The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-30
Annual Reunion of the Army of the
lpnneASee.


Tennessee.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, September %
The Society of the Army of the Cum
berland met in annual reunion in the
Opera House here at II o'clock TINS
morning. The President, General Sher,
man, called the meeting to order, ana
after routine of business was transacted
the meeting adjourned TIL p. NJ. The
attendance Is about two hundred.
The President, Secretary and party
We're escorted through gaily decora-
ted streets, and loudly appluuded by the
crowd
In the afternoon the President had a
reception which attracted many citizens.
General Sheridan was selected President.
In the afternoon it WAS decided to hoId
the next reunion on July DIST, 22nd and
23rd, 1876, at Philadelphia the first two
days, and at Washington the last day,
when the statue OF General Mcpherson
will be unveiled.
General Logan WAS reelected as ora
tor on that occasion, and General mayer
WAS elected orator OF the next reunion.
ne resolution ~ dulIIlb ~ l'aN'' ~ N''
Society was laid over till next year.
Grant Actually Reads IL Speech.
At the evening session the Opera
House was crowded An address OF wei
come on the part of the State of Iowa and
the Clty of Des Moincs, was delivered
by Hon. c G. Cole. Governor FIectch-
er delivered the annual ora
tion. He reviewed ut length
the history of the army Of the Tennessee
and of the Society, and dwclt on the part
taken by the Iowa soldiers in the war
He referred IN kindly terms To the Con-
irderutcs who opposed them, and express.
ed hope that the people of all sections oi
the country would conduct themselves 20
ward each other like men who have II
common country.
Eulogics on members of the Society who
have died since the last meeting
wore pronounced by the members.
Among the dead are Morgan +. Smith,
Frank Blair and Chester Harding.
President Grant being called out, he
came forward and read quite lengthy
speech.
He said he had concluded net to dis
appoint those who called him forward in
expectation of getting a short speech and
had iottcd down some things he would
like to say. He then expressed his graf
ilicatiun in recalling the days when they
had suffered together to preserve gov
crnmcnt they believed worth fighting for
and even dying for. We will not, said he,
deny to any of those VINO fought against
us any privilege under the Government
which we claim for ourselves; on the
contrary we welcome all such who come
forward in good faith, to help build up
the waste places, and 10 pcrpetuatc our
institutions; all enemies H. brothers III
full interest. with common heritage,
but We are not prepared to apologize ior
the past. To guard against recur-
renee Of those days, We must
begin by guarding against any enemy
preventing the prosperity oi tree Re
publican institutions. do not bring
into this assembling" politics; certainly
not the partisan politics; but 1t Is lar
subject for the soldiers in their dcIlD-
crntions to consider what may he
necessary to secure the prize for which
they battlcd. The President urged
the cultivation OF Ar intelligence among
the people in regard to political matters,
aud said: If we are to have another
contest in the near future Of our natural
existence, predict tina: tn" dividing
line will not be Mason and DiNon's 5,
bat between patriotism and intelligence
ON the one side, and superstition,
ambition and ignorance on the other. On
this, the centennial year, the work OF
strengthening the condition OF the Struc-
,urc commenced by our ioreiathers II
hundred wears ago at Lexington, should
be- begun. Let a all labor for more .ccu
ri.v of free thought free speech, free
press, pgrc morals, uniettered re-
iirious sentiments and the equal rights
and privileges of all men irrespective OF
nationality, color or religion; encourage
free schools and resolve that not one dol
lar appropriated to them shall be applied
to the support oil any scctarian school;
resolve that neither State nor nation shall
support any institutions save those where
every child in the hand may get com
mon school education, unmlXed with
Atheist, pagan or sectarian teachings.
Leave the matter of religion to the fam
Ily altar. Keep the church and State
forever separate. With these safeguards
believe the battles which created the
Army of the Tennessee will not have
been fought in vain. The speech
was greeted with applause, and repeated
again and again.
speeches were also made by Secretary
clknap, JEFF G. Force BAN, Myers,
and others.
Some army songs were then sung, and
mt II o'clock General Sherman COM
mcnced speaking:
General Sherman closed the speaking
for the night with a humorous and short
speech, in which he said he wished all
the speeches made here tonight could be
printed in full and scattered broadcast
through the South to show the people
there how the cX-soldcrs of the North
iclt toward them.
Go dsmith Maid Makes II Disgrace
fuI Failure.
DAYTON, O., September 2H.-About
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