New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
WHERE is THE BITTERNESSp

A lady from the North, equally distin-
guished for her virtues and her genius,
visited Richmond Immediately after the sur
render of that city to the Union forces. Her
attention was attracted to the hats, woven of
rice straw during the siege, which were worn
by the ladies in the streets She asked young
glrl, whose fresh color and bright face showed
a heart at ease, where they could be procured.
The young person, recognizing the questiOner
from her elegant and modIsh toilette to be
from the Northern side of Mason and Dixon's
line, answered insolently, "What impudeuce"
beg your pardon, took you for lady"
was the chilling rejOinder. 1t was effective
also, for the young woman coOred and said.
81 beg yours. You can find them at No.
G. - street." Our informant went 10
the place indicated and found the house
to be a stately family mansion, evidently
once luxurious but now quite dismantled and
bare. She was received by an elderly lady
whose silver hair was surmounted by that
crown of sorrow, widows cap. 1t was she
who, reduced by adversely, carried on this
humble handiwOrk for a subsistence. Her
dignity and gentleness impressed the younger
lady, and q conversation ensued. in which the
widow mentioned that her husband had been
killed in battle. I" Have you sonsf" Il had
" three-killed in battle" The next question
was irresistible. "Have you brothers 2" a
chad two-killed in battle" The younger
lady rose, with starting tears, and said, "How
" is it possible, Madame, that you can receive
:" Northern woman in your house = The
stricken matrOn came forward, and, placing
her thin hands upon the shoulders of her Wis
itor said My child, there is so much sorrow
a" in my heart, there is no room for bitterness"
Need the moral be dwelt uponR The young
girl, who had apparently not suffered in the
least, was full of fire and fury. The widow.
who had lost everything which made life de-
sirable, was free from hate and malice. Is it
not a deplorable thing that we have seen
during this campaign an entirely analogous
state of thngSf The South, ruined and scar
fled by war, and, ever since the war closed.
plundered and stripped by its infamous gov
ernments of thieves and robbers, came TO Gin
cnnati and to Baltimore, and accepting every
result of the war, held out its hands to the
victorious North, and asked for nothing but
for justice and peace and friendship. The men
who have lost everything ask for reunion.
The men to whom the war brought nothing
but gain and unmerited honors, men Ike
Conkling, and Morton, and Chandler, refuse
the proffered hand and continue their malg-
nant work of diseOrd and bate. Ex-senator
Hunter comes from Virginia to New-ICrk TO
say with that direct and manly candor which
no one has ever vcntured to impugn
"Fellowctzens, give you my for supporting
Greeley a few words. declare TO you in the hrss
place That desire the seeds OF sympathy and
affection among all people that the tic OF
may become a common bond and mutual support 10 an
ia Numbers For that among other reasons vote 70
Horaee Greeley, o. he Is the leader In this great nfDye.
ment Secondly desre 10 cultivate harmony Just feel
ing and affection among the different saces in the South
ern states because they essential to lie prosperity
and happiness of the whoe--p matter In which We IN
the South have a much deeper interest than exist
elsewhere for our success and happipess IN very great
measure depend upon u. For this rchson 1 support
Horace Greeley because believe that be viii de what
he to produce this harmony Of feeng"
In response TO this frank and honest decla.
ration, which it seems impossible for any man
of heart TO hear without admiration and SYM
pathy, Mr.. Wendell Phillips, speaking for pros
porous New England Radicalism says; Il
f" hope to see Gen. Grant remain President
" until every Southerner now living over forty
F" years of age shall be put forever under
-" ground" Which is the more decent, The
more statesmanhke, shall We say the mope
Christian utteranee clli sstse