The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-07-10
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Celebrate the Glorious Fourth AZ
Chattanoosa.
The starr and Stripes the Only Colors Dis
played, and the Sentiments Uttered
Were Of the Most Patriotic
Character.

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 encampcd near the city, and sew
eral military companies from other
Southern cities. General John b. Cor
don was comma ander-in-chief OF tho pro.
cession, and rs he rode along tho line in
review he was greeted with continu.
GUS round OF cheera General f. Kirby
Smith, attired In suit Of Confederate
gray, commanded the military division,
and he. too, was vociferously choered
along the streets. In all the line not .
single Confederate flag was displayed,
but every command carried the
National colors. The brass bands passed
up tho streets playing National airs and
"Dixie" Bonnie Blue Flag" and war
tunes OF both sides, and cheers greeted
every air. The best OF good humor pro-
vailed, and not single incident occur
red to mar tho pleasure OF tho 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 tho business portion Of
the city there was not 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 tho Union Depot. The senti.
ments were so patriotic and eloquent
that the widest enthusiasm prevailed.
In tho afternoon Ave thousand persons
crowded into the great tent and listened
to Fourth Of July orations, war remi-
nisicences and patriotic music.
Speeches werc made by General George
B. Gordon. Of Louisiana; General w. s.
Cabell, Of Tcxas: General Z. Kirby
Smith, Of Tennessee, and General
''Tige'' Anderson, of Georgia. At
night the whole city was illumin.
ated. Lookout Mountain and Mis-
sionary Ridge were abaze with
bright lights, and on the Tennes-
see river and Cameron Hill there were
monster pyrotechnic displays Il 10 es-
Htiste< Sue. SnosS x~.e si,srSy -avc
ShousanG yisrrors Il. tno CITY. Tho pm
rade of Confederate veterans clearly In.
dicated that il has boon 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 a speech
at tho tent General Gordon, of Louis.
lana, said: 1--WE all recognize the fact
that the late war was q gallant fight.
Both sides were right. We Of the
South fought for the constitution Of
our fathers as sounded by the Supreme
Court The South was loyal country,
but we were wrong on the slavery ques-
ton. The North was right when it
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 fghtas Loyalty for
the flag of our country as any man who
fought with Grant and Sherman"