The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-22
HONOks TO PORTER.
A Grand Procession with Band
and Eransparencies Meets
Him at the Depot.
speeches, Mnsic, Applause and
IlluminatiOns.

IN response TO call. arrangements
were made last Tuesday evening tn
nohOr Judge Jas. d. Porter with a fit
tiHg welcome TO Giles county. the cradle
"a Governors and the nursery Of DemS
ocfatlc Statesmanship. The whole pom
uidtioh OF the town turned out in Dro-
ceesl0n and proceeded 10 the deDCt iUst
! before the 10 o'clock train was dua
" men the train pulled 40 at the deDot
the bani struck up spirited gallon and
aliild deafening roar of music and
voices he whom they came TO honor.
Juuge JAS. ID. Porter, Jr., the gallant
sIaldard-bearer of Tennessee Democ-
facy, emerged upon the platform. and
ne was Immediately surrounded and
borne through the depot to the platform
on the other side, where our eloquent
ana eminent fellOw-citizen Judge Thos.
VI. Jones expressed in fitting remarks
the sense of the vast thrOng that had as
sembled TO welcome him, and rendered
70 nm IN the name of our people the
inequalities of our city and the warm
congratulations OF its citizens. JudWe
Porter responded in happy acknoyvl-
edSement of the honor conferred uDon
MN IN this unexpected manner and
with a few brief remarks excused him
sell uAtil the morrow, when he hoped
10 ADDRESS them at length. He was then
conducted to Gov. Browns carriage
which stood in waiting and the process
sion formed under the leadership of
Capt. A. G. Irvine. The bus John G.
Brown headed the procession with an
immense transparency, with the imscrip-
tons, mo Reputation and "CiviI
klghtS, Neverp Next followed the
band-wagOn with 4 large TRANSPARENCY
with appropriate inscriptions and carri-
catures; next came spring wagons with
turpentine torch-lights and Transparent
cles; next, the carriage containing
Judge Porter and Judge Jones, sur
rounded by an escort of mounted men
bearing transparencies OF ever hue.
followed by a procession of men and
boys walking, with transparencies. The
procession moved up the principal
streets to the square amid round after
round of cheers for Porter and to the
strains of marshal music and the neigh
ing OF steedS prancing in brilliant flick
ering light of 4 hundred torches. The
procession paused in front of Mrs Char
lie Carriers residence, which was bril-
liantly Illuminated, with a TRANSPARENT
"POrter" over the hall door, and another
and louder shout rent the air, as the la
dies waived handkerchiefS and the band
played one of its most stirring selec-
tons. The route was then continued
around the square and up Beauty Ave
nue. TO Maj. Frank Carter's residence,
where Judge Porter babe them good
night.
Thus briefly we portray one of the |
grandest events of the season in PuIas- |
XII, one that does honor to Pulaski i'm |
giving it, and honor to Judge Porter in !
being its recipient. We question wheth- !
er he has been met elsewhere with as |
grand demonstrations and as cordial |
welcome, but delicacy forbids further !
comment than this. The home of the |
gallant John G. Brown is capable of |
deeds in keeping with the honor and |
greatness of her noble son, and is fertile |
with ways and means to express her es-
TEEN for those she delights to honor.