Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-08

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TALLY rs follows:
/ MR.. PRESIDENT, JUDGE TEMPLE,
! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 1t affords
me very great pleasure to meet so many
OF my old personal friends, and so many
of the citizens of East Tennessee upon
| this occasion. | have repeatedly tried
To make a visit to your city. | have
| frequently had the pleasure of meeting
some of my friends from East Tenn
| but l have long desired to make YOU a
visit. have been gratified at the
reception you have given me. All
along the railroad | have cen kindly
received. At Jonesboro' / met my old
friend, Col. Williams. At Greeneville
l was met by large number of peo-
pie, and welcomed by my old friend.
ex-President johnson, to whom |
shall always be thankful for
the aid lie gave me in getting
my army into East Tennessee. What.
ever differences we may now have with
him politically, we must all give him
credit for his patriotic duty during the
war. have always admired the PEG.
pie of East Tennessee. | read early i'm
the war of the conflict going on here,
and when | was sent to command the
Department of the Ohio, proceeded
at once to organize an army To come
to your relief. came here at the head
of the army to restore order and good
government. am glad that you feel
so kindly to lac for the way | exercised
that authority. / am glad to know
that in this demonstration to-day men
of both sides are united. 1t shows
that good feeling exists here. | have
! always believed that there were men
just as honest and conscientious in
the South as the North, and |
always feel kindly to those who
CALAMITY and honestly discharged
what they thought was their duty.
But when say this l do not wish to
be understood as saying that the re.
bellion was right or that the Govern
ment has not the right to suppress il
wherever it exists.
shall always be glad to see any of
you, and if | do not recognize YOU [
hope you will not hesitate to make
yourself known. l find as get older
that l can not recognize faces as i once
did and therefore | will be glad if you
make yourself known to me where.
ever you meet me. am always glad
to shake hands with any of you
would rather shake hands five hours
than speak half hour. "a voice,
Hurrah for Burnside.)
Come to see me any time at the
house of your President of the day,
who is an old friend of mine and with
whome | am making a most happy
visit, now as / used To DO in days gone
by.
To gudge Temple / must return
thanks for the kind words he has
spoken. | can not feel they are de
served, but rather feel that in his kind,
personal feelings for me he has over
estimated my services. | thank him
and you all again for your kind well
come and kind feelings you have al.
walys manifested for me.
At the conclusion of his address a
fine boquet was presented TO him sent
from New Market 10y Miss Annie
Burnside Meek, daug liter of Gen. j.
M. Meek. The young Miss was after
wards presented to the General.
The Declaration of Independence
was then read exceedingly we'll by
Rev. ]. l.. Lloyd, after which the meet
ing dispersed for Inskip Station.
ARRIVING AT INsKIP STATION,
the grounds selected by the Typograph.
ical Union for their picnic, the process
sion was formed aud headed by the
Mechanics COrnet Band, followed by
the Committee of Reception, Messrs.
Seaman, Bomar and Crockett, of the
Typographical Union, Gen. Burnside,
Mr.. Dickinson, Hon. ]. NJ. Thorn
burgh, Geo. Washington, Esq, Hon.
Horace Maynard, Judge Houk, and
other distinguished gentlemen, and
under a lively air from the band,
marched to the stand prepared for the
speakers In front of the stand the
members of the Union were drawa in
a line, and were introduced one by one
to the General. by Mr.. Seaman, the
Chairman of the Committee of BeoeF-
ton. After prayer by Rev. J. j. Man-
ker, Mr.. Seaman introduced Hon. j.
M. Thornburgh, who had been request
ed by the Committee to make the
WELCOME ADDRESS.
Mr.. Thornburgh said:
General Bswnside:
By request of the Typographical
Union, the very pleasant duty has
been assigned TO me of welcoming you
to our mouatain homes, and intro.
dUcing you to this large assembly.
- lew SHUT cars ago, Wuen war
civil war, with all its attendant hor-
rors, brought desolation and ruin upon
this fair land, and the loyal people of
East Tennessee, whose continued ap.
peals to the National Government, un-
had almost changed hope to
despair, long, blue line whose gilt
tering steel flashed in the autumn
sun, was seen winding its weary way
our mountain defiles, across
our valleys aud streams, bearing that
long banished flag our people loved
so well, and there was heard one uni
versal shout Of JOY echoing from
to mountain, aud reverbora-
ting through all our valleys, attesting
the gladness of delivered people. The
leader of that army 10 your guest to-
day. His name l need not speak. 1T
is written on the hearts of our people
in characters that time can never eff
face. 1t is entwined with the sacred
memories of by.gone days-days OF
and toll and anguish of that
hope deferred that maketh the heart
sick and of days of bright aud buoy
ant gladness, of pealing bells and
booming cannon, and wild rejoicing: |
it is embalmed in the hearts of brave, |