Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-30
THE LEE MONUMENT.

Ihe streets OF the city had been decorated
very elaborately and taste fully for the occa
sion. From all the business buildings wer,
swung streamers in which the colors of tn,
Confederscy blended with the national en-
blem. The State colors of Maryland anC
Virginia we're literally displayed. Or
many buildings portraits Of the leaders o
the lost cause, wreathed in laurel, wert
prominently displayed. On some of tn;
buildings were hung battle flags, tatterec
and worn, and as the veterans passed be
meath them on their way to the place of as
semblage, they broke forth into hearty
cheers.
THE GREAT PARADE.
Noon was the hour fixed for the procession
to move. Long before that time most of the
militia companies and civil societies had
formed in the places allotted to them, and
the chief marshal's aids were gallopinc
backward and forward, bringing to head
quarters news of the formation. 1t was
nearly 1890 o'clock when word was brought
to Chief Marshal Lee that the parade was
ready to move. Turning to his marshaIs, he
gave the command to move, and the head of
the procession moved down Broad street.
As the veteran cavalry passed, the voIun-
teer troops-infantry, artillery and cavalry
fell into line behind them, followed bv the
Farmers Alliance. The State troops were
arranged in the order Of secession of the
Southern States, South Carolina being in
the lead, and Virginia bringing up the rear.
Each OF the State contingents carried a
distinctive banner. These banners were
furnished by the local committee, and they
furnished the Identification of each State
delegation. OF far more interest to the
throng that filled the streets and looked
down upon the procession from windows
and house tops, were the tattered and smoke
begrimed war flags, carried by the veterans.
Waving handkerchief and cheers from
thousands of throats greeted them as they
passed.
At the head of the procession rode ex-
Governor Lee, mounted on a spirited iron
gray horse. In the first carriage were Gov
ernor Mckinney, Colonel Archer Ander-
son, the orator of the day; General Jubal
A. Early and General Joseph E. Johnston.
In other carriages were Captain R. E. Lee,
General w. II. F. Lee, Gusts Lee, Miss
Mildred Lee, Miss Mary Lee, Governor
Fleming, of West Virginia; Senator
Reagan, of Texas, ex-Postmaster General of
the Confederacy, and General H. H.
Walker, of Morristown, n. ].
THE OLD FAMILIAR TUNE.
As the leading carriage passed down
Broad street, it was greeted with wild dem
onstrations by the enormous crowd. Fair
ners were torn from the fronts of buildings
and tossed high into the air, ana as the band
struck up the familiar air of Dixie" tears
coursed down furrowed cheeks The passage
OF the professional column through the
principal streets of the city was a continued
ovation, and its progress was much impeded
by the crowd that filled the steet, and when
II arrived at the monument an enormous
crowd was in waiting there. A large stand
a.,FH1 -, L l.
for the distinguished guests, the orator of
the daY and ladies. It was we'll filled when
the procession arrived, and ex- Governor Lee
dlsmounted ana offered his arm to General
Johnston to escort him to the seat reserved
for him.
When the organization was complete and
something like quiet could be had, Gov
ernor Mckinney, as President of the Lee
Monument Association, arose and called
the assemblage to order. After a brief in
vocation BY Rev. Charles Minnigerode. of
the Episcopal Church, Governor Mckinney
introduced General Early as chairman of
the meeting. He was greeted with pro-
longed applause and cheering. Taking the |
gavel from Governor MeKinney's hand, |
General Early announced in a few we'll |
chosen words the orator OF the occasion
Colonel Archer Anderson, who. in the |
course Of his address, spoke as follows:
A TRIBUTE TO LEE.
FELLOW CITIZENS: A people carves its own |
image in the monuments of its great men.
Not Virginians only, not those who dwell in |
the fair land stretching from the Potomac to |
the Rio Grande. but all who bear the American |
name, may proudly consent that posterity shall |
judge them BY the structure which we are here |
70 dedicate and crown with a heroic figure. |
For, as the Latin poet said that whenever |
the Roman name and sway extended thele |
should be the sepulcher of Pompey, SO to-day |
IN every part of America the character and |
Tame of Robert Edward Lee are treasured as /
a possession for all time"
And II this is true of that great name, what |
shall De SAID OF the circumstances which sur
round us on this day of solemn commemorauon7 /
1nat ar the end OF the first quarter of a century
alter the close OF a stupendous Civil War, in
Nhlch more than 100000 struggled for the
mastery durlng four years of fierce and bloody
CONNECT, we should see the Southern States in
complete possession OF their local self-royern- |
meht, the Federal Constitution unchanged. |
save As respects the great issues submitted to |
tne aroltrament of war and the de- |
1eateu party - while in full and patri- |
and imperial promises of a re-nnitsd conn |
uy-etlu not held to renounce apy glorious |
memory. out Tree to heap honors unon their |
trusted leaders, living or dead. All this re-
NeAit character In which the American
people may well be content to be handed down |
20 history. All this, and more will he the tes'
timony OF the solid fabric we here comnIete |
Il VIII recall the generous initiative and fha
unnagging zeal Of those noble women of the |
boutn 10 whom IN large measure we Owe This
suspiclous day. 1t will bear its last1nS wit,
ness as the voluntary offering of the peonIe-
inot the governments Of the Southern States-
and. standing a. the perpetual memorieS of