The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09

piilSlIcdllOn OF the pOlltlclanS. 10
the Southern soldier his State APP
pealed with a supreme and irresisti-
RDfe title to allegiance. The Northern
soldier gave his fealty to the flag OF
the Union, and here they divided,
eachsllnpelIed by motive of genu-
ne patriotism. From the reproach
Ai conscious wrong the soldier of the
south Is free, and if, in lifting his
haDd against the Republic, he was
wrong, grievOusIy has he answered
Tor 1T and heroically has he vindica-
ted the sincerity of his motives by
pam, privatiOn and the agony of
death. Nor were the soldiers any
more responsible for inhumanities of
war than for its breaking out. Those
We're the works of Cabinets. The
q .@stre'of Grants and Lees renown
is untarnished by the atrocities of
the prison camp. In every pause of
battle the contending hosts intermin-
gled and endeavored to atone for in
voluntary cruelties by interchange
of the charities of humanity, and
the close of the war was marked by
this spirit of chivalry, when the
great captain of the Union armies.
accepting the surrender of his or at
antagonist, spared him the humilia-
ton of defeat. With equal magma
ninity did Sherman signal to John
son to desist from the unnatural con-
test, and after cutting the Confed-
eracy asunder, with intrepid gener-
osity signed the capitulation of Raj.
eigh, thereby conquering the affec-
lions of his foe. In the interval of
gloom and shame lying between the
close OF the war and the present
dawn of peace the politician too was
responsible. The soldier never in
tervened to arrest constitutional gov
eminent of his vOlitiOn. When they
occupied the capital of South Caro-
lima or Louisiana it was by orders
from Washington, but when after
wards the citizens of Louisiana cele.
DRAFTED their deliverance the Federal
soldier fraterniZed with the COnfed-
crate in the celebration. The scheme
Of the administration by which the
civil was made subordinate to the
military power in a State has fallen
at last. The nation halls with accla
nation the returning reign of free
dom and peace, and by none is the
arspicious day welcomed with more
enthusiasm than by veterans of the
Union camp. Politicians might yet
seek to Obstruct the work of pacif-
cation, but soldiers, with a better
patriotism and a truer wisdom,
know no other policy than concilia-
ton.
The Union is re-established in all
its ancient strength and glory, not
only in the supremacy, but the be-
neficence of its power, not merely
over the wills, but in the hearts OF
the people and of all the people. Its
privileges and protection are now
everywhere restored, and the loyal ty
of Louisiana can be counted on as
surely as the fidelity of New York
HencefOrth the South is only a geo.
graphical expression.
And this is the tribute a COnfeder-
ate soldier pays to-day to the graves
of the fallen heroes of the Union.
The solemn assurance that they fell
not in vain; that the work they died
to achieve you have accomplished
that as they by their devotion saved
the Union from overthrow, you by
the policy of justice and magnanimi
ty have enshrined it in the hearts OF
its once furious but now reclaimed
and reconciled foes. The people OF
the North now have no cause to mis-.
trust the professions of fealty to the
Union that come from the soldier OF
the South. Love of the Union re.
sumes its original ascendency. Hence
forth the strength and security of the
South are only to be found under the
shield of the Union. Freedom and
facility of access in every part Of
this vast and opulent land opens tC
the enterprise of the South bound.
less field Of adventure, and imparts
to its industI ial and commercial en-
ergies a quickening impulse of de
velopment and fruition.
Meanwhile an expedient devised
to balk the ambition of the white
race recoils upon its source, and by
augmenting the political power o
the Sou h enables its aspiring spirits
to play splendid and superior par
on the theatre of Federal affairs.
General Pryor concluded with al
eloquent appeal for the perpetuity o
the Union.
WASHINGTON, May 3O.-This be
ing Decoration Day, there was a gen
oral holiday in tha nictrint A n FIJI