National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-10
NORFOLK CITY GUARDS.
Gray-Coated Visitors from the Old
Dominion.
A Parade and Hop-serenade to Congress-
man Goode-Speeohes by Messrs. Goode,
blackburn, and Tucker-An ex-
Confederate Jubiiee-No More
War While tho Spoils Last
Other Events, &c.
Tho visiting Military Company.

The Visiting Military Company.
The Norfolk City Guards arrived early yes
tcrday morning at tho Seventh street wharf on
the steamer Lcary, aud were met by Hon. J. c.
S. Blackburn of Kentucky and Hon. John
Goode of Virginia, who made welcome adj
dresses. They were escorted by the Washing
ton Light Infantry to the armory of that or
gauizLtiOn, and in the early part of the day
paradod the streets Returning to the armory
u lunch was served, after which the visitors
were shown over the city by members of the
Washington Light Infantry Corps. Tho visit
ing company is differed by Captain Z. V.
White, First Lieutenant G. A. NASH and Sec
ond Lieutenant II. II. Hodges, and numbers
thirty-four men, rank and file
The members of the two companies assem-
blcl at the armory last evening, where they
met large number Of invited guests, incud-
ing ladies' At nine o'clock the Washington
Light Infantry, under command of Colonel
William G. Moore, gave an exhibition drill,
which was a model Of perfection The even.
| ing was passed in dancing aud other social
pleasures.
A little after ten o'clock the members of the
| two companies, with the Fortress Monroe Band,
which accompanied the Norfolk company to
this city, proceeded to the National Hotel,
| where serenado was rendered to
HON. JOHN GooDE,
| of the Norfolk district of Virginia.
After the preliminary music Mr.. Goode APP
| peared on the balcony of the hotel. Having
| expressed his Acknowledgements for the COM
| pliment in eloquent terms, he said that no
class of men were deserving of higher consid-
| Grafton than our citizen sodiery. They could
not expect him to make any allusion to party
politics Their visit had no political signi.
canoe. They must have been gratifel at the
evidences of Improvement in this heAlthful
city.
While not desiring TO alludc to politics, he
declared as his deliberate Judgment that the
great necessity of the hour was a cultivation of
n spirit of concord aud harmony between the
| once discordant and belligerent members of
the Union. The time had come when the
memories OF the war should be buried. 1t was
fourteen years since the war ended. The bones
| of those who wore tho blue and those who wore
the gray had long since cOmmingled in one com
| mon dust.
Let the bitter animOsities and memories Of
the war he forever buried. Let us determine
to forget forever those animositics and dcdi-
cate to our common country the best atfec-
tions of our hearts and energies of our nature
to revive our broken commerce and languish-
ing industries, and in promoting the interests
of the nation to re-esablish the great land
marks of the Constitution. If they did this
the time was not far distant when our whole
country will rise like young giant refreshed
by sleep, and enter upon new career of pros
perity and glory.
| HON. j. c. 5. BLACKBURN,
of Kentucky, was called for and introduced.
After gracefully acknowledging the compli-
ment, he INDUCED in some pleasantres regard
ing his Virginia colleagues, directing his fire
against Mr. Tucker, who he said never skipped
an opportunity to make speech. When, ut
the wharf in the morning, he saw the Virginia
soldiers land, he could not but reflect with
pride and pleasure on the changes wrought
since the war 1t occurred to him that that
day was the fourteenth anniversary of the day
+ when the Confederate arms were grounded at
+ Appomattox. Fourteen years, marked by
many acts of hatred and unkindness, had gone
by. At the end of that term of years they
/ saw company of citizen soldiers landing in
: this city, uniformed in color significant of
that which many of them had worn in the
dark days of war; yet mono were alarmed
not even did the easily stampeded Stalwarts
grow pale at their coming. The passions and
Y hatred engendered by that strife had at last
t subsidized; so they might congratulate them
/. selves upon emerging from that most unfortu
:. nate period
They tell us the Confederate brigadiers hav,
y captured the Capitol We tell them that If i
S is SO they bear no arms, but bring OLIVE
z. branches Of peace. They were determined b.