Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-20
WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT.

They are full Of tears.
CTo be concluded tomorrow)
WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT.
Gems. Lonsstreet, Howard, Wheeler
and Warner Make Addresses.
Upon the conclusion of Gen. Gordon's
speech in the Chickamauga Park yester-
day Gen. James Longstreet who led the
confederate right in the contest thirty-two
years ago, made some patriotic remarks.
He said iT. part:
"On a similar occasion, at Gettysburg,
President Abraham Lincoln said: 1t is
for u.s. the living rather to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work. and, again.
Mr.. Lincoln refers. For us to be here dedi-
Gated to the great task remaining before
u.s. and as From such green graves some
good is born,' 1 would look to the unfin-
before u.s. which the blue and gray and
the sons and daughters Of veterans on
both sides can heartily join In extending
broadening. confirming and perpetuating
a government OF the people, by the people
and for the people.
II allude. my countrymen, to happenings
in 1888; to the exasperating European in
reference in Hawaii Nicaragua, Venez-
purpose of Great Britain to nullify or en-
croach upon the Monroe doctrine. Maxi
milan attempted an infringement OF this
doctrine. and although the guns at Apo
mattox had scarce ceased their reverbera-
lions, the brave soldiers of Lee plainly in
dictated that they would follow Grant and
Sheridan in driving any European govern
ment from the Americas. And, I believe:
there is an Astounding patriotism, broad
and deep. in all Americans: that patriotism
-throbs the heart and pulses the being as
ardently Ct the South Carolinian as the
Massachusetts, Puritan; that the liberty
no n q
erently received and as devotedly loved in
Atlanta and Charleston as in Philadelphia
and Boston; that we all idolize Old Glory,
and. with Barbara Frietchie, can all now
say Y :s,o,. :, ,,,, ,,,s. .,,s old .r.v ,s.a
but spare your oountry's flag.
And to stimulate and evolve this noble
sentiment ell the more. what we need is
the resumption of fraternity at the ratio
of Is to 1-sixteen strong heart strikers of
mutual esteem and love to a feeble, expir-
restoration and cordial cultivation Of
reighborly, brotherly relations. faith in
Jehovah and respect for each other, and
God grant that the happy vision that de-
Israel may rest. like benediction, upon
the north and south, upon the blue and
the gray Strengthen the army and navy,
look to the ornaments of our warships
and render more efficient our coast de-
lenses: in a word, make the United States
the first naval power of the world, and
when another landing by England at Co
rinto Is attempted. when European colon-
cation in Venezuela is oSsayed, and when
the British greed in Nicaragua Is repeated
or any other invasion or encroachment of
the Monroe doctrine Is threatened the fol-
lowers of ee and Grant, the sons of vet
Grams of the blue and gray-some Decatur
Jones, Perry, Farragut, Semmes or Maff1tt,
upon the quarter deck of an American man
ofwar. will unfurl the flag Of Washington.
Lincoln, Grant and Lee in the English chan
rehal
will resound along the British coast"
Gen. Lcngstreet was frequently inter-
rupted by enthusiastic applause.
An Army Reunion.
There was another big crowd in the big
tent last night. 1t was a grand reunion of
the Army of the Tennessee-Union and
confederates. The big tent. which has held
many large crowds. never before held one
greater than thatof last night. ""7N"
Gen. Greenviile M.-sDodge- Of the Society
Of the Army of the Tennessee presided.
After music by the band and prayer, he
introduced the first speaker of the evening,
Gen. o. o. Howard.
Gen. Howard said in substance that the
very thought of this occasion brings to his
recollection visions of the spectacular well
come that Longstreet gave him In October
'63; the inhospitable disturbing of his
slumbers by Stevenson; the removal Of
Longstreet and his troops from the scene
by Gen. Bragg, rendered 1T possible for the
speaker to cross two long bridges and
stand beside Grant and Thomas the ed of
November; his first meeting with John A.
Logan, Frank Blair, jeff. c. Davis and a
host of others. and to participate in all the
operations clustering around Missionary
Ridge. Gen. Howard then recalled historic
names from both armies
He then eulogized the American volun-
teer, and invited his hearers to look
at the volunteer, now that he had been
mustered out over thirty years-rather
thin in flesh. little STOPPING. his gait halt
ing, his hair sprinkled with gray, suffering
obliged to ask for pension, which he did
without as long as he could. but when the
weakness and suffering came he felt that
he deserved just little help.
Gen. Howard added: MY last visit to
Gettysburg, taken in connection with the
friendly intercourse with representative
men opposed to us on that ground. changed
my attitude. if not my conviction Of right
was looking into Longstreets face, while
Sickles was leaning, supported by his
crutches, against an enormous rock. When
I said something concerning the commands
of duty Gen. Longstreet answered me, re-
fectively: We must be guided by the light
within US. I have tried all along to stand
firm to my conviction of duty, according
to the light have had"
Gen. Howard then said: 1.-The southern
volunteer was educated in certain political
| doctrines and certain interpretations OF the
Constitution, and was bred in the heart of
slavery. We did not allow him to follow
the logic of his convictions. because they
led to the destruction of the Union"
Gen. Howard said he had compared notes
with a prominent confederate leader, and
that they had come together, Lncon-
sciously, no doubt, and now were agreed
that the war was necessary to root out
slavery.
The speech. of Gen. Joseph Wheeler Of
Alabama, which followed, was almost
wholly historical, and gave In detail the
military facts of the battle of Chicka-
manga. He showed by statistics how few
of the great battles of the world had
equaled this one in the number of soldiers
engaged or in the lists of killed and
wounded.
Gen. Willard Warner of Chattanooga was
tha oLarr ,ha OBJ he Il,