The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-08

at our coming Centennial II may oul.
inmate IN u complete and lasting
recohoillat and that on tho ooca.
sion of that National family gathering,
tnere may be no empty seats, but that
North and South, East and West will
be united heart and hand, forgetting
The past aud looking forward to the
glorious future that waits us as u ma
lloll ANA with heart and voice uniting
10 the sentiment, "Forever ilOat that
standard sheet, where hrealhes the Zoe
That stands before Us, with freedomls
soil beneath our feet and freedoms
banner waving DER u.s. The time
and season for this burying of all past
grievances haa fully come. "Io every
Thing there Ia u season aud n time To
every purpose under the heaven The
immediate work before Us as u nation
Is to bury the hatchet OF strife so deep
that the spade OF diseord can never
reah IL, TO forgive the errors OF tho
living aud forget the faults of the dead,
each person feeling that this IL u work
they cnn engage In. This accomplished
then will this land exhibit a power
never before displayed 10y nation on
earth; then may be added to the max
i'm zone IN many,n the more suggest.
I've one, "tW IN Oaep know this
cannot bedone without sacrifice, nor
would suggest IL il II Involved none.
Our nation has proved It's power to
make sacrifices OF no ordinary charac-
ter. All the way through the dark
days OF the Revolution, every step
taken by our revolutionary sires was
taken at sacreilce. Think you II was
no privatlon to Washington and his
shlverlng troops TO cross the Delaware
IN mid winter, exposed TO the rigor Of
u Northern winter, poorly clad and
worse ied2 Think you Trenton, Prince
ton and Monmouth saw no sacrifices =?
Yes, and coming down to u more re-
cent date, Bull Run, Rapidan, Nettle-
ton, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Look
out Mountain and Vicksburg do they
not testify to our ability to oiler sacri-
fees. But the sacrifices you are called
to make differ from those, in that they
are Uloudless ones. Think you, how
ever, they are any the less OF value 2
True they may be different TO bear, but
the difficulty is not 80 great with the
victor rs with the vanquished and the
flush of victory, surely the victorious
can afford to be generous. 1t those
who, ut the peril of their lives, and
carrying with them the scars they re.
ceived on the field Of battle, can sheath
the sword aud grasp the hand Of the
adversary, why may not the nation
do it? Think you 1t cost the Southern
Regiments that participated in the me-
morable anniversary to which we have
alluded nothing to bend their steps
Northword and meet their former OPP
ponents in spirit of fraternity? j
tell you those Scared veterans showed
true heroism. Yes, those battle marked
Southern soldiers displayed as true he
roism in their pilgrimage to Boston as
in any of the battles In which they
were engaged.
1t was q manifestation of their devo-
ton to the old flag that does them
honor, aud should wash away all re-
collection OF their past disloyalty. IL
they can do this-they who have thus
doubly sullered-may we not manifest
IL devotion akin, ifno equal, to it, and
not only forgive, but restore them to
their former relations. A nation re-
deemed from the thraldom of slavery
reconciled To each other by the burial
of past grievances, the reminding of
the tender endearments which bound
us together AS a nation, may soon
reach the apex of national honor.
With domestic peace established, the
broken ties united, each can unite In
the work of completing the nations
greatness. Ear be it from me to simply
point to mere national honor rs the
greatest of disideratum, important as
Is this excellence. 1t is not the only
one. This nations birth, struggles
and triumphs may give us prestage
and power, but IL does no more than
this if it Is permitted to end here. If
this is only ambition, then | have lit
tie hope or confidence in it. We have,
in this case, but little more hope from
IL than we have witnessed from the
great Roman Empire. All hope for
its permanency would just AS speedily
vanish. Look at Rome, for instance.
See her see sitting upon her seven hills
of beauty and ruling the world. Yet
where is Rome to day? No, no! The
future of this great nation lies not in
its glorious Achievements, save as they
are means to All end not even in its
principles of liberty, save as they con-
trlbpte to her ultimate but not yet ac-
quired greatness. Do you ask what
can q nation do more than establish
the principles of universal liberty? Is
there n greater work to do than that OF
wiping otit anarchy and oppression
The principles of free government per-
fected, can anything be added to COM
plete the work? Is this not the cap
stone of the temple, and when II is set
Is not the temple completed? Yes,
truly; but IL is not finished. In every
laudable attempt to complete this
work and set this cap stone | would
strike hands with you. | would urge
every one of the thirty-four millions OF
souls to man the ropes that lifts 1t ia
its sitting. The completion OF this
temple of liberty should be by the peo-
ple. each one lending hand. Nay,
would even go further than this.
would lengthen the ropes, and throw
them out to the oppressed of every
cline, inviting them to join US IN the
glorious comsummation, and invite
the whole world to look upon spec
tacle never before witnessed, the rails
ING of the cap stone of liberty to Its sit,
ting in the temple, the rope manned
by every nation on earth. The torches
of liberty should be numerous as the
stars, the multitude beyond computa
ton, the display gorgeous as human
ingenuity could make It. But to it al
there should be a motive transcend
entity higher than any we have eve
recognized and to which the entire
world should directed. Our first cen
tury has been absorbed In laying deeI
the foundation of national life. Th'
work has been well done, but 1T IS ye