The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-05-07

Northern proves or Southern courage
but of the heroi,m, fortitude, an1 courag.
OF Americans in war of dets, "a war II
which each section sigualized il conss sra
ton 10 the principles, "a each IN lrrseos,
them, of American liberty, and o.
the Constitution received from their Il
theirs.
1t was my misfortune, perhaps my
fault, personally never to have known
this eminent philanthropi>t and sites
man. The impulse was often strong upon
me to go to him and offer him nay hand
and my heart with it, and to express 10
him my thanks for his kind aud consider
ate course toward the people with whom
| am identified. If ! did not yieIl q
that impulse, it was because the thought
occurred that other days ere coming "a
which such a demonstration might be
more opporlune ana less liable u recon
struction. Suddenly, ami without pro
motion, day has couIe al last 80 Which
Tor such purpose there Is no tomorrow.
My regret Is, therefore, intensified by the
thought that | failed to speak - HIM out
OF the fullness Of my heart while there
was yet time. How often Is ii that death
thus bring unavailingly back 10 our re-
membrance opportunities unimpr1ved in
which generous overturrs prompted by
the heart remain unotfsred, frank av59u.s
which rise IL the lips remain unsE oxen,
and injustice and wrong, with wa ch
conscience reproaches US, remain uDpre-
pared.
Charles Sumner, in life, believed that
all occasion for strife ami distrusI between
the North and South had passed away
and there no longer remained any cause
for continued enlargement between these
two sections of our common country. Are
there not many of Us that believed the
same thing? Is not that the common
sentiment, or if not, ought il not to be of
the great mass OF our people, North and
SOUTH Bound to each 0,her by q com
mon Constitution, destined 10 lave jogeth-
er under common Government. forming
unltedly but a single member Of The
great family of nations, shall we not al
least endeavor to grow toward each 9TH
er once more in heart as we are alreadv in
dissOlubly linked % each other in fortunes?
Shall we not, whilst honoriug the memory
of this great champion Of human liberty,
this feeling sympathizer with human sor-
row, this earnest pleader tor The exercise
of human tenderness and heavenly chart
ty, lay aside the couceaimeuts which
serve only TO perpetrate ml-understaut-
lngs and distruSt, and frankly confess
that on both sides we most earnestly
desire to be one; one not merely Ia polit
zeal organization, one not merely ID
identity Of Institutions; one Hot merely
IN community OF language, and liter ture,
and traditions, and country. bur. more
and better than all that, one .=3 lu feel
ing and in heart? AMI mistaken In Thu?
10 the concealments Of which l speak
still cover animosities which neither time,
nor reflection, nor the march of events
have yet suficed 70 subdue? / cannot
believe it. Since have been here / have
your sentiments as expressed
not merely in public debate bat in the
abandon OF personal confidence. I know
well the sentiments of these, my Southern /
friends, whose hearts are So EMBODIED That
the feelings of each is the feeling of all .
and l see on both sides only the seeming
IF cOnstraint which each apparently /.
hesitates to dismiss. The South, PROSTATE, +
drained Of her Likelihood. as
we'll as her material resources, yet sill .
award Of the bloody arbitrameut without (
resoluteiy determined 20 abide
he result with chivalrous fidelity; vet a.
f struck dumb by the magnitude Of her
'everses, she suffers on in silence The
North, exultant in her triumph and c.ated
~ success, still cherishes, rs we are as-
ured. a heart full Of magnauinous emo +
ions toward her di5armed and discom6tee
and yet, as if under somd
mysterious spell, her words ana ae,s are
words and acts of suspicion and Iis.ru-t.
Would that the spirit of t4o ilU-rious
lead whom we lament to-day could speak
rom the grave to both parties TO this
leplorable discord, in tones which should
each each and every heart throl4 .0u.
his broad territory. My countrymen.
NOW one another, and you will love one
another"