The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-25
ARMY REUNION.

Toasts aud Responses Close the Meeting Of
+, the Society of the Army of the Ten
/ nessee
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1S-The reunion of
| the society of the army of the Tennes-
see came to close last night in mag
niieent banquet at the Lindell hotel
Over 200 people were seated at the
festal board, the gentlemen of the party
being almost entirely composed of ex-
officers of the army of the Tennessee.
Among the prominent were: Gen G.
NJ. Dodge, Gen. d. B. Henderson, Gen.
Schofeld, Gen John McNulta, Gen.
Wager Swayne, Gen John C Black,
Gen Charles E. Hooker, Col James F.
Howe, Henry 7. Castle and the sons of
Gen w. 7. Sherman
1t was after 10 o'clock when Gen. G.
NJ. Dodge, the POSTMASTER of the occa-
and pronounced the first toast. Lin
coin and Grant," to which Gen ID. B.
Henderson, of Iowa, responded Gen.
Henderson said:
1T is most fitting that Grant and
Lincoln should be considered together.
They were one in heart, one in great
actions and should be one in history
You cannot think of Grant without
seeing Lincoln You cannot think of
Lincoln without seeing the mailed
warrior who led his mighty hosts to
freedoms glorious victory. Two chiefs
cannot be named in our rich history so
free from ambition as my themes Self
was second and their country first
They did not ask for place-their coun-
try called them to it While millions
thought of them they thought of the
millions Grant fought not to win his
stars, but to keeph his country's flag float
ing in the starry heavens Lincoln aimed
not for the scepter of power, but strug-
gled to give every citizen sovereign's
crown.
Coming to the individuals l look at
Grant as soldier, statesman and poll
tician- As soldier his story will place
but few. if any, above him He will be
ranked with the worlds great captains.
He did not count the cost of victory,
but victory he was bound to have at any
cost As statesman his place falls but
little below his rank as soldier As
politician he was not strong. He would
never have been elected a second term as
president but for his great service as
soldier and his statesmanlike views on
all great questions He trusted TO
few great political chiefs No man,
however great and wise, can long ignore
the councils of his whole party and
maintain his power. Grant, the politi-
clan, limited his council to five and in
1Ss0 he fell, when loved by the men
who hurled him from power
Gen. Henderson closed with a glow
ing tribute to the life and death of
Abraham Lincoln. The Army of the
Tennessee" was responded to by Col
Dawes; the Lessons of the War by
=. I. Sherman. a son of Gen Sherman;
''The Border States During the War"
by Gen. John C. Black. and Our De-
ceased Comrade, Gen Pope by Gen.
Swayne.
\ noble looking, frank featured gem
tleman. dressed in black. with an emp
ty sleeve swinging BIZ his side. arose as
the toast of Our Quaudom Enemy" |
was pronounced, and the vast as
sembly cheered for nearly minute on |
recognizing Gen. Charles E. Hooker, of |
Mississippi. one of the bravest and most |
gallant of the ex-confederates. There |
was much humor, but more pathos and |
more patriotism in the stirring words |
of Gen Hooker as he delicately compli- |
meuted the valor of the army of the |
Tennessee, and referred to the lost |
cause" of the eonfederacy as mat
ter which had been adjusted by the |
stern logic of war and had now passed /
into history beyond appeal and |
beyond regret. The union. now re-
united, is one and inseparable, aud the |
great rainbow of peace, which stretches
from Nicksburg TO Savannah. from At
lanta to the sea, which arches the |
heights of Lookout mountain. is har-
binger of everlasting peace and fra
ternity among the states of the union.