Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-05-26
RETURNING REASON.

RETURNING REASON.
Everywhere, except upon the Pacific
Coast, the masses of the people evince
q disposition to bury in oblivion the
animosities and heart-buinings engen-
dered by the late civil war. and in no
place is that disposition more unrnis-
takably manifested than in the portions
of the country most heavily afflicted
by the direful scourge;and by no class
Of people has the work Of Cancellation
and peace been promoted more than
by the participants in the battles OF
that bloody period. The wearers OF
the blue and gray were the first to
strike hands and become rivals, not in
hatred and war, but in the work OF
promoting the glory and grandeur of a
common country-a work that should
be encouraged, assisted and applauded
by every true patriot, fromwhatever Sec
ton Of the country he halls. This feeling
appears to be almost universal in the
East, as evidenced by the press dis
patches from various points of the
North and South, relative to the con-
Quoting of the ceremonies of decora-
ton or memorial days. Everywhere
east OF the Rocky Mountains is evinced
q disposition to render the day instru-
mental in o~bliterating the sectional
feelings of distrust and hatred which
have heretofore existed, and of creating
In its stead a sentiment of respect and
confidence, such as should exist be-
tween the people of the different Sec
tions of a common country, and with
out which no union, such as was de-
signed by it's creators, can ever exist.
1t is gratifying to read such evidence
of returning good feeling as is con-
veyed in our dispatches of to-day de-
scriptive of the memorial ceremonies
at Memphis on the oath instant, when
the ex-Federal soldiers almost to a
man turned out to assist in decorating
the graves of their former foemen who
had fallen in a cause which they be-
lieved to be right and for which they
sacrificed their lives in evidence of
their sincerity; and where in the ranks
were borne the battered battle flags of
both armies. Doubtless the authors
Of the address of the Republican State
Central Committee and other small
fry politicians of that ilk, would de-
nounce such an exhibition as an evil
dence of continued disloyalty upon
the part of the ex. Confederates, and
the participation of the Federals an
encouragement Of that spirit. AS the
political existence of such people de-
ponds upon keeping alive the feelings
of sectional jealousy, distrust and
hatred which existed before and dur
ing the war, it can not reasonably be
expected that they will countenance
anything that would deprive them OF
their political stock in trade; but we
know that every right minded man
and true patriot, who has the interest
est of his country at heart, will hail
such evidence of returning good feel
ing with gladness and encourage it
with all the means at his command.
The right spirit has been evinced III
Eureka. The soldiers who fought I'M
der the stars and stripes extended an
invitation to the ex-members of both
armies to meet to make arrangements
for the proper celebration of Decora-
ton Day. The invitation was accept
ed in the spirit that it was given, and
no distinction will be made between
the former wearers of the blue or
a but all will unite in doing
honor to the memory of the departed
brave. If any intensely loyal politi-
ton, or soldier whose ~olfactory or
gans have never been offended by the
odor of powder, entertains any con-
scientious scruples upon this subject,
we refer him to the following remarks
of Governor Beveridge, in his speech
of welcome at Chicago on the 18th in
stant: "With the battle, the strug-
gle, and the tempest, let the passions
of the hour die. Let the animosities
engendered by war pass away; let
the bitterness of strife be forgotten;
let harmony and brotherly love reign
in all hearts, in all sections
OF our great country. Let the God
dess Of Liberty cover all the land with
her shield, and from her right hand
shower upon the nation the blessings
OF peace. Let our ambition hereafter
be, not to tear down, but to build up;
not to divide, but to soften prejudices;not
to stir up sectional feelings, but to
awaken national pride and cherish ma
tional liberality. BY developing the
resources Of our country; by pursu-
ing diligently the arts of peace;
by industry and economy; by pub
lilo and private virtue; by social ele-