, 1865-07-19
Henry ". Hllllnrd Heard FFom-He
Considers this n ksGaIeat CountFy,ss
and In Proud of It,

[FEom the Nashville Ua3ou,]
In L61, Henry ". billiard, Of Atabsua,
was sent to Tennessee, by the rebel Fro.
vislonal Government at Montgomery, as a
commissioner to negotiate treaty Of alliance
between the State Of Tennessee md his b1s.
tard Government. The reverend nceotlator
was fascinating orator, an elegant specimen
Of the advantages Of bsoadcloth and starch,
and model Of the courtly intrIguer. lie
came, Ee saw, and be conquered. &c plccked
tile scarcely ripe pear Of Tennessee secession
Ian, and bore It awsy tziumphant1y. Not
very long after returning to Alabama be took
to hfmeeIf D. decond wife, under circumstance
ttat dimmcd the luster Of his priestlg robes;
removed to Gc1gia, and passed Into obscurtty.
But lie has "tcfued mp" again. Four years
OF desola.ipe War have passed, leaving q
wake Of fire and ruin through the aouth--
subdued. The artitEament Of arms has gone
against them, and they must-there Is no
other resource left taem-tesurn to the shell
tering "roof.tIes' whose protection they spat
upon and scnrned.' At this petfod-thts In
teresting change IN the posture Of affairs
Ii speech at . Union meeting lately held
in Augusta, Ga, he Is reported to have said:
Nj. Chairman, rejoice at the magnitude Of ny
country. To borrow an Illustration from Mr..
Webster, "etart1s q rtstroo4e aomen"Tou1
"Now tho broad hhielc' complete, the artist
With hi last band, and ponfcd the ocean round
In living silver seemed the waves to roll.
And best the nutklez's yc7g9 md bound the
suen is our country to day, str-a great eoun-
Try with glorious intute-lf We be 1rue to our
aeivee. It Il wise. you will a2xee with me, eir,
rot 10 teek TO q1s1rel with the North. hcpcefotth
we arc Observation-Disclosures at the NORTH
Americans at the eS0nth-Americans At tue Eist-
Ind Americans at the West-eveFy where Amet1'
cans, recognizing coumcn country and great
government. There will he, believe, an eAE1eit
and r, netas purpose 10 ttsnd BY the great govern
ment. All We ak Is 10 be properly treated. !
have said already that know the Presfdent-Aud
do not believe that 1t is b. purpose to recogntza
the States os tcrrit0ffes lie has already recog-
North Caroline. and he will recognize g:orRia AZ
Georgia rem the mountains to.the seabo1I4:
VIC hsyt our emories, 1t Ia tue, Mf. Caa1t
men; let NJ Cherish them not In bitterness OF
Epifft. hut with a generous ardos. Gallant men
hare gone down in battle-to these We csnnot re-
fuse our tesrs. other, whose bright swords dashed
aga nst the sky have been Laid low, to them We
csnnnt refuse our admiration. But we can also
ret ogn'zc snd respect the b.ave men who fought
On tue other stde With equat va1or and devotion.
1twou1d te degrading to Us to treat them other
tha l+gs arc lat3 aside, snd tie dead bus!ed, the
ewords turned into p!oughth.res and pruning
hucka let Us see TO It that uur country now goes
on In prosperity and greatness; md III the pit
teIners which We m,y now feel will ce efdced BY
trme. When our children come to fll1 our places
trust, e,r, that they too will consider this as
their country, ard teat the Government will be
20 adm .uisteftd IS to make Us all proud Of pur
country through all coming 3gt4.