Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09

How The S00th Feels.
when The late var vas oven. thsss
vas . feeling in the Moth that thosGh
the South bal been bsaAen, il spirit
rs unchanged. This feeling Northern
politicians found ID b their advastags
10 foster. Psrsasded by their lsadsFs.
Northern people looked With distrast
q every oveetare towards reooaeiliafioa
made By the 6outh. Its acarpeAses q
the results al the var and asssat 10 tbe
nee ameudments 20 the C0aseitati0o
sers REGARDED - hollow and hypoeriti-
cal. The South ~ss believed 10 b
biding its tins for . rsSssesting
Of the psisciples Of "ths lost
cadAs." Within year or tvo greet
change has cone over the MOTH
in this regard. lt sess that IL he's besa
friehtened BY . b1sbsar Of its ovn in
vention. Representative 6outhesn men
have 20 borre thewselves - 10 leevs no
room for hopsst doubs that they are -
patriotic and - devoted 10 the Uniou =
any in the North. A IN evilieues a
the real and abiding na,ure Of Tie
change in Southern feeling. the follow
ing parsgraphs from an article in The
RiekmoeL Religious Hs-aid may be
cited. The writer 10 the Rev. WIN. T.
Brantly, DID,, . cell known and hoe-
ored Baptist pastor Of Baltimore. That
be does not speak for himself alone II
shown By this hearty editorial esiosse
ment from the editors Of the Hevsid:
1.-The following letter from Gettysburg
breathes . spirit and displays . visdo0
which must commend themse1ves 10 ill
true Americans. not 10 say all sincere
Christians." DR.. Brntly says:
The place from which am writing
you (Getsysburg) il suggestive Of
strife and carnage. Ny room overlooks
the field where the contsnding hosts,
during the late var between the States,
came into fierce collision in the early
days of July. 1868 Here was fought
what. in my view. Was the decisive en-
gagement Of the war. Meeting Gen
eral Meade, who commanded the Fed
erxl forces on the memorable occasion,
I said to him, General, think the
decisive battle of the war was fought ct
Gettysburg" Eyes, sir" was his re-
ply; $50 think history will record it.
Had Lee whipped me at Getty sburg 1t
would practically have closed the struk-
gle. With my army DESTROYED Phils-
delphis. Baltimore and Washington
would all have been exposed, and pea g
must have followed" Why could we
not triumph, and thus win the prize
for which 30 much treasure and blood
had been expended? Why ere we not
victorious when the scales were
throughout 80 evenly balanced-when
during tho early part of the contest the
inclination was 10 decidedly in our
favor? A lady. after the war, was so
unwomanlike (for tact is feminine
CHARACTERISTIC rs to propose to General
Lee Questions OF like import to these.
Too gallant to ignore the inquiry, he
replied: Madam, it was not so in
tended. Aye, it was not so written
down in heavens ORDER book. That is
the solution Of our failure"
How sad you and I felt when the
things reached us that. after the loss
OF thousands hy death, and thou
sands by capture, the brave Con-
federates were retracing their steps to
the territory whence they had departed
in quest of victory and peacel How
could it be that the acknowledged tri-
umph of the first day was eclipsed by
such disastrous repulse! We were
hoping for success aud praying for sue.
cess. and when We heard the result our
disappointment was bitter. How hard
then to say. "Thy will he doneI' But
how different our emotions now, or
rather las have no right to associate
you with myself +. how wisely, it seems
to me from the observation point of to.
dav, it was ordained that in the engage
ment settling the great dispute We
should he defeated. Success would
have implied another government born
If an implacable family teud, unfurl.
ing its hammer in proximity to that Of
the old Federal Union. Tie ill blood
engendered by the war would continue
to circulate. New occasions for strife
would soon trsnspire; and not many
moons would grow and decline before
the veterans OF recent battles would
again confront each other in the bloody
field. Aud when this second contest
had been suspended, each government
would judge it wise to sustain large
armies for the maintenance of its rights.
NOminally, each migat have been
Aopo~AASS OuS AOssAAy OScA WOOAu uoV0
besn military despotism; and in
France, Germany, Austria and Russia
Of to day, where every citizen must be
Q soldier, and where millions of armed
men must be constantly watching each
other, we have picture Of what would
have been seen on this continent. Nor
would this be all. Disintegration
once commenced, could not have
been arrested by single partition. A
confederacy from which it was under
stood that any member could retire at
pleasure would be liable to dismember,
ment, as passion or prejudice might
prompt or demagognes might urge.
The charm Of Union once DESTROYED in
the original fraternity, sections East
and West would clamor for separation
when such division might be thought
to be commercially advantageous. Thus
would be reproduced ON this continent
numbers Of independent dynastiss, vie.
ing with each other for pre-eminence,
and continually menacing, - We now
zee it in the Old World, the common
peace.