Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-22
EVENING STAR.
THURSDAT...........yu July -, ISIS
what the Centennfal Ought 20 Accom-.
n1lSh.

Dr. Holland, In an article with the above
Ions;
a few weeks ego. Mr. Jefferson Davis tina
ca PRESIDENT OF the Confeieracy. was report
ell TO have exhorted an audience 20 which he
was spe akiug TO be as loyal TO the OLD dag OF
the mon now as they were during the Mex
lean war. If the south could know what
music there was in these words 10 northern
ears-how grateful we were to their old chief
Tor thenl-tt would appreciate the strength of
our longing for complete restoration OF the
Eauooal feeling that existed when Northern
ara Southern blood mingled in common sac
rlnce ON Mexican soil. This national feeling.
this national pride, this brotherly sympathy
rnst be restored; and accused be any North
eTn or southern man. whether i'm power or
out OF power. whether politician. theorizer
carpet Dagger. president ma ker or plunde rer
who puts obstacles in the way Of such n re-
storation. Men of the south. we want Won
Men o. TIE south, we long for The restoration
OF your peace and your prosperity. We
would see your cities thriving. your homes
happy, your plantations teeming with plen-
teous harvesJs, your schools overlooking,
your wisest statesmen leading you. AMI all
causes and all memories OF diScOrl wiped
out forever. You do rot believe this? Tiran
you do not know the heart OF the north. Have
You cause of complaint against the polltl-
clans? Alas! so have we. Helpus. as Towing
and loyal American citizens, to make our
politicians better. Only remember and be-
heve that there is nothing that the North
wants SO much to-day. as your recognition OF
the TACT that the Old relations between YOU
and US are forever reStOre,t-that YOUR hope
Your pride, your policy, and your destiny are
one with ours. Our children will grow up to
Gesplse our childishness. IL we cannot DO
away with our personal hates 50 far. that in
The cause OF an established nationality We
may Join hands under the old nag.
To bring about this reunion Of The two SOC
tons OF the country in the old fellowship,
should be the leading object OF the approach
ing centennial. \ celebration OF the national
birth, begun. carried on. and finished by a
section, would be n mockery and a shame
The nations OF the world might well point at
US the finger OF Scorn. The money expended
uron III were better sunk i'm the sea, or devot-
ed To repairing the waste places of the war.
Men OF The south, IL is for you to say whether
your magnanimity is equal TO your valor-
WheiLeT you are as reasonable as you are
brave, and whether, like your oil chief. you
accept that definite and irreversible result OF
The war which makes you and yours forever
members of the great American nation with
US. Let us see 10 it, north and south. that
The centennial heals all the old wounds, re-
comedies all the Old differences. and furnishes
The occasion for such a reunion of the great
American nationality, as shall make our
celebration an expression of fraternal good
VIII among all sections and all states, and n
cornerstone over which shall be reared a new
temple TO national freedom, concord, peace,
and prosperity.