, 1874-06-01
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.

the past differences between tie North and the
South are passing away, and that feeling Of
real brotherhood IL growing up between the two
sections Of tho country. Ths War Of the Re-
belion ia not doatincd to leave lasting echo of
strife In tho hearts Of tho people Of this coun-
try. Time, the groat teacher and tho great heal-
or. is slowly but certainly efraciug tho scars OF
war from tue face Of nature and from tho hearts
Of mon. First among thu oyidonceB of this re-
concilietton camo tho battla-tlag resolution at
tho 1amentod Sumner. Like all groat mon, Mr.
Sumner was in advance Of his timo. Tho
perpetration Of sectional animositioa ho gov
could no longer be productive Of good. Tho
country, however, WAS not ripe for his
resolution. Tho average man could not koop
pace with the great statesman. A howl VAS
raisod against tho proposition aud Its author.
His own Slate censurod him-as II Sumner, the
friend Of Liberty, after nearly quarter Of
centurya battling for Emancipation aud tho
Union, could talo disloyal stopl But tho
country has been cropping up to Summers po-
sition. It is beginning to 500 tho true siguifl-
cameo Of TINT reaoluton-tho loyalty, patriot
ism, humanity, Christianity, stateBmanahip
there was i'll it. That resolution meant upion,
posce, liberty, civilization, apd now that Its
author belongs to history, ho will DO rcmcm-
bered by his "battle-dae resolution" " no less
than by Lis action previous to and during the
War Of the Rebellion. From hia grave
he still adsocates that resolution, aud, when It
comos up again, a. como It will, proposed aud
advocated by other tongues, tho whole country
will welcome it, as Freedoms forgiveness and
absolution to tho ersing South. When tho peo-
pie Of the North come to ask themselves, al
sometimes they will, What would ws have done
slavery they wlll pass that resolution with r..
spectful silence.
The decoration OF tho graves Of the Confeler-
ate dead by the samo hands that orna1ncnted
thoso OF tue Federal on Saturday last points In
the aamo direction. The gallant fellows that
woro tho gray no are boginning to look upon
rather al misguided ulen than as malicious eno-
nnies. 1n pity, il not in love, tho people Of tue
North mourn over their grayoH. AZ beautifully
expressed in the lines, " Tho Blue and tho
Gray" in our saturdays tssuo:
No more shall ths war-cry sever,
Or tho winding river bb rod
They baptsh our anYar forever
When tloy laurel tia gravea of cur dad.
Under tho sod and ths dewt
Waiting tho Judgment Day.
Ioye aud teuss for ths blue,
Tear9 and love for tho gray.
Tla ladics Of Chcago did not forgot thu Con-
fedoyates buried In our csmstories. Thoro wsro
1lowora and evorgseena and services for tLom NJ
we'll as tor thoir enemleB In life. In Calvary
Cemetery, where only ono Rebol sleeps, his grave
wau remembered. At Springfield Maj. D!utord
Wilson, Who delivered tlo oration Of tho
day at Camp Dutlor, said that tho
tme had coma when enmltlos and hatos
should be buried, aud that tho living should
pay tribute to tho Confederate as vol as to
tho Federal dead. Ills recommendation WAS not
uuhoeael. at Rock island. III this Htate, the
touching sight was witnessed Of surviving Tod
erals placing gaElatda on the graves OF Confod-
erasea who had died In tho military prison. At
Cairo the divine character OF forgiveness was the
thoms Of Gov. nsyeridga's or4tion. At Pitts
bur8h tho unmarked Rohol grxyas Wero seatterod
over with fowors by tie sa,le fair hands that
decked those Of tho Union soldiers. In Allo-
ghony tho aamo waa witnessed. 1t Keokuk tho
grayes Of tho seven Rebels buried In tbs Na-
ttonal oanastsry received tin SANS attention ~