Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-04
An EXTRACT FROM GENERAL
sMRMTBANsR SPEECH,

New Orleans delivered the Grafton
at the National Cemetery near this
city on Memorial Day last
Monday. From the speech we
clip the following. It is in the
utterance and observance Of such
sentiments that true peace and
prosperity can ever be restored.-
When the nation has risen, like
the gentleman above mentioned,
above the petty and contracted
prejudices, which render it ignsble
in the eyes of the world, and obi.
GUS and detestable 10 the objects
OF its persecution; when it can
realize that the people of the
United States are one and insep.
arabic, entitled alike to all com
mon rights; when it can take q
broad, comprehensive, ard I'm
trammeled view OF the situation,
ard legislate for the common veal,
and not in the interest Of preju,
dice and corruption; in q word.
when it can put into successful
and honest operation the manly
sentiments uttered by General
Sheridan, then will the hour of
national restoration, OF iraternal
friendship and unity Of action APP
proach, but not one moment be.
fore. Cruelty and oppression can
exact outward forms Of allegiance
and obedience, yet they but inten
sify the bitterness and latent hate
of the heart. General Sheridan
said:
One act alone is necessary upon
the side of freedoms party TO
hand its name down to the latest
generations Of the world, to stamp
1t in all coming time as the best
and wisest political party that ever
controlled the destiny Of a great
nation. Now that the warts over.
now that not only what We started
out to accomplish but much more
has been achieved, | hold il TO BE-
the privilege, the solemn duty Of
this government, TO open wide it,
arms and gather every erying
child within them. Applause.
Side by side with the proclamation
Of the fifteenth amendment | want
to see 4 PROCLAMATION OF uniycr.
sal amnesty. want the two with
claspcd hands to walk down !hecen
turtles together, living and cterna,
witnesses Of the justice and mercy
Of America. Applause. 1t seems
to me the people Of this Southern
land have had full and ample pun.
ishment for the wrongs they have
committed. Knowing, as | DO.
full well the awful woe and sorrow
that the war created in the North,
| can fully understand tina: g:ict
rests IN olmpst every h"usriiDih q,
the South. Tothe sadness ofpriYat.
BORROW for the people oithe Sout.
is added one thing the North ha'
never known-thc bitterness 0
defeat. The North lost well nigl
Il nall OF million of her sons, Du
she never saw, as have me people
Of the South, her form Of Govern
ment destroyed. the banners 0
her armies swept away in lh'
whirlwind Of defeat, all the higl
pos lions OF her section filed witt
strangers. Some may say TIL
South deserved all hat has yoAt
upon her; suppose she has, why
still 90 further and press the iron
still deeper into souls a!rcad,
smarting under untold sorrows
Why say to some two hundred
thousand men, you shall have NJ
rights in this Government, e,
forth with the mark Of Cain upol
your forehead Did you eve
think, my friends, what q sad ihini
it is TO have no country, TO look il
vain among all the banners Of tn
nations and find no one 70 cal
your own; to wander UP and dow
the earth and have no spot upo.
its map TO call your country 1
lay your wife and children away !
ground TO which you hay
no titles; 1t cannot be tina
this great nation will Ion
permit any of her children IN
matter how much they may hay
erred to be homeless, iricndlesl
powerlcss in the land where the
first saw the light Of day. Whe
the South stood up in eoafic
when her borders were alive wit
steel, and all her valleys gre
with the smoke Of cannon, | b,
|, lieyed in striking blows quick an
! strong, believed in pushing 70 d
: struction, but now, when no a
> mics confront us, when no sound
!, war disturbs the air Of heaven, {
' not believe in striking angry bloy
upon some few hundred thousaI
! men, powerlcss to return them.
find it hard to believe that t
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