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THE "WEEKLY TELEGEAPH: APEIL 18, 1895.
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DBMOQRATIC TRADITION.
The Democratic party ts by tradition
the sound money party. By sound
money is meont money which in Ms
substance has the value named in the
stamp on I'ts face. Democrats have for
generations flatted on (the belief that no
other money is safe and honest.
So long as gold and silver were
both universally accepted as money
metals, dollars of either metal were
universally -acceptable and -were sound
money. They had In them '.the value
exresied on their face. They were
equal in value to each oliher—or at
leant itbere was an honest «U»nv>t by
the government to make thorn equal.
The movement In favor of the inde
pendent free coinage at silver Is, tn
effect, so far as It Is advocated by
Democrats, a demand tli.it the Demo-
oroltdc party abandon its traditions and
attempt to impose upon the people a
currency flu'l'raTing in value and of
less worth than that in which business
has heretofore been transacted.
The Democratic party has heretofore
stood for hones* y, and honestly requires
that, when a man or a nation has bor
rowed, it return the thing bor
rowed. Recently the government has
borrowed several million ounces of
gold—not dollars, 'but ounces—and 'the
men who support Ithe silver movement
are In favor of returning, in satisfac
tion of the de>!«, not the same number
of ounces of gold, but a certain qnan-
ti'ty of silver. If the men lo whom
the dell; is due were allowed a rotce
In determining the quantity of silver to
be paid in satisfying their claim, that
might bo honest; but it Is not propcs-d
that they shall l>e allowed a voice. On
the contrary, the free silver advocates
propose that the goverjiiiout shall sty
1t> '.he men who lent II so many ounces
of gold: “You mutt take iu full dis
charge of your debt a quantity of silver
which is worth only half ns much as
the gold I borrowed from you, but
which 1 think would be worth fully ns
much hod not I and certain European
governments, wickedly and foolishly,
demonetized silver twenty year* ago”
If the government we"C la do this,
the cheated creditors wjulti net make
war on the United Stale*. They would
be eMIged to pocket .heir loss. But
they would hnvo their opinion of the
nation which cheated them and be es
pecially careful that It did nut have
unntber opportunity Mo cheat them.
Ami our people would melt only lose the
use ou easy 'terms at the accumulated
capital of the wtortd, which has done
so much in davrflp'.ng the wealth of
this continent, btr; they would lose
their own self-respect. A nation, no
more than • man, can do wring with
out being lowered in Us opinion of
itself aa well a* tn that of Its neigh-
bon.
There is now no question '.halt Dem
ocrats w 11 be called upon 'to divide on
this Issue. The time for action la yet
a year in the future, but they ought
to be thinking. Will they ipermti the
traditional honesty of the party to be
discarded, or will they come bravely
to the front and demand (Ink Its
traditions be respected?
DANG ER OF IFIjOTITIOUS VALUES.
The report* from the bus.ncM cen
ter* fpr the past week go to confirm
the belief that: tihe tide has turned and
Hint better times have cane to stay.
Never at any period tn the history of
this section hes there been be"tor rea
son tc feci encouraged. It may be set
down a* a certainty that the pulse of
tmde will quicken percqitbly in all
cities, and we believe that: the fanners
have like catiae to feel hopeful. The
returning feeling of omtldence will nf
course release much of ithe money Unit
has been scared tuto aafe hid ng places
and undoubtedly a very large propor
tion Df the Inverthments will And -heir
way 6ou;l»wurd.
It Is -well, however, to be warned In
rime again.-* untimely Inflation of
values. Because money la seeking op
portunity f >r Investment iu the Booth
and has already shown it* confidence
In the future of thl* country a good
reason why all values should be kopt
well avlthln -the bounds of reason. Iu
thU co an cotton .the Manufacturers'
Record gives the following on--Merit
tdvlee to rhe people of the South m
“make haste slowly:"
"Because the cotton rattt industry is
flourishing, don't spend ah your mooey
on cotton mil!*; put tt In other factories.
“Because some one has boughs some
property In th* next town to yours, don't
try to sell your lot at a fictitious pries,
-non't try to establish sn Industry in
your town when you know that it cannot
pay. It* failure will cause Ur mors In
jury than the amount of money spent la
bulbing tt.
'Tell the truth about your advantages,
end let them he trrsnhen hv legitimate
methods. Business men and capitalists
are rot goaded by guttering generalities,
but by plain fasts and figures, In making
Investments.
"When Northern people become fully
convinced that money cun be placed to
good advantage In the South, hundreds
of mllltons of dollars will be ready to be
placed there. It is not tack of money;
It Is lack of acquaintanceship and confi
dence that are the sole barriers to a
muoh more rapid development of the
Southern states than hi now taking place.
"Tt Is the duty of every Southern bank
er, every Southern manufacturer, every
Southern merchant, every Southern farm
er, to help restore that confidence by dis
couraging Illegitimate speculation and by
striving to bring about only a sound and
subotanvtail growth."
THE CRIME OF 1873.
The so-called demonetization act was
passed W 1873, and was voted for by
Mr. William M. Stewart, Iticn and since
a senator from the pocket-borough
state of Nevada. Since then Mr. M ew-
ant hag been at pains to -prove Th lit he
did not know wlrat he was voting for—
tba-t -he did not know that the effect of
the act was lo recognize gold a? the
only metallic money of the country, ex
cept, of course, the subsidiary coinage.
In later years Mr. Stowait; has become
the most conspicuous champion of sil
ver. He -has spoken for independent
free coinage on every possible occasion,
wearying the patience of the senaite
and of the country by injecting silver
speeches -lu-to almost every debate in
the upper house of congress. It; may
oe l-merwHiiig io .r.r. — -
the record of this champion of free
coinage.
In 1874, the year after the passage
of the act by which the silver dollar
was dropped from our coinage, a bill
was Introduced In congress providing
for an increase in the national bank
issues and for the redemption of a cer
tain series of treasury notes then out
standing. This Wll Mr; Stewart earn
estly favored and supported It in sev
eral speeches. We cannot undetlake
to give a general idea, of 'those speeches,
but w.tl take from them certain state
ments which show that in 1874, a year
after the socalled demonotizaitlon of
silver, Mr. Stewart regarded gold as
the only metallio money and used tho
word “specie” as equivalent to “gold.”
On the lhth of February, of the year
mentioned, be made a speech in which
he p'ettired -in graphic terms the hard
ships suffered by -the farmers because
of the fluctuating value of the green
back currency. He estimated What the
farmers of the country lost live or six
per cent, of the value of their crops
every your because of the uncertain! y
of the -value of the currency for which
those crops -were sokl. The men who
bought the crops to use his own ex
pression, -were obkgod to “insure” them
selves against loss from a fall in itlie
value of currency' by offering less than
they would have done had the value
of the currency been certain. In fcho
midst of his speech he was Interrupted
by Senator Logan with the Inquiry:
“What does the Senator wank?” otnd
he replied:
• I -wank the STANDARD GOLD, and
no paper iribney not redeemable in gold.
No paper money, the value of which Is
not ascertained; no paper money that
will organize a gold board to speculate
In It."
On the 20th of February Mr. Slew-
art made another speech on the same
-bill, in -which he said:
“By this process ws shall come to a
specie boats, and when the laboring man
receives a dollar, It will have tbs purchas
ing power of a-dollar, and he will not be
called upon to do what Is Impossible for
him or for the producing classes to do,
figure upon the exchanges; figure upon
the fluctuations; figure upon the gambling
tn New York; but he will know what his
money U worth. GOLD IS THE UNI
VERSAL STANDARD OF THE WORLD.
Everybody knows what a dollar In gold
ta worth. • • • In a time of pro
found peace, with the ability to redeem
our pledge, we hesitate whether we will
accept the universal standard of value
established by all olvUIxed nations."
Further along In his speech he was
Interrupted by Mr. Lgan, who asked:
‘"Dio senator says he to in favor of spe
cie {Myanrats. If he Is tn favor of spe
cie payments, -why docs he wish to In
sert a redemption by bonds In this
bill? Why not redeem In specie?" Mr.
Stewart’s reply was-
"I wish to do R because ws have agreed
to pay this debt In specie, hut we have
not got the gold to pay tt. If we have
not got the gold to pay tt, let us give
our note bearing interest. * * * I
do not propose to pay the bond by start
ing a printing press I do not propose to
pay the bond by Issuing irredeemable
currency. I propose u> pey the bond with
value. 1 propose to pay tt tn gold, from
the earnings and taxation of the people,
and that la th* only way It can be pel-1.
I repudiate the Idea of repudiation here.
The bond can be paid only in one way,
and every honest man knows it. I would
my tn the man who holds this dishonored
paper, ‘I will pay you In gold if I have
got K. The secretary Is authorised by
this measure to pay you In gold If he baa
got it, but tf he has not, I wilt stand by
the pledge as far ss I con. I will give
you my note bearing interest.' • • •
I do protect against any attempt to pay
debts with irredeemable paper, because It
la false tn theory, fatso In fact, falsa In
principle. It has been tried a thousand
Limas and baa always left a black mark
Upon tbs nation that tried It—a mark al
ways to ba regretted. We have now the
power to keep our obhgsttone. It to a
time of profound peace; and let me say
to senators that I believe that tf you will
Invite gold here by making tt a com
modity thak can be used; If you wRi re
deem your greenbacks; tf you wilt allow
any company to bank that will comply
with tho banking laws and put up the
proper security, 40,000,00 people wilt get
the gold. Eighty million dottors Is pro-*.
duced annually from our -mines. We have
resources abundant to get the gold. Forty
million people con furnish an the money
that is necessary. They will cet It. When
gold to Invited to n country like thin with
such an Industrious people as we have,
with our Industry and our resources, A
soy there will be no difficulty about get
ting sufficient gold. Why, sir, every-
thing you have got Is measured by gold.
Your greenbacks are measured by gold,
but your contrivance 1s so uncertain that
the middle man reaps all the reward,
while the producer Is robbed continually.
Under this proposition you will have just
as much money In the country and more,
because gold will then be worth some
thing. Gold will not be excLlod. Of
Kune if you treat It as a commodity and
export It from the country, you are not
going to have gold. If you are going to
have geld In thl* country, you roust make
a demand for gold by using It. In every
country where gold has been treated un
kindly, where the government has fa
vored a depreciated currency, gold has
left the country.”
We are un-.iMe to prim: Mr. Stewart's
spec****.* in full. They tout sli-*w more
plainly than these extracts <l-> that in
1874 the wonts “specie'' and “gold”
were synonymous in his mind Ifi was
perfectly natural that (hey -h>uld toe
so. There had been no tt-tane within
his memory or that of any of his hear
ers when sliver had been anything
more than a subsidiary coim-’e 1-n the
United States. Gold had toea the
standard of value, the primary money
on .which all motes wore Isaied. A
year before the silver dollar had been
dropped from the coinage, e-nd nobody
noticed or cared for ithe fact that it
bad .been dropped, beoause the silver
dollar tip ito that time had not -been of
the slightest consequent* in the trans
action of the business of the country.
What Is now represented to have been
a colossal crime” was then a matter
of utter tnslgniiftcumae. It has devel
oped Into importance since then only
•because the fall in the price of silver
has made the sliver dollar cheaper
than the gold dollar.
!Mr. -Si ewnrt's record on this matter
is Important mainly because he took
the same view of the demonetization
of silver in 1874 'that all other men
took. That demonetization was un
doubtedly a mi.q ake, but It became a
mistake only because of consequences
which could not then have been fore
seen ’“
iHAiRBOR DEFENSE.
The moqt wonderful and Important
test, of modern Ttiilit ivy ordn-tnee ever
heid -in the Uniled/Stmtes was the ex
periment at Sandy Hook.ou Thursday
last wiith the monster now mortars. As
n oiusterpiece of military engineering
this tremendous battery la a marvel;
bul: its chief gjotoy Ues tn the undenia
ble fact That It eomsHtutes n distinct
trt-umph In Amer'Can coast defense.
Guarded toy sueh batteries 1 the gren:i
ports of our seaboard would be prac
tically Imgjregnutole. A mens resume
of the destructive efBolency of these
sixteen 12 J lnch rifled mortars of this
original experimental bakl eny to Miffl-
clent lo impress one wrtth their ex
ceeding value. The projectiles weigh
1,000 -pounds each, anti tunrs known ns
deck-ponotraiting shells. WhCD de
scending from the high altitude of over
one mile a single shell wSl penetrate
deck armor eight Inches thick. The
entire sixteen ttitoslles projected on
Thursday fell unerringly within a
space not larger -than tho area of nn
ordinary battleship. What terrific
Salvos! And y*t, when manned by full
crows, 'these gianlt tnort urs cam be dis
charged -within the brief space <»f three
minutes.
The accuracy of aim. concentration
of violence and weight of Shook of these
far-thttawn Shells fg amazing, even in
the Half of the reoenl: progress In i«td-
nanee. No nrmer-olud ship 'n the world
could possibly keep a boat under an
Iron ball of 10,000 pounds of explosive
metal Striking her deck almost slinal-
taneously. She would twain to sink In
nn Instant. -How terrible the shock
Would lie may toe Imagined from the
fact that 'the concussion caus'd by a
mere discharge is so tremendous that
should -a man lie unsheltered in the
pit at ihe moment of tiring the action
of his heart: would be stopped at once.
This IndtLal armament conuikuntto today
not only all the ship channels which
lead into New York's tower bay, but
also the boy Itself; nnd the mirnnmti
mortars are sold to have u maximum
range of nrarty five rofles. TruJv. the
problem of American rt-ast defense
seems lo have I icon solved.
A WORD TO TRIE WISE.
Nowhere Is the change from despon
dency to hopefulness shown more than
In the newspapers of the country. Thai:
hopeless and depressing expression of
forced editorial cheerftfiness bus gone
nnd Instead there can ho found the
hearty note of encouragement etx-ut
which there can toe no mistake. The
tone of newspapers rotted lug that of
communities may be accepted as con
clusive ortdenoe (hot iijie country
cornea out of ito lenten gutto.
Not only do the rsiwHpipera them,
selves in Dhrir editorial expression give
proof at the rtunge for the better, but
the pntroox of the newspaper* show
their increased confidence. The adver
tising columns are filling up with of
ferings and good contracts are raster
to nuke. Every one to busy, every ouc
Is more hopeful and every one feeto
that share's u good time coming.
Now, then, a word to the wise. Of
course the depression of the part two
years hn* brought prices town to suit
the times. There has been a cheapen
ing lo advertising rases to a figure Mset
barely permit* g newspaper to Kve.
There murt nnctwarily bo • change;
and to the wise this should tie eutll
c’.ent.
GEORGIA NEWS AND COMMENT.
“Luck whines whilt labor whistles.”
Thomasvtll* real estate Is advancing.
The Atlanta Journal! will publish a
May day edition, the first of Its kind.
What a bib crowd will come to Rincon
to hear the Joint debate between Guytie
McLendon and Editor Howell.
The frultmen say the danger line la
passed and the crate factories are al
ready running on full -time.
The Washington. Oa., Chronicle Says
that Secretary Smith -has made more
repUtoitlon -than any man In tihe cabinet.
Griffin Call: Perhaps Griffin has no
equal on the question at clubs, literary,
musical, benevolent and amuso-mnt.
Savannah to not only la great cotton
port, but the Drew will not he satisfied
until she -has also cotton mills.
They won’t let colored men ahlno
boots In New York, tout they cute the
south for “dlacrlm.'nutiireg against the
nigger.”
Washington (Go.) Gazette: It to clear
now that a cotton mill is a good enter-
rpise for every community where rhcrc
Is a cotton market.
Newnan Advertiser: It seems that
the secrete of the executive sealons of
the supreme court are not any better
kept tt»a,n those of the senate.
Dalton Argus; We are still alive,
and still eating constantly. A delin
quent came In this week and paid us.
and. imlrablle illctu! we neither tainted
nor dropped dead!
Newman Advertiser; it is worthy of
note that the negroes and whites of
the south get along most oimlcably In
those vicinities whicn are most seldom
visited by self-styled philanthropists.
Little boys did you ever sec a Jay
bird an Friday or Saturday? We never
did, land the old folks always said they
were ntt carrying pine knots to old fork
ed-tail, with iwblch to -burn us If we
throw stones at other birds.
The Tradesman, cna/ttamooga, tor Che
week ending April 8. reports continued
and Increased activity from all portions
of the south. Bnid»tir?et and Dun *
Co. report a steady revival of -business
and make a very encouraging showing.
The Homer Gazette has co-mie to the
conclusion that the happi'esc -people In
the -world are those who keep out of
debt, out of politics, out of law suits,
out of office, nvho shun notoriety, make
an honest living by honest means.
Governor Atkinson has refused an
other application for the -parilon of Har
ry Hill. Governor Atkinson expresses
the beltcif thiut if Harry will take hold
&nd do- his full duty in his present
position his physical condition will be
better.
Dalton Angus: Call us a “gold bug."
If you wish; we are proud of the term.
That moains Just now a man who stands
for ho.-ieat money, the honest payment of
honest debts, and in view of the term,
we are the “goldest bug” In Christen
dom.
There is llt-tle dancer of a glut. Every
operative is a consumer of cotton goons.
XVUth anything like prosperity, and ws
are mire to have It whenever the politi
cal agttaition for cheap money ceases,
there will be quantities of work for all
kinds of laborers. And every laborer
■who Is put to steady work Increases
the market for cotitan goods, and also
of course. The market for raw cotton.
Augusta Chronicle: There was Inaug
urated In Augusta yesterday an under
taking which to Intended to -be matin a
fixture for the future. It to a weekly
Sunday school teachers' meeting. All
over the world the importance of the
Sunday school work Is 'being better re
cognized anil some of the moot promi
nent men In the large cities are con
spicuous In the work.
Griffin Call: Griffin can boas* of one
of the banner companies of the war.
I allude to he Spafdljug Greys, which
wtas organized In I860 with Cnpt. L. T.
Doyal as leader and wus one of the
first companies mustered into service.
It was organized Just after the riot at
Harper’s Ferry, and was on Its way to
that place when the first gun of the
war was fired.
Col. S. G. McLendon, a prominent citi
zen of Thomasvllle, Ga., offers to meet
the editor-in-chief of the Atlanta Con
stitution In a Joint hetonte on the sub
ject of -monum-talUsm ulud bimetallism,
and -will let b,ni fix the time and place,
and give him the b agin nig and conclu
sion in the debate. Coi. McLendon
say* of all questions now before the
people, w-hliih should be dtooussed with
out sentiment, passion or prejudice, tho
money question to Infinitely the most
important.
Col. W. C. Glenn of Atlanta, is the
only man who has unhniwnl Col. T. W.
Rucker In a clash of wit. Rucker, as
district attorney, was examining a wit
ness In a government case In the United
States court. The fact was brought
out that the witness had been In the
penitentiary. “He was your client; vou
sent hVr, there,” said Rucker to Gk-nr,,
”1 have no doubt.’ ■ retorted Glenn,
"that the -man’s misfortune Is duo more
to my lack of skill than any aklll of
the United States district u-titorney.”
Augusta Herald: The sun to begin
ning to shine. It trill -be resplendent In
all lt» vigor shortly now. The dark
clouds are passing awaiy and brightness
to appearing on the commercial horizon.
Meritorious enterprises and business
feel the Incoming title of buxines* re-
rival. Times are not as thrifty ns they
might 1* but they are Improving every
day. Tho summer Is not going to be
dull as we feared. There to every rea
son to he hopeful.
The fellow who doesn't merit patron
age, the man who won't economize, the
Inndsbry thalt thinks all things will come
to hhn who wUlts, the merohaqt who
doesn't advertise—these are the ones
who ray the sun will never shine
Ttfton Gazette: Rev. Dr. J. B. asm-
broil’s talk at the Baptist BuniLy school
last Sunday afternoon, was a run) treat.
It wtw particularly addressed to the
children and -truly eloquent In Its sim
plicity. It was full of good thoughts
nnd suggartlons relalttve to the training
of the young. Among many other goal
things, no said: “To know liowr to lead
Is a great tihlng. »nd he always felt
like tipping hto hat -to even a little ne
gro boy who had acquired this accom
plishment. It Is also a great thing to
know what to read; there are a great
many books that boys and girls should
no* rend, hooks that fire their passions
Instead of Increasing their Store of use
ful and beneficial knowledge.”
Savannah' Press: The citizen who is
nn active actor In the growth of n
town to the one who puts hto capital
Unto near enterprise*. It to lie who to
the leader or older In bustheas, indus
trial and rallraid movements. He takes
ehaneeo with hto money and uses (t in
such » way that In hrinnbg returns to
himself It also gives employment to anti
enriches others. The man who doe*
not tin this, hut who puts his capital
into vartmt lots and suburban Tracts
and trails for others to Improve the ad-
ajeent properties In order that he may
be bonefltted thereby, tnertasew his own
wealth by the operation, but is of llttl;
or no actual service to the community
In which he reoldes. He Is merely
profiting by the labor at other*.
Highest of all in Leavening Power,—Latest U. S.
E.
If the Alaquan’s readers are lovers
of John Burroughs; If his bird-and.-bee
love,, his blossom-talks, hi* fresh wood-
philosophy—-if tihowe have brought to
thic-m a delight in nature-study keener
and more delicately pen'Xraturg even
than ttvjjt fumdoheri by Wordworth’s
line, then -they can understand my emo
tions when, on a showery day In July
last, 'the clouds lifted and I saw Through
a veil, woven half of rain and half of
sunshine. The northwestern shores of
Ireland.
This approach -to the old world is
pronounced to be, of -all, the most In
teresting nmd fooauOlful. I am ready
to subscribe-to this opinion recklessly In
different to the fact that I have seen
no other foreign coast rise Eke an ex
halation from the under world. I take
the word of the tooe-man, the blossom-
lover—,Iohn Burroughs. (Ha made this
sea voyage around the northern coast
of the Emerald Isle, past the Glord’s
Causcwuy, along the shores of the Mull
of Klntire and Into -the Frith o-f Clyde,
some years ago. His impmwlons were
given fn a arries of Century articles—
articles anjoyril by us. who, at 1he time
of reading them, hail no -more expecta
tion of smelling The peat smoke of Ire
land blowing off shore or of watching
the white gulls of (Malta Head than we
had of exploring lunar lakes on the
other side of our friendly but distant
satellite.
For several days before sighting land
the understanding was that we might
expect to sea Torry Island light-house
shortly before 10 o’clock on Sun-lav
m-omflng. I, Ignorant of hne seaman
ship, had presumed to be amused at
the definiteness of the prophecy—but,
what is Ireland, if cot overwhc-lminsly
“Here!” when her name is called ? Al
most to tile minute came The cry
’’Land!”
Who* a rush forwurd ensued! Hctw
deserted looked the long promenade
d»ck with its abandoned steamer chairs,
ruga and ipaiupheroalKi of divers kind*,
as the first cabin passengers, to the
goodly number o-f 300 or more, crowded
along -tihe starboard railing at the good
“City of Rome.” Glasses were ilh re
quisition; but the steady and rapid
Tuans of the steamer’s screw soon
brought us so near the shore that we
could see, as In a drea.m-evolvod pano
rama, the gradual development of the
exquisite lanclrtctUpe.
The Irish coast is precipitous. The
whirling gulls, the sheer descent of tho
chocolate-colored cliffs, with the chaf
fing sea breaking In snow wreaths of
foam at their feet, reminded me of
“Off 1-he Skelligs.” We were loo far
north, however, for a sight of the ter
rible rocks of Miss Ingelow’s story.
Tho emerald fields begatt to show
dividing lines, tiny cottages appeared,
grazing hords wore plainly dlscern-
able. Our -Vessel steamed along close
to the shore—the shore so pastoral and
lovely on thta Sabbath morning, but
so remorseless when the pounding sea
with tho winter winds unleashed and
at Its -heels tries conclusion* with the
land! _ _
"Will xOiiie one p.oase nilt the cap
tain If our ship is ‘hugging tho
shore?’ ” pleads a voice whose fraudu
lent solemnity has more than once
vexed The unwary during our voyage.
"Because,” It continues. “If the to. she
Is n remarkably Intelligent old ship.
It Is Just what I’d do If I Irad a
chance.”
Far ahead a martello tower stands
on a headland, aoon another is sighted.
A Catholic priest, who leans on the
railing near u», explains with a charm
ing brogue that these towers encom
pass t-he whole of Ireland. While they
are yet merely mutch boxes for size
we notice a commotion about the small
building on the cape which projects
Itself Into the ocean ahead of us. A
creaking of pulleys overhead causes
ua to -look aloft. There we Bee the
small signal flags fluttering and tho
movement on ahore Is no longer a mys
tery. The store of our prosperous voy
age la being signalled to the marine
•tatlon, and a few moments hence,
back under the briny deep, will fly
the news to our anxious home folks In
Alabama.
The passengers for Derry arc busy
getting together their trap*. The brisk,
white-jacketed deck steward la assist
ing them to make ready for the tender
which -has come out Into the readstend
from Movllle. the port of Londonderry.
A general handshaking begins, for the
party leaving us for a tour of the
Irish lakes Is a charming one—but the
mall! We had forgotten III Hardly had
the steam tug stopped alongside be
fore the covers were being torn ner
vously from the Glasgow, Dublin and
Londonderry newspaper*. "Hip! Hip!
Hurrah!"—what nn amazing yell from
our Scotch and English friends. “The
Brlttanht has whipped the Vigilant!"
4 few minutes later we had to cut
short their laughing apologies for so
untunpitabl a grcifijpg to British «v»ter**
for In the "Companion" the American
contingent iweirc galth-'rlng to hear the
latest cablegram* from Chicago and
Washington.
As we stood, a solemn party, listen
ing to the new* of Hot in Chicago nnd
threatened 'anarchy throughout 'the land
I bail another opportunity of noting
how ready the American man Invaria
bly was ready to speak slightingly of
Cleveland. On thto ooeaalon a retort
som-whait dramatic In ita nature. In
terested us.
The reader was Col. B , ex-com-
mand«r-ln-chiSef of the O. A. R.. a
Seoteh-Aimertcan who had lost a leg In
defence of the Union cause. Quick and
alert In -manner, and dlrcot in speech,
he hail -woo- tihe good opinion of h to fel
low -ptesengers by the short but elo
quent uddrete delivered In the llag-be-
uuoked saloon on the occasion of our
mhluccan Fourth of July celebration.
-Hearing, during this reading, a sneer
ing remark concerning -Mr. Cleveland
nnd, the crisis in America, he sent an
oa'gle glance on -the "peoki-r and an
swered very incisively, “I do not agree
wm you. Grover Cleveland may have
made mtStakes—I nan not prepared to
»»; 'but he la a uSUh of convictions
ana of undoutbtej coutU-ge. The country
cron trust him to do what he behove*
to bo right."
Truly The ocean voyager need not suf
fer rar a little political "tang” ot hto
salt sir regimen. We had heard Tam
many hbued during the exercises oa
the Fourth; had been chixrmed by the
graceful Tribute paid to dhe "royal
lady" under Whose flag we were sailing
by ex-MMster John O. Kateon, out
most dtotjngutohed passenger; had Join
ed our Scotch couskts In singing, "God,
Have he Queen;" had Untuned with pro
found attention to a discussion of the
tariff question, the disputants being a
Brooklyn Sunday school nuperlritmdent
and a RUsley cloth manufacturer (ver-
bum not); nnil now we bad the peculiar
experience of hearing a G. A. R. chief
defend our Democratic president.
The "Giant’s Causeway" was signalled,
but a mist Md H as we PMSSd; though
Rotbfin Island, the scene of Robert
Bruce’s Imbibition of spider philosophy,
rose gloomy and dark on our right. And
the mist—Oo-oo!
"Come and see the first o' bonnie Scot
land!" shouted our good friend, the Glas
gow bailie. With hto Glengarry cap flat
tened nbors hto broad, cheerful face, and
his stout body mahitalnc) i. ,
might call super.stable ,nj * l *
pair of etfli „ outer
eon of The land of “oat Vt '
ridge’.’ proposed lo point outtofi
of Interest about the entL? ’ *
Brtl the night was faiu n Ce u
mist! We know that », S'**
square inch of bonnie gcoUatel
SU Walter’, and Bobbl.
confident of our loyalty,we tw^*
nghl greeting to It <W»r VI
and amazed The bailie by aLuIr 1
nothing in S--otl;in.!_,.,,, J;‘ Url 't
nouhlng in Seotland_no t >E
could be as charming to us , , hl|
a glues of
cial Juncture, .
8co*ch whtaky!
With chattering teeth ,
supper room, ate our last but J
in the great white and gold saiol j
ed away our loose wraps anl wl
our sihawl »tirai>s: burial
. . — ” * <11*7 ana wi
our shawl straps; burled oursei,„
the blankets of our state rom !'
quickly dropped asleep, to
morning lying at anchor In the 1
Greenock.
Before hlgbtfa’.l of that d„ r
plucked my first daisy from a L
in Glasgow—treading once mwei
sctously, In the footstep® of m, ,
roughs.
Two months later I left GlaMmn,
my rorttng girt fro Smltonnle
ward bound, and a bunch of henti,-'
my parting gift from Scotland. S'
tween the daisy and the heaths
many a oh-apter of adventure
Willie M. u.
FAREWELL ADDRESS
TO-yintS TO HIS TROOPS*
Richmond, Va., March ; u
To fh« OHlclor. at;,I >>.. . J*
Brigade—Soldiers: Today i" c ™
command you. I have resign^
commission as brigadier genenli,
Provisional Army of the Conf t J
States. The separation from
deeply painful to me. I do not d.
proper on this occasion to eflt-rl
a detail of tho causes whirl J
thto duty on me. It Is oiuV... tH
now for me to say that, -under ex'Vr
circumstances. In my Judgment, i ';.l
no longer hold my cotumisianj
-President Davis with advinU;, I
my country, or to you, or with h 1
to myself. I cannot separate froa |
without the experssion of my ^
attachment to you, and ailmlraBql
your noble and heroic conduct (n*f
beginning of this great struggle *1
present time. You loft your wives ■
children, kindred, frl -nds, homer J
erty and pursuits at the very f.uij
of your country, and entered her*
tary service as soon as she wit n
to accept you—from that day :i |
you have stood, with but a fex
Intervals, in sight of the public«
or within hearing of his gum.
Upon your arrival in Virglnk |
the summer of 1861, you were j
poratod Into the Army of tie F
mac; you have shared with th::«
all Its toils, Its sufferings. Its hul
ships, nnd perils, and coutribi.ell
least your full share to Its glorirtf
reer. You have been In the (rati
post of danger and of honor, «|
the great baitleflelds of Northern r
gir.is, and Maryland. Iron ~
to Sharpsburg; neither dlshi-srt-l
the death of comrades, or frinA|
disease, or toil, or privations, or
ferings or neglect, nor inthnklill
the greatly superior numbers oil
enemy, whom you have been »
upon to meet and vanquish; yor»
upon all occasions, displayed ttafi
role courage which has shed b»
lustre upon yourselves, yoar I
your country, and her Just m 1
cause.
Nearly one thousand of 6r«
men who originally compos'd _
four regiments have fallen, WM
wounded. In battle; your deadq
have burled on the battlefield,™
manly tear over them, left ’’giiTl
keep eternal wa tch" over their $njl
and passed on to new field* o! 91
and danger. T
Though It may seem to be flies
guage of extravagant eulogy, itkl
truth, and fit. on thto ocraalon, tj
spoken. You have fairly w°n thett
to Inscribe upon your tatterMj
flags the proud boaat of Nvpwjl
Old Guard, "This brigade knunlj
to die, but not to yell to th* tt
Courage tn the field IS not yert*
claim to proud distinction, r'aa
took command over you I h' 1 ’1
preferred a single charge *!‘ W J
arraigned one of you before a e
martial—your conduct never artr
of me such a duty You ran *<
predate the feelings With which JI
from »uch a command. Notn.nij
potent than the requlrene'n*
soldier’s honor could, with my (
wrench us asunder while a slniaJL
ner of the enemy floated
our country. fiddlers!
Friends! Farewell! R.
MONTGOArBRY FOM®0^
When the J-oree be«Lns t > *w
the m»pie to xr»moe U» tj
let, -Mwutgnmery Folsom gr- "'e ™|
for glorious southern Grargi. “ 1
cautiously put hto Iongiibto 1“ !
and a charming Rome madrt
Ethel (Hlllyer Harris, Ibns
him:
Y’ou once spoke of this secfiww
stranger sod and said that I'- 01
was tangled in the trail ng vin rt
dipped In a wine-colored stw*
your feet ever longed to ptri’
sands filial bordered those cure!
in old south Georgia.
Your desire was lo sit on tM
fence and listen -to the nn*
“Jorota, Jorcfia, Joree,” perch’d
ren -pine tree tu 8 lonely field-
You hungored for a w!>'“ *»
air laden with honey
that comes fio the young and 1
hopeful. rfl
Southern Georgia give y-n V ,
atul that beau Iful wlregraM M
ever held you m loyal thrall .
Poet That you are, you sou»*"
should not help loving your " j
you have no -right to say tho 1 ' >'
are Ireadlug strange ground.
You are still iu >uur owe
same breezes kiss the 'iioaut.*
that first saluted the > v ,
bunks of your same tropic s re-
same sun hgb:s Into ttflertl’T
tlllAl Tain SR tp.lM All ftll* ll’l!!' .
tinel pine trees ou tho hills.-— ,
same people with kind hesri*
bid you .welcome to the ne"
which you with yuur
sight WlU find out wlth'ut »- r]
the north Georgia country »- ‘
gives ywu a home. , (I J
From tho crest of La vend -r •>'
to Mount Alto’s loftiest
beauty to yours to enjoy. *
Wnl* make a tragic band f-w • *
lectatloD. Hie green Oos-i tl __ t
through mesdows ptcl add * , +
flows to greener fields i
mitred flower stalks look u?
the spring. Cherry
wreathes at tsserrr war*
soft wind. Their perfume *e®7 jj
den -brill over the •enae* ’ , .,
beautiful—4hso can you D«
thto*?