Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-11-27
BOTH GRAY AND BLUAE
PROPOSAL FOR A MAGNIFICENT PA-
 RADE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Colonel Garnett's Suggestion For Re-
 proved Heartily by Southern Veterans.
 Spectacle That Will Be Worth Seeing.
 We are pleased that our patriotic fel- low citizen, Colonel Garnett, once q Confederate soldier, has taken up our suggestion for the holding of a grand parade of veterans in New York. We accept at once the amendments to our original suggestion which Colonel Gar nett has made. He would not confne the parade to the veterans of the Con- federacy living .n the city, but would bring here from the south as many of their brethren as would like to join the grand march. This is larger and finer thought than that which we had in mind Again, instead of making the parade one of Confederate veterans on-
 ly, he would unite both Union and Con- federate veterans in it. This is a most
 patriotic and noble conception; it is an
 inspiration of the new Americanism
 We can but trust that his ideas will be realized Perhaps it might be fine
 thing to put the Union contingent un-
 der Confederate officer, General Long
 street or Colonel Garnett, for example,
 and the Confederate contingent under Q
 Union officer, General Daniel E. Sic-
 kles, for example. What spectacle that
 would be for Broadway and the Bow
 cry, for Avenue D and Fifth and Sixth
 avenuesi Let the veterans rally on the
 Battery, from which the British troops
 took their departure 1la years ago; let
 them eneamp on Harlem heights, asso-
 ciated forever with the name of the ina
 mortal Virginian.
 Colonel Garnett thinks that the parade
 of the gray and the blue, vanquished
 and victors, should take place on the Fourth of July next, day that knows no north, no south, no east, no west It is choice of which we fully approve. That parade upon Independence day of 1896 would be novel and glorious epi- sode in the history of New York We should like to see The Suns sug gestion, as wisely amended by Colonel Garnett, taken up by the city govern ment, the regiments of the national guard, the chamber of commerce, the board of trade and all the great patriot ic and business organizations in the city If they do their duty in this case, the parade will surely be held, a parade of unity and honor, peace and Ameri- canism, that will thrill the soul of our country.
 We learn from Colonel Garnett's let ter in yesterdays Sun that he has taken the pains to ascertain the sentiment of the Confederate veterans in the south upon the subject, and that their judg- ment Is wholly favorable. II beg leave ] to say," he remarks in his letter pub lished by us with pleasure yesterday,
 that the idea has met with the most
 unqualified approval in all directions. ]" This being the case. it is time to be- I gin to make preparations for the grand 1 and suspicious event, the more especial l ly as the business of preparation must ! extend over the whole country. What, then, is needed at this time? ! Colonel Garnett has answered the ques- l tion, .'The thing now wanted is the for ] nation of committee to arrange the details of the demonstration. This suggestion is the right one. We say that I the committee ought to be municipal, military and commercial; there ought to be both Union and Confederate vet erans from north and south among it's l members.
 The occasion is one which may we'll I enlist the interest of Governor Morton, \ At. AL.
 chamber of commerce and all patriotic ! citizens
 l It will be spectacle for the world that will be seen hero next Independ ence day, if New York does her duty,
 and that with American energy. New 1 York Sun.