Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-14

That the veterans of the blue and
the gray in the war of secession bear
no grudge or malice against one an
other need not be asserted at this late
day, after nearly twenty years OF re-
Cancellation and peace. Those who act
uallv bore the brunt of that trcmen-
dous and unfortunate conflict are salts
fed with the result, and waste no time
nowadays going about digging up hos
tiles from the dead past and fighting
those TERRIBLE battles over again-ln
their minds. The result of the great
civil war was to eradicate forever the
causes that led to it. The victors In
the contest are satisfied with, and the
vanquished have long since acqulesced
in, the fact accomplished unaltera-
bly,. The old soldiers of the Northern
and Southern armies appreciate the
situation. While on opposing picket llnes
during the war they used to exchange
courtesies and trust their lives in each
others hands, so, now, they are proud
to meet, and, like soulful men, with
out chickering's or boast, talk over the
times when as honest foemen they
fought, on both sides, for what they
believed to be right. These genuine
soldiers become warmly attached to
each other, and they look with con-
tempt upon the snarling ours who,
now, when out Of danger, never cease
prating of their loyalty and forever OBJ
trude their valorous achievements upon
tired auditors, while SO long as shells
were bursting and rife balls were
whistling through the air, they were to
be found only in the hospital, among
the ambulances or in the oommissary
department. These p%ost-bellum war
riors bring thezblush of shame to the
cheeks Of the real soldier who is mod.
est and never refers to his w deeds.
The blow-hards referred to spring up on
the eve Of every election and fight the
war all over again, getting white in the
gills and trembling with rage whenever
they attack the absent rebel with con.
suming rhetoric. There are two or three
editors in Nevada who have already
begun to unburthen themselves Of their
load Of loyalty to the Government and
of their trumped up contempt for the
rebels. 1t is a fair presumption that
these fellows never smelt powder ex-
cept at prodigiously long and whole
some range. Their windy warfare puts
them in strong contrast with two we'll
known soldiers of the late war who met
for the first time in Eureka several days
ago. The Union soldier served actively
for three years and ten months, and
was several times complimented from
headquarters for extraordinary valor.
The rebel soldier fought all through the
war and likewise earned distinction for
bravery. The latter is a candidate TOR
office on the Democratic ticket; the
former is a wealthy rancher well known
and highly respected throughout East
ern Nevada. These veterans chatted
about the war, during which they were
in several battles shooting away at each
other. A friendship that it will be
hard to impair sprung up between
them almost Immediately. The rancher,
who has always been an enthusiastic Re-
publican, will vote for his old soldier
enemy, let all the newspaper camp fol-
lowers in the State howl treason as loud
as their puny lungs will permit. The
Enterprise may put this in its pipe and
smoke it.