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Turn of History’s Fide.
my sword on none.' ” ,
Hindi was Iasi the patriot. Of
< Imrles Francis | U‘e the soldier and strategist Mr.
Adams furnishes the splendid ap
preciation contained in the follow-
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Phe ail dress ol
A dams. Sr., of lloston, head of the
Massttolinsetts Historical Society,
at Lexiugtq|i, Va.. yesterday on
the occasion ol Robert 10. Lee Cell
t o.iihi > celebration, may not be ep
och-making, but it marks the ebb
tide and receding waves of tin
prejudice and sen
have heretofore prevented the
- rent \x;n twtween the States and
its causes being treated in the
ij^ht of truth and justice. It in
dicates the limit verdict of history
and that t hut verdict as enunciated
b\ a former foe qualified to speak
loi those who had aiitagqni/.cd us was with the t.ou federates in the
is that I lie Sout h's onh eritue was 1 Hont hwest. I lie unfortunate 1’ein
the lack of success and that, of all bertim thorn was simp)) not in the
the ureal men the war , b*\eIoprd same class as tIrani and Hhermun,
mule rose or fell so pm --I oll'elise
as t lie chieftain of I lie Soul hern
cause this ]s glorx enough lo sat
isly an\ people. In \ i»*w ot the
•>* porlanccond liisteri significance
no cause tor wonder. Upon it
time has already recorded a ver
dict. Following the high prece
dent set at Appomattox it was dis
tinctly unworthy. Conceived in
passion, it ignored both science
‘Napoleon is alleged first to have, and the philosophy of statesman
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ship; worse yet, it was ungenerous
Fee, for instance, again setting
remarked that ‘in war, men are
nothing: a man is everything ’ As
a former soldier of the Army of j the example, applied formally for
nationalism that; the I’otomac, I now stand appalled | amnesty ami restoration of civi
at the risk I unconsciously ran an
terior to July, I .Mid,
fronting the Army ol
Virginia, commanded as it then
was and as we were. I he situa
Lion \Mts in fact as bad with us in
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rights within two months of ins j
when eon- surrender. His application was
Northern silently ignored; while he died ‘a
prisoner on parole,’ the suffrage
denied him was Conferred on his
manumitted slaves. Verily, it was
the Army of the Potomac as it i not alone the base Indian of the
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to w horn lie found himself opposed.
Results there followed accordingly .
So, in Virginia, i.ee and Jackson
made an extraordinary, n most ex
ceptional combination. The) out*
. Mr. Adam's uIterances, extracts classed ussoinelimeslerribl) . some
tied) gix
himself to
lie said, \\as still
against I.ee
comitrx lo
Adam*
toni his address will li
en here. Vddrcsslng
the charge which
nosl comimmlx math
in I hat -eel ion ol I lie
w hid) I belong," I tint
ulse to his ling,” Mr,
-aid:
• ‘I 'omnig diicctI v to tin point. I
iiaintain that ever) man in the
eleven Stales seceding from the
i lion had in IMP. whether he
would or no. to decide for himself
w net* or lo adhere lo his Slate or
*.l lie nut ion; and I fiimll) assert
inat whichever wav hedeeideed. if
honest I) , putt ing
nnd him. lie did
limes ludicrously; always hopeless-
l\; and results in that cast*also fol
lowed accordingly . That, we were
not utterly dcstmxcd constitutes a
Hat. and liuul rdiit.nl of the truth of
olden time who ‘threw a pearl
away richer than all his tribe."’
Thus is the saying that ‘‘truth
crushed to earth will rise again'’
illustrated, and out of the mouth
of one of the worthiest ol our foes
issues the testimony that confirms
'the justice of all the South claims
; for hersclt in the greatest, most
eventful war of modern times.
Macon Telegraph,
"Wlvat Happened to Brown.
•lie was Napoleon’s aphorism.”
-i 11
■ 11 v lie di
self inlere
right.
‘•I’ll! Ilns.
',mllgll l rue uf
i id cili/.cn, --li
il will In* i(‘plied,
the nrdinar.v man
iii1111 uni hav c been
•.rue ol I lie grad mile ol l lie ,M ililai >
\cademv. tlie ollicer of llie Army
.ii llie I mled Stales. \\ infield
S.-nlt and George li. Thomas did
it so construe their allegiance;
i lien the issue vv as presented, I hex
• •mained true to their ling and In
'.heir unl'lis. Robert K. I.ee. false
li Is oat h and ling, was a rone
cade! The answer is brief and to
he point the conditions in the
—i vend cases were not the same —
either Scott nor l liomas was I.ee.
It was our lloston lb . Holmes who
ong ago declared that the child's
education begins about two linn
lied and lift v \ cal 'before it is born; subsequently they had
Hut it is to the stately, sell-con
tained man in dtdeat that Mr. Ad
nns finally pays, as cvciy otic
must, the tribute ot his highest !
admiration, lie says;
“Speaking advisedly and on
fuller reticulum, 1 s xy that of ail,
the great characters ol the ( ivil 1
War, and it was productive of
many vvh >se mini s anil deeds pos-
teritv will long hear in recoil, <• ;
lion, there was not one who passed
away m the serene atmosphere
and with tiie gracious bearing ol
I.ee, Fiom beginning to end
(Imse pan ing years of his xvill hear
closest sia ut in). There was about
them nothing vennl,nothing quern
Ions, nothing in any way sordid oi
disappointing. In Ins ease there
was no anti-climax; tor those elos-
' in; years were dignified, patienl,
u-cl ill; sweet in domesticity, they \ conditions, whicn
mall things commanded respect, i nephew) Hollis, h
"because no blood flowed on the l * I' 1 - lull amount
t all ild, and no confiscation ot
houses oi lands marked the close
.1 our war ot secession, it lias al-
wavs been assumed by us ot the
victorious party that extreme, in
deed unprecedented, clemency was
shown to the vanquished, and that
.Mid il is quite impossible to sepa
.dean) man least of all. perhaps,
a full-blooded Virginian from his
nareutal traditions and living en
vmmnumt. From them he drew
his being; in them In* exists. Hob
e: t li. I.ee was t lie ciubodimont of
unplnmt or
no good
sufficient
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which will be presented at the
Auditorium tonight by Mr. Al.
W. Fremont A Co., is an up-to-
date, society comedy, as full of fun
and ludicrous situations as egg
is ol meat.
The scenes are laid in New York
City An old man sees a picture
of a young lady, falls in love with
il, visits the father and proposes
marriage. But after sending the I
letter, he becomes frightened and
sends his nephew to see it the
young lady is like the piciure the
nephew lulls in love with tiie
ladv himself and tells the uncle
that she is everything but what he
would have her to be; the old man
packs his things and goes to Japan,
where he remains lor time yea is.
The uncle is trustee of an estate
j I. It to the nephew under certain
it he ( hej
is to receive
of the estate. Al
ter the uncle goes to Japan, the
nephew writes that he has ful
filled the conditions (which lie
has not), and he draws money
from the uncle. At last, the nn
cle suddenly returns; and then,
the troubles of the nephew begin.
Mr. Fremont has the role ot the
nephew and is surrounded by a
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tore will accord and assent to this ———————
somewhat se.l-complaccnt convtc
turn isopen to question. (hi tin
coiitraty, it max not untairly In
doubled whether a people pins
f rom last Week's knoij Enterprise-liazetU,
The large Hour and gust mill of
’hose conditions,
that enx irohment a
V irginiaus.
“To ask bee to rai
(gainst Virginia xvns
lontroso or the Maet
to head a force desk
the creature
a \ i ruin ism
of trale after civil shite lias often re
nt' ceivi'd severer measure than xxas
inflicted on the so-called recoil
se his hand sit noted Confederate States dur
like asking ing the years immediately succeed
a 11 it ii i More ing the close of the strife, Adam
tied for the Smith somewhere defined rebels
and heretics as ‘those unlucky per
sons xvho, xvnen things have come
to a certain degree of violence,
the
and
subjection ol the Highlands ami
flic ties t ruction of l lie elans. \V here
such a stern election is forced
upon n man as confronted bee. the have the misfortune to be of
single thing the lair minded in weaker party.’ Spoliation
vestigator lias to take into account physical suffering have immemo-
Mi. George 1\ Hodnett, located
on the Raxvls brand; near Haral
son, together with the entire
building, was completely destroyed
by fire Sunday night about 10
o'clock. In the building, besides
the mill fixtures, xvas a good deal
of corn and wheat, and about $150
worth of belting xvhich had never
been used. The total amount of
But, now. my mind turns to the
glorioug corn. See it! book on
its ripening, waxing fields. See J
lioxv il wears a crow n prouder than
monarch ever wore, sometimes!
jaiintilx. and sometimes after the
storm Liie dignified survivors of'j
the t.emple.st seem to \ iew a field of
slaughter and to pity a fallen foe.
And see llie pendant caskets of the
corn field filled xvitli the wine of
life, and see the silken fringes that
set a form for fashion and for art.
And now the evening comes and
something of the time to rest and
listen. The scudding clouds con
ceal the half and then the whole of
the moonlit beaut) of the night
and then the gentle x\ i 11 < 1 s make
heavenly harmonies on a thousand
harps that hang upon the borders
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\\ inter time will soon be here xvitli its rain
and sleet, and traveling in an open buggy
xvill be very disagreeable. Why not call
on us and get a comfortable, light-running
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. , . and the edges and the middle oi
the loss is nearly X),ooo, and only ,. , :
3 , . J the held ot
i- the loyalt) . the single minded-
: ess of the election. \\ as it de
void of selfishness was it free
from an) baser and more sordid,
xvorldly motive, ambition, pride,
ealous). revenge or self interest!
To this question there van. in the
ease of I.ee. In* but one answer.
When, alter long and trying men
the mill.
ri.tlly been their lot. The Confed
erate, it is true, when he ceased to
resist, escaped this visitation in its
... , r yet whether or not lie xv
usual and time-approved form. . n
Nevertheless, he was by no means
exempt from it. In the matter ot
confiscation, it has been computed
that the freeing of the slaves by
act of war sxxept out of existence
ripening corn until my
very heart seems to beat responsive
to the rising and
of the long melodious refrain.
The melancholy clouds sometimes
to be This glorious plant trails
mitted by the alchemy of God sus-
1,000 insurance. It is not posi
tivelv known how the fire oiiginat
ed. It xvas a very valuable piece
of property, the best null in that
section, and the loss is very heavy , . , . . ,
,, .. . , , • make shadows011 the field anil hide n,,,
on Mr. Hodnett. It is not known . , , tlie put poses
its aureate wealth, and now they 1 > >-1
move and slowly into sight there
comes the golden glow ot promise j tlio symphonies and oratorios; that
It is a well deserved compliment for an industrious land. Glorious
replace
tilling j tains the xvarrior in battle, the
poet in song, and strengthens every
xx here the thousand arms that xvork
of life. Oh, that 1
had the voice of song or skill to
translate into tones the harmonies,
FROM THE ANTILLES.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Ben
efits City Councilman at
Kingston, Jamaica.
to our otheient postmaster, Mrs.
Alice C. Fall, that she has almost
the solid endorsement of the busi-
fnte property valued at some two thou- ness and professional men of the
sand millions; while, over and
above this, a system of simulta
neons reconstruction subj eted the
1 disfranchised master to the ime
■of the enfranchised bondsman.
For a community conspicuously
town and public gem rally, and a
kiige petition has been sent to the
post office department requesting
1 ion.
Rex-
:a! xx resiling, lie threw in hi
with Virginia, he knowingly sac
rificed ever) thing xvhich man priz
es most his dear!) beloved home.
•> means ol support, his protes
Monal standing, his associates, a
•rill.ant future assured to him.
Born a slave-holder in a race of
- ix e holders. In* xx as himself no
.•lender, much less an advocate ol by alien force under the civil rule
- averx: On the eontrarx. he did of those of .1 different ami distinct-
iot hesitate to pronounce il in his |y inferior race, only lately their
’ aee “amoral and politie.il ex’il. property, is not phx’sicai torment,
Later, he manumitted his slaves, u is true, but that it is mild or
:ie did not beliexe in secession; as considerate treatment can hardly
a light reserved iinilci the t'onsti- be contended \ et this—slave
tntion. he pronounced it ‘idle talk; confiscation, and reconstruction
i ..t, as a \ irginiau, he also added, under American 'tile — a.is the war
•if the Government is disputed. I penalty imposed on the States of j
shall return to m\ native State the Confederacy. That the policy;
a. d share the miseries ot mx pen- inspired at me time a feeling of
pA. and saxe in defense xvill draw bitter resentment in the South was sale b vPeinston& Lee*
corn, that more than all the sisters'
of the fields wears tropic garments!
Nor on the shore of Nilus or of In
dus does nature dress her form
more splendidly. And noxv. again,
tiie corn in ils kernel holds the
strength that shall ( in the body of
J. E. Hannah and family
her re-appointment to this post- the man refreshed) subdue the for
est and compel response from ev
ery stubborn field, or. shilling in
tile eye of beauty, make blossoms
of her cheeks and jewels of her lips
and thus make for man the great
est inspiration to well-doing, the
hope of coiipaiiioiiship of that sa
cred. xvarm and xvell-embodied
-a w oman.
Aye, the'corn, the royal corn,
within whose yelloxv heart there is
of health and strength for ail the
nations! The corn triumphant,
that w iih the aid of man hath made
victorious procession across the
tufted plain anil laid foundation
for the social excellence that is and
roll across my soul xvhen standing
sometimes by day and sometimes
by night upon the borders of this
verdant sea I note a xvorkl of prom
ise. and then before one-half the
year is gone I viexv its full fruition
and see its heaped gold axvait the
need of man! Majestic, fruitful,
xvoiidrous plant! Thou greatest!
among the manifestations of the
Mr. \V. O’Reilly Fogarty, who is a
member of the City Oonncil at- Kings
ton, .Tnumica, Wert Indies, writes as fol
lows: ‘One bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy bad goocf^itect on
cough that was giving me trouble and I
think I should have been more quickly
relfeved if I bad continued the reined-. .
That it xvas beneficial anil quick in r •
Moving 111c there is 110 doubt and it is my
iutention to obtain another bottle.” For
sale bv Peniston & Lee.
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Good Samaritans to Meet.
masterful, and notoriously quick passe d through yesterday enroute
to resenf attront, to be thus placed f 0 Mcxvnan, where the former has
accepted a c.dl to serve the Bros
byterian chinch as pastor. He
served the Presbyterian church
here most acceptabi) for two years
and it was xvitli many regrets the *oul
members gave him up.
xvisilom and lux e of God that
be s.-on in all the fields or
the hillsides or in the, valleys!—
bn\ . < fglcsb), of Illinois.
may
upon
it!
The Price of Peace.
V. S L'diin is at home
aga’n, after spending sevra'
11101 rhs in Newnan with her daugh
ter, Mrs. W. B. (jearreld.xvhq cpme
with ner to Franaiin. — Franklin
News and Banner.
The terrible itching and
incident to certain >k:u diseatu
most instantly* allayed by
Chamberlain's Salve. Price,
Smarting,
is nl-
applying
■>e. For
At the request of a number of
companions of Newnan Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, a meeting of
; (total Samaritans is hereby called
lor tiie fifth flies day night in Jan
uary. All members are requested
to lind'out and bring to the meet
ing eligilm's lor membership.*Tiie
wives, widows, unmarried daugh
ters and sisters of Itoyal Arch Ma
sons can join.
BoRiixving are appointed eom-
' inittee on' refreshments and pro
gram: L. A. Perdue, l>. Crane,
Hardly anybody is such a £09! as ; Mrs. Fousts Mrs. Lovejy. Mrs.
to im gine girls like him because 'Ramey and Miss Helen Hong,
he goes to Sunday school. 1 P. T. MeCutchen, High Priest. T"