The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-03
BRISTOW.
Eloquent bribuic Ia the Confederate
SoihicS by The Secretary al the
Treasury,


Treasury.
Extract from hls Louisville decoration day
speech,
These ceremonies are conducted in
no spirit OF b0astlul eXultalion over the
men who fell on the other side or their
surviving comrades.
The graves throughout the south, in
which sleep thousand, who nrrayed
themselves against the government,
testify TO their courage aud sodlprly
bearing, THIS bearing and endurance
were illustrated on many wcll-contcst-
ed fields, II Is impossible TO doubt
that the masses fought for what they
believed TO be right, and, however,thty
may have been mislead 10y false thcO-
rlos OF govern ment, or doluded hy the
aitIul teachings OF cunning and amhi-
tiOus leadIs, we cannot fail TO repog-
nize their Valor or tenacily, and the
ability with which they adhered to the
cause in which they had enlisted, so
long rs the conflict continued. If our
own great president could declare, in
the midst of the strife, that il was
prosecuted on our part with malice to-
ward none but with charity for all, how
much more ready should we be to bury
the animositics that belong to the past,
ana conccde to the men who fought
against rs. tho qualities illustrated Nv
their valOr
The two grand results of the war,
which more than compensate The
country for all its sad bereavements
and vast expenditure and waste of
money and property, are the extinc-
ton OF slavery and reorganized indis-
solubility OF our national union ; and
the time is not far distant when these
will he accepted and admitted rs bless
ings by the people of every section.
Men of the south will sooner or later
admit that success in what they under
took would have been grievous mis-
fortune, even to themselves. What
they may think of their action in the
past is OF little moment so far us ii can
affect the present and future interests
of the country. What we havea right
to expect and insist upon is practical
loyalty in the future to the country
and cheerful obedience to its constitu-
ton and laws. Mere historical and
sentimental'lo loyalty is of far less con-
sequence. We ask no sacrifice of con-
viction, no humiliation of sodierly
pride, while insisting on and enforcing
every principle resulting from the vic
tory. We may look with indulgence
If not indifference on apologies and
defenses that will certainly through
all time be put forth by descendants of
the men who fought on the side of The
rebellion, and agree to differ with them
on what is rapidly becoming u mere
ofrecord and of theory. The
history of the world furnishes exam
Piles from which we may learn the les
sons of wisdom in this respect. The
past struggles in our mother country |
illustrate what | mean. The great |
leaders Oh each side of the civil war of |
The seventeenth century, Hampden,
Ppm and Cromwell, Falkland, Hyde
md Ormond have full Justice done
hem by all competent historians, and
heir virtues and talents are the COM
mon heritage of English people, and
the historians of these times are equally
loyal to the British constitution of to.
lay, whether they take the side of the
cavaliers or espouse the cause of the
roundheads. Nay, more; in the next
generation after the termination of
hat bitter and bloody struggle the
descendants of the
men whom / have mentioned.
md who could not have dis
,ussed the question of the arrest of the
i've members of the grand remon-
trance without crossing swords, united
II driving James the Second from the
hrOne, and establishing that combina-
ion of freedom and order which has
iven England her greatest prosperity.
he Scottish rebellion in favor of the
ouse of Stuart in the last century, is q
till more striking illustration. Few |
len may hold entirely different and :
views on historical is- ,,
les, and yet be practically and earn
,tly loyal to the present and future of
common county. As u writer of his i
Try and historical romance, Sir Wal /
II Scott was an intense Jacobite, and
liter opponent of the house of Han
yer, end yet, in spite of his historical
leories, he was an enthusiastic loyal
! toward King George III. and Nv.
% part OF the British Isle was more :,
'yai than Scotland, and yet under b
IKE To say that to-day, in no C,
ART OF the civilized world, could
lere be aroused more bitter =
scussions and controversies over the
ruggles in which that people have
zen engaged. May we not then look n
rward with assured confidence To
me in the near future when all intel III
gent men, north and south, viii not u
NY accept the result OF the late con-
ct, but will recognize the blessings
at flow from II, and admit that any
her issue would have been an ire
'rable calamity to both sections of
o country? While we must differ
pm those who sought to dissolve the
lion, and look from a different stand
int uponsthe history of the struggle nS