Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-14
IN E A EARNEST.


It Is vel! known that In many cities
of the South and Southwest the sur
yivors of the war on both aides united
In decorating the graves o. fallen
soldiers. both Union aud Confederate.
la st. Louis, the Union soldiers and
officers passed resolutions to this effect,
aud the day wa made tho scene of =
most peaceful and perfect uniting Of
heart and hand In the sad and beau
tiful memorial ceremonies. Col. JOHN
A. Joyce, Of the Union army, was Sc
lected as orator BY the ex-Union SOL
diers, and Col. A. W. Slayback, BY the
sx. Confederstes. The latter gentle
man delivered one Of tho most beauti-
full addresses We have ever read, and
his explanation Of the reason why dur
ing the last year Of the war the South
ern soldiers grew weary Of the contest,
not only from the dread OF superior
numbers. bat from conviction. is
worthy the attention Of every one who
doubts their honesty Of purpose and
hearty allegiance to the Government
against which they SO long and bravely
c%ontended. After paying tribute to
the chivalrous and kindly feeling
which was displayed By the Union SOL
diers In thus offering to unite in these
ceremonies he said that 1.-THE war has
demonstrated that no matter what
construction the American citizen may
! place upon the Constitution, so jeal-
ousIy does he regard tina. instrument
rs the only safeguard OF the liberties
of his country, that rather tan submit
TO what he considers an infringement
upon its provisions. he is ready to die.
The love Of Constitutional liberty is
his grand ruling passion. 1t Is appar-
ent that outside Of a few heartless asi-
tators, each party was Sincere In the
belief thst the other party was mimi
cal to the principles OF the Constitu-
tion," and then gave the following
critical analysis of the feelings Of con-
fcdcgatc soldiers just before the close
OF the war:
In 1865 the enemies Of our institu-
tioas abroad made sage predictions
that the banner Of the Southern Gross
was only furled for q time; but our
own poet said that It waS furled
forever.
And furied forever 10, 1, be.
Toward the close Of the war there
was a deeper dread in tbs mind Of the
Southern soldier than his customary
encounter OF superior numbers Of
armed men. 1t was not that he stood
one Of 5000, 900 facing 10000, 0OO that
caused him to succuno; IL VA no.
that he felt unwilling to starye and 60
ragged It WA not that hi. faith WAS
shaken In his generals, and 1t was not
the ships, tho money, the Iron or the
splendid munitions OF war arrayed
sgalust him that reconcllsd him to
give up the unequal contest In which
he had so often and so freely hnzarded
his lie.
It WAS not that hs had forgotten his
| provocatlons or moderated them, and
IL was not that he was n traitor TO his
| cause.
Then why did he surrender? you
! will ask. Ny friends, l will tell you
why ; and this day and hour presents
the first fitting opportunity for 4 true
! Southern maj to make such u diaclos-
ure without having his language or his
motives misconstrued.
will tell you why the Southern SOL
diers grew weary Of the contest. aud
surrendered their arms. IL was be-
| cluSe, after all their p~riyatsons aud
losses, and cruel grief over the bloody
graves Of their fallen comrades, they
began to look to tho future, aud to say:
well, what then 7"
Made wiser by the
sTERS EDUCATION OF WAR,
their love OF constitutional liberty
made thcm tremblo for the consequent
COS Of final success. They saw that the
snd Of tho war In that way would be
but the beginning Of others.
They cast their eyes upon the gov
eminent at Richmond. and Its coasti-
tuition recognizing the right Of any
State In certain contingencies to set up
a certain nationality for Itself, with it's
little President and Its little Senate,
its little Supreme Court. and its little
navy, with Its palmetto, its pelican, or
its lone star for Its flag; and the soldier
began to ask himself: For what am |
fighting? VIII my children be better
off when the wrongs | am redressing
shall have been succeeded by others Of
greater magnitude ? VIII my constitu-
tioual rights that will remain to mt IN
either event be Us safe under the new
nationality as under the old? Aud
what can posterlty gain by exchanging
for still another experiment the Illus
trious fabric that Washington. Jeffer-
son a3d Adams. and tie brave. wise
aud good men who shared their coun-
sells and dangers, established and bought
with the blood OF my ancestry Of the
revolution OF 1852"
It wa this appalling logic which fas-
lSIICu uptL tfS w Va u SVNbiCAh
soldiers
Like a phantasma or a hidccGS dream"
and then. and not until then, did their
hearts begin TO fail them.
Hence 1t was that when they furled
their flag they furled 1t forever.
Hence it was that when they laid
down their arms, they did SO with the
full expectation. wish aud understand
Ing tina. the flag they had fought should
become the emblem Of their chosen na-
tionaiity, aud that from tleuceforth
aud forever these States should be in
fact, "a In name, the United States of
America.
And hence it was that when the
Southern soldiers gave up, they sur
rendered in just as dead earnest Us they
had fought. L!
The temperance men OF New York
are indignant at the failure Of the Re-
publican majority In the Legislature
to redeem the promises Of the party
r~especting prohibition. A call has