The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-10-10
THE CROWNING VICTORY Of PEACE.
Thp Great rest.,eDco Healing the Wounds
that War hns Made.

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Tho Great fest.,eDco Healing the Wounds
| that War has Made.
/ The mysterious ways Of Providence
about which poets have sung and preach,
ers. have preached, and at which all o
us have had reason at some time or Other
to stand aghast, are exempli6ed in their
moTs beue1cent operation bytgome Of the
/ incidents OF the Hea5un oi peatiivDov, now
On the wane. would be exRggefation
TO say that pestilence has healed the
i wounds that war hns made, but It 10 the
simple truth that it has done more than
anything else towards the restoration o!
peace to land that in fulfllment oi
Daniel Webster's prophecy has been
"rent with civil feuds and drenched with
fraternal blood" War indeed compelled
the submission of Tebellious States TO the
authority of the general government, en-
forced its authority and secured the re.
spect therefor that always waits upon
! superior power. But the wounds inGict-
ed by the sword did not heal by first in.
tention. Twelve long years passed be-
f0re-under the benign and constitutions
al administration of President Hayes. at
the demand of the people who were
weary of sectional bickering-the condi-
tions Of the recovery Of the patient were
presented. And now, in this fourteenth
year after the hopes of the Confederates
were buried in the trenches at Appo.
mattox, there comes the cause and the
token of complete reconciliation. The
yellow fever which has brought sorrow
to so many homes and made whole cities
desolate, mas also touched the secret
springs OF affection, and there pours forth
q stream Of bcneficence that soothes if it
does not heal, that gladdcns the heart of
the nation il it does not extiDguish ell
its sorrow. Truly this is the consumma-
ton, the crowning victory of peace.
In the spontaneity Of charity, in the
eagerness to rush TO the relief OF our
afflicted brethren in the South, we may
easily forget how great is the result thus
manifested. But it 10 worth thinking
about for moment. 1t is not 80 long
since we were at war with these people.
1t was a life and death struggle Crush
ing disaster to our arms was the one OBJ
ject of their ambition; their humiliation
and destruction was tho only hope of
preserving the life of the republic. The
cities of the South were guaranteed
against US, not, rs now, against each
other. Grant was tightening the coils
about Vicksburg; the Union gunboats
were showering shot and shell upon the
defenses of Mobile; New Orleans wus
under the heel Of Butler; the whole
South was tho legitimate prey of war ;
while Southern raiders rode rough -shod
over Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio.
There were dark rumors OF Southern
plots for the burning of New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia, and 80 deep
was distrust and 80 rife suspicion that re-
ports that one section was planning ia
SOW the seeds Of pestilence among the
people Of the other were not without
their believers. Looking back, it seems
like page out Of the history of the dark
ages. But now how different is tho spec.
tac!el The South il PROSTATE; the
| North is in tears as for suffering sister
There is nothing that we would not do tc
relieve her distress. New York, with
the bounty OF city of princes, raises
orer. 100000 for tho Southern relie
fund, and is still untiring in the good
work. Philadelphia, where there was
| perhaps, tho most conspicuous and un'
flinching opposition to tho old South
only asks how much is wanted. A hun.
dred thousand dollars have gone south.
ward, and the dimes and dollars are still
falling into the boxes over which the vel.
low flag. 10 waving; if as much more il
needed 1t will be forthcoming. Nor are
the large cities the only almoners of the
bounty of the nation. Every city, town
and hamlet; every lodge, society aud
club; eyerJ church and theatre; every
Sa0p, store and factory esteems it o priv.
ilege to contribute for the furtherance OF
the good work, until for telling the vas,
total the unit of millions is required
The sturdiest in war have been most &C.
tive In the kind Offices Of peace.
But it 10 rather of the effect upon the
South that we would dwell. We have
done no moro than our duty, and vaunt-
Ing oa! charity is vain glory indeed.
The relief OF individual cases of suffering
| and destitution, the succor of whole
cities, bereft of their means of making o
living, is great work, but that Is n mat
ter of course. The North has done no
moro for the South in her extremity than
the South would do for the North il
aftiIction were at our doors. The pleas
Ing thing about 1t all is that the South
receives our aid in the spirit of fraternity
In which it is given. There il no abiect
acknowledgement Of charity, no effus;ye
expression OF gratitude, but Oh every
hand manifestation Of thorough appre-
citation Of good Will. AID is accepted as
a new profier of esteem, as an earnest of
the complete restoration of amity. No
reader Of Southern newspapers at this
time, whether they be the dingy half
sheets crowded with funeral notices that
come from Memphis, tho New Orleans
dailies which have not suffered so severe.
~, or the journals from communities still
untouched by the plague, can fail to be
impressed with the spirit of affection TO.
wards the North which now permeates
editorials, paragraphs and communica.
tions, and is more impressive than the
set language Of resolutions or the curt
but kindly acknowledgment by telegraph.
Afiiiction has brought this people nearer
together. They realize as never before
that they arc one people; welded anew
in the furnace Of trial. The Union is a
verify that none shall henceforth auas.
ttion. What God hath Joined together
let not man put asunder, Philadelphia
ets u , - -------
The New SENATOR FROM OREaoN.
- Hon. James III. Slater, Democrat, who
has been elected United States Senator
from Oregon, to succeed John H. Mitch.