The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-07-14
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us AbcNiste0 c"H'"'"s'"""'f
u .-srtosy ovss which il sAs pfo~rulcd,
I the gigantic propr tons which Il assumed
the telling And violence ~ith which u vas
xarc,l, snd It's sudden ,ermins'ioo, present.
seld fcr contemplation, Of which history
in all il. varied mutations Of the ri-e and
isll Of nations, ssd the y.c.asitudss OF hu
man d.rs,iny. furnishes 10 parallel. FOR
np-srd. Of four ycars t!~ South s'rsx-
ci.ri for . sp.ratc nationality Compel
I'D to organize . ses govcrnaenf and 10
improvi.. resources, Der -.eosrd block
aiei cncomp.sscd by land With the m",'
powerful armies Of mcdern Times, increased
by r-crsis from oil the ss,ions OF Europe.
and ienied even th~ sympathies ri Christ
eedom. sbe fought, with vsr'rd sscc'-s'
,arosghos, this period, the most po~efe'
nation ard heroic people on the giose
The sacrifices that have been max, the
serenity exhibited in the midst Of great
misiorlane-, sod the voluntary sacrifices
OF human lifr, give ,sdab,,aolc evidence,
Of ,he sincerity. IN d<vo'ios and the ans-
ni,ni,y .. The southern people Certainly
the cisiAu~ Il the North. however abbot
ren. tAe set Of serss,cn may appear to
them, and whatever blame they nay ~
,sah "a the South for the var that follow
ed must ccoc.sie, tha, no people would
have .hus struggled and suffered 9v'shost
. belief th., they werc engaged Ia the DO
fcpcs Of src., principles. And they must
cosceese, that the southern people con
Quoted themselves in = manner worthy OF
,h~ir Americas. lineage There Is nothing
TO he Acclaimed d, unless it rs to be- issnd
10 the dtl.rvocc Of opinion tina, produced
the war Happily Tor mankind. human
gen rsiioos rapidly paw away and With
them are buried the preud'ces aud pas
.iopa which governed Their conduct. The
future historian will not overlook the vf'
tue. and heroism OF the people Of the
South. The generation that is to succeed
thu, Of TO day, may hod new motives CT
Usisn bet wcn the peopls OF the different
sections, and mar derive, in the very
causes that At present, create d'strus' ana
hsire, incentive. fot Admrstlos and ffiesd'
ship.
n men Of all sections could realize the
fact, ,ha, the war is over, that there is no
disposition to revive IL, and that they must
hencsioth live under . common govern
,neut. IL seems to us there would b. . gen
eral feeling TO cas-, aside the preladiccs ash
passions Of the day, and TO create a new
order Of things that would rebound to the
prosperity and happiness OF the whole
country. Injuries inflicted upon the South
to day, viii react upon the North TO NOR.
row The prosperity OF the sections Is
/ inseparable. I'onticany, ,ury are aniv.
! by the same constitution. Its violation
in one section or Agsins, the people Of
section TO achieve an object, sill be fol
lowed by ia violation IN the other until
the liberty guaranteed by Is ample pro
y,soes, will be lost in false precedeu's.
Not only are We sdes one government,
without. . pro-pc, OF change, hut It
seeus TO US that the recent contest has
clearly shown, that It was intended by
Divine Prov idence. that the Effort OF the
South for separate nationality should
prove a f.ilsre. Else, vby WAS it that
there were divided eoansels, bad Iegisla-
ton, Encouragement in oil the depart
m.n,s of government, aud that the fruits
Of victory were in every case los: or
thrown away from the frs, battle Of Ma
nss-as to Mansfield It is a remarkable
fact. that where success seemed certain.
and the most brilliant results were conf.
IDENTIFY anticipated, defeat OF failure inva
riably followed For Instance, the battle
Of Manassas proved = victory barren VI
results 80, Stilsh Gen. 4. Sidney Jsbn.
ston was killed and victory was turned
into . d feat q, Charlottesville, the entire
success was lost by the death Of S,onewsll
Jackson at Mansfield, NJ great result
achieved and at last mnfoetunes csimi-
mated IN the removal Of Gen. Joseph +.
Johnston. The disastrous movement oil Gen.
Hood into Tennessee, and the triumphant
march OF uen. Sherman to the ssscoss..
Ia the meantime. the people and array be-
came discouraged and disgasted with ssch
. series Of plumbers and disasters, and. tss
the fint time 10 history. country with
tsss husslrri thousand fighting men On the
muster rolls. ssdasnlv came to the coo.
cIssisa - II By psrceoc-r,'oo, 70 obtain
psace BY laying down their arms.
II the South he'd succeeded 10 obtaining
. separsts nstiosslity. st the conclusion
Of such . war .. tha, in which she was
engaged, il Ia now evident that there
wosld have bern such feeling Of JEALOUSY,
and ~ msch bitterness between the &C
tics, ~ would, 10 oil probability, have
rcs.leed the peaos that followed Of short
dsrstion. lie iaet that the n ovth would
have held and controlled I'll the psblic
property, including The navy and ,he rab-
lie lasAa, involved question Of deep tel-
ing. On The other hand ~ wouth u
the Mississippi, located in she Sssth and
consequently under i,s csntrsl, would
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