Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-05-04

the land As sin Washington. so il
every other city of the wide North,
aud West, and East, all was Joy : all
the swelling sense of triumph amid
plenty. But the President, now
President of the whole United States
at last, was weighed down by forebod; =;
ings for the future The unseen hand
of. death that lowered over him would
seem to have emitted some light in
visible TO all others. but which ena-
bled him to see, darkIy to be sure,
but still to see that the woes of war
would not end with it unless the
spirit Of its antagonisms and hates
could be laid with it.
He so stated that night to his
secretaries so stated to a crowd of
rep0rtars and editors 9hO with the
rest gathered to congratulate him,
FOrney returned to his editorial rooms
to tell his writers to write words OF
triumph for the North, but of love,
goodwill, and fraternity to the South.
Greeley, Bennett, Raymond. and the
rest, did the same, and four days re-
joicings over the victory were twined
with hopes Of Union which, if re-
stored by force, would be preserved
by justice and by a patriotic love
that ycarned to bury the angers of
the past in the graves of the heroes
that had fallen from Manassas to the
Wilderness"
The Eagle then goes on to describe
how ali those hopes were shattered,
and "'how the blood Of the President
seemed to wash away as III a torrent
the cemento Of the renewed amiLY that
was to be preferred. A blight came
upon the apple tree of Appomattox.
The blossom withered, and the pro
missed fruit, when it came, turned to
ashes on the lips. Sorrow sat beneath
the pines Of the South, as from the
capitol, SO glorious that one night,
issued later words of continued threat
ening, and iron laws and inexorablc
re Iuir ements that drove the icy bolt
in.o every southern heart. Where the
foot of the soldier was withdrawn, il
was Withdrawn only to give room to
that Of the reckless adyenturer and
satrap of a vengeful Administration
More keen than the forasing trooper,
he ravaged to the very root Of pro-
ductiveness, dis0rganized the labor.
set the sin against the master, that
lie might swiu1le BOTH and sitting
down in the seats Of the Lees, the
Na,hinatons, and the Galh0uns re
yelled in the ruin. The angers that
were 10 be buried i'll the graves OF
the fallen heroes were revived, ard il
looked indeed as if tie Union saved
by force cGuld by fCfcc aioLe main =
tain Itself Bat the old story Of
Agr!ppa proved true in the American
as in the Ronan republic, AID tho
whole body came 10 suffer from the
sIEcIirGs ui a Eart Our public men
who used dcmoralfzltion at the South,
became themselves dcmorali2ed at
The North. Corruption took up hcr
abode Ia the White Iouse-in the
capiiui. The undue use of power led
20 the inordiuate love Of power. and
the soldier who conqurcd section
nov planned to conquer a nation.
And now, ten years since Lee dropped
from lis iauSt2d nand the sword OF
unsuccessful reLcIiGa-Icn years
since the mighty volunteer hosts oi
the North paced in pride of victory
before Linc0ln's successor, the ateriaI
avenue Of the capital soldiers are
yet q,ur:ered in the metropolis of the
Son b, and the Lieutenant General oi
the armies Of United States clnmors
to outlaw State while bis troopers
clear its legislative halls at tie point
of the bayonet. This is how the
party that triumphed at AppomattoS
has kept its promises to this nation"
In addition 10 all this, the United
States flag has almost vanished from
the seas Of Europe and Asia : tie
value Of its paper money is at the
mercy of a lot of stockholders and
subsidized railway, , manufactures at
the North are closed; ruinouS strikes
prevail, and immense number, of the
working people are out of employ
ment. The moral material, and
political prosperity of the nation has
all declined. If the sword had not
been drawn upon the South neither
Virginia nor any other State which
followed her example would have
gone out, and those tho did go out
would not have staid ont five years,
Mol The Union was not worth the
price that was paid for it, aud might
have been saved in 1861 WisbOut ray
ment of dollar Of treasure or 4 drof
Of blood.