Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-29
THE DISSOLVED REUNION.

The absurd and unbrotherN wv"
,,or nv the Commander OF the 1'ahu
tar,pv Of the Republic Of the proposeo
raun,on OF the Blue and Gray AT Nc"
work Is regretted By some OF Go'haih
I-rion veterans. but nevertheless II mas
,,,,,h ,bsu the force and effect or law
,Iouaver they will not be embarrassed
On the slightest degree. as the Cohieue-
-. hove Withdrawn from the proposed
,.union-in other words. the parade Is
'off.'
tina, the cause Of genuine fraternza-
,,on has been injured by this anaIr' no
reasonable man can doubt hereafter
before Confederates enter into any agree
nept with Federals for reunion they
viii have TO require a certihcate from
che Federals that Grand-Commander
walker knows what they are about and
anproves il. Yet We cannot believe that
there will be much genuine regret North
or South that the parade has been dis
missed before II was formed. Ana our
southern friends. all unused as they
are 10 such summer heat as prevails at
New York in July. will escape the
danger OF sunstroke-which else would
have threatened them. All of the pa
rading that they wish for Will be pro-
yided. and in congeniai company, when
our old soldiers meet here on June S9th
and July LIST and "a to have their grand
reunion and lay the cornerstone OF the
monument TO that great and good man.
President jefferson Davis.
Judging the future by the past, our
brothers from the South may rest as
sured that the weather will not be as
warm in Richmond as 1t will be in New
York. while their welcome here viii be
a hundred times warmer than ii would
be in New York.
1t is suggested that now that the New
York demonstration has been abandoned.
IL would be we'll for the date for the
Richmond reunion 10 be restored TO about
the last Of May or LIST of June. We
cannot believe that a change would be
practicable. Not lick of work has yet
been struck upon the auditorium, and
while it might be possible 10 work night
and day on that structure and thus fin
ish 1t by the last of May. there is an
other obstacle that could not be so easily
removed.
BE il remembered that one of the chief
reasons for the reunion Of the Confede-
rates at Richmond on this occasion is 10
lay the cornerstone Of the monument
20 President Davis.
The Committee on Design OF the monu-
ment has been appointed. but has not
yet selected an artist 10 furnish the
-. - F..sAu a
working plan adopted, real corner
stone cannot be laid. Not TO have
plan 10 work by. the laying Of corner
stone would be nothing more nor less
than shamming. Since the Monument
Association can have no assurance that
the design for the monument VIII be
ready a month ahead Of time. 10 adj
vance our date a whole month would
b. risky business. So IL seems 10 us
that Notwithstanding the fact that We
have been put al disadvantage by post
poning the reunion at Richmond 10 ac-
eommodate the New York gentlemen.
We would better stick TO the date now
fixed
IL will be remembered that the Rich
rnond reunion was postponed month 10
"gee" with the New York Fourth Of July
Blue and Gray parade, and that the date
for the meeting OF the National Demo
cratic Convention would have been fixed
one week earlier than 1t was fixed but
for the fact that Mr.. Elyson made a
strong and successful appeal TO the Ma
tlonal Committee not TO let the conven-
ton conflict with the Confederate re-
union here. So the New York gentlemen
caused the Richmond date to be put
back one month and the Rlchmonders
caused the date for the National Demo
cratic Convention 10 be put back one
week. And all for what-to be told that
the Union veterans OF New York. in
arranging for a Blue and Gray Fourth OF
July parade. reckoned without their
Grand Commander.
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