Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
ARMY REUNION.
Toasts and Responses Close the Meeting of
the Society of the Army Of the Ten

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Toasts and Responses Close the Meeting of
the Society of the Army of the Ten
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ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1a-The reunion of
the society of the army of the Tennes-
see came to a close last night in a mag
nihcent banquet at the Lindeu hotel
Over 200 people were seated at the
festa1 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..
M Dodge, Gen. ID. B. Henderson, Gen.
Schofeld. Gen. John McNulta, Gen.
Wager Swayne, Gen John c. Black,
Gen. Charles e. Hooker, Col James T.
Howe. Henry T. Castle and the sons of
Gen. w. 7. Sherman.
It was after 10 o'clock when Gen. G.
M. Dodge. the POSTMASTER of the occa-
sion, raped the banqueters to order
and pronounced the first toast, slim
coin and Grant," to which Gen. D. 3.
Henderson, of Iowa, responded. Gen.
Henderson said:
"It 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 am bitiOn 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 keep 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 I look at
Grant as soldier, statesman and poll
tician. AS a 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 a statesman his place falls but
little below his rank as a soldier. AS a
politician he was not strong. He would
never have been elected second term as
president but for his great service as a
soldier and his StateSmanlike views on
all great questions He trusted to a
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
1880 he fell, when loved by the men
who hurled him from power
Gen. Henderson closed with 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
P. 7. Sherman, a son of Gen. Sherman;
''The Border States During the War"
by Gen. John G. Black, and ''Our De-
ceased Comrade, Gen: Pope" by Gen.
Swayne.
A noble looking, frank featured gen.
tleman, dressed in black, with an emp
ty sleeve swinging by his side, arose as
the toast of "Our Quandom 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-
mented the valor of the army of the
Tennessee, and referred to the ''lost
cause" of the confederacy as a 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, and the
great rainbow of peace, which stretches
from Viclzsburg to Savannah, from At
lanta to the sea, which arches the
heights of Lookout mountain, is a har-
binger of everlasting peace and fra
ternity among the states of the union.