The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-07-09
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Celebrate the Glorious Fourth OF
Chattanooga.
The Stars 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 tho reunion OF the Con-
federato veterans took the form Of q
monster parade in the morning. Two
thousand veterans wcro 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 j. Cor
don was commandor-in-chiefo of the pro-
Cession, and as he rode along the line in
review he was greeted with a continu-
GUS round of cheers. General +. Kirby
Smith, attired in a suit Of Confederate
gray, commanded the military division,
and he, too, was vociferously cheered
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. Tho best of good humor pro
vailed. and not q 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 tho limo 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 we're 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 rcmi-
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 the whole city was illumin-
ated. Lookout Mountain and Mis-
sionary Ridge were ablaze with
bright lights, and on the Tonnes
see river and Cameron Hill there we're
monster pyrotechnic displays. It is es-
timated that there were thirty-fye
thousand visitors in the city. The pa
rade of Confederate veterans clearly in
dictated that it has been long time
since the close of the war. Tho men
arc gray-haired and nearly all infrm.
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 the tent General Gordon, Of Louis
lana, said: eve all recognize the fact
that the late war was a gallant fight.
Both sides were right We Of tho
South fought for the constitution Of
our fathers as sounded by the Supreme
Court. The South was a loyal country,
but We were wrong on the slavery cues
ton. The North was right whom it
fought rs on that score. There is not a
son or daughter Of the South to-day who
would have slavery restored. Applause. 7
While for four years we were deadly
enemies, we are foreverrnore brothers
and felow-citizens, and proud in the
South of the glory of the American
States and we would iightas loyalty for
the Gag Of our country as any man who
fought with Grant and Sherman"