New-York tribune., 1877-05-31
TWO VIEWS or THE SITUATION.
A CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS


wATTERsON AT NASHVILLE.
The Hon. Henry Watterson, editor of The Louis
riIIe Couir-Jou,nal delivered the address at the
ceremonies in Nashville, Tenn, yesterday, over the
Union soldiers buried in the National Cemetery.
The following is an extract from the address:
There is no one OF u.s. he the one cloth or the
other come from the granite hills OF Newkngiand or
an interest for himself and FOR MS children in tic prcscr-
walton and perpctuaon OF our republican system 1t Is
the greatest oi human affairs, ought 10 d. sacred M
crest The most obstinate Of parli-ans The most u,-
Travelled OF provncas cannot cicc or obscure, SIN less
dispute the story oi herosnl IN war OF moderation III
peace, which, written IN letters OF hNmS llshI w Dale
forever uBon national tablets. The occasion thtl
hrags here has tins significance: it II Illustrative; II
tells rs that we have CONE To GhuerStsha thaI ttIe
could be lasting peace, nor real repuDcIusin "he
any rcemau- right abridged or any patIots grave
each ard every czpn. at length as-urcd and there
remains no longer 50 much Is pIt,eN WHY ur PIut ol
the past, marked by tnt graves ul i'll HnO irI @ l & o
ottlc should moi ne the cumrgOn propery vi me Wbor
people The old ieudal IDEAS o tr So 40 NOT De!uu7 10
afrs a, ftr as they have influenced Pubnc ad"ir has
been hostile to our national unity ana eac our uaure
II 20 De rcd by generous ccn''s 'ss'- lor ours was
war OF mistakes, not ol dl,sl ttS, -. -,
There was an organic gu SION lell laiaj opr ~ e
authors al our Constitutions Ihefe vas piop'Iy N
frr,,t Inadlv ernnged with the moral nature oil tie
ting. Ina dh' VA, ~ iitfie io i tlat had the people
ffe.ren an tnr consequences they would not nave re-
sorted bat recent experience SHOWS us ihat they
would have made supreme sacrifice Tor The sake 0i
peace History teaches as tet walls are more or less the
deed, u ever "eh al ne rlS ' 'i "iI % "i '''i 'o
wrong on tne olher ln our cJHc, aud take Lave 20
speak both -ie.. We have much To dcpoi' notmhg
10 make us ashamed. A>,rcdy. the world mas never
seen terms liberia; extended 10 soldiers beaten IA civil
VeHges durug tie OF thr sfre. II j. necessary
o remind 10 OF the conduct %. Grant anb sherman IN
cnt hour smut ont tom the hearts oil grclnrn
spectacle oi that dismal day, Wbrh 'ig apoit one
missions OF victory ruins OF quests, the CIeis
OF the armies North remembered not merely tat
- ,. re nl.. aud men ni honor but that they were
IL u.f. .tIVI lee
tu your kru1y. Mnen thc body o Mosti WAS Dc4he 10
chance on the fubc squaic in Nashville sood soldier
like uncovered t.clr iallti adversary passed Nhtn
Mfr.yr tell q fbril nf sorrow y,rnt along tie whole
ou,r,lar rate line believe to-day that tlc assassination
OF Abraham Lincoln Is amented IL the South hardly less
Know inv friends that narrow-Ininded ana emblt-
tered partisIns VIII there l. nothing m all ths;
kpovy tnt trorsis will declare that great
nor reached through the affections. ready to admit
the caprice a. well as c msIb, ,tantai,y which belong
10 Influences Of the sentimental sort But every line Of
understanding must have some bond OF feeling; and
maintain those touches or aHhood, oI nature, OF
sorrow of pride, Of generosity and pity which MAKE the
ynple world kim tell specifically and with emphasis
that We family and shoud be OF one household
forever. It not matter Of alt or nope, h OF eNpe
rIcnce and observation Nith Inc, proclaimed on an occ-
sons these years and more that the people o the
North ana ~cHth are one pcopr, lhOiOtAhy uouosrhC
Gus differing only those eXtcrnals which all the edrh
over Distinguish several communities. mat Wnch Is
wanting N, - less OF seOFe ana more OF oNc lpI our
country deeper slucerer devotion To the principles oI
civil liberty when bound up IN the system under
winch we i've; seli sacrcIhE spur, "eIc 'Ic oHpi
Of the nation Is at stake To scct"nasn ana partyslh
e undOHg. We shan owe our restoration 10
natlOnalism AMI natlOuallsm alone. The man VINO
was a Confederate, and Is Nationalist, must feel when
treadiug the door OF Fanc Hall that he Is az home. Ia
part of the South the starry ensign or the Republic
must be- not Ouly symbol O protection but the source
aud resource Of popular enthusiasm Above all, the
cabin or the poor man. whatever his color, race,
opinions, must Dr man, castle. In the NOrtn
stItuuonal traditions must revive; III the South the old
inspirations OF the Union.
Idcclarc today that the South more especially
the young manhood OF the South, yeans Tor national
fellowship. II stretches out its the National
Government bcscechngly; IL entrcat- the North not To
build up national spirit which shall in word or thought
pioscrbc ~, or those VINO 10 after it. The
present generation OF southern wise rcspon
sibc Tor the acts of the last l has antccedrnt
cent those which Illustrated its sincerity and its Yaor on
th battle field; rs fidelity its beliefs; It's fidelity to
hostages to the nation at large Instead OF stignatzng
H. the victor the fight should throw over the South the
fag OF the Repube should place IN front OF II tie en-
bnatic eagles of the state should tOd IL round frOm
the dark the light with the instinct OF maternity.
tenderest OF crippled offspring 10 the young men of
tne buth country look for the resurrection Of
the south They should carry dead weights either III
their hearts their backs. The work OF physical lib
Grafton which Is happily ended, Is To be followed by "a
greater grauder WOrk-the work OF moral cmanClpd-
iion 4 sagIclOus craftsmanship, even more thar gen
erous maguanimty points to tins as the hope of the
white man and the black man. the real restoration Of
the Union; thc true solution OF the problems Of LIE and
labor raised up by the mighty vicsstudes Of the last 10