Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-21
THE VETERANS.
THE REUNION OF THE fRMY OF
THE CUMBERLAND.
A Grand Gathering OF Heroes of the War
Grafton by Gen. GrosvenOr-i Defense
of Garfield by Gen. COX.


Kendall, OF Utah, ard j. s. Fullerton, of
St Louis, accompanied him, and great
many distinguished generals, among them
Fairchild, of Wisconsin,; Morgan, of Illi-
nois; Craft, of Terre Haute; Grosverner of
Ohio; Cox, of Cincinnati, and Rusk and
Winkler, of Milwaukee, were pres
ent, besides q large number of dis
tingushed guests. The business
meeting held during the forenoon, ad-
journed after the appointment of commit
tees and the afternoon was devoted to an
excursion on the lake. Quite number of
the military guests visited the driving park
where prize drill, arranged by Tillotson,
Of Detroit, progressed. This however was
q private affair, not connected with the re-
union. An enthusiastic meeting was held
at Schlitz park in the evening, fully 1900
people being present in the large hall.
Gen. Sheridan presided, and responded
amidst prolonged applause to an
address of welcome by Gov. Rusk
on the part of tie state
and Mayor Stowell on the past of the city.
Gen. @. a. Grosyener, orator Of the oc-
which he said, after paying an eloquent
tribute TO soldiersof the war:-''Let the sol
diers of the Union demand tN't the touch
stone of political prefernlent shall be
honesty and capacity. Let them, however
strong in partizan attachment they may
be, yet demand that no good servant of
the government, no faithful administrator
~ 4 rs inch 70 IL l.
Inundated and crushed down because
he does or does not subscribe
to the special interests OF the
special party or man. Place the civil ser
vice Of the government away above writ
ten rules and regulations. Place it where
we have placed the education Of our peo-
pie, upon the great questions Of loyalty
and union. Place the idea of civil service
reform and the purity and honor of the
civil service, IN the education, in the hearts,
III the love of the people, and the citadel
can never successfully be attacked. Differ
we may, ard properly. about methods of
administration, and we may differ
fairly about the results OF
administration. We may select
diverse roads, but we must all travel
towards one common center of govern
meDt-perfection Again, let the sold er
demand that under ali circumstances, and
forever, the manned Or disabled soldier of
the war, his widow, his orphan, his mother,
ms father shall be the wards and the ben
e6ciaries of the justly distributed bounty
of the government. See to it and demand
1t, that the pledge Of the people of this
country made to the soldiers in 1861 shall
never be forgotten, shall never be COM
promised, shall always be sacredIy and
honorabiy fulfilled
Gen. j. D. Cox delivered a glowing
eulogy upon Garfeld's youth and man
hood, refuting ISLANDERS, and saying: ''Hos-
tile criticisms have laid hold upon his
correspondence with Secretary Chase in
the summer of 1868 as a basis of attack
ing him in his relations to Gen Rosecrans.
Assuming the authenticity of the CORE
spondence (which is questioned by some
who are most competent to judge) there
are facts in the prior relations of Chase
and Garfield which throw an
interesting light upon the letters
themselves. When Garfield entered the
Ohio senate in January, 1860, it was at the
close of the governorship of Chase. and
the inauguration of Gov. Dennison. Gov
Chase resided at Columbus, and his house
was the natural center for the ardent Union
men who were earnestly considering the
probable course of events In that great
crisis. No trait OF Mr.. Chase's character
was moro marked than his habit of seek
ing the friendship Of able and promising
young men, of guiding their opinions by
the weight of his own experience and
| Judgment, and Of attaching them to him
self by heartiness of friendly intercourse
of which the delicate fattery on the part
Of SO distinguished g. man could not but
| prove attractive to men conscious of pow
| ers which they had not yet had full oppor-
tunity Of exhibiting. The intimacy that
was thus established between Chase and
| Garfield was a close one, and though Gar
fields individuality and powers
were such that he could
| not be long in the position of political
follower of any man, 1t Is certainly true
that he was for some years one of a CO.
terle OF young men who looked to the
secretary of the treasury as their leader,
because he seemed TO them to be the
broadest and wisest of those who. at the
beginning of the war, had a controlling
| influence in affairs. After his election to
congress, Garfield, convalescent
from his illness of the summer.
| was ordered TO Washington
upon courI marJlaI service. anQ.1n prepara-
ton for his new political duties, he, of
course, cultivated every opportunity of
! getting into the Utmost counsels of the
leading men there. This friendship with
Mr.. Chase and his family was already q
basis for more than ordinary easy en-
trance into the confidence of the presi-
dent and the cabinet, and there is no lack
of evidence that Mr.. Chase continued to
occupy toward Garfield, as member-elect
Of the next house the relation of political
leader, with whom his duty TO the
country demanded close cooperation
and with whom, also, confidential relations
were both a public duty and personal
| privilege. 1t is almost equally clear that
Rosecrans began to occupy some political
position after the battle of Stone river.
know that some, whose opportunities fol
knowledge are peculiarly good, insist that
part, at least, Of the delay in movement the
by Rosecrans was in accordance
with suggestions of political advisers
and were more political in character thar
military. 1 have not the means of form
ing a decided opinion on this point. and
limit my purpose here, among those wht
are warm personal friends Of both tn,