Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-08
AN oLD-rAsHIoNED FOURTH
All sides Unite For a Glorious Cele.
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The celebration ofthe Fourth of July,
1874, in Knoxville, we believe reinstates
the natal day to its old place in the
affections Of our people. The day was
very generally observed, and a cordial
good feeling was manifested all around.
The wholesale houses of Cowan, Nc
Chung & Co., sanford, Chamberlain &
Albers, Carpenter, Ross & Locket, and
w. w. Woodruff & Co., were promi.
nent for tasteful and profuse decoration.
The absence of flags on some business
houses was conspicuous. The crowds
on the streets, especially along the line
of march, was very large, and gave evi
dence of cordial sympathy in the
celebration of the day.
.--..,. THE PROCESSION. --rr Il. .
Chief Marshal, Maj. ID. A. Carpen-
ter, assisted by Col. Isham Young, Col.
James Gaines, Capt. John NJ. Harris,
Lit. Thos. Heald and 1t. ". p. Cham
berlain, formed the procession prompt
ly, as arranged, on Main street. The
Mechanics Cornet Band, NJ. A. Will
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sic, headed the procession. The fire
companies of the city headed by their
chief, Capt. Spencer Munson, made a
brilliant display, In their new uni
forms and, with their apparatus all
handsomely decorated they were the
feature of the procession. Follow
ing the Fire Department, in Dali
ley's handsome barouche, drawn
by four white horses, rode Gen.
Burnside with Perez Dickinson, as
President Of the day, Chancellor o.
p. Temple, as orator, and Rev. Thos.
w. Humes, President of the East
Tennessee University, as Chaplain of
the day. All along the line of march
Gen. Burnside met with evidences of
the cordial feeling entertained for him
by all classes, and returned it by bows
and salutations. Following the car
rage nabled were carriages containing
the vice Presidents, members of the
leading committees and the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city.
THE SPEECHES.
Following the route prescribed, the
procession about 1880 A. NJ. reached
the Institute grounds, where a stand
had been erected. The services, after
music, were opened by an eloquent
anu ny III I4uAlCS.
Chancellor Temple was then intro.
duced by the President of the Day, and
delivered the following address of well
come, which has been everywhere
complimented as eloquent and appro-
pirate:
Gen. Burnside
By order of the Committee of Ar
rangements, the pleasant duty has
devolved on me Of bidding you, IN the
name of the people of East Tennessee,
most hearty, cordial welcome. The
earnestness and depth of that welcome
can be read in the eyes, as it is felt in
the hearts, of the vast multitude now
present.
Nearly eleven years ago you came
among us, unknown personally, but
heralded by a brilliant fame, at the
head of triumphant army, clothed
with almost imperial power. That
you exercised that power with justice,
mercy and moderation, alike to friend
foe, is proclaimed by the universal at
testation this day. You We're so
clear in your great office that whole
people, of opposing political views,
rise up to do you honor.
How changed are all things since
that bright September evening in
1868, when you rode proudly along
this very street at the head of martial
hosts, with all the pomp and pageant
ry of glorious war! Then bloody,
fraternal war had clutched the sword,
even in our very midst, and had set
brother against brother. Fear, and
hate, and suspicion filled the minds of
all. Want and famine threatened us.
Fields and homes were abandoned and
desolate. Twenty thousand brave
men, on the one side or the ether, were
in exile. A great unknown dread,
like dark pail, overwhelmed the
stoutest hearts. Then our eyes behold
only broken and discovered Union.
But to-day, everywhere throughout
this broad land, there is smiling peace.
"Grm-visag'd war hath smooth,d his
wrinkld front"
The echo of the last hostile gun has
long since died away. The frowning
fortresses that crowned all these hills |
have long since been 'dismantled. !
Hostile armies, mad with fratricidal |
hate, no longer darken yOnder ridges, /
or struggle with unsurpassed herOism |
for the possession of this town. These |
splendid armies have long since melted |
away, and to-day the same soldiers re.
appear, from both sides, to do honor to /
the brave commander who won Cum |
berland Gap, perched amid the clouds; |
who resisted the repeated and most |
furious assaults on Fort Saunders, |
made by the best soldiers of the South, |
and who wrested East Tennessee, the |
key and granary of the South, from
gallant foe, End thus restored 1t, a glori- |
Gus trophy, to the Union.
Now, golden harvests gladden. the
heart of the husbandman. The noise
of the furnace and the whirl of ma
chinery are heard, instead of the
tramp of the soldier and the clash
Of arms. The Church, the school |
house, and the University, are once
more filled. Those who met then only
for deadly strife, meet now as friends.
Now, we meet together in peace,
united by a common brotherhood,
citizens of a common country, uBder a
common flag, with the same common
natal day, and inspired by a common
hope of the perpetual Union of these