The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-11
DISABLED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Meeting at Cooper Union Last Night
an Enthusiastic One.

NEW YORK, April lO.-A canopy of red,
white and blue bunting oyerhung the plat
form in Cooper Union Hall last evening.
The reading desk was enyeloped in
large American flag and dozens of smaller
ones were festooned against the walls.
The words blue and GRAY"
in large gilt letters hung over
the chairman's seat. Behind a
screen OF plans and tall cactuses sat about
thirty members of the G.. A. r., under
whose auspicesa meeting had been called
to discuss measures for organizing and
building a home for disabled ex-COnfed-
crate soldiers. The hall was about two
thirds full. \ small brass band opened
the meeting by playing "Marching
Through Tennessee Vigorous applause
greeted that familiar tune and
then somebody in the audience
shouted the cry, which was
repeated by hundred voices "Givc US
Dixie The musicians promptly re-
sponded to the call, and great enthusiasm
was reused by the rafting notes OF
"DiXie." Nice-Chairman j. X. Obierne
made brief explanation of the objects of
the meeting. Corporal James Tanner was
chosen to preside, and in taking the
chair said that he was heart and
soul in the movement to establish
home for disabled eX-COnfederate soldiers.
He was mindful of the fact that it was on
the 9Th Of April, just nineteen years ago,
that General Lee surrendered TO General
Grant. With that surrender at Appomat-
toX should have ended all feeling of sec
tional enmity or bitterness. General
Grant epitomized the sentiments of the
great mass of the soldiers OF the Northern
army when he said to General Lee: Tell
your soldiers to keep their horses;
they will need them to do the Spring
blowing. shall order 100, 900 rations to
be distributed to your army" ZAP
plause. Major VIM. II. Quincy read
letter from General Grant indorsing the
movement and regretting his inability to
accept the invitation to preside over the
meeting. General Obierne declared that
General Grant ''was the grand central
figure OF the history of the past" and
that those who had fought against
him loved and respected him equally with
those who had fought with him. These
sentiments were warmly applauded Let
tcrs were read from General Hancock,
b. II. Bristow, General J. w. IIawley,
General ChriStianson, General Roger \.
Pryor and the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage.
General j. B. Gordon made an address of
some length and was frequently inter-
rupted by applause. He said that each
soldier who fell during the late war,
whether he wore the blue or the
gray, gave up his life for the
right as he understood it. The speaker
believed that the success of the project,
to advance which the meeting had been
called, would do more than anything else
to reunte the North and the South. Gen
eral George 4. Sheridan said that the war
ended with the surrender Of Lees army,
and that ever since then he had been will
ing to shake hands with the cX-Confedcr-
ates and call them American citizens. 1t
was impossible for this Government to
pension the soldiers of the Confederate
army. SO far as the speaker knew, such
thing was neither asked for nor eX-
pcctcd by the Southern people, but it
was possible for the people of the Great
North to give from their abundance some
thlng 10 hclp the eH-NOnlcueratcs take
care of their disabled heroes. A few re-
marks were made by General Floyd King,
of Louisiana.
Ey-Judge Albion w. Tourgee said that
he wished to testify his admiration for the
American soldier Of every stamp. He be-
leved that it was the duty Of the people
of the North to aid their Southern breth-
rem in caring for the disabled Confederate
soldiers. There were plenty of instances,
said he, where eX-Confedcrates had ex-
tended a helping hand to Northern men
in distress. Subscription cards were dis
tributed before the assemblage dispersed