The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-05-26
a CONSOLATION TO rnE SOUTH.
why There Will Remain No Perma-
aient Hatred Between South
and North.


General d. H. Hill contributes to the
Century paper on g The Battle of South
Mountain, or Boonsboro'n From it we
quote the closing paragraph: " If we had
10 be beaten it was better to be beaten by
former friends. Every true soldier loves to
have a foeman worthy of his STEEL Every
true man likes to attribute high qualities to
those who we're once friends, though now
alienated for a time. The temporary
estrangement cannot obliterate the recollec-
ton of noble traits of character Some one
attempted to condole with Tom Yearwood,
famous old South Carolina bully, upon
the beating given him by his own son.
Hush up, said old Tom. am glad that
no one but my own flesh and blood had
land in my drubbing.'
9 The sons of the South struck her many
aeayy blows. Farragut of Tennessee rose,
IS reward of merit, 10 the highest rank in
the Federal navy. A large number of his
associates were from the South. In the
Federal army there were of Southern blood
and lineage Generals Thomas, Sykes, Reno,
Newton, J. j. Reynolds Candy, Ord, Bran
nan, William Nelson, Crittenden, Blair, r.
W. johnson, L. j. Wood, N b. Buford,
Terrill, Graham, Davidson, Cooke, Alexan-
der, Getty, French, Fremont, Pope, Hunter.
Some of these doubtless served the South
better by the side they took, most of them
were fine officers, and some of them were
superb
'sThen the South mad three hundred
thousand of her sons in the Federal army in
more subordinate capacities. Her armies
surrendered when n Soutllein-born Presi-
dent and q Southern-born Vice-President
were at the head of the United States Gov
eminent. Surely we have the comfort of
old Tom Yearwood, and ii Is comfort
That the wounds of defeat and humiliation
have been SO soon healed has been owing
largely to this balm to MOI tilted pride.
The sting of shame to proud end sensitive
Frenchmen is thatcher magnificent capital
vas captured by, and their splendid armies
surrendered to, soldiers of an alien race and
religion, speaking different language, and
unlike themselves in manners and customs
and in all those characteristics which consti
tute their pride and their glory. On the
other hand, the civil wars in England have
left nc bitter memories behind them. Who
fought on the side of the White Rose or the
Red Rose? Who now knows or cares
whether they were for King Oh Parliament
for James III. or for William of Orange
Compare this forgetfulness of civil strife in
England with the bitterness which Ireland
still feels over her subjugs tion; compare II
with the fact that the Roman occupation Of
England for five hundred years made no i'm.
preston upon the language Of the natives
80 little intercourse was there between them
and their conquerors compare it with the
fact that for four hundred years after the
Norman conquest there was no fusion be-
tween the Norman and Saxon tongues. In
truth, all history teaches that the humilia-
ton of defeat by q foreign foe is felt for
ages, while that of defeat by the same race
is temporary and soon forgotten. The late
Civil War was relieved of very much of its
sectional character by the presence of SO
many Southerners Ia the Union armies
Therefore, it will be in tho United States M
in ell the unsectional civil wsrs of thu
worlds history in which race and religion
were not involved the waves of oblivion
will roll over tho bitter rccollections of the
strife. But we trust TINT fragrant forever
will be the deeds of heroism, patience, forti-
tude, self-denial, and consistency to principle
whether those deeds were performed by the
wearers of the blue Or the gray from their
res ctive standpoints of duty"