Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-12
BUCKEYE VETERANS
FIahting Their Battles Over Again at
Columbus-stxty Thousand People GIVE
Them Grseting-Addresses by Presidents
Hayes and Gen. Durbin Ward.

Them neutrality-suspicious. by President
Hayes and Gen. Durbin Ward.
| COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 1.-THE second day
of the grand reunion OF ex-soldiers opened
under very propitious circumstances. At
O'Clock the artillery fred salute of thirty
eight guns, followed with reveille of the bugle
and drum corps. The tents are rapidly filling
up, fifteen hundred men having been assigned
quarters yesterday. The morning was devoted
to regimental and association reunions. Presi-
dent Hayes, General Sherman and party ar.
rived at O'clock this morning from Washing
| ton, and were met at the depot by an escort
| consisting of United States troops stationed at
Columbus garrison, the ex soldiers association,
| governors guard. Columbus cadets, and other
| military organizations of the city and other
places. The fine art hall on the fair
| grounds offers to view Q most elegant and
| attractive aspect, the tattered flags con-
tanning history in themselves. motto un
the north side reads, ITO preserve the Union
Ohio furnished S10,654 men," and Ohio
mourns for "a 5st dead" appears on the
other side. Old Abe, the famous Wisconsin
war eagle, is perched on q cannon in the
fine ant hall. looking as proud and majestic
| as ever. A heavy rain stprm passed over the
! city at 80 O'Clock.
The heavy rain that set in ct one o'clock
cleared off at 8. The weather was very pleas.
ant all the afternoon and evening. If doubt
existed in any minds Yesterday a. to the sue
cess of the reunion it was displaced to. day.
| The immense throngs of people who have ar
| rived, thirty thousand coming in on various
| railroads and fully thirty Thousand more fro m
the city and surrounding country. it being esti-
| mated over sixty thousand people were in the
camp grounds and in the city. The city is all
| life and festivity tonight. reunion speech
making. general greetings, ana military organ
| izaticn being the order of the hour.
The Presidential party arrived at the fair
grounds at 8 P. NJ, when a salute Of thirty guns
was fred and music of lively airs was played
| by the Barracks band. President Nash intro
| duced ex-Gov. Denison, who was made tenn
porary chairman. The ex-governor made no
extended remarks, simply extending hearty
graduating the same on the presence of the
President of the United States and
the general of the army, and the
presence of 30 many men and women
| who had come to salute them for their great
| service to their country. Rev. w. z. Moore,
chaplain of ex-soldiers and sailors association,
| then offered prayer. General Durbin Ward
was next introduced by the chairman. Con-
| tinued rain during the remarks of Gen. Ward
| caused much abbreviation. though he made
very interesting speech to the veterans. He
stated that he had come to take
the place of that distinguished soldier,
| General EWing). If there ever was an
audience, or an occasion to inspire man, sthe
present surely would with the ruler of the
| nation and commander of the armies present
He next referred to the time of partings
which they had experienced in going to the
war, the dust, rain, prisons, hardships and
glory of the final triumph. Among SO many
thousands he could only extend greetings.
They were young comparatively when their
histories were made and they withstood the
hardships and now had the satisfaction of
knowing they have Union. 1t has put the
country on a solid basis and our American
Union will last as long civilization.
The speaker here said that this was above all
party and political ideas. It was the grand re-
suit of the national reunion. 1t is important
to forget all political parties at reunions, but
he ventured 80 far as to say that we would have
soldier for tie next President of the United
States, which was received With continued
cheers, when the speaker remarked that he had
entered on forbidden ground. At any rate. he
said, they did not fight in vain. The general
concluded by an expression of regrets that
circumstances would not permit him to speak
further.
The President was introduced and was greet
cd with loud cheers on introduction and at vari-
Gus points in his speech His speech was as
follows:
Mr President: The citizens of Ohio who were
soldiers in the Union army, who have assem-
bled here in such large numbers, have many
reasons for mutual congratulations, as they ex-
change greetings and renew old friendships at
this State reunion. We rejoice that we had
the glorious privilege. of eniisting and
great conflict for the Union
and for equal rights. The time that has passed
since the contest ended is not SO great but that
we can without effort recall freshly and vividly
the events and scenes, and feelings and asso-
Citations of that most interesting period of our
lives. We rejoice, also, that we have been per
mitted to live long enough to see and to enjoy
the results of the victory We gained, and to
measure the vast benefits which it conferred on
our country and the world.
shall not attempt to make catalogue of
those benefits or to estimate their value. A
single fact to which call your attention will
sufficiently illustrate for my present purpose
United States by the success of the Union
arms. The statistics of emigration, showing
the movements of population which are going
on in the world, afford a very good
test of the comparative advantages and
prosperity of tho various civilized nations.
People leave their own country and seek new
homes in foreign lands to better their condi-
tion. immigration into q country, therefore,
is an evidence of that country's prosperity. 1t
ia also most efficient cause os the progress of
the country which receives it. During our
civil war aud during the disturbed and troubled
years which Immediately preceded and follow
ed it, immigration fell off and became of COM
paratively email Importance, but
| now our country's prosperity, the sta
| bility of our government and the permanent
prevalence of peace at home and with foreign
nations-blessings which could not have been
enjoyed by this country if the Union arms had
| failed-have given to the world confidence in
| the future welfare and greatness of the
United States which is pouring upon our
shores such streams of immigration as was
never known before.
| This is fact of the most frequent sienifi.
| cance in every respect and condition. If we
take survey of the globe we shall find every
where among civilizsd nations especially among
people who are eagerly looking forward to the
| time when they can emigrate to some
more favored land. Only one of the great
nations ia in no danger of losing it's
| capital and labor and skill by
| emigration. We find only one which by
| immigration is gaining rapidly in numbers,
wealth and power. All are losing by this cause
except the United States. The United States
alone is gaining Other nations see their peo-
pie going, going. We see from every quarter
| the people of other countries coming, coming,
| coming. There is one nag, and in all the world
| only one, whose protection good men and
women born under it will never willingly leave.
| There is one flag, and only one in the world
whose protecting folds good men and women
horn under eyerv Other flag that floats ucer the