Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-02
GENERAL BATES HONS.
Enthusiastic Welcome 10 Their
Favorite son by the People
OF sumaer COunty-A
Day That viii
Brighten His
tory.
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NtAAANA ~fN- -
In this State was given
General Bate here TO day. About
half.pasf 9 am, the train arrived
bnaeing General Bate and hundreds
al bis friends from Nashville. He
met {. the depot By thousands Of
Sumners great hearted sons. The
number on horseback was v~sriously
estimated at from 1900 70 200 and the
figure Is nearest the mark. Old
citizens. who have lived here for forty
years. say they never witnessed such
A demonstration A carriage received
General Bate and General G. ?. NJ.
Turner. and the former was introduced
to the coneJurse By Colonel w. ).
Munday. a lawyer OF Gallatin. After
a short response the procession moved
under the well ordered arrangements
made by the active Marshals Of the
day, w. n. Montgomery, an old time
Shelby Kentuekian, who moved here
in 184S, John Walton, W. B. Sweeney,
and James Mentloe. First the Nash
Vile Cornet Band, drawn by four
horses, headed the long and dazzling
procession in their beautiful uni
forms and nOdding plumes. Next
followed the carriages con-
tanning General Bate, Colonel
Munday, General Turner, Hon. j. j.
Vertrees, Chairman, and Captain J.T.
Hillsman, Secretary of the Democratic
State Executive Committee, other
distinguished visitors and Colonel
Frank Wilson. After these came a
number OF Mexican veterans, each
wearing a badge Mexico" Behind
the veterans were the survivors OF
General Bates old regiment, the Sec
oud Tennessee. Next the Olympic
Bate Club from Nashville. This club
bore a very handsome banner inscribed
"Old Davidson's Greeting-Solid for
Summers Native Son." Nearly every
horse in the long line was decked with
small currency stars and stripes. Next
the grand gathering on horseback,
men on foot, and at regular intervals.
two other bands-the Cumberland
Enterprise and the Gallatin brass
band As the procession moved. the
decorated courthouse and private resi-
dences we're filed with the beauty and
chivalry Of Sumner and Davidson
counties, and a goad number from the
borders of Kentucky, who seemed as
enthusiastic for Bate as the Tsnnes-
seesns. The procession Tapped al
most around the town, and it was at
one time thought that it would have
to go over into Davidson county to
fnd room to turn around in. On the
streets and in the column as it moved
through the little city there we're not
less than ten or twelve thousand per-
sons-nearer twelve thousand than
ten. Passing the principal hotel,
General Bate was forced to stop and
deliver a short address from the bal
cony, and after be closed loud calls
brought rafting speeches from Gen,
Turner, Colonel Frank Wilson, Col
A. S. Uolyar, Judge 10 Guild, Hon.
Benton Mcmillan and Major Waters
Of tie Nashville World. OF the
great, sutfocating masses, at least
500 proceeded to the fair grounds
where the barbecue of neal 800 caI.
cases was spread. Here the grand
stand, built to seat 6000, was almost
filled, hundreds gathering around the
platform inside, aud at least 1900 OF
2000 on the outside. This estimate
was made BY a score Of gentlemen.
General Bate led of in thrilling
words. Sumner, he said, was tht
county Of his birth. Here, when I
iriendless boy, a mud clerk on thc
Cumberland, warm hands had claspeC
his own and warm lips had bid him ,
God speed in the great journey of life
Here reposed the bones Of his auces
tors; the bones Of his sainteC
mother, whose memory I,
MIN was an ever present SOM
and inspiration. From this sacre,
spot he had marched to two wars, an,
If there was one spot dearer than al
the rest, it was this. Going into pres
ent political issues, he held up th,
hypocrisy Of the allies, and ably dis
cussed the State debt. He appealet
to his Democratic friends to worl
early and late in the good cause, as
suring them hal a thorough canvas
over the State had convinced him tina
his election was a fixed and unalter
able fact.
During the two hours recess tb
thousands partOok Of the bountifu
dinner provided, in which fair wome
and brave men Wed with each otht
. IN dispensing to the strangers preser
: the Inequalities Of the grand Of
county. After dinner the GROUND
around the stand we're again packe
aud Colonel Colyar made a yeI
strong argument. He dwelt upon N
e fact that though Governor Hawkir
had recently sought the advice of tL
Attorney General, who advised hir
t that it was his duty to call an extr
s session Of the Legislature to insert n
I three counties omitted in the Thir
e Congressional disappointment Distri,
Bill, he had refused to do so. an
e why? Simply. because, as he said Sai
urday, in his Nashville speech. .
q Democratic clerk had neglected I
| insert the names of those counties.
D Col Colyar well urged that no mo,
/ childish, spiteful, ~undignifed insu.
y had ever been offered a soyereiq
e State, and it ought to damn him /
b the estimation Of all respectable Re
publieans.
t General Turner followed, and on
might as well try to report meteori
pyrotechnios OF a celestial display
= chain. lightning. He thorough
reused up the boys from the bottom
and with his Greenback friends left
lasting impression.
Hon. j. D.. Andrews then made
few stirring remarks, and the vas
concourse dispersed. This has bee
{ a grand day for old Sumner, and /
typical Of the result in November
r Gen. Bate is Que OF the most game
wlry, irrepressible men living. Not
withstanding tie hundreds Of tire
hours speeches he has delivered dur
ing the canvass he is as good as new