Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-09
ApvERgtsiNG RATES.
MALT INCH on f.Ess.
A Union of Hearts.


General GRANTS death has made it
clear to ali the world that the Ameri-
can Union is ono and indivisible; that
Liberty and Union are, as Mr.. WEB
sTER said, "inseparable v; and that
there is not only ga union of lakes and
q union OF lands" but ga union Of
hearts and a union Of hands," If you
doubt read the following from the New
York Herald:
In the midst Of ell this scene stood
General Phil. Sheridan. Suddenly a
red-faced man advanced leading General
John b. Gordon, Of Georgia, toward
the Union soldier. Then he introduced
them, and the two old warriors seized
hands with firm grip and looked each
other fair in the eyes. Then their
hands trembled, but they did not re-
lease the friendly grasp, but stood there
looking at each other with sparkling
eyes. General Belknap, the ex-Secre-
tary Of War, came up with General
Curtis, the one-eyed conqueror Of Fort
Fisher, and formed part Of the group.
1t was . picture worthy Of great
painter as the southern general, tall,
black-eyed, long-haired, and Scared,
pressed the hand Of the famous soldier
Of the North.
The two men whispered in each
others ears and then they promised to
meet again socially. Then they laughed
and chatted, and all the while their
hands never once parted from the hearty
clasp.
Oh, human heart Oh, loving kind
ness and forgiveness After all these
years Of bitterness the blue and gray
are one again.
When General Gordon turned away
he drew his hand across his eyes.
"This is how the soldiers of the
North and South meet to-day" said
General Curtis. "God grant that it is
only en- emblem Of what is coming to
the whole country"
In the Hoffman House there were
other scenes. but they were all alike.
Governor Hill and General Farnsworth
chafted at the door Of the hotel, while
Senator's Coggeshall and Murphy re-
called old fghting-times in the lobby.
Colonel F. E. Greene, Of Virginia,
walked through the main corridor and
saluted two or three old friends. BY
midnight the hotel was full.
Whilst these scenes were visible in
New York, the bloody-shirt waivers,
wheresoever DISPERSED" were en-
gagged in trying to convince the north
ern people that FITzHUGH LEE, one of
General HANCOCK's temporary staff
and the nominee Of the Democratic
party for Governor Of Virginia, was
standing upon platform one Of whose
planks was q resolution teaching trea-
son because it says that the State
debt has ceased to be a Ques-
ton Of finance and become one Of
State sovereignty. But in vain do
the malignsnts raise their voices in con-
domination of the people Of the South.
In vain do they utter their hysterical
cries in the ears Of the sensible people
Of the North. at is too late" The
hands Of the clock Of time cannot be
turned backwards. The Atlantic ocean
cannot be kept within bounds by the
use of Mrs. PARTINGToN's broom.
The scenes and incidents Of General
GRANTS sickness, death, and in
terment have made it impossible
to. divide the voters Of the restored
Union upon sectional lines. General
GRANT desired that those lines should
be oblitersted. His expressed wish
finds ten thousand answering echoes.
FIyZRUaH LEE, GORDON, BRENT,
BUcKNER, like all other good men,
would have all sectional jealousies, all
war prejudices, all unceasing passions,
buried in the grave with GRANT. 1t
will, therefore, be impossible for any
Thersites to gain an audience amongst
true patriots.
Yes, yesterday was day that is des-
tined TO be memorable one in the his
tory Of tho republic. 1t is remarka-
BILE fact that the man who did most to
conquer the South also did most to re-
concile the conquered to their fate, and
TO convince them that in conquering the
South he bestowed the greatest of bless
ings upon her. How else could we ever
have got rid of the institution of slavery?