St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-21
THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS
MARCH BEARING ALOFT THE
STARS AND STRIPES.
IMPRESSIVE DIscoURsEsI
GOV. TURNEY, OF TENNESSEE,
RAISES A SOUTHERN
BREEZE.
THE MINNESOTA MONUMENTS.
No Prominent Representatives OF
the State at the Dedication
Ceremony.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 90
One of the leading features of to-
days events, one that caused per-
hapS more comment, more enthu-
siasm, and which will make last
ing impression upon those who saw
it, was company Of Confederate
veterans, attired in their tattered old
uniforms of gray, carrying the stars
and stripes. They formed part of
the big parade this morning, and as
they passed through the miles and
miles of streets they were rendered
an ovation that would have honored
an emperor. Not one of these old
war dogs was under sixty. and yet
they walked with firmness of step
that would have done credit to West
Point cadets. And one of them,
the one next to the color bearer,
carried an olive wreath, an emblem
of peace and love-
The days doings started off with
the parade, and all Chattanooga
and the tens Of thousands of visitors
turned out to see it. There were
twenty-five carriages in line, con-
tanning the most distinguished of the
citizens guests remaining in the
city, including Vice President Stew
enson; Speaker Charles F. Crisp;
Hon. j. w. Maddox, of Georgia:
Hon. Benton Mcmillan, of Tennes-
see; Gen. D. B. Henderson, of Iowa:
Hon. H. G. Van Voorhis, of New
York; J. A. Ortherton, of Ohio: Sem
ator PETER, of Kansas; Judge Bur
ton. of Missouri; Hon. c. H. Nor
gan; Lieut.. Col. Longstreat: Col.
Tom Fort; Bishop Gailor; Gen. F. A.
Shoup; Brig. Gen. Fullerton. grand
marshal of the day; Gen. McIntyre.
OF Colorado; Brig. Gen. Peck: Gov.
claude Matthews, of Indiana; Col.
N. Walker, commander-in-chie of
the 6. A. R.; Gov. Morrill,. of Kan
sas; Gov. Greenhalge, of Massa.
chusetts; Gov. Rich, of Michigan.
GOV. Holcombe, of Nebraska: and
Gov. Turney, of Tennessee.
1t was few minutes past n, o,oIoo1-
when the parade started.-A platoon
or police came first, followed nv a mir
ltary band; then came Vice President
Stevenson and party in Carriages. i,
the succeeding carriages were Cen
Scnoneid, Secretary of the Interior
Smith, Postmaster General Wilson
secretary of the Navy Herbert and At
torhey General Harmon, United States
senators, congressman, governors and
stans, park commissioners, Tennessee
legislators, Mayor Ochs, the citizens
committee and invited guests. Another
platoon OF police came next, and then
the United States troops, the Ohio
national guard, Tennessee national
guard, Capital City guards of Georgia
and the Chattanooga school battal-
ion.
me formal exercises of the day were
held In the big Barnum tent near the
government building, and were presid-
ed over by Vice President Stevenson
After music by the band, Rev. DR.. st
Niccoiis, of ST. Louis, offered PRAYER
The first address was by George w
Ochs, mayor of Chattanooga. who
said:
A SECOND BAPTISM.
"Chattanooga stands today sponsor
e~S CONOiIO OtfpllSIIl Oh lneSo historic
and hallowed surroundings. baDtized
nrst into Immortality by the blood of
soldiers shed amid the crash
and roar of the fiercest, bloodiest and
most desperate battle Of modern times:
baptized a second time amid the soft
sweet anthems of peace by the touch,
ing tributes of a reunited nation
which Is now embalming in perpetuai
memory the chivalry, the sacrifice and
she mliltary prowess of her sons. The
an n i,,I,
halioWed plain is charged with sacred
memories, and the glittering stars
which beJewel that canopy are svn1-
nois OF those martyrs that perished
Our hills and wales, the frowning bat.
tlements OF our towering mountains.
our sllVery stream, the trees. the
Shfups, our gl1Stening, purling brooks.
nave all been touched by the magic
wand Of history and garlanded with
the sacred wreaths of memory. The
people of Chattanooga draw insnirao
lions from these patriotic associations.
tney are the logical guardians to pre-,
serve tnem This city will forever ten
these imperishable memories as dem.
onStrat1ng the genius, valor.. heroisn
and H. @sacrifices of American soldiery.
a.. inns park Is the symbol of the ma
Where anity and reconciliation have
erected Nm granite and in bronze the
record OF a country's heroes, a country
now lndestructibly and indissolubly re-
uI1.eo, country proud alike ,of her
sons, remembering that whether they
9lsd for the cause that was lost or
teil Tor the cause that was won. their
oeedS added new luSter to American
= arIns ana their achievements exalted
American valor. Hence this bright no
geant, this assembling of the natiop's
honored sons, this gathering of onr
country,s most distinguished soldiers
and civilians. this burst of enthusiasm
~ uJn ie1naS & thrills with sympathetic
meath the stars and stripes"
GEN. BATE SPEAKS.
When the applause following Mavor
gems speech had subsided, Senator
Bate, Of Tennessee, delivered an
eloquent GRAFTON. He spoke in part AS
follows: II wish that 1 could COM
nand words to give. voice to my sin
which this occasion brings with them.
We have assembled on the glorious
for the preservation and
perpetuation of sacred memories, to
common glory of our country. / note
with inexpressible pleasure that the
lapse OF more than thirty years has
the passions and dispos-
sessed the minds of all the surviving
contestants of these great battles. to
look back at the past with those mod
crate convictions which are due to a
contest In which each party held prin-
ciples and convictions to justify the
sont
Gen. Bate referred to the erection of
The Confederate monument at Chicago
Is an indication that sectionalisn was
obliterated, and then discussed the
causes which led UP to the war. The
Missouri compromise and fanaticism
had something to do with it. The de-
nial of equal rights to equal states