Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-05

r...r zNfbseL fb FESTIVAL
Ssett Cei \ 3 diers' Association.
Owing THE Z essurs Of matter in our
colusnoS vi q be able 70 give this SUBJ
ject one bird th1 attention it deserves, or
that We tould lik( Ito give L. We will be
able to i've but or reaponss entire, that Of
Geseq Ada. q. saders, it being very
:sss'k.' :;.,; < '''''' 'A' plans Of the A''''
4 h hall was 4 ssaasa With banners Of
diDrent Iowa reg snt. and was arranged
q: ths most elat rate style. The tables
bsnsd viii evssj pnnnfy asd we're rich
orna@snted III fruit and flowers.
l1tsassefs band dil Ioursosi tAs most supsrb
music, and at III al, the asssmb,aes re-
paired froD The pj )er aud halle % The esl>
isry. NJ. Powers eaa introduced and de-
Iaversd IN sl0quen Address Of so.s leneth
kt its conclusiol the large audisncs Dc
sceOdsR n - ~, -. - No qlUdy s1ke6k
their places It the. .(iS or seven long tables
our old veterans \ III their fair companions
began dstefsnid oaset upon the good
things sthat ab baded, They who had
Always oeen SO ccessiui ~ 'shniNlAsing
tho foe, were obi ID to give up in despair.
The good hosts e(\hs German Theatre had
prepared wr ssy1k times, and their ,nn.
nl;.e nroved :r.r, ...A.l,l. An.r . ,ne,c.
80 :" r -. 80 :. ~" .'. 49, -'.
'en' .'u1' n:o %. ~ '"' .''e"o'sse was
called 70 order, - the teastiug commenced
in the following d Ter:
1st.-The Ola noldiera' Associates. of
Scot. County, Iex ..
~e"' As''' ~. lpo''e'" - 'o'
lows
In this, 49, almost every \ther commu.
nifty Of ths country, there are bow . mum.
Der Of carYes koowa = "Old fssdiefs. -
Though enef)ly. young IN yees. they are
"OId So4eiers. HurtnS three Or l(ut years Of
active, dFduous dAty, suffering ahd lighting
- patrit0and aeldkrs. n,any Of Them have
seen n9re actual ser ice, and arslbsteer en-.
than ihiusands Who avs served their ten
yssrt i4 the armies q ths old ctohtriss.-
Az s1ldtrs and pAtfiot>, - men md - cit
izenas they have done 4 leir whsl5 duty, and
are istdfnsd to their bones. sCanrades
many ttey have left behind them. The
1esh md vbonss Of No4hern neb Of o. no
BILE heroes. ~ the world lever SAID now moul-
der I'M theA southern s1il from lhe Missis-
sippi a thA RotonAr, Euan The Ohio to the
sea. We Spight ai1f fost trust that in the
wisdom a Pfevideq/e, some l3rtilizing in
Aasnee m1x be exs6ssd in ~ ssil Of the
Sout1usn he6lo nd aind. by 3heif monld.
ring remains, which for all dme to come
shall even there make treason Z hated
mama, ard traitors stencil il the nostrils
Of ssecisty. 4
But the dead are dead. 1ettsr there, in
eoey bsds, bsneash the masnolis and hem
~, slsne With the mockin3 birds chatter
qessss snsb,ssdss, On COO fs.. rs :ssis eye. e.
t|ss.sd'ey = 'i..st .a An o. =, = s's.Asr'.
and hide ffpa honest nsa't sight and had
better nSsss have betn. bs{n, that patriots
call traitors.
But it is Of the liqins I ould now speak
After campaigning Tor yeah together, com.
rsdes in apSAkae-.sast-n -nessh7-clkssi-
der to sa6uldsr On The bet d Aeld, compan.
ions IA ca1p end % duty, aad starving 70.
gethes, Perhaps in rebel ptissns-it is nat.
ural thst tAsso "Old Ssldkssr 10 their ~.
turn home. should like assln 10 mesA snd in
soeisl - anioa, eeSs moro 46eht sssfF shsir
battles and sevivs Arssiou6 ueuories Of the