, 1865-10-20

peers, a shorer in the councils Of the rebel
Cnblnet, he stood by The rebellion and It's |
chieflatns alike In Its hours Of triumph, OF |
difficulty, Of danger and OF despair. From
The hour when the Southern rebels, wild with
the intoxicating delirium OF their first sue
cesees, almost worshipped JEFF Davis as d
demi-G God-and on through the 'sCoufeder-
ate" victories nj Manassas, in Missouri, 1T |
Perrv1i1le ana IN TIM defeat pf NcGIeIaan-
when The independence Of the aCoufederate
statcs ~ seemed secured. and Davis was ltai,ed
at the South and STYLED by the Londau Times
as The founder of a new nation when an
army, a1ways brave and often victorious, OF
half a million Of men, seemed to. place
the stability nf The new RenuhlIc hevond
ouestfon.-Then France oneniy nronosea ~.
coeni,fon. md Euptapd de5ayrd onlv nAeanso
ehe 1lour,,t The dino,utton Of the Iinion ccr-
fa,p 1i,7,nnt it-wben he confeder,t te cottor
han stood hieber In the .Eurooesn market
thar nm, .bes, ser1,rffics-wbrn eyrnry sten of
rebel of1icisl at the South and In Europe was
mn oratfon-vhen the rebel army with teeri1c
enerrr actp,11x tran sferred tbe f1etd or hatt1e
Ia he free staies aud pressed the North with
suncrior nn,n1,er,, m ia avn so}1 within a
davis 1narcb of its wea1tiiest cftlcs-a,, This
:1uduc Rcaran as the intimate friend of Davis
,n"a5oatt.1 .na,nha. ~ III 80 rs,,;aot 20
.rae,.l ,nrortnnft1es To witness and enfov,
n man doubtless e1oricd more in
The arst two vears of tina w.,-
ua nart;c;n,ted IN Al 4bc tr1rmnhs of the
tremendous effort made by the South to cs-
toh,,th It's indemndent nationality. lie took
,art in tie sway OF actual power which the
rebellion had concentrated In itself, and
SHARED doubtless In the proud scorn with
which every SoutheEner scof5ed Mt the idea Of
failure. he knew and felt the issues involved,
and afdea to inspire and coerce the people In.
Ia the sacrifices necessary to maintain them.
He saw in the midst of this apparent triumph
en.nc,nat;on beein TO transforn Southern
1shoreJs in,o Federal .o1djcrs leaving the
sonth vfthout 1ahor. and her people and
armies short OF food. The absence OF South
arm manufactures rendered IL as dit1cu1t
tn clotbe them. While Northern fteedom
attracted immigration from abroad at = rato
more tlan sutilcIeut to compensate for our
losses in battle, and Northern industrial skill
ru,,idly improved every means and appliance
Of war,-the Southern armies, when destroyed,
could not be replaced, nor their stores, when
exhausted; renewed. These causes gave the
rebellion defeats where at. first It had beon
only victorious, until at last the vast fabric o.
Its power c1u1nOled like bombarded fortress.
the greater It's apparent strength the
greater its ruin. Judge Reagan saw
an thfs-accompaQiel the defeated reb-
el chicf1ain on tis last flight from
Richmond 10 the place of his ignonin-
1ous a.rest-remained with him when even
the cavalry anA-a Ut fe~ hnnafco men
would no LONGER accompany ha1n, anu anans
Ike him went into imprisonment ana lonely
silent meditation upon lug 1eas1ul ano te1'tAc
conflict In which lie had 1ust bofnc coaspic-
] uous part.
! Judge Reagan, as his address mdicates, Is
moreover an honest aud able n'an, thoroughly
identified in oil his interests w1th INC
/ Southern whites. He advises the South
crn leaders to YEc the ballot 10 au IN
tel!igent tax-payins colored citizens. Tic de-
:ifes the whole South to be free, and appaF-
emily is conscious that one part
of the people cannot ee 1fee SO
long as another Is enslaEed. he bases tnis
1dsice not on humane but SIMPLY On pohne
motircs; but the manner N "nien ne urges
his reasons Is sufficient to snow tnat however
| other Southern leaders may MAINTAIN tne'!
| position OF sound secesslonls1s aafo oe'eateu
| rcbels whipped mercy oy o'ute 1orcs'' ou'
unconvtneed as ever,-1ndse heaean eo"p'e-
hends The whole Struggle as 2 Has o1 'aeas-@
wnr between democratic equanty on Inc one
bnnd and atistocrstic slavery on tne otaet,
and that a. the result OF the war the pf1ha-
pies Of democratic equality must prevail
throughout the entire Union-
Judge Reagan compartments that It II not