The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-13
TWENTY MORE HURT
THE q. A. R, ENCAMPMENT HAS
A PLATFORM BREAKDOWN
THIS TIME.
HENRI MAKES ANOTHER STAR HAUL


You Came Then and We Resisted +,
You Come Now, and we Greet YOu--
YOur Veteran Leaders LOOE Down
From the Happy Stars--Many Pros-
tratiOns From Heat--Gov. Thayer
not HoOted From the Stage.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 12.-The thir-
tieth national encampment Of the Grand
Army of the Republic will be held in st.
Paul, in 1896, with Col. l. N. Walker, of
indianapolis, as commander-in-c chief.
The demonstrations in the line of pa
rade being over, the 80 national encamp-
ment began its business session at 10 a.
m. to day; also the Woman's Relief
Corps and the Ladies' Circle of the
G. A. r.
These meetings were attended only by
delegates. Meantime, the veterans met
in corps, brigade and regimental reunions
all over the city. The camp fires, with
fireworks and other demonstrations, con-
tinue every night during the week, elab-
crate programmes, with music and recita-
tions, being announced up to Saturday
night.
There we're eighteen marching yeter-
ans and dozens of others prostrated by
the heat yesterday. All are now report
ed as being well, but it was hotter than
ever to day. Instead of the visitors
leaving to day, they still come.
AS many go from here to the encamp-
ment of the Sons of Veterans at Knox
vile, the dedications of the monuments
and the National Park at Chattanooga
and Chickamauga, and to the Atlanta
Exposition, the tide will move further
south next week instead of nortbward.
The Woman's Relief Corps met to-day
at Library Hall, Mrs. President Wallace
presiding. The exercises were opened
with salutes, flag drills and tableaux in
the curriculum of patriotic teachings.
The opening session was devoted to vel
come addresses, responses and to the
hearing Of the annual reports of the ma
tional officers.
Gen. Lawler, the Commanders in
Chief, called the meeting to order.
He said that as this was the first
national meeting of the Grand Amy
OF the Republic south of the Ohio
river, the executive committee had
changed the usual programme. The
citizens Of Louisville desired, he said, to
give expression to their pleasure in hav-
ing the honor Of entertaing the boys in
blue.
''You will be glad to kaow that, he
continued, ''the man who is to give the
address of welcome is no other than the
Hon. Henry Wattersor, editor of the
Louisville Courier-J Journal"
At the mention of Mr.. WattersOn's
name there was an outburst of applause
and when it had died away Mr.. Waiter
son stepped forward and spoke as fol-
lows:
THE ptomissory note, drawn hg the
city of Louisville, indorsed by me and
discounted by you in the city of Pitts
burg year ago, has matured,
and / am come TO pay it. Ex
cept that historic distinctions have
long been obliterated here, it might be
mentioned that | appear before you as
the representative alike of the people
who wore the blue and of those who
wore the gray in rhat great sectional
combat, which, whatever else it did or
did not, left no shadow upon American
soldiership, no stain upon American
manhood.
'But, in Kentucky the war ended
thirty years ago. Here, at lea5t, tie
lesson has been taught and learned thst
"You can not CHAIN the eagle.
And you dare not harm the dove;
But every gate,
Hate bars to hate
viii open wide to love.
'And the flag. God bless the flag
Can you doubt the loyal sincerity OF
those who from house top and roof tree
have thrown it to the breeze Let some
sacriligeous hand be raised to haul it
down and see. These are honest flags,
with honest hearts behind. They are the
symbols of nationality as precious to
as as to you.
"And, why} What is left for you and
me to oavil about far less to fight about
Slavery is gene. Secession is dead The
union, with its system Of statehood still
intact, survives 1t is. therefore, with
kind Of exukation that | fling open the
gates of this gateway to the South; bid
you welcome in the name Of the people
whose voice is the voice Of God. You
came and we resisted you; you come and
we greet you; for times change and men
change with them. You will fnd here
scarcely sign of the battle; not remin-
isoence of its passions. 'GBm-Vissged
war has smoothed his wrinkled front,
and which ever way You tuM, on either
side, you shall encounter as you pass
those moldaiRg heaps, which remind
you of your valor and travail, only the
maguanlmous spirit of dead heroes, with
Grant and Sherman, add Thomas and
McPh rson ard L8gan looking down
from the happy stars as IF repeating the
words Of the Master charity for all,
malice toward nome"
Mr.. Watterson was frequently aI
plauded throughout the delivery of his
speech la response to this address
Past Oommander-in Chief, Wm. Warner,
of Kansas City, Mo-, spoke briefly. He
said the boys in blue would never forget
the generous and loyal hosfikalhy of the
good people of Louisville.
In beginning his annual address, tho