Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1875-10-13
NEWARK, N. J.. August II. 1875

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Infantry.
NEWARK, N. j.. August II, 1875.
CAPTAIN PAU1 FoRsTuL, New Orleans,
La. =
DEAR SIR Il am this day in receipt
of your esteemed favor Of August Ii.
1875, and feel highly gratified at my
success, through the kind aid of my
former companion in arms at Port Hud
SOP, La, 1863-64, Capt. James Lewis,
in reaching you, as hope you win be
equally eratifed in receiving your long
lost sword, presented by your friends Of
New Orleans, January s, 1862
You wonder no doubt at the great
length Of time between the date of my
letter, April 8, 1875, and its final re
ceipt by you in the latter part of July.
This is easily explained when L tel
you [ forwarded the same letter at it,
date, under cover to the Post Master Of
New Orleans, and it was returned to me-
bnt fearing that he had not made much
effort to find yon, perhaps not sympa
thizing with the object I had in view,
am now glad l renewed the search.
] am in grave doubt whether the poll
ticians and office-holders want now re
cancellation, rather agitation, as stumI
speakers like Morton, and partisan edit
ors, north and south, seem to sneer at it
We put all such trash under foot. Coun
try first. Party second, say |.
The reciprocal kind feelings express
ed in your letter are, | believe, the
sentiments of the vast majority of the
boys who wore tie gray, and if, unfor
tunately for all, there are yet some sore
heads with you, we, to their shame b.
it spoken, after over ten years (tor vic
tors should be magnanimous) have somt
at the Worthwhile, late unfortunate
example and expression in that regard
by a post Of the G. 4. r. at Rockford
ILL.,, when they heard that Jefferson
Davis had been invited to deliver an ad
dress before the Winnebn8o Co. Agri.
cultural Society in that state.
1 trust Soutl erners will no more &C.
eept this as thf true feelings of the boys
in blue, than he accept General Pres
tons speech, ar Raphael Semms letters
as true expolents of Southern senti
ments, insteaTi the noble utterances
Pioe that gal''S7f'a4'- ls'4 @~e'
These winsp3ago resolutions-they
sound Indiana h-rather than civilized
will have I think and trust, an entire
ly different Effect from what theil
authors intend; it will intensity o de
termination Of the better representa-
tives of therold soldiers to take in band
at once the matter of reconciliation ant
reunion between themselves and the
boys who wore the gray at Philadel
delphia in 1876. aud see to it that the
true sentiments, benevolence, not male
violence, take precedence on that occa
SIGN, ." as sign of the renewed cordia
and brotherly relation which the Cen
tennial year of our existence as ma
ton will exhibit to the world" l glad
ly quote from your letter.
mail you a copy of the Elizabeth
DAILY MONITOR of August -, edited b.
a brave soldier. Gen. j. NJ. Drake, from
which you will see that the veterans
who wore the blue propose on Octobe
10 to give expression to their feelings o
present amity towards those who wor,
the gray, now living among them ant
to others who will come from distance
l hope to be present on that occasion
You will approve an editorial in thu
same issue 1.-The Boys ia Blue an(
Gray"
My first impression was to put you
sword in u new dress (scabbard) and re
pair hilt, etc, but on reflexion-judgins
your taste by my own-I have conclud
ed to return it to you ia exactly thu
condition in which it was presented t.
me by the Cavalryman Philbrick, ex
cepting the little repairing near tht
point of the scabbard, which was neees
sary.
It has been cared for in my hands
The rust marks on the blade were care
fully rubbed off and since have not beer
allowed to deepen.
To us who have eampaigned il
Virginia or-elsewhere, we well know how
fast swords, muskets. clothing, ETC., anC
saddest of all men, gallant men wore on
under the action of the elements, assist
ed by ball. shot and she'll.
'Tis my sincere prayer that war, for
eign or domestic-the latter, especial,
may never again curse us with its hor
rid front, and that the Centennial yea
may allay all bitterness.
I am with respect,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE B. HALsTED,
Late y. S. Volunteer Army.