Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-30
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
FRIDAY, APRIL 80.

GEN BARTLETTS SPEECu AS stateu III
Yesterdays Gazette, Gen. W. +. Bartlett, al
ex-FeGeral officer, whose speech at the Lex
ineton Centennial Celebration has met with
such deservedly warm response at the South,
was serenaded 10 Richmond on Wednesday
night, aud 10 rery said:
..Whe I appreciate deeply this mark OF
your esteem aud approval, | cannot allow you
to give me undue credit. l cauDot allow you
to suppose that it required any courage to tell
that vast audience, then aud there, the truths
that came TO ny lips. Had il been my lot to
tell them unpleasant truths that might ma1
their iay or excite THEN indignation had
been forced to admit that the war was DOT yet
over-lhat a northern man could not live
pcaceably at the South and be true to his con-
gictions-that the men OF the South, having
appealed to the dread arbitrator OF the sWoru,
had, regardless of hopor, refused TO abide by
its stern decree then, grant you. my TASK
would have been heavy; my courage would
have been tested. But, sir, the truths that
uttered we're the most welcome tidlngs they re-
ceived on that day OF jubilee and what you
now approve and confirm has already beeu
mos, heartily endorsed by the people and
press of the North. | only spoke the hopes
and feelings of my people. The chord OF love
and harmony was there, aud only wIlted for
the touch. Applause. The same chord vas
touched, but with 40 ADLER hand, by one OF
your own orators, in a recent address delivered
in Baltimore in behalf OF the Lee Memorial
Association address full nf cltqueGce.
pathos, aud true patriotism - IN which he de-
mands that you grant to others the same hon
esty of conviction and nobility OF sacrifice that
YOU Gain Inr yourselves. 'Oue side NAY have
been right. the other wrong, or there may have
been right and wrong on both, but no true
mau 90 either side eau DOW question the sln.
ceri'y OF the other, aud only tauatcl>m and
folly eau deuy it,
The chief defect in the great fabric of our
Union, which, while ii ,x!sted, rendered per
feet harmony of Interests impossible, has been
rudely swept away, leaving structure more
permanent, more full Of glorious possibilities,
than our fathers dared to hope Tor.
ITO cemeut this new Uoion on sounder
foundation and avail ourselves of the promises
of the future is solemn task, we'll fitted TO
these ccuteuuial years. As soldiers who fought
the battle out in good faith you Gao weld he
strongest Influence for peace aud right. lunr
worst enemies at the South are the few men
here and there who talk more bravely than
they fought Aud it is the same at the n nth !;
but the people there, tired of those politicians
whose voice is still for war. are fast replacing
them by men of less selfish purpose, whose
views are bounded by 40 barrow lines of State,
or section, or party, but who desire justice aud
prosperity for all. The war through which we
passed developed and proved 90 both sides the
noble qualities OF American manhood. 1t has
left to US soldiers-oDce foes, DOW irie1ds-a
memory of hard fought fields, Of fearful sacri-
fees, Of heroic valor; and has taught lesson
to be transmitted to our chdren-that divided
we were terrible, united We are forever iuvln-
chile" Applause.