The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-14
Political HIstprI JafY u America. l:it,a.I
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qn'the General Government With the
exception, of an almost unprecedented
food, along. the Lower Mississippi River
and its tributaries, nothing nterfered
with the commerce of. the Nation. But
tseyep this .untoward incident was not
without its advantages, for the Federal
G9vernmenf, recognizing, in the suffer;
ers by the swollen, waters, citizens, OF
| one common country, caufe TO their re-
lief in, a manner that. left no, doubt, of
| the : sincerity : of its, motives. Tents
| were provided for those. driven hpn:
their houses, hundreds of thousands of
ratigns were distrib buted to the starving,
and seyeraI hundreds of; thousands of
dollas appropriated from the National,
Treasury for relief The, heanty OF this,
ibounieous charity using the term IN its.
better sensel lay in the fact that it all
| went TO States lately in rebellion, and
70 the very men @ who had d from # p ,6 | to.
the ranks. that fought with such heroic
desperation for the ,dismembe etment of
the. Union, They had already for years
enjoyed the highest privileges of ,citi-
zenship; had been; given back the con-
| trdl of their. various State Govern nlpents,
and admitted upon an, equal footing to,
| the floors of Congress, where they
helped to shape the; tle gislatipn, of the
/ Nation, This last, act crowned the
| work Of perfect: reconciliation Peace:
was everywhere, and prosperity was
manifest In all parts of the. country
| North and SOUTH The wounds of war
| we're healed, and every body enjoyed
the blessings Inherited by patriotic and.
united people TIE American flag was
honoredI in, all foreign ports. the, Ma
| tion' eurrency WAS as good as gold and.
her credit the best in. the world, The
prosperity. and glory of the Unhed
States were the envy of every, monarch
and ruler under, the sum-, and the. ,yeo-
manry of every civilized nation on earth
foeked to the country by hundreds i lFf . of
thousands, -, L,,,s. a.,,,,...f,. =, -.
Rejoicing in, the unparalleled splen-
/ dor of their, .institptio ions, and in, the
/ grandeur of p; Nation. with the hearts of
]. all the people for Its foundation stones
/, and their, willing arms for its, battle
ments, the soldiers Of the, Republic met
! to commemorate in kindly spirit the
! deeds of daring that had wrought out
and preserved this marvel. !. In the
month, of May, as had been their GUS
tom, the survivors Of one division OF the
grand army of the Nation assembled at
Oh I@Oll1H " AAAA.h
| in history. j. they ystudiopsly =. avoided
everything. calculated. to humiliate or
compromise those who,i nearly a score
of years before, had borne arms against
/ them. Some, of :, the most prominent
men in the party. which, had steadily
: opposed all the measures of the war in
! stituted by the Federal Government
! were invited to, and did participate in,
! the festivities. In, connection with this
| celebration occurred an Incident worthy
( of note. and now. since, twenty years
] have elapsed, and all Or nearly all who
were then SO :, sensitive have passed
away, il may be safe to speak of it with
out giving offense,- Among the many
toasts offered was this: Z. Missouri; her
! bright agis, inscribed loyalty borne
/ by Lyon and Blair, .still lights the way
j % greatness, p The sentiment was to
| commemorate s the historical fact that
that State had been Kept from seceding
i from, the Union mainly through. the
| untiring efforts Of. General Lyon, and
! that both. he and General Blair had
shed luster on the State' s escntc tcheon by
[ toast calculated to. arouse enthusiasm in
| inc BREAST of every i6yal citizen of that
State. AS, d fitting compliment, Colonel
James D.. Broadhead, q st, Louis, was
called upon to respond ~ His FIRST mn
! country, and he accepteF the invftation-
Colonel Bfoadhead had fought IN behalf
f'of the Unibn, and had done valiant
service But at the time now being
ticonstdered he was aD efnocrAtic aspir4nt
for Congress from one of The st. Louis
7 Districts sri8 was undoabt btediy. thor
toughfy aJfvisen 81. the sentiments OF his
coiis. .itdents;ni or, possibly he was
further adyised.a after. his constituents
learned that he had agreed to respond
10 such a toastD BE that as IL may he
experienced change of feelings and, in
the folEowinSn p lett er. announced his in
ability to respond to the loyal sentiment
Of the toast proposed :iZ''i ivd -in&ii1 4
tIaf ,f;iGld tnG- tG2iEJ EHMxYs, 1883. .
- colonel,s Dssid Murphy, GhairmaiT OF the
Senf sr4 f 81 fsiass6ttyp SSas taec;epted Jour ins
tation to reply to the toast % be given at the
sn &c es sssst 9 l asd a s
their coifneeffo1s With the curly stIuxgies in
Mtssoui:S ssidnnr;thatE L wihnet be sS posi- dt
was because / hsS Sse never 6ttended 6py cht er-
SsdnmeRt- -esniiected n~itht the sn6ttsef or the
4 war. 81 gesep,edsypur, tnTitstt9ns hove YER n
Sa ssS ass Rine 2he sRS Reaga ESRg & q as
(which. part culariy, here inrSts Louis and fraIn
Es Gf is Fl here dT
%Sss ssSSse ssas Ssss Years % s1 p1so and
lPriypte naintainsd Should, he hmEled y We
50 necessary 70 the, psSeeand pnAs3Sfity Of the
I Is @ anc5mpr rtohislfe in my 'dev6fi6n tbe
/ speech as su tsI me,yoT such as the oecas 90
may be expested 70 call for and !. prefer pref
,,, ..s,,. ..,c1N "a + JAMES o., BReApHEAD."
1.-THE significance of this letter ,iHI that
at the time uitIwaso writtep-seyenteen
EyeArs after the war RAJ Union officer was
| afraid to indorse sentiments of loyalty
Hest he sho1lti win the .enmity of Dem.
tsocratie citizens :of one of the chief cities
bof the Nation. whoa that time had not
forgotten their aninlosityo. toward the
General Goyernment.a.H Happily this un-
natural stateI,of affairs has well nigh
passed away and now, since nearly two
bseore yehrs have interyened betYeen the
acknowledgements and tue present
day, but few are left who still cherish feel
bipgs Of ill-win toward their country"
lioI,lust spch,a, history as the above may
be written y twenty years hence MAY
1--we ell have grace enongh.g TO, patiently
lawait, the day when the discriminating
and kindly hand of death shall have re-
moved the last, supersensitiye obstruc-
tiopist. the last sf5 from the preciop,
continent of National unity But. in The
meantime people loyal To- the Nation
and especially those who fought fonl
years to. preserve the. integrity ot the
b,Government, will not be apt1t0 forge
the unhappy fact which ColnneI Broad
head s letter emphasizes -.that the Dem
-ocratie party in-the Southern States Is
not yet reconciled 70 the results OF tht
war, and cannot bear to hear kindly
words of men who. gave up their live
hto tha defense of the Union from thu
shareholders rebellion - IadiaHap9h
lSotsrnaH .SGnholsial ri n.s1isas i,gi95
laaAH Apology llsssEa Partisan i4gFaalls lh