The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-21
BOYS IN Blue.
The Bloody Shirt Flaunted at the
Indianapolis Reunion by Gar.
field and Dix.
They are COnjured by the Triumphan
Achievements of the Republican Par.
ty to once More Save the LOaves
and Fishes.

W " once more save the l0aVeS
and Fishes.
INDIANAPOLIS, September, 10th The
city Is full to overlooking with boys in
blue and every train brings additi Onal
delegations from all sections of the
country. During last night and this
morning large delegations have arriv-
ed from New York City, Cleveland,
Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, Phila.
delphia, Harrisburg, Plttsburg aud all
large cities, Baltimore, Washington,
Chicago, Louisville and from the
states OF Illinois, Mlsouria, New ersy,
Wisconsin, Indiana, Texas, Mishigan
and other states. Seventeen States are
represented. Three camps with II
large humber OF tents have been es.
tablished for the accommodation OF
veterans. Hotels and boarding hous-
es are full. Many private houses
are entertaining visitors. Among
distinguished men present are Gov.
ernOr Hartranft, Senator Logan, Gen
erals Burnside, Garfield, GOodloe, A,
b. Norton Noyes, Negley and Pear
son. The New York, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, Pittshurg, Cincinnati, Chica-
go and many other delegations are ac-
10y brass bands. The fore
noon has been occupied in the recep-
ton of delegations, assigning them
quarters and regimental residence
The Soldiers Home, at Dayton, Ohio,
is represented by II delegation OF
twelve members. Tx Post master Jew
ell and Colonel Ingersoll, Of Illinois,
arrived from Cleveland tonight. Gen
eral Dix telegraphs that in consequence
of sickness, he will be unable to be
present.
At three o'clock in the evening the
veterans assembled in Circle park,
After prayer by the chaplain and mu-
sic by the Lombard glee club Senator
Morton made brief but very eloquent
address of welcome, ut the close OF
which he introduced General Garfield,
who spoke at some length, and among
other things he said. 1--WE have come
here as members of II great organiHl
ton, called together, first, for socla
purposes, and, second, to express our
opinion rs citizens. Socially we meet
to recall the old memories an ! friend
ships formed in the day of battle,
memories green forever with the glory
of war and the victories which war
brought. In that capacity we meet to
greet each other and to look again in
to each others faces, to remember the
struggle through which we have passed
aud to express love for each other in
the life that we are to live. But our
second purpose is not less marked.
When we were soldier we never ceased
to be citizens. Ii was as citizens that
we went fourth to act as soldiers, until
became honored through
out the Republic. We fought to make
citizenship universal. We fought to
make citizenship right wherever the
flag flies and when we had made 1t
both equal and universal, and in doing
that we lost no rights of citizenship,
because we had been soldiers, and
coming back into our old homes the
duty of good citizens required us to
help choose our rulers. We have met
here to-day, on special call Of the Ma
tional Committee, to express our Opin
ions in regard to the great choice that
is to be made OF our rulers In this Cen.
tennial year-that is the second object
of our great gathering in this city. TO
that object we shall devote ourselves
to-day and TO morrow. We shall talk
to each other and to our fellow.citizens
with the utmost freedom about the
policy that ought to govern w and the
men that ought to be appointed as the
embodiment of that policy. The ma
ton has again procured you by offer
ing Tor candidate to its highest office,
your old comrade and friend Ruther-
ford b. Hayes. We have come to-
gether to send him our getting and
our cheer, and to assure him that the
old confidence we felt in him In the
days OF peril, is no less than that we
feel for him in our hearts to-day. Sol
diers, let me say single word more
in this direction. You are every day
met with the word spoken at all the
street corners by a cless Of men In this
Republic, that we ought to let by-gones
be by cones, that we ought never to
revise or remember the great events
of war through which we have passed;
If that was mere war of brute force
and nothing else, then | agree that we
ought to forget the war; but our war
was not prize fight OF DULLES, our
war was not a brutal struggle to see
who was the strongest, but Of ideas
more than men and every one Of you
who went out into battle went
under the inspiration OF an
idea sacred, deep, high, far reaching
idea that must triumph. We never
know until long after war Is over
which idea has triumphed. The bat
tie may not always be with the con
quering. The cause that appeared los
on the field may yet be won In tn,
form OF history, and therefore, as 20,
believe in the sacred justice Of tn,
oauaa Won have fought for as aOidiers. A,