The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-11

old tattered reglmental flag Ia
brown flag with cross and stars
upon it) and dwelt with pathos
upon the Tecollections it awakened.
Is it treason to bring to light this
sacred memento? If it be counted
treason, let the powers that be make
the most of it. Now that the strife
was ended, it is right that we
should say everywhere, and teach
our children to say to their chill
dren's children. that it is not trea-
son to recall the. past and revere its
memories and mementoes. He will
never consent to any pacification or
peace which in its terms damns or
condemns him and his comrades as
traitors, and he will teach his chill
dren that he fought for the same
principles which impelled our ia.
theirs to struggle for liberty. If we
do not honor our dead comrades it
will be an eternal reproach upon
us, and in order that their deeds
and memories may be perpetuated,
he proposed the accumulation of a
fund for the purpose of erecting. a
monument which shall recite the
names and deeds of the slain.
After Gen'l Browns speech the
immense throng was summoned to
dinner. 1t is sufficient to say that
there was plenty, and that it was
barbecued under the management
of Mr.. Jos. Flippin, who under
stands the art perfectly.
After dinner the stand was again
surrounded and Gen. Lucius Polk
of Maury delivered a short and feel
ing address. He was in another
part of the army, but he was imbued
with the same ideas and revered
the same memories as the gallant
survivors of the 3rd.
Gen. w. c. Whitthorne said that
the soldiers of the South did not
fight and die in vain. Out of their
perilous sacrifices and work has
sprung the glorious fabric under
which we live. In March last,
when the political elements were all
astir and the scepter of the god of
war was almost unsheathed, it was
the old Confederate soldiers who
stepped to the fore and said ''peace,
be STILL" We ought to be merry
to day. We have nothing in the
past to be sorry for or ashamed Of
Our boys who did such glorious
work for the cause of liberty should
compensate themselves. The gov
eminent offers them no pensions,
and to supply this he favored the
annexation of part of Mexico where
our poor boys could get cheap
homes.
Col. Jno. G. Burch thought he
could add nothing to what had been
said. He found these men of the
3rd, with the balance of their breth-
rem of the South, still true to con
seientious duty and the noble con-
victions which impelled them to
fight. Those upon the other side
may have been equally conscien-
thousand let God decide the right.
1t is right that we should recount
our deeds of valor and call up the
sweet memories of these days. If
there is a Federal soldier here to-
day who is ashamed or afraid to
say what he or his command did,
he is a craven and a coward. If
there is a Confederate soldier here
who considers he is an erring broth
er and has committed a crime and
has no right to refer to the past, he
is unfit to breathe the air-of liberty.
The government having pretermit-
ted the question of treason, no citi-
zen, however loyal, has the right to
raise that question. Both sides
were right according to their ideas.
Our soldiers were giants. but the
North had more giants.
Gen'l Brown here announced that
the survivors would now meet at the
sound of the bugle for permanent
organization. Then, away up on
the hill. Mr.. Anderson, the old blu
gleman of the regiment, blew upon
the same old bugle the assembly,
and then went up the rebel yell
that has So often sent terror to the
foe, and off the boys rushed.
In effecting permanent organiza
ton Col. j. S. Wilkes was elected
permanent President, with the fol
lowing Vice Presidents-one to each
company of the regiment: t. E.
Mccoy, of Company A; I. R. E.
Boatright, Company b; S. d. Strick-
land, Company C; w. S. Jennings,
Company d; Capt. G. w. Jones,
Company E; H. B. Pointer, Com
pany F; Chas. Buford, Company 6;
Jas. H. Walker, Company I; B. F.
Mathews, Company X.
John W Dyer was elected Score
tary to the organization.
A resolution passed requiring the
companies to select each a commit
tee to prepare full roll and Stats
tics and forwarded to the Sec'y,
when it all would be published.
Several old rolls Of the companies
we're on hand, but we shall not pub
lish until they are better perfected.
1t was estimated that there were
about 3, $50 people on the grounds,
aud there doubtless would have
been a thousand more il it had not
rained. The utmost order prevailed
throughout the day. the saloons
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