The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-04-26
The Weekly Herald.
APRIL 20, 1877.

~ IN liON NNNlNN YUM N4htt tilN
war ceased. The grasses of spring
have grown green over the dust
Of Federal and confederate dead.
Their virtues, their fidelity, their
valor have become a part and
parcel of the past, their heroic
acts and noble dcvotions to prin-
ciples have passed into the urn Of
memory-there let them rest-if
we are ever TO be got together
during this generation as one
people, now is the time. 1t is
more difficult for us Of East Ten
nessec TO forget the past than any
other section, and when the hi3tO-
ny Of the war is read we Will be
excused for that, but slavery, the
real cause Of the war is gone, and
can never be restored, and with
it went the great political bone Of
contention, and really there is no
great issues now, dividing tho
people, and there Is no excuse
fer c)ndederates being all on one
side ofpolitics, or that any other
class Of men should be on any
particular side. ColOred men,
Federal soldiers or what II t,
there is one thing hat we all
without distinction, &C., profess
to be for, and that is, a common
Union.
The prosperity Of the country
demands that the old war issues
be forgotten, Or at least if we can
not forget, we should cease to let
she old recollection prejudice us,
not that. we mean We should be
expected to forget the dead by
no means, their memories should
be cherished by the living as long
Us our Government stands, and
while this is so, we would not ask
less OIL the Confederate, the loved
champion who fell igting by his
side, should be, and no doubt is
AS dear to him as our dead are to
MS, for the fact is that ninoty-nine
ont Of every hundred who fought
i'll The Confederate cause were
honest in their convictions and
thought they were offering their
lives for the right. For sixteen
years this people have had no
representation in the Cabinet and
no share in administering the
Government. They:haye been OF
the opinion that the Republicans
have no faith in them and were
filled with hate toward them.
There are other things besides
politics, and who shall hold the
Offices, in this matter; the peace
and prosperity Of the South is at
stake, and in that we are all in
terestcd. Is not Hayes policy in
view of all the facts right we
think 50. In Il Cabinet Of sepea
he has given the opposition ons
representative, and he a fair rep
vesentaLiOn Of the Southern Con
seryatiye Democrat. LWhcn look.
ed at in ali its bearings, is this
not policy, and is it not just' We
East Icnnes8eans. must learn to
forgive, the canker ofhate shoald
not always abide with us. We
ave glorious as we'll as gloomy
memories to brood over. Let III
come with thomantle of mercy
and forgiveness, the gloom, and
cheerfully join hands with those
who are endeayoIing to brighter
lie present and render solid and
enduring the blessings of civil
liberty in the future. The one
representative in the Cabinet
most certainly foreshadows the
idea or proposition Of giving
Democrats place down through
official appointments, at least as
one to seven, and il it not cXpec
ted hat Mr., Key will give a fail
proportion Of his patronage &c
Democrats We think this a reas
enable deduction, and think that
it was expected that such would
be the case, else Key woulI not
have been placed in the Cabinet.
Judge Key, we have not the
fligtcst doubt, win be controlled
however in his appointments by
The Foundness of his own judg-
laont, looking to the success Of
the civil service, aud tie best in
tcrssts of the department over
which be has been caH2d to pre-
3idc. and we as citizens of East