The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-06
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cltit VI MOURN times.
lie spoke of the worthy respects due
the division, the fact that men were
caily being interested by the Exposition
yet from that hurly-burly they have come
to this quiet place 10 dedicate a mOnu
ment TO General Pickett and the men
who were part or parcel Of his division
! ask you all what is a monument an
swer it is either a memory Of the
past or an admOnitiOn for the
iulure Three thousand years after
II was built. Napoleon thrilled
his men by telling them from yonCer sum.
nit three thousand wears LOOK down on
you The monuments at TheJcs, Ath-
ems, the ATeoph4gus. Minerva, and other
onumonis of history were referred to-
The Coliseum. that great remnant az
ancient history, stiii tells ~ OF great
q eds done by he rulers and The ruled.
Whose heart does not warm when he
thinks Of Westminster Abbey, or tie
monuments. 70 Capitol square, Whe.e sol
dicr and statesmen live ia bronze. ln
y0ndor field, not Tar from where ] stand.
viii soon be unveiled a m nument 20 one
OF The creates men who ever lifet Or
dicd--Robert Edward Lee
There is another monument which We
have unveiled, one so George ! Pickett
and his men. The distinguished speaker
then Proceeded 10 picture the deeds on
the battle fields and tie many scenes
through which The command passed
division by division or dellcLmeuts
thereof lie closed this part Of his re-
marks by saying with unc0rquered
hearts, thank God we still have past
He enumerated q long let OF names
worthy TO be mentioned. Armistead' s
Corse's. Kemper's and Garnc.t's brigades,
spoke of their value and of the great
deeds done by the private soldiers who
followed them.
He then referred % Pickett himself,
who from the spring of 1862 till the sur
render at Appomalt0X suffered with his
men and shared their uiumpbs We be-
lievCd ia the meaning of the COnstilu.
tion, as the men who made it construed
il and constructed II. We belie,od that
there was a divinity that shaped our
ends rough hew them as we viii We
went 10 war The result we all know,
and by that we stand. II friendship and
harmony do not continue TO exist, il will
not be the fault Of Pickelts men. Out
Of the gloom comes the rays Of light, they
have come and we are he.e 10 stay
80 yo ., men from Philadelphia. said
the speaker in concluding, who met as
On field of stricken battle, our hearts
are as warm, as earnest and true az they
were on the day We first met you
AFTER THE CEREMONIES.
The band then played America AZ
forwards The meeting was dismissed by
Ferguson with tie G spell ben
ediciion
The column was reform q and marched
back to the city via Beverly, CHERRY and
Frankin streets and was dismissed
Among those on the stand or sitting
on chairs in the front Of tie orator were
Colonel William K. Ayleif. Captain J. T..
Ryley, Governor Curtin OF Peursyl
yanis, Colonel J. O. Kelley, Captain
Charles Lawrence, Captain J F. Crocker,
Colonel y. c. Mcclure, Captain Robert
Bright and others
Mrs Pickett held quite a reception.
The NOrtherners and the SOuiherneTs
yrasped her hand When Colonel Scott
,losed his remarks and turned 10 Mrs
Pickett, and in behalf Of Pickelts men
endered her their respects, she rose with
luivering lips and fearful eyes and bow
ID her respects.
LAST NIGHTS BANQUET.
The banquet last night given by Pick
stts Division to the Philadelphia Brigade
vas well attended
The Committee of Reception were
Nessrs. r.. Ii. Noryell chairman, r. II
Fox, f. w. Martin, a. Jennings, II.
Boone, +. 5 Burford, J. ]. Sinnott, J. J.
j Bia1Or. J. II. Tennant, r. L. Tiller,
jeorge May, VI. Angle.
Captain Reeve, president Of the asso-
,iation, was in the chair lie was thanked
IN the right by
GOVERNOR A. G.. CURTIN,
he war Governor of Pennsylvania, and
IN the left by Governor Fitzhugh Lee of
Virginia, who had only reached the city
N the afternoon train.
II was $50 o'clock before the splendid
menu which had been prepared was
,rought in courses to the three hundred
men present.
THE TOAsTs.
After the BANQUET had been thoroughly
discussed, the following tOasts were read
" Captain Reeve and responded TO by
he gentlemen whose names are given:
"Our Guests, the Philadelphia Brig |
de"-Nirginia welcomes the gallant |
ons Of the X ystone State within her I
ates, whose lovely hills and ieeming val /
sys once. presented the Blue and the |
ray in scenes, which for yalOr are not |
1rpassed in histOry.-ColOnel William |
!. Aylelt, Captain J. f. Reilly.
Pennsylvania and Virginia. Dis
met as the pillows, yet one as the sea-
ldestructible States of an insolub,e
-nion Governor Fiizhugh Lee, Coy
rnor 4 c. Curtin.
"Philadelphia and Richmond. Mayor
Taylor Ellyson, Captain Charles Lau-
snce.
1.-THE Blue and the Gray The ami
losilies engendered by war are buried in
le graves Of our dead comrades
Olonel r. j. Berkeley, J. VI Whilecar.
"Picketts and llancock's Divisions
ncmies in war, but brethren of re-
niied country. William !.
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