Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-21
Forget and Forgive.

Democrats of the North and the whole people
of the South as being still 10 state OF quass
rebellion. The ''Copperhcads" and Rebels,
we are told, have neither forgotten all the
events of the war nor forgiven all those who
participated in it. There is much nconnec-
ton with the late unhappy war which the
South cannot and The North ought not to for
get. The base and barbarous acts which were
perpetrated from time to time II behooVes the
American people to remember and resent
through all coming years, and it becomes every
historian to hand down to eternal lntamy the
men who were guilty of deeds which dlsgraced
humanity and brought oppToorium upon ths
whole country. There were wrongs committed
in hot blood, and there were many crael inju-a,
rics inflicted through thong htcssness or errors OF
Judgment, over which all are content to Hing
the mantle of oblivion. But it is idle to ask
honest and honorable men anywhere IN the
world to forget what Butler did In New W
leans refusing to exchange prisoners, though
earnestly entreated to do so by the South; to
forget the orders which consigned to tire and
the sword the dwellings, the crops, the barns,
and the cattle Of thousands of non-combatants
and widows and orphans, and to forget the
savage barbarities of Mcneil and Turchln and
Hunter and Payne. 1t is equally Impossible
to forget the men who traded on loyalty and
swindled in the name of patriotism, or who
hanged an innocent woman, or who houndeG
on the Government in the fierce persecution OF
citizens for entertaining opinions which their
prosecutors had been themselves loudly pro-
claiming but a little while before. For many
cowardly, murderous and rascally acts done
during the war and for the men who commit
ted them, there can be neither forgiveness, nor
forgetfulness It rather becomes the whole
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example it has witnessed of human depraVlty,
cruelty and lust. ,...,..-.,
But the war itself and the general incidents
of the war the people OF both sections are
ready to forget, as far as they can, and those
who fought against each other like brave ana
honorable soldiers, have forgiven each other
entirely and cordially. We know through dis
tinguished soldiers from the South who attend
ed the New York Convention that while they
were most Hospitality received everywhere, the
most generous and genial greetings We're ten,
dcred by the officers and soldiers who fought
under the Federal flag Men whose valor had
been tested on score of bloody fields and
whose characters are beyond reproach, were
the first to welcome the Southern delegates, to
do them honor and to offer words OF cheer and
sympathy. That the feeling OF the conserVa-
tive people Of the North was warmly reclprro-
Gated we also know, and the league OF amlty
and peace between the North and South which
was concluded at New York by the Democratic
party was the most momentous act which that
party has achieved in very many years, and Is
more full than any other Of assurances OF good
and harmony in the future. For men OF char
acter and honor in the North the South has no
upbradings because of their participation IN
the war against her, and they on their part ask
neither excuses nor apologies from the oouth.
The good and true of both sections are now
simply bent upon rescuing the country from
the ruin impending over it, and working earn
estly together for that one object.
Mr.. PENDLEToN's VIEWs.-Mr. Pendleton,
of Ohio, made an eloquent and able speech at
the Conservative State Convention Of West
Virginia: The follwing is an extract on fnan-
cial subjects: II have been represented as OPP
posed to the bond holder Gentlemen, you
Shall Judge me. [ am hostile to no class or IN
terest in the country. | simply desire to be
just-just to the bond holder, just to the peo-
pie. would live up with scrupulous fidelity
to the terms Of our contracts. would pay
the interest of the fve-twenties in gold, because
the Government promised to do so. L would
gold, because the Government promised to do
so. would pay the the principal of five TWEEN
ties 10 the legal tender notes, because the bond
holders agreed to receive them in payment;
and as would not repudiate an honest bargain
to make money for the people, so will not
repudiate an honest bargain to make money
for the public creditors. Cheers. lie did
not think that policy would give US deprecla.
tory currency, but, on the contrary. was OF
opinion that just as the public deot was thus
discharged will the certainty Of its ultimate re-
demption be moro apparent, and It's value be
rapidly and steadily increased. These bonds
operate as a mortgage upon the property and
labor Of the country There are two thousand
millions of them Pay off these two thousand
millions, and will not the legal tenders be just
in the proportion more valuable? know the
evils Of deprecated currency. l would not
aid in depreciatiug our currency: / fought
against it when it was proposed by the legal
tender act, but since 1t was accomplished
since the debt was contracted IN legal tender
since it may be lawfully and honestly paid IN
legal tender-I am in favor Of continuing it
until we can secure to the people who have
already suffered all the evils, whatever good
may be expected from the system.
HE lNDlANS.-A dispatch lIOln Ct. I4oulS,
dated yesterday, says:-An army officer just
from Fort Larncd, on the Arkansas river, says
from twelve to fifteen hundred Indians, repre-
scnting nearly all the tribes on the Plains, con-
grcgated at or near that point to receive annui-
ties, but that, on account of recent outrages
committed by the Cheyennes, Col. Wynkoop
had been ordered to with hold arms and ammu
nition This, the Indians said, was violation
of the treaty, and they notified Col. W. if he
did not issue arms they could fight for them
that they were ready for war again. The
meeting broke up in great confusion. That
evening, the 10th, the Kiowas attacked train
from Kansas City also, a Mexican train and
a mail carrier, and robbed them Of supplies |
and provisions, and beat the transfers. Gen. |
Sully arrived from Fort Harker on the llth
and told the Indians, in the presence OF six |
hundred cavalry. that he preferred peace, but |