Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-08
col. W. D. WYLIE.
o.,,,ered by the Commander OF
Nf'fn ~, r. OF Texas al the
~ Reunion Yesterday.
r.i,ptt to the southern soldier
downs ,,,hern woman SEN
~ dmcnts Frnternai'


f u,sing Is verbatim report of
j Y ,...s Of Col. w. ID. Wylie, the com
~ II the Grand Army of the Re
asN ,icn,rtnent Of Texas, delivered
H G'o'' afternoon al the reunion
~ invitation of the EN-Confed-
n ~ association
n =, s,llou soldiers and comrades For the
eme we have enjoyed the hospitali-
W ,he boys who wore the grey, and
IAN. roll around and the comrades
care the blue and the grey answer
call above and join the grand army
,nsrlcnn heroes over the great river
ro. the number of the comrades
;oI6 with us will grow forever and
',..,sr smaller until, perhaps, one OF the
Al and one Of the grey will Join their
a.ud, and with sorrowful step strcw
4, KY rise aud the lilly over the
,sr on THEIR CoMR,pEs.
n, II the blue to-day meet YOU under
r1iarly sad circumstances; not only
MI YOU, the brave men who wore the
M followers of the brave Lee and
,,.st. IN. mourn the loss of the nation IN
ss lestl, of our vcnerated chief, Gen. t.
I ,'rant whose memory is a heritage to
II American soldiers, whether they
I'm the blue or the grey.
nsrac This eyentful week the veterans
h Me- blue are marching side by side
Nm so,rowiul step and loving fratcr-
N. with the bier of our beloved chief,
.sithc veterans Of the Il. T.. Lee camp
n confederate veterans aud the vet
pri, Of the heroes of the Union soldiers
M ninglmg their tears over the loss of
Az AMERICAN CHIEFTAIN.
We, your guests cannot express to YOU
oar sincere aud heartfelt appreciation OF
A. Kind hospltalitics you have extended
a, today and we feel that we are once
more gathered around the old roof Tree
ara at the old homestead, aud once more
free happy and contented family and
thai We have achieved u record that
n have reasons to be proud of,
and nne that is unequaled in the history
II utilization. France, who over cen
la1 ago. at the same time that America
drew off the shackles of tyranny, saw
hsr banucr of liberty torn into fragments
sad her statesmen trampled under the
dist by military despotism, which was
@t dimmed In darkness on the
BLOODY FIELD OF WATERLOO.
Rising from the ashes of Il desolated
country She again sprang into renewed
lifc and was only fettercd by the inter-
lepiion OF foreign powers. America,
Notwithstanding the intervention of for
cigh power and the diffusion of political
opinions and an internal war so bitter in
strife aud sectional luminosity that II di.
lhled the father from the son, the brother
iDu the brother, is yet bound together
v bonds of unity that have al
noi achieved the acme of na-
iDml greatness. We OF the blue
and you OF tue gray can now rcverently
snetl under the same banner of liberty
aud thank the God of love for united
Union, and that we are one, free, happy
AID cnntentcd people. We of the blue
Cam common heritage in the memory
nl Lee as you have in the memory of
uHnt and Il Mcpherson, heritage ol
AMERICAN hcroism that We as soldiers
lsc apridc In transmitting to our chill
urn The great bond OF fraternity and
unity was first ccmcntcd ut the
'VGGFNnER or ArPoMATTON cor r-
HOUSE,
shen the gallant Lee presented his sword
= 'lat brave and magnanimouS soldier,
whose death we mourn to-day. It was
funned TO the scabbard and when the
lpfNes ana mules of the vast army were
@eaIored, Gen. Grant said to his old
.ohmde at West Point: TAKE your
o'ses home, your men and people want
pgnio pillow their crops in the spring. "
4 ms settlement OF our difficulties was
W lhe old laws of Spain, after Il trial
s'ofc lhe civil courts of the country.
..vn our legislative councils an appeal
va iaken to the highest court known to
r,u'llled world, an appeal TO arms.
~. uulihg OF this court finally settled
~ sullg' and to-day, in judicial par
ans' II Is res adjudicata, a final iudg-
an anu cannot be reversed. Had
~ settlement been left TO the
,'su'ers OF both armies there would
n, Nv peell no reconstruction, for sol
wv y brave in war and magnanlmous in
eaentlng
~, BoNn OF FELLOWSHIP
~ can never be broken from the chilly
iune o. Alaska 10 the 1owery lands OF
III. Aug, and from the Atlantic to the Pa
sna, ne blue and the grey are so inter
1911 with one another that they are
nv nous terms for an American sol
NM Now', as to myself, am somewhat
w nave two daughters, who were
~. MY y the federal army, and, hendc. be-
80 rue boys OF the blue, who have
SSs,eu sons OF Confederate soldiers; and
u ~ lone one gnndchild, and am afraid
!. tungsten will get these granddnds
is,la,.,d. mixed, II II tries TO make any
lbf ION lou between the gray and the
md, heep up these reunions, for we
- "inember that
VIZ CAN GIT 40 RECRUITS
\, ny y VIII not be many years before
IN sn OF the blue and those of the gray
+. na'A arm in arm down the valley OF
u ~ Stfew the rose and the lily over
y IA VI our comrades. wish to call
~ Vii, Nh suffers attention to the battle
NJ ' ral was presented 10 me day be-
~. ,s,.s,.erday. suspended above the
\ nm, Mead on the grand stand. At
lrns linton 10, OF Parsons brigade az Gle.
I'M graEe old corporal, w. NJ. Cook,
pessn,, thirteenth Tennessee infantry,
Iil, spsu me with the battle flag of the
N .,'. Nehth Indiana. What memories
''S,et around that old flag when IL
tie nEAoirEs THE SURVIVORS