Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-06-25

Col. AndreWS7S response was Voly ooioI II
and fervent. He did full justice TO tile
sincerity of welcome and reclprocaIeu 10
spirit in a thoroughly frank and manly
Way. He was cheered throughout. ana
his allusion to the flag Of Eutaw (Whlch
was lifted and waved as he spoke) aWoAe
the enthusiasm anew. AS he closed, tne
orchestra struck up the once familiar All
of .DiXie,'' which the assemblage Welcoln.
ed as IN old friend. The appearance Oh
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was the occasion fof
a new outburst of feeling, warmer Il pos,
sipe than the proceeding ones, looked
around and saw the light OF Il solemn graft
tude and thanksgiving on every lace When.
Gen. Lee stated that he had come because
| he claimed right to be here, and the
| cheering was tumultuouSy renewed, as 1t
was at the close of his brief address. Then
! the orchestra played ''Auld Lang Syne"
amid a profound silence, yet silence fui
of memories and full of hopes. Gen. Kill
patrick's greeting was hearty and familiar.
AS of one whom the audience knew and
/ were glad to see. But the intense depth
of feeling, not unmingled at first with a
certain amount OF anxiety. with which
the Southern speakers were heard was no
longer apparent. Men listened to the lat
ter as if asking themselves, Twill they be
| brothers agan?" and the demonstration
they gave expressed the realization Of their
own desire, This has been the ruling
hope, the ruling doubt in Boston to-day.
| can testify both to its sincerity and its
intensity, and | foresee the higher and
purer feeling OF jubilation which will pos
Sess all hearts tomorrow. L trust that
the millions of our people who cannot be
here will unite with MS in our gratitude
and Joy. tor the day we. have prayed for
daWns at last.
GEN, FITZHUGH LEE-HIS SPEECH.
A special to the Norfolk Landmark y
from Boston says:
We have never witnessed such spon-
taneous outburst of enthusiasm as he
General Fitzhugh Lee) received. When
ever his name was announced the crowds
greeted him with thunders OF applause.
| General Lee gracefully acknowledged the
repeated paudts of the multitude. His
reception was IL magnificent affair, and
plainly evinces that Southern patriotism
and gilllantry are fully appreciated by the
people of this city.
A special to the Norfolk .'Virginian'
says:
The appearance of General Fitzhugh
| Lee, an invited guest Of the Blues, was
one of the most marked features Of the re-
ceptiOn. Seated in u carriage with Col.
| Walter IT, Taylor, he was in the real
of the procession but nevertheless the ob-
served OF all observers, and cheer upon
cheer was given to him at every step OF the
march, and he was continually employed
in acknowledging the applause he re-
ceived.
The whole affair entirely exceeded in
cordiality anything which had been antici
pated, and convinced all that the era OF
good feeling has dawned in earnest, and
that Massachusetts, greets Virginia and
the men who bore arms in her defence
with grasp Of the hand real and not
simulated friendship.
A telegram to the Baltimore "Ameri-
CAM says:
The cheerful spectacle was afforded of
the loyal people of Boston paying an ovit-
ton to an ex-Confederate officer. Gen.
Lee bowed again and again as applause
greeted him on every corner.
| General EltZhugh Lee, of Virginia, WAS
presented at the official reception at Music
Hall amidst the widest enthusiasm. A
ringing burst of applause arose from the
vast audience Men threw their hats into
the air and yelled themselves hoarse, while
the ladies in the galleries waved their
handkerchiefs and clapped their hands.
When quiet was restored General Lee
said:
Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen: [
thank you for this most cordial welcome
which you have extended to my comrades
and myself. | come here with the Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues, q Confederate or
ganiZation, whose guns have reared upon
many q hard fought field. AS we arrived
before your city this afternoon, and We're
steaming up your beautiful farbor. the
first notes that reached me from on board
OF the boat sent to meet us We're of that
| good old tune called ''Anld Lang Syne y
| and felt that / was not going to BOSTON.
but that ! was returning again to IL com
Emou country and Il common heritage
Applause. | should have wished that nay
poor presence would have passed. nm
noticed, OF that | might have been per-
mitted to remain asileut visitor III Boston
When I ponder that this is the first time
| have ever stepped upon the soil of Mas
SachuSettS | necessarily feel some embar-
rassment at addressing such Il splendid
audience as is before me; but when re
feet that | ;lln an American citizen, and
that l., too, am a descendant Of those men
who fought on Bunker Hill, feel that [ =,
too, lave a right to be here to celebrate
their splendid deeds. [Great applause |
We come here, citizens, to SHOW
that We appreciate those achievements Of
these patriotic fOrefathers of ours; these
men who planted the seeds from which
our nation has sprung. We are here to
| SNOW by our actual presence that we are
fully iii sympathy with the sentiment
which found expression upon recent dec
| Oration-tlaes, when loving hands entWined
| beautiful flowers about the graves of
soldiers of both armies without distinction
| IGltat applause recall that right here
III Boston, one hundred years ago, q
particular divine spoke in substance as
follows: "We pray, Lord, if our enemies
are DESTROYS to fight to give them fighting
enough, and if there are more on their way
across the sea, we pray thee, o Lord, to
| sink them to the bottom Of it" daughter
and applause.
| Now, Wien [ see this magnificent dem
onstration, when my eyes look on yours
beaming with kindness and heartfelt good
will towards me and mine, [ feel that
| hereafter, il foreign OF domestic fees
threaten on. common country, MasSachu-
sets and Virginia, California and Florida,
would shout with one voice, IF they de-
sire to fight, let them have enough"
| [Great applause.l | may be pardoned if /
recall to your minds that in those days of
darkness, when clouds of war enveloped
your Commnnwealth, my State Of Vir-
| ginia sent right here into your midst him
who, in the language Of my grandfather,
was first i'll peace, first III war, and first
( in the hearts Of his countrymeh him, in
the language of Andrew Jackson, whose
character cannot be too proudly studied
and his example too closely followed.
Washington appeared here in your midst,
| brought order out Of confusion, and saved
our country. [ thank you, ladies and
| gentlemen, most cordially for the manner
in which you received me. IApplause.l
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
The 9Th Maryland WAS presented with a
stand of colors by Gen. Banks, aud reeeiV-.
ed by the Colonel. Both speakers were
frequently interrupted by applause. The
5th was then cheered by the Grand Army.