Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-13

4 W6r6 STANDING, 10 Ln6 corner OF Clurcf
street. Here the verandahs of the Nichoi-
SON House were damned with ladies an6
the sidewalks down to High street pre-.
sented one continuous mass Of people who
were all aglow with pride at this inception
Of the demonstration. ~
THE BATTLE HOUSE VERANDAH
was filed with ladies who also Joined in
the cheers and waved handkerchiefs as the
procession passed. Gong down Summer
street to Cedar the crowd kept increasing,
and when the procession turned'up Cherry
there were SO many people that the side
walks were blocked and it was difficult to
move. The nszf- slrE ts- bz5I
ORDER OF PROCESSION -
was as follows: llrsE @ 81 rLgzra ASH
Torch lights. EEg - ssrE
Band OF martial Music. r avg
Colofed torehiight bearers with notices
"a. j. wants to be our Moses-too thin"
Wagon with string Oand playing.
White torchlight bearers.
Mounted Marshals.
Brass band in wagon with flags.
Open carriage containing Gen. Cheatham
and others.
Other carriages with speakers and citi-
zens.
| OlIlZous Oh QOrS6p ack. ..r &
Torchlights and TT ansparencies. aE /
Joe Patton's wagon having motto "Car.
penter Shop" on its sideboards. In the
wagon were carpenters at work. t
Blacksmith wagon with vnlcans workin s.
at the forge, and decorated with banners.
TransparencieS and torchlights.
Citizens mounted on horse.
"Cheatham wagon" This bad green
sideSoards bearing IN large gilt letters
"Frank Cheatham," which name was also
inscribed on four large banners of white,
blue, green and red, respectively borne by
| the occupants.
Torchlights, trausparencies. al
Footmen, horsemen.
A farmers wagon next followed, con-
tanning an honest old farmer with bis family.
When the procession reached H
THE MAXWELL HOUSE
the parlors fronting on Cherry and Church
streets were brilliantly lighted and the ste ps
to the hotel entrance thronged with people.
From the windows many ladies waived
their handkerchief, adding graceful and
pleasant smile to the tribute paid the odd
hero. Under the gaslight and the glare
of the torchlights there cleaned in the
brightness of adniring Womau's ewes
eyes which often at tie midnight hour
when upturned to he wen had sparkled
meath the dimly lit 70 ON on whose wall
no loved form cast its shadow-eyes
which looked ankle Jusly for the return
Of dear ones to their homes and
yet glistened in all the admiration of
mothers love and a sisters pride, when
hearing what deeds the gallant Cheatham
was doing on the battle field. Those ewes
now no longer qimmed with tears, sorrows
gem for many year, win beam in all their
Respondent t1uthfulness when lit with an
admiration for him who has defended the
home from which the father and the son
were t2Ken. Few viewed the procession as
it reached the Maxwell House but Joined
In the laundering cheers that were heard,
far beyond the city, proclaiming who is the
peoples choice in the race. From here the
procession moved down Church to College,
and thence to the Square.
Hardly is it possible TO describe VI
THE WILD ENTHUSIASM
which prevailed. You might as well at
tempt to photograph the storm-wreathed
billow of the wide rolling ocean when its
its fretted teamwork is sparkling meath the
lightning flash, as attempt to describe the
glittering pageant OF freemen moving along
the streets. Cheer after cheer was heard
to thunder, thunder madly, till it seemed as
If the starry lights of heaven quiyered in
their smiling beams beneath the grand
echoes from the countless voices. Yet he
who was horiored thus is that same man
that in tie awful days of our coun-
try's battles, and mid their most
terrific storms of ruin, stood as the
lofty oa4 itself, waving msiestically
In bis towering courage, and calmly view
ing scenes of carnage and of death. -.sOld
Frank, ," the hero of an hundred battles,
preserving the same unsLlckltd mind that
babe him recognize his duty, and the same
unsullied heart which made him love it's
faithful discharge, was mada the recipient
of testimonial which showed his devotion,
his fidelity, and that lofty honor of patriot
ism, worth all the IA nix which demagogue-
ism has ever abused in its attainment, are
not forgotten by those people whose friend
ship and whose admiration he has so truly
won and worthily Oh erished. -
THE NOTICES.
Among the notices on the transparencies
we observed the following: - ssI
johnson, the creature of conventions.
1S60-Andy in the last ditch.
lS64-Andy silenced free speech. ~sa
Andy's defence "too thin"
johnson, the lady killer.
Frank pohcy-Equal rights for all.
A hero in the war and a patriot in peace.
No citizen can say | ever sought to op-
press him-Old Frank. %
When the war ended accepted the stu
alton on the honor of a soldier-B. &c.
My mother State will not dishonor me
B. &c. - -" - -
The Confederate soldiers have labored
for peace-B. f. G. ID 'ls
Andy loves the dear peopIe-aSl 100 fyu
Andy. - ~
Forty years in Office, but no roll tician-
"Too thin,' Andy.
Penitentiary full Of preachers, .a
candy, How is this for High,'' was a
motto accompanying q pictuI g represent
ing cell in the Penitentiary containing a
preacher guarded by soldiers. -
"GoV., call troops to keep disloyaI voters
from the pols.-A. J."s
ave only drawn 5000, 900 official sala-
ries; and want $1,000 more.% s-sr
"a. Us support at Win chester" -'Too
Thin" a.-sat
johnson don't like convent ions when
they are not for Johnson" .-s
candy smells rott' N egg.'' -'-1 d
"Does Rome howl noao." -.-.
Robertson county-for CongI ess, B. F.
Cheatham. We take ''ours stra ight."
candy, why don't you pa rdon Gen.
Cheatham?n
"Andy's kite has lost one of its tails"
Ihat mastif has lost his grip on the
dear peoplep" -rglf
'ChesthaIn with honesty, Frank withall."
$50 for Character 700
'Don't go for Policy" E
The Protestant Pastors Of Nashville"
johnson imprisoned and insulted them,"
were the inscriptions on a transparency
bearing picture of "Ar .dy in His Glory,
'62 and %" ne being represel lted standing
on the steps OF the Tennes see Capitol,
nolaing military order in lis left hand
and pointing his. right tow. .rds file of
armed soldiers '9ho ara. march ing num-
Der Of chaiHeI and handcuffed ministers to
the peniten.dary which is also So en- in the
distance Gith its massive in0rs q, I'd gloomy