Show DID NOT PLEASE GORDON 1 r GENERAL OBJECTED TO PAT SHAWS SPEECH S For a Time at tho Blue and Gray Reunion Reconciliation Vas Forgotten For-gotten Atlanta Ga July 20John B Gordon f Gor-don commandcrInchicf of the United Veterans his j i Confederate terns disobeying I physicians orders went with the other I I V veterans to f barbeque this afternoon I and sat side by side with Gen Albert I D Shaw commanderInchlef of the Grand Army of the Republic All tho I Invited guests made speeches hut the second on the programme that of Gen I Shaw did not please Gon Gordon and I for a time reconciliation was forgotten forgot-ten > Gen Shaws speech was for the most I part conciliatory and was uell recejved 1 yet his reference that most of the reminders re-minders of the great struggle should be blotted out in the families oC the I South was not received with favor In I his speech ho uttered these words and heart they went deeply into Gen Gordons I heartWhat What I fun anxious to see is the disappearance of all I appearance al unworthy reminders of te terrible conflict and the culture I of political unity and righteousness all ovor the country There can now bo but one Idea of American citizenship of the Stars and Strips one bulwark of future national glory and one tone o patriotic teaching for all and by all In this view tho keeping l alive of sectional I sec-tional teachings as to the justice and rights of the cause of the South in tho I hearts of children is I all out of order I I unwise unjust and utterly opposed to the tendoncy which brought the causo I of tho South to final surrender 11 r deeply deplore all agencies of this sort because In honor and In chlvalrlo American manhood and womanhood It shows that it I should not be tolerated for an Instant At the olosf of Gen Shaws speech Gen Gordon came forward he had spoken briefly before and his appearance appear-ance again caused considerable surprise sur-prise The enthusiasm quieted instantly instant-ly Gen Gdrdon said he could not teach his children that he fought for what was wrong He entered battle for what ho believed was right and only the judgment day and God himself him-self will ever decide who was right Let us cherish the memories con tinned Gen Gordon and the history 1 I that both sides were right In fighting for what they believed was right Let I us settle oncu and for all this question on a basis commensurate with the manhood of the sides engaged in thd great struggle let us settle It on a basis ba-sis of that Immaculate truth that both sIde were fighting for the consltutlon of their forefathers Gon Shaw responded beautifully to the Generals speech He stated that he had prepared ha speech with care and much of tho material therein was gathered from speeches made by Gen I Gordon In tho North Our chlldrbn should be taught said Gen Shaw the true glory and nubllmlty of our one country the fathers will teach them this Let them be so alike th children of the North and of the South that no difference will be perceptible The Incident closed with three cheers for the blue and the gray The speakers speak-ers of the day were Gen Albert I Shaw Gen John B Gordon Gov James A Mount of Indiana lion W C P Breckenrldgc Gen J C Brcck enridge InspectorGeneral United < States army Gen A P Stewart of Chattanooga and Gen 0 O Howar l The barbecue this afternoon closed the reunion In this It city Qf the blue and the gray S 5 d I |