The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-20

/ fts fortunes because believed ii to he
right. What other object eonid Lhave hadf?
Men do NOT, by open declaration, give their
1 property and limbs and offer their lives for
n mean or unworthy thing. so I cheef-
fully accord to you equal sincerity. We
were both lighting for the faith /. as we con.
strued it, delivered to us By the fathers Of
the Republic. ,,.ss.. Il, 6.s..5 4
In the issue of arms that was joined, my
cause went down on tie Held OF battle. In
that wager the fate OF war was against me;
and when I surrendered my sword re-
uewed my allegiance and piighted my Nth.
From that day to this there bas been no
hour when I have been recreant to that
pledge. l was true to the Confederacy
whilst It lasted, because I, believed 1t
right; when it went down in the rcd storm
Of battle before the weight OF your power,
I honorably surrendered, and folding the
torn and bloody bauner,I laid it, MOURN
fully it may be, but faithfully and finally
away. III ~ IF
and now, what OF the future? That is
the question. The past is OF history, and
cannot be changed. Let US each have re-
spect for the others motives. There were
men on either side who will he written
down rs very great, and who have le'tihe
impress Of their genius far all Coming time.
And could we forget those men and speak
i'll Of or neglect their memory, what faith
could we have in each other-!aithIess TO
those who were so faithfulto us9
Their great end noble lives have not been
and cannot be lost. When such spirits ap-
pear and make an impress upon their time,
it is never removed, but is felt upon the in-
stitutions and modes Of thought through
out toe coming ages. When true and great
men appear, whether their lives and efforts
are crowned with success or clouded by de-
feat, somehow their words and works will
survive for the benefit OF the human race.
The Ioyalst. after treating with contempt
for many generations the memory OF Crom-
Well, is now building monuments to bis
memory, and declaring what glory he was
to the Anglo-Saxon name. ..-s.r,,.
! It seems that wars, civil and istcrna-
tional, must come. When argument is en-
hausted and no conviction or conclusion
REACHED, war is the final arbiter. This, OF
course. is great evil; but greater evil
still is, that often the peace which follows Is
only upon parchment and not in fact
What vast trouble and loss has resulted
from the bitterness OF feeling which con-
tinued for generations between the people
OF this country and England after the close
OF the Revolutionary war; and now when
we look back how unnecessary it seems to
have been between countries OF such lnu-
tual interests.
Let us profit by this lesson. A full gen.
Grafton has gone since our civil war closed,
and yet there are some who never seem to
be happy unless they are putting at its
dying embers. speak for myself and The
people among whom live when say it is
not so with US. When we lowered the
Confederate standard at Appomattox in the
terms Of the surrender on what to us was
that field of dark disaster, we looked for the
coming light OF a lasting peace.
When that peace came we kept 1t well.
We recognized the situation, and notwith-
standing the military rule to which we
were subjected, and the complete disrup'
! ton OF our society, we quietly endured
And when the time came, standing amid
the wreck and ashes OF our homes, and the
graves OF cur loveIieSt and best, we thought
only Of restoration, and took our place by
. your side in the sisterhood OF States, bear
, ing with us all enfranchised race toward.
the benefits and culture Of civilization
which We ourselves enjoyed.
The results speak. Virginia was battle
field for four years for the largest armies OF
= modern times. Now the tooth OF time ant
t the plough have worn away their foot
$ prints, and bountiful nature is covering 1T
whole domain from tidewatcr to the noun
tains with harycsts awaiting the hand o
; The reaper, and when the day OF trial come
= none will carry the arms OF the Republic tt
= which they have pledged allegiance with
: truer or sturdier heart.
e II YOU doubt, come ind see. We BIZ
you WelcOiHe. Ooihc WILL y"ui Ph"PSi'
3 and household gods, and make your HON
among us. Come and enjoy with us herl
tagc as rich in resources as God ever gave t.
anv peope. You will then see that we art
, not aliens; but whilst, with energy, we ar
I unfolding the wealth OF our own State, W.
I are regardiul Of that common bond witt
! which our fortune and our fame are linked
G It is a shame that distraction should an!
s longer exist. We are in the same yes> ell
: with the same flag, upon the same great sea
and subject to the same elements. No richie
arcosv was ever entrusted to any people
3 One fortune attends us all. Shall We thwar
/ q grand destiny by distractions among our
selves? Whatever clouds may have "lo~
cred on our house," let them {" in the dee
bosom Of the sea be buried" The sun
0 prosperity is shining above us-the nand
OF our fathers are reckoning us on; let to
s winter of our discomfort be once NOR
J "glorlouS summer" &
r who can predict the future when tfes
DAYS shall have fully come to pass! 1t
:, hard for me, living In Virginia, to unde'
lc stand why they have not already come.
, know many Of your people who have mac
le their homes in our midst, who are happ
'r with us, and between whom and ourseIY'
J. there is no difference. ! extend to you IL
J. hand OF friendship and hospitality, ana u