Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-05
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amber the auspiesof the maryland
A.a,cialian of the Army and Navy
If tI,e Confederate States" They
nugllt anew ia imagination the hat
,les of the rebellion and ben:oaned
The fate of slavery AMI The Lost
tause.5' They signiiied their read
iudess to repay Uncle sam. for his
,mst magnanimity by another at
tempt to throttle him at the inst Ia
yoraDie opportunity.
Judge Ingles. who presided. said
the purpose of the society WAS the
Gathering, preserving, and conlnil-
ine of All evidences and fac,s relating
10 the late war, in order That the
frue result should be presented; the
ruth. ia simple justice to Tie a!o,gtt3,rs
If a Note ct1use, and ia satisfaction
IN those who still survive and pre-
serce The same opinions thai led Il TIE
conflict. (App.aase. In this matteT
the State of Maryland and tie city
Of Baltimore in particular could not
fail to be Interested. Nineteen
thousand sons of Maryland had
foaghtf0r tire cause. and there could
be 10 failure Of feeling, no indifJcr-
eace, IN @ pface acl.oSe sympathy had
teen so greoa. Applause.
Another speaker, Mr.. S. t. Wallis,
said;
I've owe it not to the dead, who
sfrWlglijlg IN expressions 1C1'onq, aoere
lost we owe it not to the living,
who know 50 well their sacrifice and
desolation, but we owe it to the
world to show The eUiGs that result
from so-colied. freedom; to show the
world that 40 perfection can exist in
Government that Usaa'ps the 31o,cer
Of right and sacrifices every princiate
Of manhood, truth, ofld honor. The
city Of Baltimore is the most wealthy
ard popular in the South. lHhQt orr
sy7nDctjiieS sCere it2 the {rte d3uQQle IL
acoaId be needless for me TO tell; what
we have suffered each one who
knows can feel as well as /; for from
the first reverberation at Bull Run
10 the last shot at Sailors Creek each
can claim some chapter"
Mr.. Wallis, in concluding, intro
duced General Wade Hampton sin
highly complimentary TERMS" says
the Baltimore Sam, Lost Cause"
organ, from which we quote these
extracts /:
tGen. Wade Hampton was
most enthusiastically received, and
after expressing his qualification at
being commended by Mr.. Wallis,
proceeded in his address. He felt
that he was not among strangers, and
was honored by the exhibition of
hospitality which had been extend
ed by the people Of Baltimore to
himself and others heretofore
"Ihe Ohject,o he said, twas as inn
portant as it was sacred, and was
prompted by pride in the glorious
past and obligations 10 the future. 1t
was to put out that which would
justify the struggle and show the mo-
tives that animated the South" "By
the cooperation" he said, "of all
who have not lost faith or hope in
the cause the end will be secured.
Is this not worth struggling for
Are we willing that the hands that
uSu1ped Ottr Institutions should stig-
Matte us? Are we Of the South
ashamed of our history? No, thank
God, we are mott" Immense ap-
plause.
Tie Repu55ic, in commenting up
on the occasion, says:
Here we have a practical illustra-
ton of shaking hands over the
bloody chasm." It may be satisfac-
ton TO these chivalric historians to
keep alive the animosities of the
war by their silly twaddle about
Justice to the martyrs of "A noble
cause;" but in our opinion, it would
be far more sensible to do Justice to
the living sufferers OF this same
cause by adopting different course
for the vindication of the truths Of
history. These military historians
may satisfy themselves that slavery
was right and its destruction wrong
that the noble uprising of the loyal
millions was nothing but oppression
to the South. and the final crushing
OF the Southern Contederacy simply
the claims of Yankee tyranny, but
it will be difficult to convince poster
ity that such absurd statements be-
long TO the truth Of history. We
have no desire to insult the memory
Of brave men who fell defending
a bad cause. We are willing they
should rest in peace in the silent
grave. We would not invade the
sacred right which belongs to human
nature TO mourn the loss Of near and
dear friends, but the less said OF the
nobility of the cause which sought
to perpetuate human slavery, the
better. If Wade Hampton and men
of his stamp desire 10 restore the
former prosperity Of the South they
must abandon history and go to Mark
in some more profitable field. His
tory will take care Of itself, but
Southern prosperity needs strong
arms aud brave hearts TO fully deyel-
opt.
The rebellion and the organized
biunder which il inaugurated were
fatal mistakes. To correct the evils
which those mistakes entailed upon