The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
The Reunion at Louisville
From the Chicago Tribune.I


Onthe 18th of September the State
of Kentucky proposes to welcome
the people of the North and South
TO her chief city, and to celebrate the
return of Peace and Reconciliation
by a feast and an exhibition. She
proposes to give grand social juhi.
lee at the falls of Ohio, and 10 invite
the whole nation. 1t is to be an Old
fashioned Kentucky barbecue. There
is to be handshaking all round, and
a new beginning of the national life.
1t is to lie . manifestation of that re-
turning feeling Of Erotherly love
which is springing up to-day in the
breasts of the American people,
which is rising from its long sleep
and struggling for utteranoe, OF its
very nature it will be o great sue
cess. 1t is one of tbose spontaneous
events which push themselves. 1t is
is born of the very spirit of the time.
1t is an oflshoot of the new condition
of public sentiment. 1t is to be the
Inauguration of the era of peace and
reconciliation. 1t is part and parcel
of the spirit which prompted the
wide aud alI-embraeipg Liberal
movement-tEe movement which
put Horace Greeley, with his warm
soul, at the front. 1t is proposed to
get the people Of the reunited States
together, have them look in each 9TH
er's faces, and not only shake hands
across the bloody chasm, but cast the
crumbs of this great feast into Ii and
close il up, and then go home, feel
ing better, kiudlicr and more Chris
tian than before.
= Simultaneously with the Reunion,
National Industrial Exposition
will be held, which, the directors as
sure us, will be unsurpassed in the
variety, rarity utility and beauty OF
the articles exhibited. Eve~y fea-
ture of mechanism, all the modern
and valuable inventions that have
naturalized the field of labor, rare,
costly and elegant light goods, and q
superb gallery ofart, embracing some
of tho t:pest paintings, photography
and sculpture, geological end natural
history collections, Indian curiosities
and botanical specimens, will consti-
tute the leading features of the eXhi-
bition. The building is constructed
of brick, will accommodate $4,000
in its vast aisles and galleries, and is
one of the largest structures ever
erected for the purpose, In addition
to the display Of arts and manufac-
lures, the directory have arranged
with skillful artist for the construc-
ZION of fountains and grand and beau
tiful natural scenery with grottoes,
cascades and shrubbery that will
charm and delight the visitor. The
Industrial Exposition commences on
the Sd of September, and continues
thirty-Eye days.
We submit that this Exposition
andReunion sre much more health
full and useful at the present tims
than .he proposed gathering of pris
oners of war ct PitIsburg, whose OBJ
iect is to revive once more The dlre-
ful memories of the past, and to c0n-
tinue little longer the spirit of hate
and revenge. If this country is To
remain one and indivisible, as we all
hope, it must be by the exercise of
the arts of peace and by the eultiya-
ton of friendly interest in each
others welfare. Commend us to the
Reunion at Louisville rather than to
the bloody chasm which it is propOs-
ed TO reopen and explore snew at
Pittsburgh.