The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-08-01
GOV. PATTERSON ON GEN. FORREST.
Splendid Tribute Paid the WIzzar of the
Saddle.

| numDOluU, Ienn., July l0.-OOV, NJ
r. Patterson arrived here this morn
ing and was met by an outpouring of
citizens, who drove down to the depot
in long line OF carriages behind gaily
bedecked, beribboned and caparisoned
horses, and rendered the governor an
enthusiastic ovation. A large delega-
tion of ladies' was in the concourse, all
wearing the colors, red and white, and
an informal reception was held on the
platform, where cordial handshakes
and greetings emphasized the pleasure
which the people felt over having the
chief magistrate with them,
The line of carriages drove to the ho-
tel, where another impromptn recep-
tion was held by the scores who crowd
ed in to see the governor. The beauti-
full little city was in gala attire, and the
interest in the distinguished guest was
intense aud universal
At 3 O'Clock the committee called and
drove Gov. Patterson to the Opera
House, where he delivered an address
before the largest audience that has
greeted public speaker in long time.
The occasion was the meeting of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
end the attendance was from this and
surrounding counties. Many of the
old soldiers, wearing badges and gray
uniforms, were in attendance, and en-
joyed the proceedings. The speech
was masterly effort and is much and
favorably commented on. No speaker
was ever accorded closer attention and
more appreciative applause.
After recounting the life and military
career of Gen. Forrest, the speaker
said:
'It is fitting thst Forrest should
sleep in the city of Mgmpeis, for there
was the place where his main life-work
was done, and from which he emerged
on the theater of war in a very blaze of
martial glory.
1T is fitting, too, that the mortal re-
mains should repose by the side of the
wife to whom he was ever tender and
true, and by the waters of the mighty
river, which symbolic his career and
rush ou to the sea, as Forrest rushed
upon,the foe in restless and irresisti-
BILE force.
SIN summing up the military record
OF Gen. Forrest, it may be said of him
that he was the born soldier, the natur-
al leader of men, tie incarnation OF
war itself
"And it is true of him, as it is of all
great men, that he looms up in the per-
spective of time, just as trees stand out
at dusk lined against the sky, When
lesser objects have been lost in the
gathering gloom.
$50 the name and fame of Forrest
have grown with the passing years and
stands out in bold relief where others
are forgotten; and it is now the concen-
sus of opinion that he was the greatest
and most brilliant cavalryman produc.
ed on either side of the bloodiest war
of modern times.
"You ladies are to be congratulated
on keeping alive the sentiment which
connects the present with the past, and
in teaching us in this materialistic age
that there is something, the better par,
of our natures, which is worth more
than money and more potent than the
physical.
1T is true that in music and art
science, sculpture and literature woman
has produced no masterpiece, and ye
it is equally true that she has been the
inspiration of all the mighty achieve
ments which man has accomplished
And when she ceases to be his guide
his inspiration and his hope, the age o
achievement, of ambition and duty
will have passed and the days of dead
ness, destruction and despair will hav,
dawned.
Victory has followed our arms al
the way from Plymouth Rock to tn
Philippines, and the American woman
has sent forth the men to make ou
flag irresistible on sea and land.
"rhere is the woman of the North
? the woman of the East, and the woman
of the West, each of whom has contrib
uted her portion to the glory of ou
common country, and there is the wo
a man of the South, the loveliest of he
sex, the paragon of them all, who ha'
the reverence and the love and who ha
now the reverence and the love of tn
truest men that ever lived on the earth
. "If yon would know who she is, g
into the homes where she is teachin
her girls that modesty is the brightes
jewel of womanhood. and telling he
boys that truth and honor and courag
are the highest attributes of manhood
"If you would know who she was, g
to that high, peculiar plane of civilizl
tion which existed in the South pric
to 1861, and behold the gentle, higl
bred, high-thoughted Southern woma
whom men would not permit the WIND
of heaven to visit too roughly, and the
you will know why the Southern so
dier foughtas none others have fougl
). since time began, and then you wi
know why he died on the field Of ba
: tie with the paean of victory even Q