The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-21
IHE DELEGATIONS LAST DAY.


s-5et each side believed TO be a national
-iyht and principle. The fight at Chick
t.nauga was the prelude TO chain Of
tattles and a field movement which ena-
Iled the union forces to grasp and hold
--- important strategic position Occu-
f,..a by the city in which We are now as
5mbied. In that series Of battles New
York bore a distinguished part through
5-r troops assigned 10 service in How
ms Eleventh, and in Slocum 5
twelfth army corps. In these
Two corps there were nineteen
regiments of infantry ard three batteries
III artillery from New York, all under the
cbief command Of Cen. Hooker. Gen.
Green's New York brigade particularly
DISTINGUISHED itself at Mauhatchie. The
[rere not again notably active until the
latter part of November. when beginning
with Orchard Knob, they achieved the
Victories at Lookout mountain, MISSION
arv Ridge and RinggOld. To commemo-
~5ie the deeds of her sons in enduring
granite and bronze, the state OF New ORR
has thus far appropriated and expended
tba sum of $107, coo. OF this $4,000 was paid
for the purchase of. parcels OF ground on
The various fields. which We're occupied
and made noteworthy by the troops OF the
Fnpire state. FOrty-four of these posi-
tfans will be indicated by monuments or
,,1.rIyfng stones to denote the places where
IN sons of New York stood ready TO do
~ die that the nation might live"
Gov Woodbury. OF Vermont SAID: II
It be as has been spoken, that those VINO
here wore the gray nave now joined tne
Iriou church, then We will give them the
Tirht hand of fellowship. We are willing
10 admit that they thought they We're
rigbt but we cannot teach our children
bHt that they were wrong. II is not OF
ian that both the victors and the Vanquish-
III can receive benefits, but IN THIS case
the conquered are getting the dement, OF
FRAT great struggle the same as Victors-
There is no feeling in my country against
those who wore the gray" (Applause)
Gov Matthews spoke OF the services OF
the Indiana troops IN the war, saying; In
the campaign aroung Chickamauga, In
diana had not less than forty organiZa-
tions. All through the war, IN every
great battlefield, the sons of Indiana
left their foot prints in the field. 1t was
an Indiana regiment that stood in the
another Indiana regiment that fired the
last yolley way down on the
upon n50 this 6attleg STt which
YOU dedicate with these exercises; it was
an Indiana regiment that first formed the
line Of battle on Snodgrass Hin and re-
sisted the onslaughts of Longstreet and
his leutenants; and il was again an In
diana regiment that first unfurled the
stars and strips on Missionary Ridge"
Ihe BRIEF speech OF Gov. Turney or
Tennessee caused a little sensation, and
was the occasion q considerable COM
ment he said: Il speak to all soldiers
as comrades. This is our common coun-
try. l was on the losing side. l believed
l was right. will not go so far as one
of those excellent gentleman, the gov
ernor of another state, who said that
while he thought we were right, he would
not consent to teach his children that
we were wrong. l stand before you as
one who does all in his power to per-
suade and teach his children (and / have
a goodly number of them) that their
father is not a traitor, that he acted from
honest conviction. He felt 1t then
and feels II now, and expects to stick
10 IL. applause. l allow no man 10 go
beyond me in loyalty TO this government.
1t is mine. We have met here to-day
and yesterday for what? Not to shake
hands over a bloody chaSm, but to bury
m d
the touch of the union. No man entered
this war on either the union or cOnfed-
simply for the fun of the thing. When
he took his life. into his hands ana
marched to the front he had a conviction
that he was not only nghtlng for his
rights, but a right that was worth his
life. You were not enemies? You were
mad with each other? No; you fought
for a principle, and a most glorious prin-
ciple. 1 am as true to the flag as any
man who ever marched under it, AS the
chief executive of the state of Tennes-
see, / extend to you hearty welcome
and honest welcome.
This afternoon Gov. Mckinley visited the
Fourteenth regiment at Camp Evans and
was given an enthusiastic reception. He
was accompanied by Lieut.. Gen. Schofield,
who was presented to the regiment by the
governor at dress parade. Afterward, at
the commanding officers tent, the COVER
nor shook hands with hundreds of the
visitors.
Vice President Stevenson and several OF
the visiting officials received the citizens
of Chattanooga at the Read house to-
night. A large number called to pay their
respects, the presentation being made to
the receiving party by Mayor Ochs. The
Vice President, accompanied by his son
ana daughter, VIII leaHe G,haltSnooga 10
morrow afternoon for Bowling Greens Ky.
Grand Army of the Republic, and Adjt
Gen. Irwin Ribbins will go to Nashville
tomorrow night and spend day there
To-night's meeting of the survivors of
the army Of Virginia and that portion of
the army of the Potomac that fought at
Chattanooga brought TO close the pro-
gramme arranged by the national commits
sion in connection with the dedication of
Chickamauga and Chattanooga military
park. 1t was held in the tent and presided
over by Gen. e. Z. Walthal, senator-elect
from Mississippi, who fought against
tain.
United States Senator e. c. Walthall, of
Mississippi, who was major-general in
the confederate army, addressing his re-
marks to ladies and Ow-soldiers,
said the distinction accorded him of pre-
siding over an assembly like this involved
the hattering implication that he was
deemed worthy to represent the soldier
OF the south and all he stood for in his
tory, and 1t was for this he priced the
honor most. He delivered glowing euio-
sy on the southern soldier, who he said,
Symbolized courage, conStancy and deVo-
tion in war, self-respecting dignity in de-
Ieat and in peace, the same fidelity to this
government that the southern soldier bore
10 that for whose permanent establish
aren't he IOuS0I lOuT years IN vain.
lie referred to the eloquent, sagacious
and courageous Lamar, of Mississippi ex-
senator and associate justice of the SUI
preIne court of the United States and his
elolgy of Charles Sumner and said
1T is the pride and boast of the state
which furnished the central figure in the
movement for separate southern indie
pendence, that, at a critical period in the
era of reconstruction, it was hers to give
the country a great conservative states
man who won his way to the hearts of
his countrymen, north and south as the
earnest champion of reunion, of peace,
justice and equality and the able defend
er of the honor and the institutions OF the
American republic. The spirit of this
southern soldiers words pervades this
vast assembly tonight. There is no envy
mere, but there is the pride which this
southern soldier spoke of that the glorles
which he described have been gathered
up and are treasured as the common hear
ltage of American Valor.
Conceding equal patriotism and bravery
70 those who bore aloft the standards OF
the union, the imperishable glory of the
contederates cOnspicuously appears in the
inequality of numbers, resources and APP
phances of war. Just think of that In
equality. Eight millions on our SIDE,
against 25,000,000 of people on the other,
and the whole world to recruit from. You,
with a government of unlimited credit,
ENlanSf1pgs annie SUNNY