Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-06
WHY SHOULD 1T NOT NE SOC

Alter q war comes peace, pu aitsr
civil wars especially, years arc requir-
ed to effacs the bitterness engsndsrsd.
As time. however, heals all wounds,
covers up all enmlties and banishes
the pain born OF fratricldal strife, we
may expect ere lsng to see all parts oil
this nation reunited, net alone In
name, by law, by birth aad common
tradition, but with that subtler cord
which ruptured by our late great war,
has thus far never been rejolnsd.
Last year In many cities Of tho East
the sacred ceremonies Of Decoration
Day were both memorial and fraternal.
In st. Louis, No., notably was this the
case. There the blue and the gray
united and together marched to the
"silent cities" within whose limits
wero entombed the bodies Of brave
men, whose struggles and self-immo-
latlon not emily saved this nation from
the fate Of elder and as proud repuo-
lies, but cast 4 lu,ter upon the Amer
lean character which will glow
brighter as time advances. There era
tors, who In the recent struggle stood
arrayed In deadly conflict, appeared
together on the platform and covered
with eulogiss the memories OF their
dead, both whllom comrades and adj
versaries.
We share their feelings fully. Why
should It not be SO? As tims has
opened up tho inner history Of tho
las, great war. has showed tho secret
spring, Of action underlying the great
opposing forces In the struggle, It
has proved that both were honest, both
were brave aud both were vested with
that element OF chivalric valor which
Is at once a nations danger aud Its
safeguard. The Southern people, the
Southern soldiery, were no less sincere
than tho Northern. That their judy
ment was misguided, while ours was
we'll founded, can In no manner de-
tract FROM this merit Of sincerity. The
world honors vaior, and while only
success may appear to the u%nthlnking
rs really successful, to him who, In a
broad love for humanity, respects her
highest attributes, there will appear
no difference between the bravery OF
him who lars down his life In a cause
he deemed most holy and him who falls
while fighting for a cause ace sae'o to
DO entirely right and just. It Is these
better feelings Of u nature, which,
II allowed full play, will liz US as u
nation above the grovelling hates aud
petty jealousies, the sectional bitter
ness aud tardy reconciliation which
have, more than all things else, com.
bined to I'LL the high places Of this ma
ton with incompstents and make our
politics ! filthy pool.
We are glad to read, In a dispatch
suggesting these remarks, that the
Posts OF the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, In the City Of New York, at a
meeting last evening, resolved not to
discriminate a heretofore between
Union and Confederate soldiers graves
on Decoration Day. This Is n noble
action, but after all but simple justice.
Again we ask why should they thus
discriminate? Memorial day Is but a
season set apart for tributary offering.
Not to war, to strife, to hatred. to ex-
ultatlon, to revenge, to self-laudatlon,
or to sectional successes. No. No. It
Is In memory Of bravery, Of devotion,
Of ssli-sacrliics, Of patriotic %fervor, Of
that rhivalric valor which ~elevatss Its
dead possesssr above all local fsuds,
all jealousies, all s%trifss, and renders
him \ hero worthy of remembrance.
We pay tribute to! the valor, the de-
vo.ion OF our dead. These attributes
ara neither sectional nor local. They
ara wide US borders, co~-extenslve
with our national history, and rs en-
during and beautiful as the sacred rites
by which they are yearly held up to
our memory and admiration.