Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-04

understanding, rather to be chosen than
silver !" that contended not for "the old flag
and an appropriation" but for those Hndying
and inalienabe principles ofgovernment Sc
cured to them by .heir torefathers; that gave
us in Craftsmanship Jefferson, whose prin-
clples of government have won the admira-
ton OF the world in warfare Lee, without
peer when the grandeur of his whole char
acter as General a man and Christian is
considered, and in science, Mauly, who
sounded the depths of the sea and told ofthe
winds and currents of the ocean.
The stars had secrets for him seas
Revealed the depths their waves were
The winds gave up their mysteries,
The tidal flows confessed their meaning.
OF oceans paths the tangled blue
He taught the nations to unTavel,
And showed the trail where safely through
The lightning-footed thought might travel.
Who, in all his scientific research, never for
got who was the author of the great volume
which Nature spread before him and taught
the harmony of science and revelation.
The pages of our nations history are bright
est where the names and deeds of her noble
sons are recorded.
union to-day, after so many years of separa-
tion, we must not, and will not, forget our old
companions who gave up their lives for the
cause so dear to us all. They died IN the
dreaded hospital, on the weary march, on the
| lone picket beat and in the shock of battle,
but all freely gave up their lives for what
| they deemed the right. What nobler sacrifice
does the world furnish than that of giving
| e.. unit
messed their sufferings and trials and their
triumphs, too, for to die nobly is to triumph,
When we remember that the enemy was be-
tween them and their homes and loved ones,
and know that they regarded home, country
| and liberty all at stake, who can doubt that
the glorious inspiration of the breath of pat
riotism made them rather prefer death in the
intense and exalted excitement of battle, than
life with the defeat which awaited their COM
panions. We will keep their memories fresh
and green until we too. shall "c-oss over the
river and rest under the shade of the trees"
"Old comrades of mine, by the fast-waning
years,
That move to mortality g goal,
By my heart full of love and my eyes full of
| tears
hold you all fast in my soul;
And march with the May, and its blossomy
| charms
! tend1Iiy lay ON this sou
And pray they may rest there, old comrades
| i'll arms
Like kiss Of forgiveness from God"
After Capt. Johnson's very patrio-
tic and eloquent address, Capt. Thos.
HI. Smith was introduced, and spoke
as follows:
| ,.,.,, ,,, of rro,,,ossoo T,ix,isio,, of f,o,Fad
crate Veterans:
| Ladies and Gentlemen-Captain johnson,
on behalf Of Forbes Bivouac, has spoken to
you words of welcome, to which the heart OF
every citizen Of Clarksville most heartily re-
spends. come before you to-day delegated
by the city authorities of Clarksville, to say
in their name and on behalf Of the citizens
OF our town, to bid you welcome to our homes,
our hospitality, and the entire freedom OF our
city. The people for whom speak have al
ways been true and loyal to their convictions
of right, and when war between the States
was brought upon them, they espoused the
cause of the south, were true and loyal to that
cause so long as II existed, and yet hold sacred
the memories of those days of trial and suffer
ing. Among the first to respond to the call
for men, Clarksville and Montgomery county
organized and equipped her sons, and sent
them forth to join their brothers from other
portions of the State in defence of our cause
Our people were early brought TO face the
stern realities Of war, the horrors of battle
when from Donelson our mothers, wives and
sisters, with devotion only born of woman
received and cared for the mangled forms OF
the wounded heroes of that bloody field
swallowing their tears, not knowing but the
next boat would bring their own loved ones
mangled or dead. Among the first people o
our state to fall under the rule of their then
enemies, with all the annoyances that rule
implied, they were still true. Oppressed, bni
not conquered, they again equipped and sent
forth their loved ones to battle on the field o.
4 Higgins Lane, from which bloodless field
they gladly received their own again-unhurt
These people, animated by the same spirit
which carried them through those trying
times, welcome you to-day as representatives
of the manhood of Tennessee and the chivalry
of Kentucky, feeling that in honoring you
we honor ourselves and the memories of oul
own loved ones, whose graves mark the bat
tie fields of the entire South and the prison
pens of the North. Again we bid you wei
come.
Capt. Smiths speech was brief, but
was received with a round of ap
plause.
Capt. Jno. w. Morton, the Captain
of the celebrated ..Morton's battery
and Chief of Forests Artillery, was
next presented to the audience ant
spoke most feelingly as follows:
Ladies, Friends and Comrades;
In returning thanks of the visiting com
rades for the patriotic aud feiicitous addresses
Of welcome you have just heard allow me Il
say that it is beyond my power to Adequately
give expression to the thoughts that woulC
be appropriate at this time.
This occasion inaugurated for the purpost
of preserving "reminiscences, is in itself his
torical. II marks In the history of us all, my
comrades, the first time many of you hav'
seen these hills and Wales since we were oil
march from Bowling Green to Fort Donelson
Then in the lusty strength of youth now will
gray locks and many memories.
The war of guns reverberates no more OF
the air, the deeds Of daring have passed
away; the cause that mustered US, then, ~
longer lifts it's banner to the sun. The hun