Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-11
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The Hammer Of The South Is iype
Of implarables, Chapiain kysn, ils
editor, advises our people
TO lot their WOuIds romsin ever
open-evet if,sh-ever hieeiing-
Let the ewes oflhe rising generation
gaze upon them, ahd the hands ~
tho coming generation shalt Pour
into them the only balm that caa
heal them-the talm It lndegeh'
dence."
la contrast 10 such an lmp'atahie
lesson ofhais 50 little iR accord Wilh
the teachings Of his Divine Master
WehaVe lhesialeSmaniike and CHRIS
ilan uttersnoes Of the leader u the
Confederate armies, llo declined
10 attend the Gettysburg memnFlal
meeting, 10 mark lhe position u1 lAe
opposing armles because he deonoI
thst sucA an ohlet, was calculated
10 keep alive the sharp memory ani
the consequent bitterness oflhe war
What a contrast between the pro
E,ssed "man OF pesrc and the
"mighty man of war Tho one
wishes "lhe wound 10 remain ever
open-eyer ircsh-ever bleeding
General Lee, more true To our reo'
plo aud their national destiny, tells
them;
"That Il Is the wisesl not to keep
open sores, but 10 follow the exam,
pie Of those nations who endcavorcd
TO obliterate marks OF civil siriic,
and commit TO oblivion the feelings
II engcndcrod. b"
Gen. l.. S. Grant did noi utter q
meaningless sentiment when lac an'
nounced 'I.ct us have Peace ii
was uttered by one whose proves
in war. and ability to enforce the
mandate, gives il historic sisniii'
cameo.
Father Ryan is tho typS Ola class
of implacablos, whose boast Is "thcy
have not yet surrendered, yet who
never encountered an enemy, and
would sill keep this land torn and
rent, with "i,s wounds ever open
ever ircsh-cvcr bleeding"
The Confederate military leader
however, looking 10 tho inevitable
necessity Of n future in common,
both for ourselves and descendants,
would in order TO commit TO oblivion
the feelings engcndcrcd, obli,eratc
the marks of civil war, of which he
himself was such Il conspicuous hero.
OF English descent, he saw tho pros
perity of once opposing factions,
whose hostile swords rang in The
dread encounters Of the rival houses
of York and Lancaster, and the bit
ter collisions of Charles and Crom-
well, now no longer foes, but point
ing with n common pride to their
common origin, from Il twin race of
heroes. These are the special eX
amples of historic reference By Gen,
Lee.
The civil war Of the Roses lasted
thirty years during the reign oftivc
English monarchs, bit that period
during whicl, great armies left be.
hind wasted fields, plundcrcd towns
and burning Villages, attended by
an enormous sacrifice Of life by
sword and scafiold, was followed by
Il remarkable era of peace and pro
gress. The great civil war OF the
seventeenth century, in England,
lasted eleven years, yet after so
great, so dangerous, and SO wasting
a Revolution as That Of Crom weiL
the historian tells us that England
exhibited one mark Of wisdom, en-
ergy and virtue above all other ma
tions. "Thcy rose, not like Sam
son, shurn of his locks, but like one
who is made virtuous by atiiction,
strong by extrtion, and wise by eX-
perionac. ...
1t was the common ancestors OF
both North ard South, who have
furnished the examples Of history
cited for The imitation of their de-
sccndants. A philosopher in peace,
;s be. has proven to be almost peer
less in war, Lees counsel and exam
pic upon this subject will not be
without fruit. ..-... ..,.
The grand lesson be suggests in
his reply 10 the Gettysburg invita-
ton, is not without its results even
now in the hearts Of the North. Tho
signal failure of the Gettysburg
gathering signalises the hoped for
obliteration of the marks Of civil
strife; aud that those, North or
South, who, for mercantile or polit-
ical uses would pcrpetuatc those
marks and wounds, have received 4
merited and lasting rebuke. m
-sPhe -Tribunes correspondent,
writing from the battle ground, says:
s'aThe present gathering at Gettys-
burg does not seem to me to have
had sufficient motive, or to have an
swered any large purpose, or TO
have satisfied The vague expecta-
tions it aroused IL 9 was rcbuked
from the South, slimiy attended
from the North, and it will proba-
bly, bo the last inflated effort TO
lengthcn out the mercantile uses Of
this battlefield, which should here
after belleftas the nation intended it
IA pleasant cemetery tomany brave
dead, but nota perennial fhir-ground
made ludicrous by failures such as
this which / have noticed beyond
its dne."E .slssE 2 ) slaFlesd
The above we take from the
sHoustoh Union.' What the poor,
| little nHouston Union may think
of the Banner Of the South, we care
very little; what the Editor Of that
little sheet may think of ourselves,
we care less. Oflate, we have mo-
tieed in not few papers, attacks
similar 10 tho above agsinst the
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