The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-28
ROGER A, PRYOR

ROGER A. PRYOR.
The union is rc.cstablished in all III
ancient strength and glory, not only il
the supremacy but the bcnefccncc Of it!
power, not merely over the wills but il
the hearts of the people and OF all the
people. Its privileges and protection
are now everywhere restored, and the
loyalty of Louisiana can be counted on
as surel y as the fidelity Of New York,
llencctorth the south is only gcograpl
zeal expression, And this is a tribute
a confederate soldier brings to-day to the
graves Of the fallen heroes of the union,
the solemn assurance that they fell not
ia vain that the work they died to
achieve you have accomplished; that,
~ they, by their devotion, saved the
union from overthrow, you, by the policy
Of justice and magnanimity, have en-
Ihrlned it in the hearts of its once furious
but now reclaimed and rcconcilcd foes
The people OF the north now have no
cause to mistrust the profession of fealty
to the union that comes from the soldier
OF the south. Love Of the union resumes
its original ascendanCc. IIencefsrth 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 to the enterprise of the south
Il bonndIess field of adventure and i'm
parts to its industrial and commercial
energies quickening impulse OF develop
ment and truition. Meanwhile an expe-
dicnt devised to balk the ambition of the
white race rccoils upon its source and
by angmenting the political power OF
the south enables its aspiring spirits.to
play splendid and superior part on She
theatre of federal affairs. General Pryor
concluded with an eloquent appeal for
the perpetulty of the union.
HENRY wATTERsoN.
There was an organic question lett
fatally open by the authors of our CON
stitution. There was property interest
madly entangled with the moral nature
OF the time. There was no tribunal
having power to determine the issue.
II il little perhaps to say that had the
people ioreseen all the consequences they
would not have resorted to arms; but
recently experience shows us that they
would have made supreme sacrifices for
the rake of peace. History teaches us
that wars are more or less the subject of
miscOncepiOn and mischancc. II is |
rare, indeed, if ever, when all the right
is on one side, and all the wrong on the |
other. In our case, and take leave to |
speak for both sides, we have much To
deplore, nothing to make us ashamed. |
Assurelly, the world has never seen terms
SO liberal extended to soldiers beaten i'm
civil broil, or known such abstinence
from sanguinary revenges during the
progress of the strife. 1t il necessary to
remind no one of the conduct of Grant
and Sherman in the moment of their
The conflicts of this present
iOur can not shut out from the hearts of
,reatful men the spectacle OF that dis
nal day, when, rising above the passions
If victory and the ruins of conquest, the
hiefs OF the armies of the north remem-
,ered not merely that they were soldiers
nd men of honor, but that they were
americans. II was cur Lee who paid
he honors OF war to your kearny.
When the body of Morgan was borne to
is last resting place, soldiers of the
anon, assembled by chance on the public
: uare in Nashville, stood soldier like,
uncovered AS their fallen adversary
When Mcpherson fell a thrill {
oi sorrow went along the whole con.
'ederate line. believe to day that the
lls.'''i, Oh Abraham Lincoln is
iamented IN the south hardly less than
RICHARD o. GORMAN. ,
There lie here, too, some children ot ,
the Gael, whose fate it was to be opposed