The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-29
CONTINUED PROM THIRD pAoE.l
.isiaction trust in God and leave results

ouchly accented the situation. He realized
fnilx that ,he war had scttlcd--seitled for
over tho, ncculiar issues which had en-
bro;lcd n: but he knew also that Only
time could dis,ipate is ranking pas
sions and restore freedom, and hence
Il was he taught that " silence ana
patience on the part 81 the South was 'he
trnc course v-s,icnce because II was vain
n sneak when prejudice ran too high TOT
our late enemies 20 hsten-patiencc De
cause IL was the duty OF The hour to labor
for recuperation and wait for reconciha-
tion. And murmuring no vain sign over
The ",Gight have BEEN which now coulu
NOT he conscious that our destinies were
irrcvocably bound up with those oil t,le
neypofual Union-hc lifted high over ,ne
fallen standards Of war the banner o, Wv
Prince 81 Peace, cmblazoned Win " 1 ee0o
on Earth and Goodwin Toward hou' a.
The President aud the Congress VI t',o
United states made conditions o, l,""D11
and ahsolution. They were naisn snS
exac;ine. The mass Of inc Pcop'o az, -,
bv fbcm az necessity had 10 accept 'hein'
Thercfo,c nc would share their humilia-
tion Accordingly hc asked amnesty but
RI Ietfo~ xvas never answered. lie was
,ndict,d for treason. He appeared READY
"a ans,y,r the charge. But the Govern
men, now reyollcd from an act OF treachery
50 i,a.c. for his parole at App0nattoX pro-
fec;cd him. Thus was he reNieu ana
borasscd. vet never n word OF bitterness
c.cone1 him. hut. on the contrary, only
courscs VI forhearance. PATIENCE ana .ili-
cent attention 10 works OF fcsloIttloh'
MANY sought new homes III foreign lands,
buf NOT 20 lie. "AU good citizens" DC
Soid ..muSt unite i'm honest efforts 10
oLliier,tc the ELECTS of war. and to restore
tho blessings OF peace. They must noi
abandon their country, but go to WORK a nu
build up is prOspeiit!. M .o.;n-
men e.nccially must stay al hoHi'' NtM az
themselves IN such a manner rs 70 gam me
esteem oi every one. at TIE san" u'.. 'HT
fbev maintain their own scli-rt Spccl. ~
sbould bc the object OF all 10 avoid con-
troyersv. 10 allay passion. and 10 gave lui'
soorc ~ every kindly feeling "lt Is
y,i.csf.vof io keep open The sores Oh war;
l,rt fo follow the example Of those nations
who Lave underworld TO obuteralc lli'
marks OF civil strife, and TO comn'l' TO Oh
liyion tie feelings it engcndered.
"Trro uatrotism sometimes requires OIL
mon - ad exactly contrary at one peleu
to tho which It does at another, ana me
motive that iinpels them. the desire 10 90
livllf. i. urccisely the same. The clrculh-
Stance. which govern their actions Chalse'
and tno'r conduct must conform 10 me nc"
order OF fhines. History j. full OF ilu,lIa~
tions OF This. Washington himself Is an
example OF this. At one slime DC fought
aeaius. the French under i'radd0ck; III AZ
other he fought with the French al 10Th,
town under the orders Of the continental
Copcre,, 81 America against HIN. ne h''S
not lcOn branded hy the world ~llh re-
proacl, far this. but his course has been az
plauded.' ..oio,,,.
counsel, with which he pointed out the
ldUtie, "a ,ho hour.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Nor was lie lacking in faithful remcm-
lrorro al the President OF the C0nieGeracf'
who Cor r,onths aud months ai'er me sur
render lav sick i'm prison, ana who seemed
IN Do SINGLED QUITO undergo VicmiOus pun
isbmcnt for the deeds Of the people. MI
Davis" truly said General Lee. ala no
thino more than all the citizens OF the south
orn states. and should not be held accouata-
bic Tor acts performed by them in the eNoI- |
clio nj What had been considered by them |
unouesti0nablc night None are more |
conscious OF this fact than those against
whom Jeilo rson Davis directed the Conicd- !
crate arms; and that he yet. nearly twenty
wears after strife has ceased, should be dis
iranchlsed in a land that vauniS It's lree-
dom Tor so doing is grievance ana grlel
to every honorable southern man. lie hln-
self is honored by this significant mark o.
hostile memory. He cannot Suner by inc
ignoble act. Only they who DO II are
deeply shamed. And that II Is done oniy
shows the weakness Of representatives who !
lao
book Of human nature. and who. yainly |
corceiying that an insult 10 one nan can
be fruitful OF ally public good, only illus
trate the saving of Madame d. Stael, I" that
the strongest OF all antipathies is that OF
scconl-Tate minds for irSt-rate one" and
that other maxim OF Edmund Burke, that
:. great empires and little minds go i'll TO-
0ctber." When Mare Antony, the great
Triumyir of Rome, who conquered Egypt,
was himself oVerthrOwn by Ociayius Caesar.
nc oloricd diving that he 4" had conquered |
rs a Roman and was by Roman nobly |
conquered" II the spirit Of these brave |
soldiers of the Union who, while the fields |
OF battle were vet moist with blood. saluied |
Lee. had guided the conduct OF The civilians |
10 whom their yalor gave the reins OF State, !
il would have been Tor us Confederates, |
who achieved great victories and were IN |
turn east down. To have gioried likewise |
that we i'm our time had conquered as |
Americans and were by Americans nobly |
conquered. But when we recall that our
honored and faithful President Is disiran- |
chised simply because be was our cher, |
and braycy. ably served our cause, the
iron enters our souls and repreSses the gen. |
erous emotions that well up in them. And |
we can only lament that shallow politicians |
Il M
name. and are not imbucd with the great, |
free spirit OF great, free people. We have |
not thought or fancy or desire to undo |
the perpetuity OF the Union. For any man |
To pretend 10 think otherwise is pr0clama-
ton OF his falsehOOd or his folly. But we
intend 20 be free citizens Of the Union, ac-
ceptinc no badge OF inferiOrity or dishonor.
Aud by the tomb OF our dead here, who
was true to his chief rs to every trust, we
protest TO mankind against this unjust
thing-an offence 10 our liberties and TO our
manhood, which are not less sacred than
= the grave.
And we watt TO him, our late Chief
Magistrate, i'm bis southern home our greet
ings and our blessings; and rs the years
grow thick upon him we pray that he may
find In the undated confidence and atiec-
ton OF his people some sOlsce for all that
he has borne for them, and in the strength |
that cometh from on high staff that man
cannot take from him.
NEDITATIONs or DUTY.
While General Lee thus sustained and
eheertd his cOuntrymen the problem soon
began TO press, What should he do with
himself:
And had he been in any sense q self
seeker the solution bad been easy, for many
were the oyertures and proAers made TO
hun IN every form OF interested sohcita- |
ff,.. q. al lfufnf.ra.tad tsaparnSitv Wani1 /