The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-01

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its, I can imagine no greater Joy we can
4 giYethenl Andt ourselves, than on these
i Occasions to make their graves and mem.
ories the means Of reconciliation. For
this, on these occasions, my voice has
been given for ye1S, and l rejoice 70
know that the day Is at hand when The
vlctors and the vanquiShed, the reooncil.
, ed survivors Of each army who respected
u the living soldleta Of the other, will join
hesrt land hand 10 pay homage 70 tie
memory oi the heroic dead. ! ~ y
Claiming integrity and honesty Of pur.
. pose for my comrades In blue, | know
IBpeak their united voice when | declare
that We detract not ono whit from the
valor and sincerity OF those who fought
and bled and died for the Sunny South
Il No men actuatedi by O. base purpose
could have fought as yAllAntly as,they
did. None but true heroes, worthy sons
OF worthy sires could have accepted dc.
feat so gracefully and go manrully.
THEORY OF THE WAR,
We conducted the war upon the theory
that we all were cot1nlr brothers Of
the same household, kinsmen1 d the
the same maternal line; that tho heroes,
histories and traditions Of the Revolution
and the developments oi the century
were q common heritage; that,we could
not happily and safely dwell apart, and
that our real strength was In unity and
equality before the law.
The war decided that countrymen wo
were, and arc, and must remain-the
living and the dead. F, ~ ,i!t.l
IT'S at the graves Of these our country.
men We reason Of these things. IT'S at
the grave the earth seems most remote
and CLEANS Of Heaven are seen. II in
such soil and at such sacred hour concil.
iatory seeds arc sown, they will bud and
blossom and bloom forever.
IT'S here we catch the sunny side Of
mortality and brighter hopes OF immor.
tality. IT'S OF an hour like this when the
spirits Of tho departed hover around US,
and beckon US to higher aspirations, that
we look each other In the lace and mur.
mur in a borrowed phrase; y3v % yga
"Itmust be 80 PiAto,
Else why this longing after lmnortGityth
A"u We SwaAe 70 'ue ieanAauOn 'nSs q
NJ! s!s sn not y, Az idt,n oI liS 70 f,.,. =
Tho men who went down to battle
against each other were countrymen, often
from the same neighborhood, not unIre
sn;,h sny " itJn Sia tns saMS PatsEns tootI9ne
a;atn. m tne u M Uiae Une % WIN the gIayi ana mat
sasseF nsS. - no' Ill iuea' lnfougn whom the
poes says
"Upon my bosom Hes - So
va va EnSs lsS o.. ol olas ~, euq aktaY
And low 10 Won saw. ' A' ny ''sH'
mL,..,o h..,n.....
WaTn.SesliJ5 S % bSSve and o,v.
They lett my side one wore Ito blue, 9g-
The other woro the gray.
zone rode With s,onewall and his men,
The OH SS ioi GS aws5 l1Is ss' ~ IeG m,,.h
Triumphant to the sea.
"Both fought for what they deemed The r,eb.
And died With swOtd in hand; r.
oIT,IG'p %nd p ps al Hnia nao,a,ssi sIs!niss % h'hS'
-, -, NO' tH b &'H
The nc tSmG sun shines upon their gravel
And 50 SSp upOp SaSSvfSso @T SSsoa %asss'' iiss
Tho knot OF blue and gray"
Whether.the war might bave hsen
syerted Is needless now 10 enmire--it
seems 10 me il was inevitable that npri.
tication and lasting neace conld onIv come
through the crucial ,exneriment n war,
but whether so or mo-, Il il an admitted
fact that each party. with a iew excsnS
tiops honestly and sincerelv bsliaved the
other TO be inImical N Sood Geverns
ment and constitutional lI6ertv. -
The war demonstrated mat while We
would fight as 10 constitutional constrncS
lion we were welded To A constitntinnsl
form OF Government, as Transmitted hv
the fathers, II was this thpt made he
war nossible and after Il neace n 10 ,his
that makes nernetnitv nnssihIe and more
than probabie.
= nivoro, ,,,,IS,,u
sthANuSHs DA'oHE tAE WAR
Before the war We saw each other from
aar, as through glass darkly. During
me war each party learned more oi the
other and to respect the other more
hInerto, they had not mingled much;
tney met and wrangled, misunderstood
ano quarteled oy proxy, through pol
inGlans NOT always as honest as am
1inous. whose theory ol legislation was
@ ne gfea'est gooo 70 me greatest num-
oeI .,tnt oas WHOSE pracuce was, That the
greStest number was number one;
Inc actual contact Of the soldiers by
tnousauus ON tne nelo, 10 me hospitals
sn9 % %eiseWnefe, became scnool 10 unfold
anu anu esyeiop uais 9t character 70 each
s Snat tne s,it Uinel C9uiu @ @auniIe; EACH De-
fThev fnnnd tbose who wsrc rasd;oo, V V,, a.
incite tho quarrel were not always fore
most in the fight. The world will never
know, and history will never record, The
concillstory diplomacy Of the rank and
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