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?he fPper's bonier. "WE ALL LIKE SHEEP." The verses that follow are passing current, and they are amusing enough to reproduce: "We all like sheep," the tenors shrill Begin, and then the church is still, While back and forth across the aisle Is seen to pass the "catching" smile. "We all like sheep," the altos moan, In low and rich and mellow tone, While broader grows the merry grin, And nose gets further off from* chin. "We all like sheep," the sopranos sing, Till all the echoes wake and ring; The young folks titter, and the rest Suppress the laugh in bursting chest. "We all like sheep," the bassos growl, The titter grows into a howl, And e'en the deacon's face is graced With wonder at the singers' taste. "We all like sheep, runs the refrain, And then, to make the meaning plain, The singers all together say: "We all, like sheep, have gone astray." ~ HE HIT THE CASE. A stranger was yesterday writing a letter at the desk in the corridor of the post-office when a woman with a postal card in one hand and the other tied up in a handkerchief came walking up and eyed him in a wistful manner. "Ah! you want to write a card, madam," he observed. "I don't believe I can, sir. I have a letter from my husband, who is in Cincinnati, and I want to let him know I got it." "I see. Give me the card his name is ?" "Peter Jones, sir." "Exactly. Peter Jones, Esq., Cincinnati, O. Now then." He turned the card over and rapidly wrote: "Mr. Jones?Your letter, the first for three weeks, is at hand, and the two dollar bill has been noted. I am half sick, out of wood and provisions, and tired of lying to the landlord. Either come home and attend to business or change your name to No Good and never dare to address me again. I am, sir, your patient, but determined wife." He read it to her in a well-modulated t/v^AA am A knl/1 nn V> a?* uml 1 Konrl onrl YV1V/U) auu OUU UV1U up HOI YT V/ll 1IMIIU uuvt exclaimed: "Oh ! thanks! That's beautiful. Why I couldn't have done so well i n a week! You must surely be a married man yourself!" She trotted away to mail it, and went out of the office with a smile all over her face.? Detroit Free Press. Cushing's Manual in Court.?A raw citizen in Idaho was elected a Justice of the Peace, and the only law book that he had was a Cushing's Manual. The first case before him was that of a cowboy for stealing a steer. When the case was called the only lawyer in the little town was there to defend the prisoner. "As there is no counsel for the other side," he said, "I make a motion that the case be dismissed." The Justice looked over his Manual. "A motion has to be seconded," he said. "I second the motion," promptly responded the prisoner. "The motion has been made and seconded that the case be dismissed," said the court. "All in favor will please say 'aye.' " The prisoner and his attorney voted aye. "All opposed say 'no.' " Nobody voted. "The motion is carried and the case is dismissed," remarked the court. "A motion to adjourn is now in order." The prisoner made the motion and the court adjourned.? Washington Critic. Detained on the Road.?"When I lived in Kansas," said a Detroiter, who was telling stories in an insurance office a few days ago, "I insured my house with an agent against fire. Along came another a^ent who insured against lightning, and I took that in. In a few days a chap called on me who insured against cyclones, and I struck a bargain with him. The next caller insured against waterspouts and explosions, and I thought I might as well encourage him." "A house couldn't be much safer than that," remarked one of the listeners. "And yet I lost it inside of six months." "How could it be?" "Well, there came a freshet in the river and house, barn, fences, haystacks and all went sailing down stream. The agent who insured against freshets got there just one day too late." HaltedSheridax.?Gen. Sheridan was once halted by G. M. Woodward, of Wisconsin, when the latter was a "high private" in the army of the Potomac and on picket duty. A man on horseback came along and greeted him with the proper salutation : "Who goes there ?" "A friend," was the reply. "Advance, friend,and give the countersign !" said the young private. "I am Gen. Sheridan," said the horseman. Woodward gave him to understand that he didn't care if he was Gen. Sheridan; that he wanted the conntersign, and he brought his bayonet in close proximity to the General's person and demanded the proper answer. Sheridan smiled, gave it to him, and, as he rode away, turned to remark: "Young man, there's a regiment of infantry coming just behind me. Don't molest 'em."?Free Preas. Gloomy Days.?Tramp?"Are you a Grand Army man ?" Gentleman?"Yes." Tramp?"Could you help a poor fellow who lost his leg during the war?" Gentleman (giving him ten cents)? "What regiment did you belong to ?" Tramp?"Not any, sir. I was run down by a beer wagon a day or two after the battle of Fair Oaks. Those were gloomy days, sir."?New York Sun. Tom Anjerry, a student at the Univeraiftr nf Tovaa annlitul \l"nao Snhniiinhnrcr for a temporary loan, and was told on what terms he could get the money. "What! You want 3 per cent, a month for the use of the money ?" "I ought to have 4 per shent. I vould dake 20 per shent ven I could get it." "Don't you blush to say so ?" "I schanges money, but I never schanges color." "See here, Elder, you told me when you sold me that bay mare that I couldn't make her baulk. By George, she doesn't do anything else!" "Just what I told ye, deacon. She won't baulk if ye try to make her. She jest baulks because ye want her j to go ahead. Never knew her do anything ye wanted her to. Can't make her do nothing." ? ? ? These Bostoniausarestrange creatures. One of them is advertising this week for a girl to play on the piano and sing in a parlor. Everywhere else everybody is advertising for a girl not to play on the piano and sing in a parlor.?Somtorvillc Journal. j t&'A Bloomington employer said so his clerk: "You were absent yesterday." j "Yes, had to bury my grandmother." "Don't let it occur again, sir?if it does, eat more cloves?1 smell your secret." | (NgittiU foctrn. Writton for the Yorkville Enquirer. MEMORIES-AN EVENING WALK. BY IjACON. Here oft at the hour of evening tide, Through this cool grove and by this stream, With dear Allean close by my sido, Have we walked o'er this landscape green, Rejoicing as we onward sped, Near by its banks as on it flowed, Caring but little where it led? Though it were far from our abode. How bright then glowed the evening sky, Adorned with clouds of every hue, As lightning flashes did round them fly, Bringing all their beauties full to view; While birds of every wing were calling, Each to the other in songs of praise, As the last golden beams were falling From old Sol's brightand dazzling rays. On here, rejoicing, we went in glee, Lured on by the stream and song of birds, With warm, light hearts, and spirits free; While from our lips flowed amorous words, And we were fanned by as cool a breeze As e'er over two mortals strayed Till twilight had, by slow degrees, In livery gray all things arrayed. Yet brightly shone the dome of blue, Bespangled all o'er with stars so bright, That we our way could still pursue By their soft bright and twinkling light. Befriended thus, on we did walk Till twilight in darkness fled away; When we more confidingly did talk, Making now and then a short delay. Till Luna, loved goddess of the night, Rose with a bright and smiling face, Reflecting afar each ray of light Sent from the sun with queen-like grace; When more pathetic our con', erse grew, As homeward still we slow did stray, When I stammered out a word or two In an interrogating way? Just as we came up to the gate, |; And she whispered, as we passed through, "For an answer you'll have to waitIt may be for a month or two? But fearing greatly lest you should be Vexed thus to wait for mv reply, Remember," she said, "we both are free, And may remain so till we die." ? This tantalizing levity Puzzled me much, and I told her so, When she smilingly said, "but wait and see, And soon the day I'll let you know." And then we parted at the gate Where we shall never meet again; For soon she sickened, and her fate Was sealed by death ere an answer came. in t.hA sunnv morn of vouth. In the Hush of beauty and her prime. And so endowed with grace and truth, She seemed to me almost divine. But this now only gives me pain ; For with Allean my joys all fled; Nor will they e'er return again, For they're to all but memory dead. And yet it bringeth joy to me To walk these shades alone at eve; For here through memory I can see Much that doth my hearth relieve. Aye, my sweetest joys come now in dreams, j For there with Allean now oft I meet, Walk through these groves and by thesestreams, ! Till my triumph o'er sorrow is complete. Oh, then, by memory let me cling To her and all she said and did; Nor chide my dreams if they but bring Baqk what hath long since from me fled, As fresh as when here first we came, And life was bright as a summer noon, In which there never fell a rain, Or came a cloud or tinge of gloom. And yet there is a bettor time, I'm sure, remaining still for me, Far above earth, in another clime, Where all are happy, pure and free, And where Allean now reigns in light, And there is waiting now to see When I from earth shall take my flightIn heaven?with joy to welcome me. And thither in heart I long to go, Where I shall meet my love again, And rove with her forevermore O'er heaven's resplendent, boundless plainHard by the flowing stream of life, Where sweetest anthems forever roll, | Unbroken by a word of strife To pain or vex the immortal soul. $hc pst (Causf. JEFFERSON DAVIS SPEAKS ! : HIS A I'PEA RAX CE IX THE OLD COX FED- ] ERACY'S FIRST CAPITAL. We Addresses the People from the Spot xclicre He , I Took the Oath of Office as President of the j Confederacy?The City Decorated tcith United , . States Flays?Enthusiastic Reception of the Ex- j ' Confederate Chieftain?A Speech by General Gordon. : ( The 28th of last month will ever be a ; memorable day in the history of Alabama, j i it being the day on which was inaugurated < the ceremony of laying the corner stone nf i1 the monument to be erected in Montgomery to the memory of Alabama's Confeder- s ate dead, and which occasion was rendered 1 more impressive by the presence of Jef- j s ferson Davis, who in tiie same city took the j oath ol office as President of the Southern ; ] Confederacy on the 18th of February, 18G1. js Every locality was represented and many I adjacent townsand villages poured theiren-1 < tire population into the streets of Montgom- 1 ery. At an early hour the sidewalks were i so densely packed that locomotion was dif- I ficult. The hour for the delivery of the addresses by Mr. Davis and Gen. Gordon j was fixed at 2 P. M., and the place selected I for the speeches to be made was the Capitol i grounds?the very spot where Mr. Davis took the oath of office as President of the I Confederate States. The entire city was i gaily decorated and the City Hall had Uni- < ted States flags floating out of every win- I dow. Pictures of the Confederate Generals : were fastened to the outside walls, while < the names.of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall . Jackson, Albert Sydney Johnson, Robert PL s Rhodes and many other Confederate Gen- < erals fluttered to the breeze on streamers, j The Capitol was beautifully decorated. ;1 From the topmost point on the high dome, | for oKaitq ovorrfhltio1 in thft f?iKf. i lunciiug ... . , floated the stars and stripes. The entire front was covered with streamers and de- \ vices, while there was suspended alone: the ' front columns immense Federal flags reaching down almost to the heads of the speak-; ers. More Federal flags floated in Montgomery on this occasion than at any time ; since 1860. Private houses and business houses all had a liberal supply of decora-! tions and devices and words of welcome to Mr. Davis. The scenes around Mr. Davis and the great desire to see and shake him by the hand are indescribable. People were packed in the Exchange Hotel like srdines, and it was with difficulty thatthere was entrance and exit. They wanted to see their old President, and nothing would satisfy them until they had done so. Being feeble, it was more than he could stand, and he had to retire. i The military escort formed in front of the hotel and extended far up the avenue leading to the Capitol. It was necessary to form a square in order that the procession 1 might move. The companies were formed and stretched out on each side. No one was allowed inside the lines. A carriage with four white horses was drawn up to the door, and promptly at 2 o'clock Mr. Davis, escorted by Mayor Reese, Governor O'Neal and ex-Governor Watts, formerly of his Cabinet, stepped from the hotel and entered the carriage. The shouts of the multitude as he was seen to emerge from the hotel were louder than ever before heard in the city. They had a peculiar nervous jerk, which characterized what became fa raoust as the "yell of the Southerners" the 1 world over. Other carriages followed, containing invited guests and others prominent in the ceremonies to be inaugurated. Amid the I wavings of hats and handkerchiefs, the booming of cannon, the playing of bands of music and shouts louder than ever before heard, the scene presented was rarely ever witnessed in any country; the demonstration being in honor of a man proscribed by the United States government, and as a j tribute to the dead soldiers of a cause that was lost. The route of the procession was about half a mile long. The avenue is very wide, but the crowd when it began to move was packed from one side to the other. When the procession arrived at the Capitol, the gateway was cleared for Mr. Davis, the military being formed so as to prevent the overrunning of the buildings and the grounds before he had reached his place, j lie was seated upon the historic spot he occupied February 18, 1861. Arranged in front was a place for the press and on the eidp? miH in thp renr of Mr. Davis were the 1 members of variousorganizations interested 1 in the building of the monument, which it 1 is proposed to erect on the hill and imme- 1 diately north of the Capitol. People, men, ' women and children, were packed from the ( steps to the front gate, and while it was impossible for a great part of them to hear, ; they stood in their places out of respect for c Mr. Davis, and a desire to see him. When 1 order had been secured?and for such a vast ( throng it was the most orderly ever seen < here?Mayor Reese advanced to the front i and said: < "My Countrymen: It is with profound emotion that I present to you the foremost * type of Southern manhood, Hon. Jefferson J Davis, ex-President of the Confederate t States of America." < The scenes heretofore enacted were gone 1 over as Mr. Davis advanced, and it was 1 some minutes before he could proceed. It ' was the first time that thousands in the 1 crowd had seen him since his arrival, it ( being impossible for all to personally reach 1 him at the hotel. The shouts finally dying ' away, Mr. Davis, leaning on his cane, with ' a Federal flag hanging over him, and Con- i federate veterans before him, who had < come hundreds of miles to hear and see ' him, in a clear, ringing voice, showing the ' deep intensity of his feelings, but without a ' tremor or pause, except when interrupted < by the shouts of his hearers, said: 1 My friends, it would be vain if I should < attempt to express to you the deep gratification which I feel at this demonstration. 1 But I know that it is not personal, and < therefore, I feel the more deeply grateful, ! because it is a sentiment far dearer to me < than myseir. you nave passed mrougn me ordeal ofa war which Alabama did not seek. When she felt her wrongs too grievous for further toleration she sought a peaceable solution. That being denied her the thunders of war came ringing over the land. Then her people rose in their majesty. Gray haired sires and beardless boys eagerly rushed to the front. It was that war which Christianity alone approved?a holy war for defense. Well do I remember seeing your gentle boys, so small, to use a farmer's phrase, they might have been called seed corn, moving on with eager step and fearless brow to the carnival of death; and I have also looked upon them when their knapsacks and muskets seemed heavier than the boys, and my eyes, partaking of a mother's weakness, filled with tears. Those days have passed.. Many of them have found nameless graves; but they are not dead. They live in memory, and their spirits stand out a grand reserve of that column which is marching on with unfaltering steps toward the goal of constitutional liberty. [Applause.] It were in vain if I should attempt, as I have already said, to express my gratitude to you. I am standing now very nearly on the spot where I stood when I * 41 - - - *i- ? -* - to/M V?.,h COOK IHtJ OHin OI oniot: ill JOUI. iuui uciuonstration now exceeds that which welcom- ' ed me then. This shows that the spir- 1 it of Southern liberty is not dead. [Long ' and continued applause.] Then you were ' full of joyous hopes. You had every pros- 1 pect of achieving all you desired, and now * you are wrapped in the mantle of regret? 1 and yet that regret only manilests more 1 profoundly, and does not obliterate the ex- ' pression of your sentiments. < I felt last night as I approached the Ex- 1 change Hotel, from the gallery of which 1 your peerless orator, William L. Yancey, * introduced me to the citizens of Montgom- > 3ry, and commended me in language ' which only his eloquence could yield, and which far exceeded my merit?I felt, I say , igain, I was coming to my home, coming , :oa land where liberty dies not, and serious l sentiments will live forever. [Applause.] * I have been promised, my friends that * [ should not be called upon to make a 1 speech ; and, therefore, I will only extend ' ;o you my heartfelt thanks. God bless you, ( me and all, old men and boys, and the 1 adies above all others, who never faltered > in our direst need. [Loud and long con- s tinned applause.] When he retired the shouts were so long \ end loud that Mr. Davis had to go to the t 'ront again. He bowed his acknowlege- I nents and thanks. I Governor O'Neal, when it was possible t ;o be heard, made a handsome speech in i reference to the cause of the gathering, and r if the love the people of the South feel for c the statesmen and soldiers of the South, i end introduce! General John B. Gordon, the f irator selected to deliver the address, as in r Mr. Davis's feeble condition it was under- 1 stood he could only speak a few minutes. ( General Gordon received a grand welcome, [ is many soldiers that he had commanded t were present. s After a few introductory remarks Gen- t sral Gordon said : 1 "This ground is 'historic' because it was < the home of a race antedating the date of the red man by centuries; because it was 1 the probable birthplace and home of Wa- ?r -* t 1 rnA u . I..a 11 lerioru anu lecumseii ; uui, uiuie uum an, because here was born the 'Confederate 1 States of America.' Here, amidst the pray- * jrsand hopes, the aspirations and appre- ( tensions of a proud, brave, free and free- * Join-loving people, was christened the 1 young republic, destined to only four years Df meteoric life as a nation, but to an eterni:y of renown. Here the Chief Executive of 1 :hat young republic?its first and its last i President?called by the united voice of the t epresentatives of his people, modestly but ( irmly assumed the stupendous responsi- " jility of his high office. I may be pardon- 1 }d, even in his presence, a brief allusion to ^ ;wo memorable occasions, the only two, up- x )n which it was my privilege to meet him * 'rotn 18G1 to 18G0. These occasions illus- ' ;rate the very climax in the antithesis of I ortune. The.one was in victory, the other * n defeat. On the one ho was a President; c md on the other a prisoner. On the one jccasion he rode with lofty bearing on the t jattlefield of the first Manassas, the con- r stitutional commander-in-chief of a victo- c ious army; on the other he lay incarcerat- s id in Fortress Monroe, the vicarious suf- v erer for his vanquished people. C "As I saw him in that first great conflict r >f the Confederacy, with the chouts of vie- a orious legions in his ears, and the glory of jattle on his face, he was in the meridian t daze of his fame, commanding the unqual- r fled confidence of his southern countrynen and the attention of Christendom. But as a prisoner, stripped of all power save the power to endure, sustained by that majestic spirit which no force but death ;ould conquer, awaiting his judicial trial ind all conseqences with a repose of mind, in equipoise and dignity of demeanor rarey equalled and never excelled?it was then ;hat he bound himself to the hearts of his people in deathless affection, and rose to :he sublimest height of the morally heroic. 3f these two scenes the one in the fortress vas more profoundly impressive. Its lesson is of inestimable value to the young men of our country. It teaches that no revulsion in political fortunes, however sudden or extreme, can overwhelm or crush ;he man whose life is blameless. To my ? !_J i 1 1 1. ? iJinu, yrt?UL uuu gmiiu us nc wm tuc liour of his most splendid triumph, he was ?reater and grander still in the hour of his leepest humiliation. And when alienaions and bitter memories are gone, when :he crucial test of historical analysis shall )e fully, fairly and truthfully made?then lis name and his fame, his conspicuous sere-ice to the country before the war, and his moral elevation and matchless fortitude as prisoner of State after the war, will command universal respect and challenge unqualified admiration. "The third and last thought suggested by /our committee's invitation is that the occasion appeals to our 'patriotism.'' I embrace this truth in its broadest and most jircumscribed significance. This 'memorial went upon historic tyrbwul1 will assuredly ncrease the strength and enlarge the scope A the 'patriotism1 of this people. The natural, logical, inevitable issue of this and all inalogous events must be to enhance the self respect, augment the self reliance, exalt he manhood and heighten the appreciation )f this people for their past history and ichievements, and therefore intensify their ove of country. The converse proposition s equally true. Should we build no monuments, write no histories, cherish no mem)ries of the men and the deeds which truthml history would make immortal, we would sap the most solid foundations of our maninnrl. >ind brine certain decav to the patriot ism of our people. The soldier or citizen }f the North or the South who would frown jpon the scenes like this in either section, who does not esteem the renown won by both armies in the late war, as enrichment 3f the history and aliment for the patriotism of the whole people, is narrow in conception and jaundiced in vision. "The thought of Lord Bolingbroke was the true one, that 'patriotism must be founded on great principles and supported by ?reat virtues.' It follows that the more commendable the principles and the higher the virtue which moved and supported the course of each section in the late war, the more life-giving is the nutriment afforded to the patriotism of all by their contemplation. Let each section, therefore, while ippreciating the virtues of the other, add to the aggregate patriotism of the country by perpetuating in brass and marble shafts md grantie piles the valor of its sons, and emblazon every page of its history with the jlory of their achievements." General Gordon then paid an eloquent tribute to the valor and patriotism displayed on both sides during the war, and group 2d together some of the facts connected with that gigantic struggle. After comparing the resources of the two opposing sections at war, and paying glowing tribute to the fighting qualities of the Southern solliery, he closed as follows: "And now, let the many virtues of the fathers and stainless purity of the mothers iwell richly in their sons and daughters; let personal and public honor be the commanding law both of your thought and your action ; let your representatives, both State and Federal, still maintain untarnish?d reputations for incorruptibility in office; let your fidelity to the whole country be as conspicuous in peace as was your devotion to the South during the devastating war; let the South's plighted faith to the permanent Union of the States and the legitimate results of the war be forever unquestioned; ,et all constitutional policies that tend to mite more closely the sections and people, ind at the same time to promote simplicity and economy of administration, find unong you their sincerest and most onightened champions. Then, in the inarch )f the republic to its high destiny, the South will resume her place with the ranks at he head of the column, and the names of southern statesmen and Southern soldiers will live among the most conspicuous and lonored in our country's history." General Gordon's speech was received with great pleasure, and at many points he was interrupted by the approving shouts of he multitude. Ilis references to Mr. Davis ind the grandeur of his life, especially the ? -1 ? ?~,1 :? UnnfnAPo ATahtv\n mnfln n it'CUCS UtJJMClUU 111 i ulllCOT 1'iuiiiuv., Iiiuuu .. irofound impression and brought tears to lundreds of eyes. His tributes to the solliers of both armies and contempt for the nen who would attempt to detract from the /alor of either, received long continued ihouts of applause. It was then announced that Mr. Davis vould receive his friends at the City Hall is soon as the meeting adjourned. When dr. Davis and others of the escorting party lad passed through the lines and reached heir carriages the vast throng dispersed. \s he started from the Capitol portico the irtillery boomed forth and fired a salute of >ne hundred guns. Thesameseeneof cheerng and waving of handkerchiefs was enicted as when the procession moved up the ivenue. Mr. Davis was carried to the City [lall, where general hand-shaking was iniulged in by a vast number of callers, only lermittinga moment to each. This ended he day's demonstration. It was a grand iuccess, rain during a portion of the day jeing the only drawback. Universal good lumor prevailed. There was no hitch in arryingout the details. Everything moyed ikeclockwork. Itis impossible to estimate he crowd, but it was fully twenty thousand on the streets and on the grounds. No political significance attaches to the neeting. It was an opportunity for thousmdsof Confederate soldiers, their wives and hildren, to see Mr. Davis, and they came iccordingly. It has added largely to the und for building the monument. THK CEREMONIES OF THURSDAY. On Thursday the cornerstone of the monunent was laid with impressive ceremonies, inder the direction of the Masonic fraterniy, Mr. Davis putting the stone in* place. )n this occasion he read from manuscript a ihort address, remarking that he had prepared some notes that he might read vhich would not contain anything that | vould be constructive or hurtful. After | irief reference to the sacred task in which i le was these present to assist, ana jus inter- j >retation of the motives that inspired the Confederate soldier, lie then reverted to the losing scenes in the struggle and said : Lee is not the man, however, who conem plated a surrender as long as he had the >ower to tight, or retreat, and when he ame to the last moment of surrender, he aid to Gen. Grant, "I have come to treat vith you for the purpose of surrender, hut, ieneral Grant, understand I will surrender lothing that reflects upon the honor of my rmy." Grant, like a man, said he wanted nothing hat would have that effect, and that Lee night draw up the papers himself. It is not my purpose either to discuss the politi-! cal questions 011 which my views have else- j where and in other times been freely expressed, or to review the past except in vindication of the character and conduct of those to whom it is proposed to do honor on ( this occasion. That we may not be misun- 1 derstood by such as are not wilfully blind, ' it may be proper to state in the foreground } that we have no desire to feed the fires of 1 sectional hate, while we do not seek to J avoid whatever responsibility attaches to ( the belief in the righteousness of our cause, : and the virtue of those who risked their I! lives to defend it. 11 Revenge is not the sentiment of chival-j j rous people, and the apothegm that forgive-1, ness is more easily to the injured than to i those who inflict an injury has never had a more powerful illustration than in the pres- ] ent attitude of the two sections towards one 1 another. Policy, in the absence of mag- ' nanimity, would have indicated that in the restored union of the States there should ( have been a full restoration of equality, . privileges and benefits as they had pre-ex isted. Though this has not been the case, ; yet you have faithfully kept your resumed ] obligations as citizens, and in your impoverishment have borne equal burdens without equal benefits. I am proud of you, my countrymen, for this additional proof of your fidelity, and pray God to give you grace to suffer and be strong. When your children's children shall ask what means * this monument, there will be the enduring ; answer. It commemorates the deeds of Alabama's sons who died that you and your ] descendants should be what your fathers in . the war of independence left you. Alabama asserted the right proclaimed in the declaration of independence as belonging to every people ; she found that the compact of union had been broken on one side and wasthereforeannulled, that the government of the United States did not answer the ] ends for which it was instituted, and with 1 others of like mind proceeded to form a new confederacy, organizing its powers in ( the language of the declaration of independence in such a form as seemed to them most likely to effect their safety and happiness. i This was not revolution, because the State government, having charge of all domestic affairs, both of person and of property, remained unchanged. To call it revolution is gross solecism. As sovereigns never rebel, and as only sovereigns can , form a national league, if the States had not been sovereign there could not have been a compact of union. That the South did not anticipate, much less desire war, is shown by the absence of preparation for it, as well as by the efforts made to secure a peaceful semirntinn The successful rmrtv alwavs holds the defeated responsible for the war, but when passion shall have subsided and reason shall have resumed her dominion, it must be decided that the general goverment has no constitutional power to coerce the State, and that the State had a right to repel invasion. It was a national and constitutional right. From the early part of the century there had been preparations and threats of dissolution of the Union. These began at the North on the question of preserving the balance of power and culminated during the war of 1812, on the decline of their trade, though the war was waged for the protection of sailors' rights. In the course of years the balance of power passed to the North, and that power was so used that the South, despairing of the peaceful enjoyment ef their constitutional rights in the Union, decided to withdraw from it; this without injury to their late associates. The right to withdraw was denied and the North made ready for war. The distant mutterings of the storm were readily understood by the people of Alabama. Gray haired sire;s and beardless boys, all unprepared as they were, went forth to meet the storm ere it burst upon their homes and their altars. It required no Demosthenes to arouse them to the duty of resisting invaders ; no Patrick Henry to prepare them for the alternative of liberty or death. It was the people, not the leaders, who were resolved and acted. One sentiment inspired all classes. Yet I believe there were very few who did not regret the necessity which left them no alternative between fighting for their State or against it. Mothers, wives and daughters, choking back their sobs, cheered them on to their path of honor and duty. With fearless tread these patriots, untrained to war, advanced on many battlefields to look death in the face. This monument will rest upon the land for which they died, and point upward to AOUam ?FKA L-*-?/"*\va tho mntivpq HQ WPll LI 1U JUUICl tvnu nuuno vuv ??wv? ? vw .w as the deeds of his children, and at last resting in the land where justice may be rendered, which may have been denied them i here. In conclusion, permit me to say, though the memory of our glorious past J must ever be dear to us, duty points to the present and future. Alabama, having resumed her place in the union, be it yours to j fulfil all the obligations devolving upon all < good citizens seeking to restore the general government to its pristine purity, and as best they may to promote the welfare and happiness of your common country. i Ihe f orMlc (frtuptim. j #.... 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Glenn Williamson, deceased) and the widow (name unknown) of Robert Williamson, deceased, (also a son of the said J. Glenn Williamson) j John M. Wil- r liamson, Sarah Ann Jones, and Addie Williamson (married, name not known), (children of Milton F. Williamson, deceased); IL Leroy Williamson, John Williamson, Samuel Williamson, Tazwell Williamson, Alexander Williamson, Bettie Williamson, Emma Williamson and Williamson (name not known), (the children of Samuel E. Williamson, deceased); William A. Williamson, and John J. Williamson, (who, with the Plaintiff, are the children of W. Lewis Williamson, deceased); James L. Williamson, Mary E. Wilson, and Robert J. Williamson, (the children of Svlvanus Williamson, deceased); F. Lee Erwin and John R. Erwin, (the children of Ann B. Erwin, deceased)? heirs-at-law?and Robert E.Guthrie?as Administrator?of J. Harvey Williamson, deceased, Defendants.?Summons for Relief? Complaint not Seined. . 4 10 me jieienuanis anove-namca, aiioi wuoiii, except James L. Williamson and Robert E. Guthrie, are non-residents of the State: YOU are hereby summoned and required to * answer the Complaint in this action, which is this day herewith tiled in the otlice of the Clerk if the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, ind to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days ifter the service hereof, exclusive of the day "of mch service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the timeaforosaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief tlemanded in the Complaint. [Summons and Complaint filed April 28,1880.] [r,. s.] Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis. Dated Yorkville, S. C., April 28, A. D. 1886. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs' Attorney. April 28 17 6t "c. & I. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD" j SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. 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