The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-16
The North and the South.

A lecture by A. w. Spatcs, a lawyer of
Baltimore and a member Of the Fifth
Maryland regiment, on ga Southron's
Impressions of Boston"--impressions
made by Boston's reception of her South
ern guests at the Bunker Hill centennial
was delivered in New York. The fol-
lowing extracts are taken from his adj
dress, which was received with applause
I thank Heaven to-day that the oppor-
tunity has been presented by your CEN
tennial to have the North and the South
meet together and understand each other
as they never have before. Coming to
you apparent strangers, we discover you
to be the worthy descendants of that
noble ancestry whose deeds Of daring and
rcnown are marked in imperishable
characters upon every page, telling OF
your noble actions and illustrating be-
yond the power of description the genius
of the people. fupon the 18th day of
June, 1875, you commenoratcd the lay
ing of one of the foundation stones of
liberty, you also laid broad and deep the
foundation of future nation on the place
shaken by recent events, carrying JOY to
the hearts of the sons and daughters of
the South, telling them to forget the past
and join hands with you in that grand
triumphal march destined to astonish the
world, blotting out the terrible rccollcc-
tions of that sanguinary struggle which
shroudcd their homes with gloom and
filled their land with graves. | speak
from the deepest depths of my heart
when l say that no words [ can utter or
sentiments / can offer can adequately eX-
press my sense of your glorious conduct.
Your warm welcome will ever be remem-
Dercd with the strongest love and atfec-
ton, and with the certain feeling that if
successful in war you have been more so
in peace, forcibly demonstrating the fact
that "pcace has its victories no less re-
nowned than war" Would to God that
the people of every section of that fair
country lying between the Pacific and
Atlantic could have seen you as [ have
seen YOU. l thank Heaven that better
spirit than that of blind partisanship is
on its way, and that in many places in
the South on memorial day the weeping
friends of Southern dead came with the
brightest gems garnered in the laboratory
of nature, to deposit them upon the
graves of Northern and Southern alike.
But, people of Boston, citizens of Mas
sachusetts, freemen of America, will you
not assist in transmitting to postcrity this
land of the free and the home of the
brave? Anticipating your answer, the
South is desirous of joining hands with
YOU; we greet you as friends, as brothers
represented by one flag, having one coun-
try, worshiping one God. Oh, if there is
any one having feelings of revenge or
hatred, let him stihe them for the good
of America, and future ages will bless
him for it. Will you assist in wiping
away the tear of sorrow, il healing the
wounds of the past, that once more we
may be united and prosperous people,
and we will show YOU that we have not
forgotten Bunker Hill, and Concord, and
Lexington. The sons of the South came
from their Elr-off homes to greet you,
and you have convinced us that the
teachings Of Webster were not in valn,
that YOU recognize and appreciate other
sections than your own. Hencetorth let
us not despair of the republic should enc
mics threaten it with destruction and
seek to obltcratc it from the list OF ma
tons. Maryland think | am justified
in saying the entire South-will be the
first to Join hands with Massachusetts i'll
striking down that power having the
temerity to make the attempt.