The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-13

N ehon the danger was over, and
ifooly granted 20 the conquered iho
tofms that the conquered asked oaoh
recognizing In osoh m honosi oonylo.
ilon aud n conscientious consistency.
Aud whllo that viii be his greatest
monument, no himself has hreathod
Tor II IT, best inscriptions
"LGT ~ uAyE rEACE"
when those terms were arranged
aud that sentiment was ul,oreo, tho
South was bleeding ~ every pore aud
,L,rylng incyory tissue, out Of 5000,
OOO of mon engaged on both sile2, the
South had but GOO,OOO, and yet on
both sides 100000 Of mon
wero sacrificed, whilo the property
destroyed exceeded 100000, or three
fourths Of tho assessable taxable values
Of tho whole country whom the war
beglu, tue South losing nearly her
all. Ard yet, like tho pStrio,sof Toxas
who on q previous occasion bad said
to this Union: "Haro ia tho remnant
of my family, tho others | gave as
sacrifice on the altar of duty" so said
wo TO thonow Union, and GRANT, a. its
heau, accepted. And we insist to-day
that this Southern atmosphere of ours
shall never generate tho rust to eat
into the bonds our fathers welded
and later heroes defonded. And this
with 10 Pharisaical preteuslons, but
springlng from that higher and holier
sentiment that ssnclldes assertion and
promise made over tho body of the
dead. with solid foundation like
this the fabric viii stand firm
from centre 10 circumference.
And now 10 it not limo TO completely
bury in the national coffin there with
GRANT all animo9ities, aaperitie9, ell
socti0nGiism? Is it not time 10 regard
indeed, esouccommon heritage, in un-
dis:inguishablo amalgamstion, the
valor, tho horoism, the deeds of all,
whether the North was victorious or
the South triumphant, all the work Of
Americans Doubtless in his Nc
moirs of the Civil War, which the hon
ored historian compiled through
hours of toll and pain and completed
Just in sight of that shore where he was
so soon 70 meet LEE and LINCOLN Gad
JACKSON and GARFIELD, so that after
all he might leave his family comfort
able by his own handiwork, even as no
thus served his cJuntry-Gouot
less he has SO urged. For
thus he spoke OF i. to his wife
who asked its dsdic alton TO her. ut
is great deal better that it should bs
dedicated as it is. made what repu-
tation / have as q soldier. The troops
engaged on both sides are yet living.
AS IL is, the dedication is to those we
fought against, as well as those we
fought With. 1t may servo n purpose
in restoring harmony. II it docs, 1t Is
of more Importance than to crafty a
little vanity. You will die; it ia hoped
the book will live. After you aud the
soldiers who fought are ell gone, the
dedication will have more value than
now"
He had sbeathed the blade which
opened the First volume, ana
taken up tho pom which closed the
Second, and as he wrote FINS, his re-
cording angels work was also done.
Then let us regard Manassas and
Appomattox, Belmont and Vicksburg,
Shiloh and Chicamauga, Malvern Hill
and The Wilderness, all-an as the
common grouping of a com mon glory
And as we gaze upon the monumental
record, ga tower of strength to stand
four-square to all the winds thai
blow" let us think Of it and feel to-
ward 1t as MIR. JEFFERSON DAVIS OK
pressed himself about Bunker Hill
monument: "Tne obelisk and column
shall be the patriots pride, suppress.
ing all local jsalousies. Tyre of true
Americanism is the purpose it com
memoratos. 1t rises stern, severe In
its simplicity, greatest yet with least
pretense, neither niche nor moulding
for parasite or creeping thing to rest
on, defying the strides Of time and
pointing like finger to the source OF
heller thought"
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