The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-05-23
HENRY A. WISE REDIylyUs.

A"S'oho"i"s 10 aheAtra't from 1sPeeCI
made by Henry A, Wise at Richmond
on the anniversary Of Stoncwall Jack.
sons death. Whatever sensible Northern
people may think of Wise, he i, rep.
resentative, somewhat exaggerated, of
the men of certain class at the South,
and therefore the extract is worth reading
The difference between them is, that he
says openly, in an extrsvagant way what
they only dare to think soberly. There
is evidence that he il not alone in hoping
that there yet may be second revolu.
tion, more successful than the first, and
wild as that hope is, it is well enough to
know that 1t exists. One reason why it
is never to be fulfilled is in the answer to
Wise's questlon--"Why don't they hang
mel" Poor man! To hang him would
be to elevate him to the dignity of
martyrdoln. He answers much more
useful purpose in being allowed to live
and talk. Hear him;
81 don't know that am a prisoner
Laughter, l am bound by no chain,
| have pass TO go where / please upon
the soil of my native land At least
Gen Grant says So l may be arrested
but l wanted no man living to tell me
whittier | might go. Cheers have
the proud satisfaction of saying that !
fought until we had won the privilege OF
being paroled Applause. There is
no authority here Or elsewhere to arrest
me or to stop my mouth so lorg ss l
obey the conditions of that parole; and
upon that parole l shall stand so long
as l live. [Applausc.] You call me .
prisoner of war; | am not prisoner Of
war. TIA prisoner at all, / am iris
oner of peace. Among the last shots
fired by infantry at Appomattox We're
those fired by the troops that l had tho
honor and pride to lead and there at
AppomattoX peace was brought about
"You call the cause lost it is not lost
If it it is lost, the cause OF civil liberty
s doomed, for it, too, is lost. There
was Paradise lost and a Paradise res
gained and there will be a Paradise
regained in this country. The blood
that has been spilled is too precious.--
I should not believe in God if l did not
believe that special providence would
yet give victory to and secure the
triumph of civil liberty in this country
"One thing can be said, there was one
man who could not oe driven to do that
which he did not consent to do As
long ~ one man in this Commonwealth
Ia voice. What Commonwealth -
There never was bat one Virginia -
But tell you, Oid Virginia is rot at
home She will come back some of
these days, and then the devil take the
hind most am watching and will tell
her when she comes what has been done
IN her absence I'll say, 'Mamms, your
children did not do that. 1t WAS done
by inpostors and preteuders Again, |
say, there is but one Vrgina. They
have taken and are welding her powers
III am traitor, let them make the most
of it, If | am traitor, why don't they
try me and hang me? have lost my
lands and property, but would clean
boots on your streets sooner than bow
to usurpation. If I had triunrphed,
should have favored stripping them
naked. Laughter. Pardon! They
might have appealed for pardon. but
would have seen them damned before
would have granted it. For myself, tn,
boot being OH the other leg. take NJ
oathss ask no pardons? Prolong gee
cheers. give you that brigade-the
old, the lasting, the enduring Wise Bri'
gade. [Chcers and applause