New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-10

In his speech at the banquet of thsl
diers of the Army of the Tennessee, Ganl
Pope said:
The days of cancellation and recoDd
ton have long been upon US. and nj
there be who even maintain that the 4
has come when the saint and the siu|
should be alike honOred in this land ofc}
1t may be SO, but let us, comrades, at led
be careful that the artificial flowers WI
we are permitted rather than invited
scatter over the remains of those whol
in q cause so righteously lost, be mott
fered to impair the sweet odor OF the I
natural flowers which we yearly strew :
the graves of those who lie buried |
their country might live. Let us reme1
the solemn legacy these dead men
bequeathed to ne, consecrated by \
Hood and sanctified with their
to maintain among ourselves and TO N
NIT to their and our descendants the RI
they laid down their lives to achieve. 0
would wish, as we do, that the bitter
iDgs eDgendered by the war shout
buried deep beneath the monument
erect to their memory, but they could
wish, as we who reverence their mel
should not, that the results for which !
so freely poured out their blood shout
entombed there likewise. They would
sire as we do that every effort be ma
bring about an honest and WHOLESOME
conciliation with those of our country
who have sinned 80 grievously again
and their country, but they w0nld pro
as we should protect against the maj
sentimentaiity and political quackery
would confound right with wrong; VI
would teach US 10 hcnor alike the
which was Just and the cause which
unjust, and which would reduce us 10
condition of mental and moral idiocy
we shall reverence the memory of the
who died in arms to destroy his COD
equally with this memory of the man
died in arms to defend it. No rec01
tion based upon such confusion of the u
sense can ever bring forth good fruit
can any people or any government dan
courage it, without destroying that
sentiment Of patriotism which is their
safeguard. and under the influence of '
20 manvahousanda Of our best and
est marched with intrepid souls
an untimely and . cruel death. U
not be deceived in this matter
by ourselves or BY others. Il is
shonld not have introduced 1t here. il
well said, but lately, by . distingu
officer, in my hearing, that ''the men
fought ont this war faithfully are
criticism for any party associations q
any 0pini0ns on public questions
they may choose to adopt" To VIII,
political party, however. we may moi
long, We all know well what We fought
to maintain constitutional government
to enforce respect for law upon thoss
warred on both. The distinction betl
the cause We maintained and the spiII
which We maintained II, and the eau
our adversaries and the purpose with Il
they upheld it, il broad aud deep; no III
deed, than the difference between AmeI
constitutional government and Mexcs1
archy. ~ is not surprising that the pecH
the, free States, bred mp in reverend
constitutional government and reeped
Law and order, should have been Id
bslieve end hard to convince that VA
upon our threshold on such an Issue.
war did come, and If we fail now to
tho lessons 1t Taught MS We shall comd
ein againat humanity and . orins n
our postsiity foreyeSss So, long ss AMI
eiderable portion, Of our people mai
the fatal hereey that armed tesistsi
jgstiheble when elections are unsatiefS
tbis G1vaSum1at 10 h danaer. VIII
3nrget, OK ceaae q assert end 70 insist
th6 vital distinction between our caus
that o. the rebels, Of he ilifFerence
respect due to the men who fought a
side and those Who fought ON their
days Of tho republic will be numbered