Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30
A SOLDIER,S WORnS.

at lexington, to the sentiment, "NOrt
and South"
: In response TO the toast, Mort
: and SOUTH" Gen. w. F. Bar lett. {
} Pittstield, made the following exec
lent speech:
Mr.. PREsIDuNT: OF the relations c
the North to tue South [ am not d
ubprej udlced observer On the COZ
trary. L have a prejudice, which
shared by all soldiers, III favor @
peace, and [ think [. may safely sa
that between the soldiers Of the tw
great Set ols Of our great countr.
traternal relations were estahlishe'
long ago. Iha"e also stror,
pre- Judlce against any man o
men, who would divide O
destroy, or retard tue prosperity auC
progress of the nation whose Corne
stone WAS Iaid in the blood OF Qua
fathers loo Years ago to-day Nov (
by this prejudice, fourteen years ag1
l opposed the u.en who preferred Dir
rnioi to death. True to this prrju
dice L today despise the men wiz.
: WOn.d for the Sake of self or part,
stand in the way of reconciliation. an.i
II united coap ~. The distinguished sol
! y y y =
came Iearcr TO the hearts Of tue p-,.
pie than when hr said LET us have
peace," and, SIR, the ouiy rsall, bel
Egerent people IN tAe country to day,
North ana South, are those who, while
the war lasted, followed carefully tie
paths Of peace Do not believe that
Tie light aud dirty froth which }
blown northward and scaat-red or~r
fa.AI Ian llFa =.
poses, r-pres. nts the rue current Ct
pubic opinion at the South. Look ro
their heroes, their leaders, their G.n-
ions, their Lees, their J jnhnsuus, then
Lamar, Ransom and Ripley, aud tc,t
me- II you tnd IL their ntterances any
thing but zen we'd loyaty and dew
ton to II united country. These az
TIE men, rs our great aud good Gov.
Andrew told yon at the ose OF b,
war-these ale the men by whom au.'
through whom you must restore tie
South, instead oi the meaner meu for
whom power is only Synonym
for piunder. AS l begged yo.
last Summer [ entreat you again,
do not repel the returning ove of
these men by suspicious or Indifference.
Ii you cannot III forgiveness kill the
fa'ted calf, do not with coldncss 'kiil
the prod gal" When :he Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts RI gimrnt made it, gal
liant attack on Fort Wagner in July,
1863, it lost. with LuGdreds of It's
brave men, It's heroic leader and It's
colors. A few weeks ago that flag wa4
gracefully returned to the Governor OF
Massachusetts, by the officer who took
it i'll action, with these noble ords:
10 Io
L deem it decorOus, If not positive
duty, to promote the oblivion of AM
mosities which led to and were engen-
dered by the war. l prefer to look
upon such trophies as mementoes OF
the gallant conduct Of men who, like
Shaw, Putnam, anu other sons OF
sealed with their lives
their devotion to the cause which they
adopted, rather than as evidences OF
prOWess OH the one side or the other
The custodians of such a memeuto
should be the authorities of tue State
honor'd by those gallant men, and
therefore transmit the flag 10 your Ex
c"llency for such disposition rs the
authorities of Massachusetts, shall de- |
,ssrmine.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
r. S. RIPLEY.
No one but soldier can know how
he wonld cling to a trophy that he had !
taken in honorable battle. No one but |
4 soldier knows what it would cost to /
give 1T up, unltss compelled by Ioftier |
notlvos of chivalrous patriotism, aud /
When Geu. Ripley wrote that letter he .
thought lot OF self, not Of South Car
,llna, nor of Massachuse It's. but f Il /
i I
ire tatterea flags in that sacred hall III
yOnder capitol around which, in the /
shock of battle, l have seen deaI
friends and brave men fall like autumn
Ieavfs there are flags there that l .
cannot look upon thont tears OF |
pride and sorrow bnt there is no itg
here which has to-day for us deeper
Significance. or that bears within its
folds ii bl ghter omen of Peace on
earth, god will 10 mtu, thau tn ~
emblem 50 tendeIiy re
stored 10y sou of South Carolina. !
whom here III the lame OF the So
iiers of Massachusetts, L thank ard |
gree as brother. Ard ! am proud .
that he WAS III American soldier. As .
IN American AIN as proud OF the men
who charged SO bravely with Pickett's
bIEisICu our iiI tS AL CtIt sOufR,
is L am of the men who blav " met
and repulsed tier, there. Men cannot !
4 ways choose the right cause, hut when
laylng chosen that which conscieuc
l!ctatts, thay are ready 30 die Ior it, II |
they justify not their cnnee. they at |
east eDuOhie themselves, ami the men
who for cousclt nee sake fought |
against their Government at Getty
ourg ought easily to be forgiven ~
he sons of the men who 10 con !
science sake fought against the Gov
at Lexington and Bunker |
Hill. Oh. sir, ae Massachust VIZ
iret in war, SO let her be- first III ptac
tud she shall forever be first III tit-
learts OF her countrymen. And let Us
lere resolve that, truA to her ancient
MOTTO while in war c'tse. Ictt l1iaci-
lutii, in peace she demands not only |
or berseit bat for every inch of this
yreat country, sub EbtrfGfe guiCt0n1 /
One OF the Shah's dang hte,s wa
married on January 26.A 10 tie ImGn
Iumeh OF TeLerau A correspond 1t
f Tie LOado1a 4codeE1y writes that
lubllc opinion in Persia regarded the
as another link of the chain
With which the King tries to attach
l;mself TO the priesthood, and then
ldds this description Of the festivities
attending the w-dGing: The bride
7ailed, and covered with what looked
Ike waving mass of molten gold,