Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-09-25
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P1TTsBURe, PA, Sept. 10Th, 1872. /
The Soldiers and Sailors of the country
have just closed National Convention
that has been a complete success in every
respect. In numbers, in representation, in
character, in spirit and in its results it has
been entirely creditable to the soldiers and
sailors of the grand armies that saved the
Nation from disnemberment, and ruin. /
shall not attempt to give a detailed ac-
cuunt of its proceedings for the CHRoNI-
Gle has had that long ago by telegraph.
wish simply to note q few of its leading
features In the first place wish to note
THE SPIRIT OF THE VETERANS
as indicated in the speeches and resolutions
of the Convention. There was marked
absence of that vindictive and pas
sionate spirit which it was charged
by the opposition press it was
the object of the Convention to engender.
1t was not partisan Convention congre-
gated for narrow sectional ends. Every
soldier present was heartily and enthusiast
tically for Grant, but there were no harsh
vindictive sentiments expressed or enter
tanned towards the opposition. Every al
fusion to their defeated foe was in the spir-
it of magnanimOus cOnciiating vctors.
The soldier element of the country was
! there, as Gen. Garfield well said, because
it had a right to be there and because its
| right to partici pate in political gatherings
had been challenged. The soldiers were
present more numerously and more enthu-
Elastic than they would have been had not
he Greeley partisans made the war per-
| tSOn0L one on the greatest soldier and leader
of the war. The violent, unjust and UNI
called for abuse of Grant has thoroughly
| aroused the soldiers and their influence
| will be felt.
The Pittsburg convention demonstrated
that Grant has the confidence of his fight
ing soldiers and that abuse has only in
| creased their attachment and zeal. The
| convention endorsed his administration.
Not sentiment unworthy of brave men or
inappropriate to the occasion was uttered
and every delegate left for his home more
active for the good cause and determined
to work for Grant and Wilson.
WORD FOR PITTsBURG. .,--
The iron city of America stands before
the country as beyond all rivals the most
liberal and faithful to the soldiers cause.
No other city can present the record Pitts
burg has made. Geographically it Occupi-
ed a position that all during the war rend-
cred heavy taxes upon its generosity nee
essary. 1t boasts that not hungry sol
der or sailor passed through its limits
during the war without finding food, rest
and cordial welcome. The brave
defenders of the Union one aud all love
and bless the noble, liberal people
of pittsburgh. In the City Hall record
of the work of Pittsburgh women, stands
as q monument that will speak their praise
long after their lips are sealed. The story
is briefly and modestly told. -Four hm1-
drcd and eighty-SeUert thousand soldiers
acre fed IN that hall during the war by the
ladies of the smoky city. This work was
done by the wealthiest, most refined and
most respected ladies of the city. These
same noble women were again at work
during the sitting of the late Convention.
Over fifty thousand strangers found food
and welcome from their hands. L saw
ladies hard at work feeding these veterans
who could summon in their own homes
retinue of servants to do their bidding.
Ladies' worked long hours at the refresh
ment tables feeding with their own hands
the city's guests, who could draw
checks in their own name for a
hundred thousand dollars and whose
husbands could add to the sum million
or two of bonds or property. These are
the women whose prayers, and works
saved the arms of the boys in blue during
the war and preserved for great and noble
future work, the best and most prosperous
government on earth. God bless the noble |
women of Pittsburg, say the soldiers of
America. .F-E
s A CITY OF FLAGS.
But the men of Pittsburg are not less
worthy of praise. I never saw or again |
expect to see a city speak out from its very |
streets and buildings such welcome to |
strangers as Pittsburg gave the soldiers |
and sailors yesterday and the day before. |
Magnificent arches deliberately trimmed |
with evergreen and inscriptions spanned |
the principal streets. Trees were trans
l3Ldntcd along the sidewalks and covered |
with gay decorations. Flags were sus-
pended across the streets, two or three to a
block. Every building public and private
on the principal streets was gaily covered
with flags, appropriate notices and
streamers. It is estimated that five thou
sand dollars was expended in this way
alone. 1t was beyond all question the
most deliberately and tastefully decorated
city ever seen in this country.
At night every building was lllumlnat-
ed and the streets crowded with people,
bands of music and thousands of children
with waving flags presented fairy scene;
1t was so novel and brilliant that it did |
not seem natural. L do not know that
money or tease could have made it more
attractive or brilliant. 1t battles all de-
scription and 1 will not attempt to do more
than give basis of facts with which the
readers imagination can paint the picture.
THE PROFESSIONS AND CROWDS.
The Mass Convention of the 18th was an
imposing gathering of the people of Allie
ghany county, so loyal, wealthy and pros.
porous that Lincoln called it the State of
Allegheny. The day will ever be memoir
able in the history of the iron city. All
business and work was suspended during
the procession. The vast shops of this hive
of industry were all represented in the
demonstrations. Nail shops, boundaries
and every industry were in miniature
form on wheels, the wagons sometimes fit
ty feet long, gaily trimmed and carrying
with the machinery in full operation fifty