Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-07-27
What the Centennial Ought to
Accomplish.

! DR.. Holland, in an article with the
! above title in SCRIBNER for August,
writes as follows:
\ few weeks ago, Mr.. Jefferson
| Davis, the eXPrcsident of the Confed-
| eracy, was reported to have eXhorted
an audience to which he was speaking
| to be as loyal to the old flag of the
| Union BOW as they were during the
Mexican War. If the South could
know what music there was in these
words to nOrtheTnerS-hoW grateful
we were to their Old chief for them
IL would appreciate the strength of our
longing for complete restoration of
the national feeling that existed when
Northern and Southern blood mingled
III common sacrifice on Mexican soil.
This national feeling, this national
pride, this brotherly sympathy must
be restored and accursed be any
Northern and Southern man, wheth-
er IN power or out of power, whether
politician, theOrlZer, carpet-barger.
president-maker or plunderer, who
puts obstacles in the way of such
restoration. Men of the South, we
long for the restoration of your peace
and your prosperity. We would see
your cities thriving, your homes hap
Ply, your plantations teeming with
plenteous harvests, your schools over
Moving. your wisest statesmen lead
lag you, and all causes and all memo
ries OF dlscord wiped out forever. You
do not belieE G this Then YOU do not
know the heart of the North. Have
you cause OF complaint against the
politicians? Alas so have We
Help us, as loving and loyal Ameri-
can citizens, to make our politicians
better. Only remember and believe
that there is nothing that the North
wants so much to-day, as your recog-
milton OF the fact that the old relations
between you and us are forever restor-
ed-that your hope, your pride. your
policy, and your destiny are one with
ours. Our children will grow up to-
despise our childIshness, if we cannot
do away with our personal hates so
far, that in the cause of an established
nationality we may join hands under
the old flag.
TO bring about this reunion of the
two sections of the country in the old
fellowship, should be the leading OBJ
ject of the approaching Centennial
A celebration of the national birth.
begun, carried on, and finished by
section, would be 4 mOckery and
shame. The nations of the world
might well point at it the finger Of
scorn. The money expended upon it
were better sunk in the sea, or devoted
to repairing the waste places Of the
war. Men of the South, it is for you
10 say whether your magnanimily is
equal To your vaiUr-whether YOU are
as reasonable as you are brave, and
whether, like your old chief, YOU &C
cept that definite aud irrcvcrsible re-
suit Of the war which makes you and
yours forever members of the great
American nation with us. Let us see
TO il, North and South, shat the Cen !
tenniai heals all the old wounds. re-
comedies all the old differences, and |
furnishes the occasion for such re-
union of the great American national |
lty, as shall make our celebration an |
expression Of frdteTnal goodwill /
among all sections and all States, ana /
a cornerstone over which shall be |
reared new temple to national free
dom, concord, peace. and prosperity. |
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