Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-30

JOA1ASS8 SAAO A-AAAA@Ay memorial association, this being their Deco ration day, in procession to the cemetery where the soldiers graves were decorated. Captain A. A. Wiley delivered the oration. The graves of Yancy, General Lomax and other distinguished dead were handsomely ornamented: MT. Davis goes to Atlanta on 8 special train tomorrow. The train will be decorated. After the unveiling of the Hill monument he will go to Savannah. This city is alive with strangers and bunting and decorations are abundant.
 A Protest From she North-veterans
 of the War Meet at Albany and Vent
 Their Indignation.
 ALBANY, April 29.-The full text of the call for the mass meeting tonight to protest against the ceremonies at Montgomery, Ala bama, is as follows:
 To all who believe in preserving the Union:
 We cordially invite all those who fought for the preservation of the Union and all who sustained and encouraged those who fought in that bloody but glorious contest for human liberty to meet at the Assembly chamber at o'clock this evening and to unite in denuncaion Of the resurrection of Jeff Davis from the oblivion to which loyal and patri otic people had consigned him. We invite them to protest against gorhcaton of disloya deeds and men, the revival of sentiments repugnaat to those who fought for the Union, abhorrent to the loyal forget the sufferings sacrifices of loyal people; it is too soon to forget treason and traitors, however much we may forgive them. Let unite to repeat the resolve of Abraham Lincoln on the field of Gettysburg, That these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation under God shall have birth of freedom and that govern ment by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth
 GENERAL H. A. BARNgM,
 of New York,
 Post Department Commander G. A. R.,
 MAJOR GEORGE H, TREADwELI,
 Albany.
 CAPTAIN L. R, BAILEY,
 and others, all of the Union army.
 is af< %o in the Assembly chamber to express indig- nation at the reception rendered Jefferson Davis in Montgomery Wednesday night and the incendiary speech delivered by him on that occasion was called to order this even ing. The Tenth regiment band marched in- to the chamber and taking stand in front of the Speakers desk kindled the enthusi- asm of the large audience to fever heat by playing patriotic airs. The meeting was called to order by General Henry A. Bar mum, who moved that the Speaker of the Assembly of the Empire State of this grand Union of States be invited to preside at this meeting of loyal citizens. The Speaker on taking the chair was greeted with loud and long continued applause. General Barnum said that Speaker Husted needed no introduction, he was loyal and faithful to the cause of the Union and did all he could to sustain the freedom of the North in their long and hard struggle for victory. Gener- al Husted then addressed the meeting as fol- lows:
 Ladies and gentlemen-For the courtesy embed jed in this compliment tender you my most heart felt thanks. This meeting has been called to give which has been taken in Montgomery, Alabama, and to show to the people of the Union that the b or S of M 5o s she % first to denounce renewal of the principles on declared sT war When ssy J Jefferson paVs what l mean The people Of the South made no m It was made h by the him from the Capitol. The people of the South Was ended when Robert E. Lee laid down and the ieyai citizens Of Aibany meet here to de. clare renewal of fial relations and loyalty. When greater crime than when he declared war. say that neither he nor any other man, in view of the bellion has any right to make such assertions. and we are prepared to meet them in the forum, in the social circle and the polls. If this is to be the leading issue we welcome it.
 General Barnum then introduced the fol- lowing:
 Resolved, That treason is odious; that the Union of the United States of America and the liberty ment illustrated is woIth the blood of all loyal cit zens Of our beloved country.
 In moving the adoption of this resolution General Barnum said that yesterday in southern cline he upon whose garments I see in blood-red stains the sacrifice of loy- al and disloyal people was feted and honor ed. The city of Albany to-day mourns the men who went down to glorious graves at the behest of this man who was received with so much honor yesterday. am here to-day to say that these men did not die that now the people shall put flowers in his path way and make him the central figure of the world. I believe, my fellow citizens, that this meeting is the first of series that will hrIl of this land. to declare, in the words of General Sherman that the war for the rebel lion was wrong, eternally wrong, and that for the Union right, eternally right"
 Hon. John Raines addressed the meeting as follows: 1T read short time ago the call for this meeting and I am here to express my sympatbies with it's objects. This is, in deed, g strange oecasion but it is not re- gathering. We had supposed that twenty years after the close of the war that no sentiment anywhere existed that would honor treason. Supposing for one moment that the tories had gathered to do honor to one who had betrayed his country. Imagine Benedict Arnold being received by them with floral tributes and delivering to them 8 speech in which he re asserted the principles for which they had fought and you have 8 spectacle that would compare favorably with that which happened yesterday at Montgom cry. look with pleasure at the glad frater- nal feeling which was expressed in the funeral procession of U. s. Grant when 8 Confederate general rode side by side with a Union commander. I trust that this exhibi- tion was not made for a purpose. On numer- ous occasions I have read in the public press articles condemning the Grand Army because it tended to keep alive the feelings of the war. l trust that they will now denounce that exhibition which tends to make treason At this point the speaker read of hibition. Commenting on them he said: ''These are the words which teach something. It is because we want to see stamped out such utterances as these that we are gathered to- gether to night. Let them pay respect to their dead if they will, but they must cease to deify the arch-eonspirator and to honor him because he is the chief, the harmless? Does it bode nothing to the future peace of the country? We cannot let it go by without g word being said against it. This is not the time for the people of the South to honor and make an idol of the man who sent numbers of gallant men to untime- ly graves"
 Hon. L. L. Van Allen was then called and said: If we permit treason to go on again as it began in the days of 1Se1 ten most certainly the loyal blood of the Union sol diers will rise up and demonstrate most en- phatically that we are capable of having one government irrespective of the demonstra- ton of yesterday. I am glad that the old city of Albany is the first to come out boldly and emphatically, that it condemns unqualifedly and unreservedly the demon stration of yesterday. Jeff Davis was crowned as the great ex-president of buried confederacy and when he presented himself the band played tHai1 to the Chief" and the words uttered by Davis and Gordon are enough to damn them in the estimation of everyone who is willing to die under the stars and stripes. This meeting, called ire spective of party: is but the beginning of others that will be held to express indigna- tion at the arch fend, this arch-traitor rising before the public view and a few fre-eaters rising up to call Linn blessed.
 Other speeches were made by Senators Smith and ssCoggeshall and letter read from Rev. Dr. Lowell of the Archgrove church The resolution of General Barnum was then unanimously adopted. The meeting was brought to a close by the audience joining in singing t'John Browns body lies mouldering in the grave"
 FORTHWITH CONGRESS-.
 WASHINGTON April 29.