The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-12
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Celebrate the Glorious Fourth at
Chattanooga
The stars and stripes tho Only Coiors Dis.
played, and tho Sentiments Uttered
Were OF tho Most Patriotic
ChurnCter,

At Chattanooga. Tenn, the Fourth OF
July exercises OF the reunion OF the Con-
federate veterans took the form OF
monster parade in the morning. Two
thousand veterans were in line, together
with three regiments of Tennessee State
Guards encamped near the city, and sew
eral military companies from other
Southern cities. General John b. Cor
don was commander-in-chief of the pro-
cession, and as he rode along the line in
review he was greeted With continu-
GUS round of cheers General Il. Kirby
Smith, attired in suit of Confederate
gray, commanded the military division,
and he, too, was vociferously cheered
along the streets. In all the line not a
single Confederate flag was displayed,
but every command carried the
National colors. The brass bands passed
up the streetstplaying National airs and
Dixie" "Bonn he Blue Flag" and war
tunes of both Sides, and cheers greeted
every air. The best of good humor pre-
vailed, and not a single incident occur.
red to mar the pleasure of the occasion.
The feature of the parade was several
hundred young men, sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans, who passed along singing
National airs. Along the line OF
parade in the business portion OF
the city there was not a single house
that was not profusely decorated.
Governor Taylor of Tennessee, and
staff headed the Tennessee militia After
the parade and review General Gordon
addressed several thousand people in
front of the Union Depot. The senti-
ments were so patriotic and eloquent
that the widest enthusiasm prevailed.
In the afternoon five thousand persons
crowded into the great tent and listened
to Fourth of July orations, war remi.
nisicences and patriotic music.
Speeches were made by General George
B. Gordon, of Louisiana; General w. S.
Cabell, of Texas; General E. Kirby
Smith, of Tennessee, and General
''Tige'' Anderson, of Georgia. AT
night tho whcle city was illumin-
ated. Lookout Mountain and Mis-.
sionary Ridge were ablaze with
bright lights, and on the Tennes-
see river and Cameron Hill there were
monster pyrotechnic displays. 1t is es.
timatcd that there were thirty-fve
thousand visitors in the city. The pa
rade of Confederate veterans clearly in
dicated that it has been long time
since the close of the war. The men
are gray-haired and nearly all infirm.
Their appearance clearly indicated that
they had seen active service and much
of it, many of them appearing in their
old tattered gray jackets. In speech
at the tent General Gordon, of Louis
lana, said: 1--WE all recognize the fact
that the late war was a gallant fight
Both sides were right. We of the
South fought for the constitution oi
our fathers as sounded by the Supreme
Court. The South was loyal country,
but we were wrong on the slavery ques-
tion. The North was right when il
fought us on that score. There is not a
son or daughter of the South to-day who
would have slavery restored. Applause.
While for four years we were deadly
enemies, we are forevermore brothers
and fellow-citizens, and proud in the
South of the glory of the American
States, and we would tightas Loyalty fol
the flag of our country as any man who
| fought with Grant and Sherman"