The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-14
WAR MEMORIES.

Inc scene w lllr hpHap VI lpPFNH'Hf"'f
iiyes tho other day when Carpenters
Reading Of the Emancipation Proclaim
alton was presented 10 the nation, was
QUO which could occur In no other land |
under tho sun, The scene represents
Que Of the possibilities Of ropubl Iean'
ism, and is a lesson of federation, aud
an Indubilable evidence Of that elasli'
city in our system which toleratea opin'
ions ~ widely divergent ~ the poles
A great war was fought out 10 lls bitter
end only thirteen years since, The peo'
pie Of ono section Of the country
gathered with arms TO menace slavery
the people Of tho other M promptly
gathered with arms in their hands, not
TO defend tho institution, but their
homes and property, which were all in
extrioably bound up In H. After four
years Of struggle worthy Of the people
engaged the sword dooded against the
south, A few years Of bitterness and
misunderstanding followed, and re'
turning reason replaced the fragments
Of the broken bowl, and now
u new nation has como up
out Of the tribuaIons Of war,
stronger, better, more liberal and just
TO all the peoples and interests served
by the government SLAYER the bone
of contention, has been dirposed Of and
the representative mon Of both sections
meet IN common ground IN their
admiration Of the central figures Of
that wonderful struggle on either side
Aside from the mere poetry Of the
scene the incident represents the
death of sectionaism and in the dls-
cussion Of the gift and ils acceptance
tho men of the south raise their voices
in the second department of the gov
eminent In n calm, just review Of the
man, and the proclamation which ulti'
motcly gayo freedom TO the slave
There IL no servile submission, No
licking of the hand which smoto, but u
manly examination by Stephens into
the claims Of Lincoln for Immortality
at the hand Of art, and in the memory
Of the American people
These are lessons which should be
deeply impressed upon the people
The United States, with her
grand experiment of representative
government by and for the people,
represents principle 80 august, so
vital TO true liberty, that no contention
from within or force from without
must be suffered TO menace her stabil.
ity The passions Of war nre dead, the
smoke of battle has rolled away, and
men can now see what dire calamity
would have behllcn the world had the
separation been permanent A grand
trust has been committed TO this gen.
Grafton that of wiping out even the
memory of the fractracidal strife, Not
its memories, oh no, for they have
become, with their sacrifices and hero
ISM part Of our history, our poetry
and our art, but the memory that one
section was the victor and the other the
vanquishcd, ought to be buried out of
sight forever, Full and complete resto.
ration will come aye has come, and
narrow and dospicable indeed is that
heart in which yet fingers sectional
hate, or purposes of revenge,
We hope yet to see the honored
faces of Lee and jackson take
their places in the capitol of the
nation, alongside the heroes Of whom
they were the peers both in virtue
and patriotism. When the nation has
arrived at that sublime point of tolera>
ton, then the full effect of the restora,
ton of the union will have been at,
tained, and the possibility of future
sectional struggles be banshed forever.
The relations of the states to the es-
sence of the national life are becoming
better understood, and nothing has res
vealed them moro clearly than the late
terrific war Let us roll up tho parch>
ment upon which its history is written,
and engrave upon marble, and fix upon
the speaking canvas, the virtues of the
men who accomplished the work, and
let all our future wars be such as the
south and the north can stand shoulder
to shoulder in, and the only rivalry be
ms to who can best serve the government
which gives liberty alike to all the peo>
pies who seek her protection.