoming tide soon
spoiled it.
He will also be sure to tell you of the
glorious victory of Fort Moultrie on the
2Sth of June. 1776. when the small Pal
metto fort of Sullivan's island, on the
very site of the present fort, successfully
repulsed a powerful British fleet, and. I
unlike certain school histories. Used in
some of our schools, he will not omit the |
story of the gallant Sergeant Jasper, who
when the flag staff was shot away.-sprang '
upon the parapet and. under a heavy fire
from the enemy, replaced the flag. Then
he will tell the story of the capture of
Charleston by the British and the pariot-
ic endurance of her people.
Nor will he fail to tell many incidents
in the civil history of the country, and
especially of her conduct during the ‘'nul
lification” excitement, when South Caro
lina threatened to follow the example of
the New England states and “nullify”
certain acts of congress, or rather sus
pend their operation in this state until a
convention of the states should decide on
their constitutionality. Many other events
of historic interest might be recalled. But
they all pale before the supreme interest
at this time, of Charleston under the
Confederacy.
Ordinance of Secession.
On the 20th day of December, 1860, the
convention of South Carolina assembled
in Charleston, passed the ordinance of se
cession by which the sovereign state of
South Carolina withdrew from the Union,
as she had a perfect right to do under the
constitution of the United States and the
“reserved rights of the states.” It is in
teresting to know that when the great
convention of the United Confederate Vet
erans assembled in the beautiful au
ditorium here the gavel wielded by the
commander (General Gordon), the table
at which he sat and the chairs occupiedby
the officers were those used in the seces
sion convention.
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I great deal of nonsense has been written
about South Carolina's “bringing on the
war." “firing the first gun,” "insulting
the flag.” etc.
Now. the truth is that South Carolina
sent her commissioners to Washington to
seek for peace and adjust all questions of
“United States property.” etc.
An agreement was had that “the mili
tary status in Charleston harbor should
not be disturbed pending negotiations.”
When, therefore. Major Anderson, on the
night of the 26th of December. 1860. re
moved his garrison from Moultrie to
Sumter, the stronger post, and when “the
Star of the West” was sent on the 9th of
January. 1861. to provision and reinforce
Sumter, it was in both cases a clear vio
lation of the contract and fully justified
extreme measures on the part of the re
fenders of Charleston. But after driving
off the “Star of the West” these “hot
headed Carolinians" patiently abided their
time and waited in the hope of peaceable
adjustment of the issues involved. After
South Carolina joined the Confederacy
General G. T. Beauregard was put in
command at Charleston and negotiations
with the authorities at Washington put
In the hands of the Confederate commis
sioners, who let it he clearly understood
that the Confederacy was for peace and
not war. and that they were prepared to
negotiate on any proper basis for the set
tlement of property rights, etc., though
an attempt to reinforce Sumter would he
rvgarded as an overt act of war and re
sisted as such.
Hon. William If. Seward, secretary of
state under the new administration, as
sured the commissioners, through Judge
John A. Campbell, that Sumter would be
evacuated, and when it was announced
in the newspapers that a powerful expe
dition had sailed from New York and
commissioners wrote to Seward to remind
him of his promise and to inquire about
these rumors, he endorsed on their letter:
“Faith as to Sumter fully kept. Wait
and see.”
United States Meant War.
They had not long to wait, for it very
soon developed that President Lincoln
had decided to inaugurate a war of co
ercion and subjugation against sovereign
states which had exercised their “inalien
able rights,” and withdrawn from a union
which had become unjust and oppressive
to a large section of its constituents.
Being convinced that the authorities at
Washington meant war. and had inaugu
rated it by this expedition against Sum
ter the authorities at Montgomery ordered
Beauregard to demand the surrender of
Sumter and to reduce it if It refused. Ac
cordingly the demand was made, and the’
brave soldier who commanded the fort,
Major Robert Anderson, having refused
to surrender or to agree to take no part
In the fight with the approaching fleet,
before daylight on the 12th of April, 1861,
the batteries on Sullivan's, Morris and
James islands opened Are on Sumter, and
on the 13th, after thirty hours of bom
bardment, the fort surrendered and the
Confederates (in striking contrast to
Grant’s terms at Donelson) accorded the
garrison the chivalric terms of saluting
their flag, retaining the side arms of offi
cers and all of their personal baggage,
and being at once sent back to New York.
The fleet remained outside of the harbor
and took no part in the fight. Rut Mr.
Lincoln had accomplished his purpose of
"firing the northern heart" by putting
on the south the odium of “firing the first
gun.” and at once proceeded to push the
blockade of southern ports and do
ing other things that were clearly un
constitutional and in direct violation of
his oath to support the constitution.
Of course, all that has been said since
about the “wicked slave-holders’ rebel
lion" or about the war being "begun hy
the south.” as she “fired the first gun" is
the merest twaddle. Hallam. in his great
hook. “Constitutional History of Eng
land," has aptly said: “The aggressor in
war (that is, he who begins it) is not
the first who uses force, but the first who
renders force necessary.”
Act of Self Defense.
Judged hy this standard, the capture of
Sumter was as pure an act of self-defense
ns is to be found in all history, and the
defense of our homes and firesides
against the wicked invasion of our terri
tory as justifiable as it was heroic.
But this letter is already long enough,
and i cannot now tell even in outline the
story of the “defense of Fort Sumter and
of Charleston harbor" during 567 days of
continuous military operations against it.
Rev. Dr. John Johnson, now rector of
St. Philip’s church. Charleston, then the
able and gallant engineer of Sumter, has
written this story in a book which Is a
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As an exhibition of great ability, won
derful skill, untiring energy, patient en
durance and heroic daring against over
whelming numbers and resources, the de
fense of Charleston has not been equalled
in the world's history, and its defenders
had the proud satisfaction of knowing
that Sumter and Charleston withstood
the mightiest combinations on sea and
land that were brought against them and [
successfully resisted them to the end until ■
Sherman “came in at the hack door.” and I
thus forced the Confederates on February
17-18, 1865. to evacuate positions which the
enemy had never been able to capture.
What stirring memories, then. what
hallowed associations are awakened by
the reunion of Confederate veterans in
glorious old Charleston!,
J. WM. JONES.
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Northern Man Donates Ground for
Monument to the Great Chief
tain On the Old Homestead at
Arlington, Va.
Definite steps have been taken by per
sons interested in the project for the erec
tion on a site near the old homestead of
General Robert E. Lee, at Arlington, of
an equestrian statue of the great Confed
erate leader.
The matter has been under considera
tion for some time and a company com
posed largely of southerners visited th»
proposed site, which will be transferred
to a monument association, which was or
ganized recently. The site, which
is about 100 feet square, is on Fort Meyer
heights, just east of the new courthouse
of Alexandria county, and commands a
tine view of the national capitoi, while
the historic Potomac river, which divided
north and south nearly forty years ago,
can be seen far below the long bridge. It
was donated by D. K. Trimmer, of Penn
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j The officers of the association are as
! follows:
j President. Mrs. Zebulon Vance.
Vice presidents, Mrs. S. B. Stephenson,
j Mrs. Russ Smith. Mrs. Albert Ackers,
i Miss Miller and Miss Virginia Miller,
i Secretary, Miss Nina Stephenson.
Treasurer. Mrs. Edward M. Gadsden.
Steps will now be taken toward securing
a charter in the District of Columbia. It
was decided to send a telegram regard
ing the proceedings to the Confederate
veterans' reunion which met in Charleston
last week. It reads as follows:
Genera! John B. Gordon and Comrades
—Our heartfelt congratulations to con
vention of veterans. We announce the
organization of the Robert E. Lee Monu
ment association of the District of Co
lumbia. the purpose of which is to erect
an equestrian statue of our chieftain at
Fort Myer heights, Alexandria county,
Virginia.
Robert E. Lee Monument association.
MRS. FLORENCE VANCE, Pres.
MRS. NINA STEPHENSON. Sec.
It is expected Confederate associations
throughout the country will come to the
aid of the local body, as it is intended to
make the erection of the monument a na
tional affair.
Mr. Trimmer, in replying to words of
thanks from those interested in the pro
ject, stated that, although a northern
man, he had come to admire General Lee
"and was willing to contribute to his mem
ory as to that of any other American.
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ACADEMY OF ST. VINCENT
DE PAUL,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Boarding and Day School for
Young Ladies Conducted
By the
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