The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-18
NUMBER 38.

About this time he wrote to a friend in the
Norlh a letter descriptive of the condition of
Southern men like himself honestly endeay-
oring 10 act as faithful citizens of the Gov
erument OF the United States and finding
no confidence exhibited in their good inten-
tions, but, on the other hand, rebuff and dis
credit, whilst thieves, camp-followers and
Ignorant and vicious negroes were placed in
power over them. This letter found its way
into print in some of the Northern papers,
among Others L believe, in the New York
TE55UHe. y few weeks after the letter was
written my informant received by mail
letter postmarked Boston, Massachusetts
He opened it and found iuclosed a check for
81 ,Oo2 and a few lines from the writer stating
that he had seen the letter referred to, and
desired, As Northern man, To aid fellow
citizen in distant State struggling in such
bitter adversely. The writer's name was
totally unknown to him, and he thought il
must De a mistake Il cruel hoax. He sub
nuttcd the check TO i banker, who at once
informed hlIn twas good for its full amount
He, however, considering there must be
some mistake, wrote to Boston. stating the
arrival OF the letter with the check hft bis
fear that his motive in writing which drew
forth the remittance had been misunder-
stool !; that he might have been supposed to
: be what was known as Union man. in
the Southern acceptatiou of that term or a
repentant rebel disposed to gain favor with
the successful party by coudemning his own
past course. He told him that he was
neither that he had been an original and
conscientious believer in the right and duty
OF secession in 1861, and had no regrets ~
cept for his failure but that he accented
his fate and was ready to keep faith with
the government which had conquered
y reply from Boston to this letter assured
him that the writer had earnestly advocat-
ed the prosecution of the war. and during
the war would have held him an enernv
but that peace had come and he now sought
to make him friend and took this as the
natural mode of doing it, and begged him to
keep and use the money. L need not saw
how much the heart of this Southerner was
touched, but he was man of honor. and
though sorely pressed for money, felt in
looking over the entire field of his affairs
that even with the 81 600 he was greatly in
debt, and in fact insolvent. He felt it was
his duty, rs II was his right, to avail himself
OF the bankrupt law OF the United States
and start atresh, after giving rm ALI he
possessed, which consisted c6ietIr Of 10
farm and homestead which sheltered ~
family. He therefore wrote agair 70 tI
good man IN Boston, telling him these facts
and declining his proffered loan undar H.
circumstances. The mail soon hro11Ir+
request to know the precise condition ~ ~
aiialrs He made 1t out in exact detail and
his statement disclosed debts several tbons-
ana dollars in excess of his assets
In prompt return of mail a letter raa,to5
nm, with check for the amount of Ms
needs in full His debts were. maid bis ms ms
ergics restored, his family retained in their
nome the day of his adversitv had ,,sHad
ana prosperity met him with nlaova,,.+ -,
and open hands. The money So Iant a., ~,
Boston merchant to a total stranE,SS ; 1h
southern State, one whose face he bod
neter seen, whose opinions, social and ,o
Htlcal, he had ever opposed bas - Po
turned, but this is the least part of The -
action. There is d debt which will ,la
be paid SO long as life-blood warns tbat
SouthernerS heart-the debt of love oS
gratitude, of friendship which binds H. u
and his kindred with ties stronger thai, -
10 that Boston merchant, and all who b.o-
his name or are Of his kindred The uanna
n Nor TfRs4rNu = l.
the Southern man. 1t will be n bo1,sab,Ii
maine that shall couple those two farnjIj
IN true ties of friendship while their nay,aS
shall last Should danger or trouble assa;i
the man of the North or his kindred h. 90,
count upon the ready hand of his S,,1,I,
brother to defend him-a defence raD5aIaI
without money and without price the cbaaI,
defence that human love gives without
reckoning never 50 glad as when piyip<y II
Why should not these two families -
Massachusetts and Georgia be allowed -
typlty the relations of the Northern and ~,
southern people? You may be sure, Sena
tors, that like causes viii produce like af
tccts. 1t Is in your power Shall II ba
done In Justice to his State and to the
people of all America / am called r1nor -
state the name of the Boston man who set
this wise and noble example to his fellow
countrymen. 1t was Daniel Denny tbe
Boston merchant, whose wisdom of the heart
knew how TO conquer even more effectuaIIv
than he who has Won the blo0diest garland
kindneSS-the great law of love whose Di-
Vine ENpositor was born earth eighteen
hundred and seventy-two years ago but
these latter davs IL
Within few weeks Mr. Denny has gone
TO his honored grave, but his good name
shall not be forgotten.
only The actions of the heart
smell sweet and blossom in the DUST
saw and felt in my personal intercourse
-, rip rl.a1 L 4
trust in human nature had created
| remember well this gentleman telling me
of a meeting of those who had been Confed-
crate officers shortly after the occurrence
which 1 have related. They We're impover-
ished they were sore with many things that
had visited them in the way of domestic and
political affliction. They had much to con
denim and little to praise. In the North they
found but little to praise, and little, appa-
rently, to thank the Government for. While
they were relating instances of their hard
ships, this gentleman arose and told this
story in simplicity and truth and he told
me that among these angry and sore men
who had breasted battle many time and
bore upon their persons scars OF conflict there
We're tears soft as woman's shed at this one
touch of human kindness.
''what can war but endless wars stin hreed2''
The law now proposed is act of assault;
it breathes of violence. 1t works upon
emotions but those of fear. 1t will cause
hatreds. 1t viii produce no goodwill either
between citizens or toward the Government
1t is as L have tried to show, plain viola
ton of the limits Of our written charter of
power. aud even if ii were not So II IS un-
wise and unjust. Cease then, [ beg Of you,
this maleficient, odious system so foreign 10
the genius of American government CaIIe9
Reconstruction, and adopt from now anu
this time forth the true. the Wise me hrlSt-
ian policy of RECONCILIATION between the
States OF the Union
WOMAN named Fanny Taylor has had
\ rareer She began 10y running away from
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