St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-13

| the regimenial train from thirteen wagons
1 TO three was as efficient in ultimate re-
suits, as the withdrawal OF guards from
Confederate poultry coops. and the OBJ
/ liberation OF zouave jackets, possibly more
! 50. The introduction of the shelter tent was
thus turning point in the annals of The
| war. even as the war itself was turning
| point in the annals Of the nation: the Ell.
minafion OF a long series OF Political events:
| the breakiug down Of lengthy line OF
political compromises, futile as an attempt
/, 70 combine finance and delerium tremens,
/ the upbeayai OF a vast aggregation OF sup
| pressed political forces: the explosion of a
mighty reservoir Of hidden political com
| bustibies. and in its attendant incidents as
| well as It's remote consequences. rs treine nd
GUS revolution as any which freights the
| records OF human destiny.
The shelter tent was not immortal al
least in the concrete. II immortality is to be
achieved for H. the pen Of history or the.
SILL. small voice Of tradition must be de-
tailed for that duty. Its texture
Was Not IndestruetibIe.
Worn 10 Widowed raggedness was its inel
aspect: slashed punched, shot-holed and
abraded. but faithful and useful 10 the end
Scorched also, it may be: begrimed and
soiled. maFch-stained and batlle-singed,
linked to its primal Whiteness only as the
vestal virgin Of the Cuthead sioux tepee IL
20 her star-eyed Athenian prototype. No
matter. The statesman with pickereI brow
and muskalionge integument who now cries
havoc, and lets slip his flexible tongue
against pension bills because they interfere
with tariff reform, would elevate his nostrils
in echeion al the thought OF occupying such
quarters, and vent his disgust In a low, hoars,s
smile. quoted from some imitation English
man az Boston. The ecclesiastical mignion-
cite and the journalistic geranium who join
ia prOclaiming IL a threatening peril 10 the
republic that she tardily remembers her
pledges 70 the remaining veterans who inter
posed between their coward forms and da -
ger thirty years ago may jest at sears. They
never felt wound. Nothing but hypoder-
mic injection OF bayonei from rearward
would ever inspire them to confront a foe
more tangible than Baconian cTyptogram
But the men who faced the bounding hate
OF the slave sellers and survived the grape
ana shrapnel of emtattled treason can re-
spond 10 these feeble yiscissItudes with the
silence of profound contempt Let those
who seek to eXpunge their records hide from
the derision of mankind and the damuation
OF history II they can. The surviving vet
Grams neither tender apologies nor demand
fOrgetfulness. They cherish with pride the
recOllections OF the war.
Col. j. III. Davidson and others made
short speeches. Several patriotic songs
were sung by the MendelssOhn quar-
tette, and the company joined in the
chorus.
Guests and Members.
The guests of the evening included
Capt. Hammer, who was present at the
surrender OF Fort Sumter and who
pulled down the Confederate flag, and
Mr. ROdman. son of the inventor of the
noted Rodman gun. The members
present included:
ExGov. Alexander Ramsey. ex-Gov. Will
lam X. Marshall, ex-Goy Horace Austin, +.
c. Mason, of Fort Smelling; Gen. John i.
San6orn, judged; j. Egan, Judge Charles
d. Kerr Maj Wright. f. V. Smaley,
Edwin 7. Andrus, William Arthur, j H.
Bolan, Merritt Barber Charles Beutzoni
William r. Bourne, Ii. c. Braden, S. g.
BreaTley, Is. w. Brunson. George A Camp.
L. W. Campbell, Capt. Henry A. Castle, Loren
W. Collins, Edward Corning, James Crays,
Judson n. Cross, Milton j. Daniels,
Samuel Lee Davis, Timothy Doherty, Col.
jeremiah, {. DonahoWer, William Duncan,
col. Charles G. Edwards, William Faulkner,
William Garlieh, Judge James Gillian,
David Mex. Gilmore. II. p. Goodwin, ID. NJ.
Goodwin, G. w. Haekett, Joseph Hale. Mai.
". ID. Hale Capt. George w. Hardacre,
Charles G. Hayes c. Il. Hefelfnger DR.. c.
9. Higbee. Charles Hobart 4. f Hughson, |
:. F. Jewett. John Kelliher, Charles Kittleson,
:. b. LnmDorn, w. b. Leach, William Lochren,
?. ID. Mcmillan. W Ii. Mead, James p. Moore
George II. Morgan. DR.. John H. Murphy, |
Edward ID. Neill ID. d.. James Martin Paine |
John Ii. Patterson, h. A Pratt, AXel H. |
Reed John A. Reed, Francis w. Seeley, Ed.
ward Simonton John Stearns Smith, Charles |
:. Sumbardo, John Proctor Thompson, Eli (
florence. DR.. James NJ. Tucker Mai. T.. NJ.
Ian Duzee, GeoIge q. White, Alfred G.
Wilcox.