The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

Genera! William f. Bartlett, one
of the centennial speakers at Lex
ington the other day, made an able
and patriotic speech, which has at
tracted much attention, and con-
tributed largely towards restoring
peace between the two sections.
General Bartlett is q native of Mas
sachusetts. He commanded fed
eral brigade during the war; lost
leg at Yorktown and an arm at
Gettysburg was shot twice through
the body in the Wilderness, and
finally taken prisoner in the attack
made on the confederate lines at
Petersburg. Words of peace and
Cancellation from such man are
worth bordering, Many of our
readers are anxious for us to publish
General Bartlotts speech at LEX
ington, but we can only make room
for the following extract:
"Look to their heroes, their lead
ers, their Gordons, their Lees, their
Johnstons, their Lamar, Ransom
and Ripley, and tell mo if you find
in their utterances anything but re-
ncwed loyalty and devotion to II
united country. These are men, as
our great and good Governor An
drew told you at the close of the
war-these are the men by whom
and through whom you must restore
the south, instead Of the meaner
men for whom power is only syn
onym for plumber. As | begged
you last summer, | entreat you
again, do not repel the returning
love of these men by suspicion or
Indifference. If you cannot in for
giveness kill tho fatted calf, do
not in GOODNESS kill the prodigal.'
When the Fifty-fourth Massachu-
sets regiment made its gallant at
tack on Fort Wagner, in July, 1868,
it lost, with hundreds of brave men,
its heroic leader and its colors. A
few weeks ago that flag was grace
fully returned to the governor of
Massachusetts by the officer who
took it in action, with these noble
words: * 81 i; =; * * X x
= X There arc tattered flags in
that sacred hall in yonder capitol
around which, in the shock of battle,
| have seen dear friends and brave
men fall like autumn leaves there
are flags there that | cannot look
upon without tears Of pride and
sorrow but there is no flag there
which has to-day for us a deeper
significance, or that bears within
its folds a brighter omen Of Peace
on earth, good will to men, than
that battle stained emblem so ten
derby restored by son Of South
Carolina, whom, here, in the name
of the soldiers of Massachusetts, [
thank and greet as brother. And |
am proud that he was an American
soldier. AS an American L am
as proud of the men who charged so
bravely with Pickett's division on
our lines at Gettysburg, as | am of
the men who bravely met and re-
pulsed them there. Men cannot
always choose the right cause, but
when, having chosen that which
conscience dictates, they are ready
to die for it, if they justify not their
cause, they at least ennoblc them
selves, and the men who for con-
science sake fought against their
government at Gettysburg ought
easily to be forgiven by the sons of
the men who for conscience sake
fought against their government at
Lexington and Bunker Hill. Oh,
sir, as Massachusetts was first in
war, so let her be first in peace, and
she shall forever be first in the
hearts of her countrymen. And let
us hero resolve that, true to her
ancient motto while in war, ense
petit placidam, in peace she demands
not only for herself but for every
inch of this great country, sub lib
ertate quietam."
The reading of these patriotic ut
terances is refreshing work when
10 other expressions made
by other Massachusetts soldiers. 1t
is as if dusty and way-worn trav-
eler were to come out from some
parched and arid plain, on which no
and invigorating showers
had fallen for months; where the
1ccaying flesh and bones of men and
made the air heavy with
poisonous and disgusting exhala.
lions, into academic groves adorned
with antique statues, refreshed with
classic fountains, vocal with song of
birds, and cool and grateful with
The shade of trees and the scent of
lowers. General Bartlett has made
l national reputation by his speech
1t Lexington, from which we make
he above extract. Political dema-
yogues can no longer keep alive sec
.ional hatred when a famed, crippled
with only one arm and one
eg thus speaks of the mem who
lispoiled him of his limbs.
THAT INJUNCTION.