The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
THE sentiments expressed in the fol.

THE sentiments expressed in the fol-
lowing paragraph, which we clip from {
the address of Col. Henry G. Hicks, s
delivered at the Cemetery in st. Paul, I
Mimi, on Memorial-day, are in happy
contrast with the mad vaporings and
political swash to which the people
were treated in Maple Grove Cemetery
on the same occasion:
"Let every act and word of ours to-
day attest the fact that we fought for
principles, not for conquest or revenge,
and with us the war is over. Surely
no place is more fitting than around
the graves of our heroic dead to bury !
the bitterness engendered by our civil |
war. Time alone can fully heal the
wound, but if there shall go forth from
these observances a feeling of fraterni- |
| ty that shall hasten the glad time when
we shall be united in heart, as we'll as
in name, then shall posterity say of
those who instituted Decoration day
/ ''They bailded better than they knew
/ Rev. Hills is reported as asserting in
his political harraDguA that, 1.-THE Sec
tion that rebelled sent to Congress at
least one-half more of their soldiers
than there were of Union soldiers hon
ored in the same way" Now, if that
l be a fact it is far from being creditable
to the party to which the parson be-
longs, which is constantly yawping
about its lOve and devotion to the SOL
diers who fought for the old flag. The
party that has such great opportuni-
ties and yet does so little should go a
little slow in its boastings, The con-
+ clusion- that Mr.. Hills seeks to force
from the fact stated is far fetched and
: wholly warranted; and he ought
to know that it is wholly untrue that
the Southern people boast of their in
tention to accomplish by law what
4 they sought to effect by force of arms.
q If the people of that section are so ut
t terly devoid of patriotism and so COM
: pletely stepped in disloyalty as he
t claims, what possible apology can he
make for his party's restoring them to
+, the rights of citizenship and their
States to their equal position in the
, great family of the Union? Nearly
;, or quite all the representative men OF
the South entered the Confederate
army, and it is quite natural aud pro
v per that the people of that section
g should select their public servants
Il from among that class who know their
d wants, rather than from among the
z adventurous carpet-baggers who drift
. ed among them at the close of the wal
to plunder them of their substance and
!, heap mountains ofdebt and taxes upon
an already impoverished people. The
;, assertion that they are still unrepent-
{ ant and defiant is untrue and the ut
: terance of charlatans and demagegues
: and is unworthy the high and holy
office of q messenger Of the Prince o.
5 Peace. How very different is the
= spirit manifested from that of the
e Southern people @who,~ on like occa
t. sions, strew their floral tributes alik'
IS upon the wearers of the blue and th'
10 gray, thus striving to usher in thu
D millennial day of "peace on earth AM
good will among men," Which ex
DR. emplifies most the teachings of tn
Df Master let the reader judge. ,'-.
a. But the reverend gentleman has no
10 entirely hardened his heart toward th
,r people of the South. There is on
means by which he may be placated
one condition upon which they ma.
- appease his wrath, receive his favor
- and be generously forgiven. The
~ have only to humble themselves il
a. the dust and then and there comics
~ the error of their ways and faithful
y promise in the future to vote the Re
a publican ticket, which will furnis
u them with passports to the Radics
ne church and to seats among such saint
as as Longstreet; the butcher, Mosby, tn
,h guerilla, Malone and Riddleberge
W, the repudiators, and the host of lik
lis d" honorable men, who Joined the il
he Vulnerable thropg of salary grabber
an Credit Mobilier, DeGolyer pavemen
tie swindlers, whisky ring robbers an
Star Route thieves, that thrift migf
nj follow fawning. "i'