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intended to subvert the vital principles of
tbc government they founded, bnt to per-
S tustu them. The government of the new
1 not differ in ita form or any of Its es
sential principles from the old Confederacy.
The constitutions were the same except
such changes as the wisdom of experience
suggested. Tlie Southern Confederacy con
templated no invasion or conquest. Its
chief oorner stone was not African slavery.
Its foundations were laid in the doctrines
of the fathers of the republic, and the chief
corner stone was the essential fundamental
principle of free government; that all gov
ernment* derive their just powers from tbc
cousent of the governed. Its purpose was
not to perpetuate the slavery of the black
race, but to preserve the liberty of the white
race of the South. It was another declara
tion of American Independence. In the
purity of their motives, in the loftiness of
their patriotism, in their love of liberty,
they who declared and maintained the Ural
wore not worthier than they who declared,
and failed, in the last. Animated by such
purposes, aspiring to sneb destiny, feeling
Justified then (and without shame now), we
entered upon that government. It was
opposed by war on the Sonth and her peo-
g ie. What was the South and who were
er people? There are those who seem to
think she nurtured a Upas whose very
shadow blighted wherever it fell, and made
her civilization inferior. What was that
civilization? Let ita products as seen in
the people it produced, and the character
and history of that people answer. Where
do yon look for the civilization of a people!
In their history, in their achievements, in
their institutions, in their character, in
their men and women, in their love of lib
erty and country, in their fear of God, in
their contributions to the progress of socie
ty and the race. Measured oy this high
standard, where was there a grander and
nobler civilization than her*? Where has
thero been greater love of learning than
that which established her colleges and
universities? Where better preparatory
schools, sustained by privato patronage and
not the exactions of the tax-gatherer—now
unhappily dwarfed and well-nigh blighted
by our modern aystem. Whose people had
higher sense of personal honor? Whose
business and commerce was controlled by
higher integrity? Whose public men bad
cleaner bunds and purer records? Whose
soldiers were braver and kuightlier? Whoso
orators more eloquent and persuasive?
Whose statesmen more wise and conserva
tive? Whose young men more chivslric?
Whose yonng women more chaste? Whose
fathers and mothers wortheir examples?
Whose homes more abonnded in hospitality
ns genial and free to every friendly comer
ns tne sun that oovered them with ita splen
dor? Where wss there more respect for wo
men, for the chnrch, for the Sabbath, for
God and for the law? which next to God is
entitled to the highest respect and veneration
of man, (or it ia the fittest representative of
Uis awful majesty and power and goodness.
Where wss there moro love of borne, of
country nnd of liberty? Derivingtheirtheo-
Ties of government from the constitution,
her public officer* never abandoned those
principles npon which alone the government
could stand; esteeming their nubile virtue
ns highlyastheirprirate honor, they watched
and exposed every fond of extravagance,
an.l every approach of corruption. Her
religiona teacher* deriving their theology
from tho Bible, guarded the Church from
being spoiled "through philosophy and vain
deceit after the tradition* of men, after the
rudiments of the world, and nut after
Christ." Her women adorned the highest
social circle* of Europe and America with
their modesty, beauty and cnltnre. Her
men in tvry aociety won a higher title than
-••the grand old name of •gentleman"'— that
of "Southern gentleman." TLls in herself,
«kat contribution* did she make to the
material growth of the country! Look at
the map of that country and see the live
State* formed out of the territory north of
the Ohio and east of the MUaUslppi gener
ously and patriotically surrendered l>y Vir
ginia! Look at that vast extent of country
acquired under the administration of one
of Ubr Presidents, which to-day ronstitntrs
the State* of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri,
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota west of
tho Mississippi, Colorado noith of the Ar
kansas, bestow the Indian Territory nnd
the Territorial of Dakota, Wyoming and
Montana.
It tanked what she hail added to the
glories "f the ltepnblic? Who wroto the
Declaration of Independence? Jefferson.
Who led the armieaof the ltepnblic in main
taining and ystahlisliing that independence?
“Who gave mankind new ideas of great-
neas?" Who liaa furnished the anbtimest il
lustration of naif-government? Who has
taught us that human virtue can set proper
limit* to human ambition? Who has
taught the rnled of the world that man may
be entrusted with power? Who haa taught
the rulers of the world when nnd how to
surrender power? Of whom did Bancroft
arrita "Lntfor him the country would not
have achieved ita independence, bnt for him
it could not have formed ita Union, and
now bnt for biw it could not aetthe Federal
Government in aneeessfnl motion?" Ot
whom did Erakine say "yon are the only
being for whom 1 have an awful reverence?"
Of whom did Charles James Pox say in the
House of Commons "illustrious man, be
fore whom all borrowed greatness sinks
into imrisnlflcanee?" Washington,
What State tint made the call for a con
vention that framed the constitution ? Vir
ginia. Who was the father of the ennstitu
lion ? Madison. Who made oor system of
jurisprudence, unsurpassed by the civil law
of Home and the comnAm law of England?
Marshall. Who was Marshall's worthy sue-
easaor? Taney. Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Marshall, Taney—these were her
sons. Their illustrious examples, their
eminent services, the glory they shed upon
the American name and character were her
contributions to the common renown,
it asked where her history was written?
was written npon the brightest pages of
American onnata. It win written upon the
records of the convention that nude the
. constitution. It was written in the debates
of congrc**** that met, not to wrangle over
question* of mere party supremacy, but,
like statesmen and philosophers, to discites
and solve great problems of human govern
ment. It was written in the decision* of
the country's most illustrious judges, in
the treaties of her most skilful diplomats,
in the blood of the revolution, and the bat
tles of every subsequent war, tail by her
genet ala from Chippewa to the proud holla
of the Montezuma*.
-Cnsthes Ultra a man slUi soul so dead.
Who to htaiasir hath saver said.
Tills Is a*r earn, my native Usd r
Forced to defend our home* and libertiei
after every honorable effort tor peaceful sep-
aratkn, w* went to war. Our leader* ware
worthy of their high commission. I say our
hodets, for I la litre that be who led our
ortuiaa wsa not mors loyal, and made do
Is tier use of the noonrcea at hi* command
than he to whom waa entrusted our civil
adariatatzstloa. Our people sealed
who come after you. Though in no wise
responsible for it, though he bad warned
and struggled to avert it, Georgia's fortune
was bis fortune, Georgia's destiny wot his
destiny, though it led to war.' Others who
hud been influential in bringing about dis
solution and'the first to take up arms en
gendered disaffection by petty cavils, dis
couraged when they should have cheered,
weakened when they should have strength
ened, bnt the spirit of his devotion never
faltered, and through all the stormy
life of tho young republic, what
Stonewall Jackson was to Lee, he
waa to Davis. If the soldier who
leads bis country through the perils of war
is entitled to his country's praise ami honor,
no less the statesman who furnishes end
sustains the reeomoes of war. Our flag went
•town at Appomstox. Weakened by stabs
from behind, inflicted by hands that should
have npbeld; in front covered with the
wounds of the mightiest war of modem
times; dripping with oa pnre blood as ever
hallowed treedom'a cause, our Confederacy
fell, and Liberty stood weeping at the grave
of her youngest and fairest daughter. Onr
peerless military rhieftain went to tho noble
pursuit of supervising the education of the
yonng, proclaiming that human virtue
should be equal to human calamity. Onr
great civil chieftain went to prison and
chains, and there as well as afterward in
tlie dignified retirement of his private life
for twenty years has shown bow human
virtue can be eqnal to human calamity.
The one has gone, leaving us the priceless
' scy of his most illustrious character; the
er still lingers, bearing majestically the
sufferings of hit people, and calmly await
ing the snmmona that shall call him to the
rewards and glories of those who have suf
fered for tho right
Onr Southern soldiers returned to their
desolated homes like true cavaliers willing
to acknowledge their defeat, abide in good
faith tbc terms of the surrender, accept all
the legitimate results of the issue, respe
tlie prowess of those who had conquered,
nnd resume their relations to the govern
ment with all the duties those relations im
posed. The victorious Generals and lead-
on which tl)ey had fixed her to perish in ig
nominy and pain." They had quarreled
with and weakened the Confederacy ont c f
pretended love for the habeas corpus, and
now they sustained a government that
trampled upon every form of law, and
every principle of liberty. They bad been
foremost in leading the people into war,
and now they turned upon them to punish
them for treason. Even aome who were
atill loyal at heart, appalled by the danger
that surrounded, overwhelmed liy the pow
ers that threatened us, were timid in spirit,
and stood silent witnesses of their country's
ruin. Others there were, many others, as
loyal, brave, noble, heroic spirits as ever
enlistened in freedom's cause. They could
suffer defeat in honorable war, bat would
not without resistance, though fallen, sub
mit to insult and oppression. Their for
tunes were destroyed, their fields desolated,
their homes laid in ashes, their hopes
blighted, but they would not degrade their
manhood. To their invincible spirit and
heroic resistance we are indebted for the
peace, prosperity, and good government wo
enjoy to-day. Long lire their names and
deeds. Let our poets sing them in undying
song; let onr historians register them in
imperishable records; let our teachers teach
them in our school; let onr mothers re
count them in onr homes; let tho painter
transfer their very forms aud features to
the canvas to adorn cur public halls; let
the deft hand of the sculptor chisel them
ont of the granite and marble to beautify
our thoroughfares; let every true heart and
memory, born and to be born, embalm them
forever.
Among all the true sons of Georgia and
of the South in that duy, one form stands
conspicuous. No fear bl.inclied'his cheek,
no clanger daunted his courageous soul.
Hia very presence imparted courage, his
very eye flashed enthusiasm. Unawed by
power, nnbriked by honor, he stood in the
midst of the perils that environed him,
brave as Paul before the Sanhedrim, ready
for bond or death, true as the men at
llunnymede, and as eloquent as Henry
kindling the fires of the revolntion. As we
we look hack upon that
era of the North Awaited the highest honors figure above all others fixes onr admiring
a grateful jieople could confer. Their armies
having operated over an area of 81XMXK)
square miles in extent, hearing on their rolls
on the day of diahandment 1,000,510 men,
were peacefully dissolved. Then followed
the most remarkable period in American
history-in any history. After spending
billions of trensnre and offering thonsands
of lives to establish that the States could
not withdraw from the Union, it was not
only declared that they were ont of the
Union, hut the door of admission wns dosed
against them. While it cannot he denied
that the gravest problems confronted those
who were charged with the administration
of the government, a just and impartial
judgment must declare that the most
ingenioua statecraft could not have
inspired a spirit, which, if it permanently
rnled, would more certainly huve destroyed
oil the States, Its success would have been
worse for the North t'uuu Uio success of the
Southern t.'onfederacy, for, if final separa
tion bad been established, each new gov
ernment wonid have retained the i ssentials
of the old, while the dominance of this
spirit wonid have deatroyed every vital
principle of our institutions. The success
of the Confederacy wonid have divided the
old into two Republics. If this spirit bad
ruled, it would have left no ltepnblic. It
waa, therefore, a monumental folly, aa well
as crime. It was not born of the brave men
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.» tie altur * f ii.u*r_. lei. ... -
who fought to preserve the Union; it wns
the offspring of that fanaticism that had in
our early history, while the walls of the
Capital were blackened with the fires kind
led by tlie invading army of England, threat
ened disunion, and from that day forward
turned the ministers of religion into poli
tical Jacobins, degraded the chnrch of God
into a political junto, in the E“K? of lib
erty denounced tho Constitution and laws
of the country, ami by ceaseless agitation
from press nnd rostrum and pulpit lushed
tho people into the fury of war.
In this pro-cue?, at the bsr of II:
lightened public opinion of Anraricn ami tbc
world, 1 ariAtgu tint fell spirit ot fanati
cism, and charge it with nil ibe trensnre ex
pended ucd blood shed on botn sides ot liiui
war, all the aiifferings aud sacriflcea it cost,
and all tho fearful rain it wrought. And in
the name of the living and the deoil 1 warn
you, my countrymen, against the admis
sion of that spirit under uny guise or pre
text into yonr social or political systems.
There are trials severer than war, and
calamities worse than the defeat of arms.
The South waa to pass through tmeh trials
and be threatened with aucli calamities by
the events of that period. Now nnd theu
it seems that nil the latent and pent np
force* of the natural world are turned loose
for terrible destruction. The foundations
of th* earth, laid in tlie depths of the ages,
are shaken by mighty upheavals, the heav
ens whose blackness is relieved l>y a single
star, roll their portentous thundering*,
"and nature, writhing in pain through all
her works, gives signs of woe.” The fruits of
rears of industry are swept away in an
lionr; the landmarks of age* are obliterated
without a vestige; the sturdiest oak that
has struck deep ita roots in the Ixrsom of
the earth is tire plaything oi the maddened
winds; the rocks that mark the formation
of whole geological periods are rent, and
deep gorge* in the mountain side lilts ugly
scars in the face of the earth tell of the
force and fury of thestorm. Such was that
[leriotl to onr social, 'domestic and political
institutions. Law no lunger held ita benign
sway, but gave place to the mandate of
petty dictator* enforced by the bayonet.
What little of property remained wu> held
by no tenure bnt the capricious alii of the
plunderer; liberty and life were at the
mercy of the conqueror; the sanctity of
home wsa invadeu; vice triumphed over
virtue; ignorance rnled in lordly nnd
haughty dominion over intelligence; the
weak were oppressed; the unoffending in
tuited; the fallen warred on; truth was
silenced; falsehood, unblushing uml brazen,
stalked abroad unchallenged; anxiety filled
every heart; apprehension clouded every
prospect; society waa Unorganized; legisla
tures dispersed; judges torn from their seats
by the strong arm of military power; Staten
sub vert el; arrests nude, trials had and sen'
tenrea pronounced without evidence; mad'
ness, Inst, bate and crime of every hue, de
fiant, wieked and diabolical, ruled the hour
until the very air was rent with the cry,
and heaven's deep concave echoed the wall
"Alas: Our i-i'ULtry sluts be-ueatb the yoke:
It weeps. It bleeds, suit each uew day s gull
U added to her wound*.**
All this Georgia and her xister States of
the iSonth suffered at the handa of her ene
mies, hut more cruel than wrongs done by
htntiU hands were the wounds inflicted by
tome of tlieir own children. They basely
bartered them stive* for the spoil* of office.
They allium .1 theinselve* with the euemiej.
of the people anti their liberties nnlil the
battle waa fought, and th< n, with Satanic
effrontery; insulted the presence of tb* vir
tuous and the brave by coming among them,
and forever fixed ppon their ignoble brows
the stigma of a double treachery, by pro-
claiming that they had joined onr enemies
to 1*1 ray them. “They bowed the knee
nd spit npon her. They cried 'Hail!' and
da her on the cheek; they pnt a sceptre
hand, bnt it was a fragile read;
I- liar. -t a.., . U. ."
gaze. Hia created helmet waves high
where the battle is fiercest, the pure rays ot
tlie sun reflected from his glittering shield
are not pnrer than the fires that barn in
the breast it covers. His clarion voice
rang ont louder than the din of battle, like
the bugle blast of a Highland Chief re-
sounding over hill and mountain and glen,
summoning his clans to the defence of
home and liberty, nnd thrilled every heart
and nerved every arm.
It was tho form and voice of Hill.
Not only is he entitled to the honor we
coufer npon him by the events of this day,
and higher honor, if higher there could be,
aa a Georgian, bat aa a son of the South.
The great West boasts that it gave Lincoln
to the country and the world. New Eng
land exults with peculiar pride in the name
and history of Webster, and one of her
most distinguished sons, upon the recent
occasion of the completion of the Washing
ton monument, in an oration worthy of his
subject, did not hesitate to say: "I am my
self a New Englander by birth. A son of
Massachusetts, bound by the strongest ties
of affection ami of blood to honor and ven
erate tlie earlier and the later worthies of
the old l’uritan Commonwealth, jealoua of
their fair fame, and ever ready to assert
and vindicate their just renown." Why
ahonid not we cherish the same honorable
sentiment, and point with pnde to the
names with which we hare adorned onr
country's history? What is there in onr
past ot which we need be ashamed? What
is there in which we ought not to glory?
They tell ns to let the dead past he buried.
Well, be it ao. We are willing to forget;
we tbis day proclaim and bind it by the
highest sauction—the sacred obligation of
Southern honor -that we have forgotten all
of the past that should not be cherished.
We stand in the way of no true progress.
We freely pledge onr hearta and hands to
everything that will promote the prosperity
and'glory of onr country. But there ii a
past that is not dead - that cannot die. It
moves npon ns, it speaks to us. Every in
stinct of noble manhood, even impulse of
gratitude, every obligation of honor de
mands that we cherish it. We are hound
to it by ties stronger than the cable that
binds the continents, and laid as deep in
hnman nature. We cannot cease to honor
it until we lose the sentiment that lias
moved all ages and countries. We find the
expression of that sentiment in every me
morial we erect to commemorate thoso wo
love. In the unpretentious slab oi the
country rbnrcb-yurd, in the painted win
dows of the cntnedral, in the unpolished
head-stone and the,coatlie*t mausoleum of
onr cities of tlie deoil. It dedicated the
llomau Pantheon. It lias filled Trafalgar
Square and Westminster Abbey with
memorials of those who for centuries
have made the poetry, the literature, the
science, the statesmanship, the oratory, tho
military and naval glory—the civilization
of England. It haa adurned the square* of
our own Washington City and tilled every
rotunda, ooridor and niche of the Capitol
with statues and monuments and busts un
til we have assembled a congress of tb'
(lend torn struct, inspire and guide the Con
gress of the living, while higher than all
surrounding objects, towering above the
lofty dome of the Capitol, stands the obe
lisk to Washington. Long may it stand, tit
lint inadequate symbol of that colossal
character. J Of all the works of man, it lifts
ita head nearest to the bright luminary o
nature, ao that evety rising sun joins all
human voices, and with the first kiss of the
morning proclaims him favorite of all the
family of men. May it and the character
it commemorates and the ltasons that char
acter trachea ubide with us nutil the light
of that eun is extinguished by the finnl
darkness that shall mark the end of tlie days.
Taught by these high examples, moved
by this lofty sentiment of mankind, we this
day renew the allegiance of ourselves and
pledge that of oar posterity to the memory
of our Southern dead.
No son of the Booth bad higher claims
upon our gratitude than he whom we this
day honor. Against bis convictions he
tofiowed Die Sonth in secession and war.'
True to her in the days of that war she
waged for separate nationality, true to her
in the darker days that followed that war,
when she was denied admission into the
Union, after her restoration he stood in
the House of Representative* and the Sen
ate Chamber the bravest anil most eloqnent
of her defenders, resisting every invasion
of her rights, and defiantly and triumph'
nutty hurling back every assault upon he]
houor. Not only aa a son of Georgia and
the South doe* he merit the tribute of onr
highest praise, bnt as a citizen of the Re
public. He was a profound student of oar
system of government, and bis knowledge
of that system was not only displayed in
liia public utterances, bnt is written in the
lives and characters of the yonng men of
Georgia who learned from him at the State
University, nnd who in ail the departments
of the public service ar* entering into ca
reers of the highest usefulness ami distinc
tion. 'Melius eat peters fonts* quant see-
mIa* ** 1fa-.ll - /.V. U'-.Ld**
ran Union wae not the territory over which
the flag floated and the laws were adminis
tered. It was a aystem of government em
bracing a general government of general
purposes, and local governments for local
purposes, each like the spheres in the
heavens, to be confined to ita own orbit,
and neither conld invade the domain of the
other without chaos and rain. In the eola
tion of all problems, in the discussion of all
questions, in the shaping of all polieieivhe
looked to the Constitution. Aa the fierce
ness of the storm only intensified the gaze
of the mariner on the staT that shall Tend
him out'of darkness and danger, bo the
greater tho peril the more earnestly he con
tended for the principles of the constitu
tion. He regarded tho American system of
government as the wisest ever devised by
the wisdom of men, guided by n benefi
cent Providence which seemed to bare
chosen them for the highest achievements
of the race. He esteemed it not only for
hia own, bnt for all people the greatest pro
duction of man, the richest gift of Heaven
except thu Bible anil Christianity. Bnt to
him the States were as uracil a part of that
system as the general government. His in
dissoluble nnion was composed of inde
structible States. He opposed sectionalism
under sny guise and from any quarter. Aa
long ns it spoke tho truth, he honored and
loved the flag of his country. For so long,
wherever it floated, from the dnni* of the
National Capital at home, or under foreign
skies; leading the armies of the Republic to
deeds of highest valor in war, or signalizing
the peaceful pursuits of commerce; at all
times and everywhere, at home or abroad,
on tho land and on the sea, in peace or war,
its stripes nttered one voice- of good will
to its friends and proud defiance to ita en-
emios—while the stars that glittered npon
ita ample folds told of free and equal States.
Thus looking at it he conld exclaim with
patriotic fervor; Flag of the Union! Wave
on, wave over! Wave over the great
and prosperous North, wave over the
thrifty and historic East, ware
over the yonng and expanding West, wave
over onr own Sonth nntil the nnion shall
be so firmly planted in the hearts of all the
people that no Internecine war shell break
oar peace, no sectionalism shall disturb onr
harmonyl Flag of the free! Wave on un
til the nations looking upon thae shall catch
the contagion of freedom! Wave on nnlil
the light of knowledge illumine* every
every mind, tho fires of liberty bum
in every breast, the fetters fall from every
limb, the bonds are loosed from every con
science, and every son of earth nnd angel
of heaven rejoices in tho universal emanci
pation. There never was n timo in his dis
tinguished career when he wonid not have
arrested and stricken down nny arm lifted
against that flag speaking the truth. But
he would have it wave over "States, not
provinces; over freemen, not Blaves," anil
there never was a time when flaunting a
lie, by whomsoever borne, be would not
havo despised and trampled npon it. This
was true American patriotism.
Though loyal to Georgia and the Sonth
during the period of separation, he rejoiced
at their restoration to the Union. No
mariner tossed through long nights on un
chosen and tempestuous seas ever hailed
the day of return to tranquil port -more
gladly thou he linilod the day of the restora-
;ion of the States. No ion driven by for
tunes be ooidd not control from the pa
ternal roof, ever left that roof with sadder
isrting than be left the Union, or returned
rom the storms without to the shelter of
home with a wilder transport of joy than
he felt when the South wss again admitted
to onr "Fathers’ house."
Permanent peace and nutty in Republic
or Monarchy cannot lie assured by the
lower of the sword or the authority of leg-
station. England, with all her power and
itatesmansbip, boa tried that for centuries
and failed, and will continue to fail nntil
her people and her roler* learn what her
foremost statesman haa recognized, that the
nnity of all governments of every form
mnst rest in the respect sml confidence of
her people. If this principle hail been oh-
served after the wur between the States,
that dark chapter in our history that mnst
remain to lim the glory of American states
manship would nave been unwritten.
Wisely appreciating this principal after the
admission of the true representatives of the
people in Congress, with voice and pen, be
devoted nil the powers of his great mind,
anil ull tho impulses of his patriotic heart,
to the re-establishment of that cordial re
spect nnd good feeling between the sections
npon which atone our American system,
more thnn all others, depends for perma
nent union and peace.
The great and good do not die. Fourteen
centuries ago the head of the great apostle
fell before the sword of the bloody execu
tioner, but through long uget of oppression
his example animated tho persecuted
church, and to-day stimulates its mission
ary spirit to press on through the rigors of
every climate and the darkness of evert'
heathnn system, to the universal and final
triumph* of that cross for which he died.
Four contmies agone the body of Johh
Wicklilfo was exhumed and bnrnt to ashes,
and these cost into the waters, but "the
Avon to the Severn ran*, the Severn to the
sea," soil the doctrine* for which be died
cover and bless the world. Halt a centu
ry ago the living voice of CConneli waa
hashed, bnt that voice to-d*y stir* the
high-born passions of every trne Irish heart
throughout the world. The echoes of
Prentiss'* eloquent voice atill linger in the
valley of the Mississippi. Breckenridge’a
body lie* under the noil of Kentucky, bnt
be uvea among her son* an inspiration and
a glory.
And to-day there come* to n«, and shall
come to those after ns, the voice of onr dead,
solemn with the snipbaa * of another world
more eloquent than that with which he was
wont to charm n*. It says to ns: Children
of Georgia, love thy mother. Cherish all
that is good and just in her post. Study
her highest interesis. Discover, project and
foster all that will promote her fntnre.
Respect and obey her taw*. Guard well
her sacred honor. Give yonr richest treas
ure* nnd best efforts to her material, social,
intellectual uml moral advancement, until
she shine* the brightest jewel in the diadem
of the Republic.
Men of the South, sons of the proml cav.
lier, bound together by common tradition,
memories anil sentiment, sharer* of a cone
min glory and common sufferings, never
lower your standing of private anil of nnb-
lic honor. Keep the chnrch pnre, anil the
State uncorrupted. Be trne to yonrselres,
yonr country and yonr God, and fulfill the
high destiny that lies before yon. Citizen*
of the Republic, love yonr system of gov.
eminent, study and venerate the Conautn
tioo, cherish the Union, oppose all sec
tionalism, promote the weal and maintain
the honor of the Republic. "Who saves
hia country eaves himself, ssves all thing*,
and nil things saved ilo bless him; who lets
his country die lets alt things die, die* him
with the highest and worthiest sspirations
for distinction; cheer the aged with hopes
for tho fntnre and strengthen all in the
perils that may await u*. Slay it stand
enduring a* ' the foundations of
yonder Capitol, no more firmly hud
in the earth than thy just fame in the
memories and hearts of Tfiis people. But
whether it stand pointing to the glories of
tbe past, inspiring u* with hopes for the
fntnre, or fall before some unfriendly
storm, thou shult live, for we this day
crown thee with higher honor than Forum
or Senate can confer. “In this spacious
temple of the firmament,” lit up by the
spl uidor of this nnclouded Southern Min
oa this AUj'iist occasion, dignified by the
highest officer* of municipality and State,
and still more by the presence of the most
illustrious living as well as the spirits of the
most illustrious dead, we come in grand
procession—childhood and age, young men
And maidens, old men nnd matrons, from
country and village and city, from hovel
and cottage and mansion, from field and
shop nnd mart and office, from every
pursuit and rank and station, and with
united hearts and voices, crown thee with
the undying admiration, gratitude and love
of thy countrymen.
When the apjilxuae had reanU over the oraliuu
of Mr. Black President Pavia waa introduced by
H. W. Grady. The excitement that foil >wed waa
memorable. Mr. Pavia waa kept for some minutes
bowing round and round until quiet was restored,
lie aald:
mb. i>avim'k addukhn.
•My countrymen. I believe you have been gener-
who wanted to show him respect If I waa asked
to select three of Georgia's noblest Nona I would
**7’ Oglethorpe, tbe btucvolent. Troup, the dauut-
lesa, and HiU. the faithful. If it wav expected of
me, and I felt ablo to nuke a speech. 1 could add
nothing to the oration you have just heard. But 1
may say something of my dead friend. HU voice
waa raised Ant and last for Georgia, and if he wax
tbe last to precipitate the States in war lie was the
last to give it up. When, paralyzed by defeat and
poverty, 6ur people aeemed to abrlnk back, it waa
hia eternal devotion to the cauie of truth and
justice which gatued for Georgian* the independ
ence yon now enjoy. But I dare not apeak of Hill
personally. From Ant to last he was the one ou
whom I could place my hand* with conAdencc.
Ho had nothing to a*k, but more to give, aud when
I was the laat who was expected to receive
beueAts it was Hill whose face rote triumphantly
in Congress and smote that lngeniou* Yankee. Yon
see what we have suffered aud what it become*
Georgians to resent; but. my friends, ours is the
day of peace. Mr. Hill taught u* peace as well a*
resistance. 1 urge ii|»on you all to observe tho
rights guaranteed to yon under the constitution.
May freedom and Independence such a* yonr
fathers gave you be yours and your children’*
ST KG ALL'S SAFFRON STUFF.
A Harlow Mini Startles Ills Friend* With
a Display of Gold.
For several months Mr. John P. Stegall,
who lives near CartersviUe, ha* been mak
ing periodical visits to the gold mining dis
trict of Northeast Georgia. They were
made so qnietly that he threw his most
intimate friends off their guard and few
knew the nature of his visits nntil very
lately. The rumor leaked ont that Mr.
Stegall wax interested ill a gold mine, aud
from his quietness it was conclusive that
something nnnsnnl bad taken possession
ofhismiud. .Last week tlie Curran ■ got a
hint from the Dahloncga Signal a* to the
clever gcntli man’s actions. From it we
learned that he had purchased from tbc
Thomas estate some valuable mining prop
erty near Avrarta. The paper also stated
that tho prospects were very flatter
ing and apoke of some beautiful nuggets,
weighing from two to twenty penny weights.
By properly opening the mine, which goes
by tbe name of "Minnie,” it wns thought
by the best miners in that section that the
efiiim would pan ont better than uny in the
country and wonid soon place the owner in
:essession of immense riches. Mr. Stegall
is* spent considerable money in preparing
to operate on an extensive scale, and will
work tbe claim for nil it is worth.
He is now at home resting np and'shsk-
ing hands with his numerous friends. A
reporter met tbe lucky man Monday and
hud * pleasant chat with him as to his pros
poets, etc. He wss ull beside himself and
from the recesses of every pocket that his
clothe* possessed he pulled oat the glitter
ing gold in the rough (or a solid quarter of
sn hour. Tbe scribe was bedazzled and his
head lies not quit swimming yet. From un
upper right hand vest, pocket Mr. Stegall
produced an Innumerable number oi two,
three and four peunyweigbt piece*, while
from a capacious pants pocket he hauled
ont a shot bag laden well with the preeions
stuff. While onr bedazzled eyes were gaz
ing with wild astonishment at Ibis display
a good big lump was prodneed from some
where off his person. Tbis Inmp settled
the scribe, which weighed thirty-two penny
weights, anil was of s most beautiful oblong
shape and about two inches in length.
Mr. Stegall informed tlie scribe that
when this nngget wss foend the old miners
of that oeetion came for miles aronnd to
see It, ami all were wild with excitement.
These old miners, who have, worked claims
in that section for years, say the evidences
ot an immense vein in the immediate lo
cality of the "find" are innumerable. They
claim that the vein ia not over thirty feet
distant Mr. Stegall has lieen working
steadily in the direction of it for several
weeks, and the fact (list tho nnggea are fonnd
in larger sisea and oftener aa tho work pro
gresses, bears ont the assertion fully. It is
wbnt is cslleil a "broken vein" by miners
anil huge stratus of rock carry ont tlie be
lief. If development* continue as they
have in the post six weeks, Bartow
county will claim as a citizen one of
the wealthiest min in the Sonth. Mr.
Stegall is extremely gratified at the resnlt*.
and went into the business fully expecting
to lose a cotiriderahle amount ol : money be.
fore any paying resnlt* would be accom
[dished. As it is, Le bn* been rewaiilfd
with the handsomest of incomes, so much
so that he is now preparing to drop his
farming interests here and go bnck to tho
mines and give them bis undivided attention.
The mine beam the name of "Minnie,'
named for the clever little daughter of Mr.
Stegall. We, together with the people of
the county generally, extend to Mr. Stegall
the heartiest congratulations. He has al
ways proved a true and upright citizen-
trne to every triend, and very Hoctable, and
this good luck befalling him ia very gratify
ing to his old friends. He will probably
leave the early part of next week, and Ms
friends here are anxiously awaiting the re
sult* in the future. Mr. Stegall himself
informs ns that it would be a herd matter
to exaggerate in referring to the mine.
A WHOLESALE HANGING
SUPREME COURT^OF
Atlanta, April 2«.-No. 7. Ram.Ji,, I
A pninent concluded. wme «*tn.--J
So. Rome dMtriet, Contrast,l
No. H. Rome district. ClevstandV.* I
Bank vs. Reynolds. ArgueSnSS^I
Fonche for plaintiff; Dean AEwinVwZ 1 1
rison ft Peeples contra. 15 ^ I
No.!», Rome district. Wingfield I
Rhea. Argued. UnderwomlftRn*S *
Plaintiff; C. N. Featherston contra ' '’I
No. HI. Rome district. East Tens. 1
Virginia and Georgia Railroad CompS^I
Maters. Argued. Underwood A l ' .I
for plaintiff; Forsyth ft Hotitinsonlfcl
Denny contra. ^'>1
No.il. Rome district. Janes ft Mrh
111,1VH. Penny. Argued. J. F. Hilly., ,
plaintiff; Forsyth ft HosUnson oontra '
No. 12. Rome district Continued
No. 8. Coweta district. HubbsrJ
Andrews ft Co. Argued. B. H Biei
for plaintiff; Longby ft Pitman contra
No. 1 Flint district. Continued.
No. 17. Flint district. Continued
No. 4. Macon district. Strobecie,
Irwm al. Argued. Gustin ft Hall i.
plaintiff; Wm. 11. Wylly contra
Atlanta, Slay 1. - After ileliverine,
ions the court adjourned to 10 o'clock.
June 1st, 1880.
Decision* Kendereti .stay 1st, less
Spectal Report by Henry C. Peran,
John Stillwell vs. Fanny Woodruff G,
plaint, from Spaulding. Judgment • I
firmed. — 1
E. C. Barfield vs. William Barfield c«
tiorari, from Macon. Judgment affirm
H. F. Strohecker vs. E D. Erwin et
Claim, from Bibb. Judgment reversed I
B. J. Bowen, L. C., vs. John C. |w, I
trustee, et ah Suit on bond, from Doohl
Judgment reversed. '' ‘
Thomas Berry, et al. vs. M. J. Powell,'
al. Claim, from Polk. Judgment revet*- 1 ,
East Tennessee, Virginia and Geora-L
Railroad vs. G. P. F. Watters, Apr** I
from Floyd. Judgment reversed. I
W. C. Mooney vr. Rome Railroad CeaJ
pony. Complaint for land, from Flc-'f
Judgment reversed. ' I
J. Q. Floyd vs. Chess Corley Conpuvl
Foreclosure laborer's lieD, from Clinet I
Judgment reversed. f
M. Skipper vs. Chess Corley Compuo L
Foreclosure laborer's lien, from Clind'l
Judgment reversed.
Albany and Vanllensullear Steel nnd ho
Company vs. the Southern Agricultan
Wort* et ah Refusal of injunction, fits
Fulton. Judgment reversed.
Jacob Moody, Jr., vs. Sam Travis. («1
tiorari, from Decatur. Judgment uffins il
Isabella Roney vs. the State. Murdaf
from Clay. Judgment affirmed. I
Willis Hudson vs. the State. MaxdaJ
from Clay. Jadment affirmed.
M. E. Wingfield et ol vs. J. G. Rhn
cashier. Equity, from Floyd. Jadgnin
affirmed.
IJatnbo Keans vs. Wm. L. Jones,
plaint, from Floyd. Judgment affirmed.
W. W. Turnipseed et ah vs. G-eq
Scbalfev et al. Refusal of injunction, trj
Henry. Judgment reversed.
W. D. McMillan, Jr, trustee, vs. Km
et ah Claim, from City Conrtof Suva;
* idgment affirmed.
Elbert Hill vs. F. M. Monltoo.
from Taylor. Judgment affirmed.
W. I. Brown et ah vs. 8. M. Damp
et al. Assumpsit, from llsralson. In
meat affirmed.
Jos. S. Morris et al. vs. J. G. Morris till
Refusal of injunction, from Cobb. Jui
ment affirmed.
_ Martha J. Crawford v*. C. W. and H. I
Kimbrough Claim, from Talbot Jti-|
meat affirmed.
J. M. Gay vs. M. B. Gilmore. Mandaut
from Macon. Judgment affirmed.
Laura Johnson vs. the State. PeijoiyJ
from Sumter. Judgment affirmed.
' Hilliard Kimbrough vs. the State,
ccny from the honse, (rout Webster. .Is
ment affirmed.
K. B. Ezell et ah vs. A. H. Thrasher,
legality, from Putnam.' Judgment affirnell
Cleveland National Bank vs. Mary A Rey-I
Holds. ComplaiAt, from Floyd. Jad?mtf.|
affirmed.
James Masscngill vt. First National 1 : r |
of Chattanooga. Complaint, from I ■
Judgment affirmed.
D. T. Roland vs. S. T. Column A <’e|
Refund of ii.junction, from Bibb, tab
ment affirmed.
Richard Cobb vs. the State. Beceir
stolen goods, from Chattthoochi-. J r -
ment affirmed.
Henry J. Lamar et ol. vs. the L»w
House 6 .mpany et aL Refusal of injuneiioi
from Bibb. Jndgment affirmed.
John S. Moseley v*. Irwin J. SsnJ'i
Cose, from Karlv. Judgment affirmed.
T.J. Marshall et al. vs. S. H. Lock
Injunction, from Taylor. Judgment »|
firmed. ,
S. L. Latham vs. P. V. Kolb et ah M
plaint, from Harris. Judgment affirmed
Mary E. Cook et oh vs. A. B. Weaver. O'
eentor. Appeal, from Coweta. JuilgmT
affinuAl.
W. J. Cox v* J. M. Jone . Knotty, r ;, |
from Terrell, .luilgmi nt affirmed.
E. Crockett ft Sons vs. P. A. KoelraA' 1
id. and vice versa. Complaint, from Pol*
J udgment reversed in first case and a“"
in second.
Jones ft McDonald vs. IL M. I'cpnj.
legality, from Floyd. Judgment rereft
J. M. Elliott vs. Wm. O. Gammon «•
Refusal of injunction, from Floyd,
meat affirmed.
HOW YOUNG WALKER D1KJ>
The -Remain* ilo lo coinoiLii, r„r I* 1,1
incut—What Mr. Ilsvls H*Z*-
The remains of Mr. Nona Welker, the ) ° ncii ,
whner Md death in florid* wee nielilt'*'-,
yeetiAdsy's Tl.LrnK.un, were brought to jee*
morning In charge of Mr. H. B. Davie. *“•]
tranaterrad lo Ibe train for Colntobi:- m
accompanied to that city by the pall bearer*
Dr A. 1. Battle, praaldent of llcrccr «■£•»“> j
From Mr. Davia waa leaned the
hi* death. On Saturday young Walter
Daele and a yonng man, while hnatistj
ilrookavllla, killed one dear and wounded ***
On Sunday morning Mr. Walker ]P'P<*el
after tbe wounded doer, and be and tb* !'V*y
want off together. Aa they wen rldtogaMC
Walkar asked hi* Maud to lat him loot sG*?
The yonng man paaaesi over lb*. «■>***■
Walker look bold of it the trigger In *••■»' **Ia
caught by tb* pommal of tbc toddle cr»
bridle end It waa dlackaised, th* load of * '
entering the left arm end akatlcrtog ib*t J., a
Th# yonng man tl d np tb* woesdeannuo (
totd Mr. Walker to re mein where be wa*«J
conld go after Mr. Davia. who was al tb* h«•* “
a mil* a war. lartead of dotagao, however. Mr.»*
got npoo bla bone aud rad* to tb* boaea ,
tbay arrived then Mr. Daele etartrd l! ,, ,
phytlc'lan. In tb* meantlm* Mr. **'1** a
great pain and b**g*d piteously fur lb* ""fat
hie arm to be removed, eeyteg It we* “j
While Mr. Daele waa ahebnt II u ""ft*
,.****„
Welker look tb* beudage (ram bu one. SB
way loot kb. blood. Tb* pbytieten. *»•>
lb* house e abort time trier, empntawd
bnt In Mverat borus voting Walker dint*;
, Mr. Walker waa a aon of th* late Drj
Weltafl
Appointed f.ir.luly Md for Murders .timing
the Chirtuiraw Nation.
Four Smith, Akk., April 30.—Blue Duck,
tbe Cherokee convic: who killcl a white
man named Wyrick, in June. 18M; Kit Jll^ar-itodu^a witiTbUeUtorMSi-i""
II wliitr man, who killed Dans, also sod hie aunt. Mur Tannin, on Tatnall.
white, la»t December, Calvin James, a
... negro, who killed Tony Love, a negro, in
seif ignobly, and all tilings dying untie the Cnickrsaw Nation, July last, Lincoln
''m.” Sprelta, a white man, who killed Clark ami
Illustrious citizen of the State, of the | his father, also white, in tbe Chickasaw
Nation, U»t May, were sentenced to-day to
I*' Lnuged ou Friday, 23rd of next July.
tali rivnloa.” Madison and Welisteg were
his teachers. Never did stndent have bet
ter teachers; never teuhen better
dent- Webster was not
his love for the Union
South, of the Republic, thou bast taught
us to be brave in danger, to ba trne with
out tha Stops of surctaa, to he patriotic in
alt things. We honor thee for thy match
less eloquence, for thy dauntless courage,
for thy lofty patriotism. For Ue useful
' ‘ ' “us. for tbe honor-
left us, for
F-vrr and Ago*.
C Yn-olaait. Hackensack. !t |, February Me lau,
writer that be has beta troubled wltb fever and
ago* f.-e over two years, qwlala* wosld wotea
‘ ‘ ~ r* t* very Urs* line. By t*kn
PUli a slgbt far two wash* ha w
• uu uivauut, -1IUM rsuiuiD. oa
a waa a member of tb* jnnlar eU«« of » ,n |i
r versa?, sod waa a j»rmia».u* foumc «
onnttiFiurnt of M« aad daub r * r **V&
l*»fou»d aorrow by bU ftUot
1* varied
land naa
I. HcDowall. taaof tbaaiwc^-*-^
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