National Republican., 1886-02-20

TO unite with us in every proper effort 70 D'he'
The war has dcmorallzed and corrupted Our
people, north and south, to an alarming eN-
tent, AVID, in my judgment, the salvation OF our
country depends upon the publication o. our
government, national state, and local ThiSis IS
n most difficult undertaking, andit requires tue
combined wisdom and skill of our best states
man to accomplish the task We who wore
the blue have only feelings of Kindness ana
words of praise for those who wore the gray.
The hcrculeHn works of valor and gallantry
displayed by the ragged, sorc.foot, ,hali-icd
southern soldiers upon many Of the desperate
battle fields of the war has Justly won for them
the respect and admiration Of the civilized
world, and most assuredly we their brothers,
such deeds and Of such noble men.
All that we ask of those who wore
tic gray is to feel toward us. act toward
us as we feel and act toward them. Let US,
toldiers of the Union and confederate armies,
he friends.
These, Mr.. Chairman, are my sentiments
now, and / have ever been for cordially eX-
tending TO the ex.confederate soldiers all
rights and privileges guaranteed by law un-
der our government to all its citizens, but
when | know that my wounded and dis
abled comrades Of the Unlou army have
been dismissed from federal employment,
when | know that skillful mechanics and
hard.working laborers, those who have suf-
fered indescribable persecution on account
Of their loyalty and devotion to their
country, are shamefully prescribed and de-
pfivcd of the work they so much need to
enable them to obtain bread for their wives
and little ones-and all this under the gov
ernment they saved-in order that eX-con-
federates may be given the preference in
employment, | hang my head In sorrow and
ask myself, can IL be true that the Union
side was triumphant In the late WARP In
all fairness and candor, | submit to the
calm, the unpreiudiced Judgment of eX-
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in employment under the federal govern
ment disabled eX- Union soldiers and sailors,
being qualified, are entitled to the prefer
ence. 1t Is the law of the land, and the re-
peatcd declaration of almost every national
convention Of both the great political par
ties since the close Of the war
Mr.. Chairman, there are two classes in
my state, both Of which are dcspised aud
trnduced with malignity and ferocious-
ness which is indescribabe, and can not be
imagined by the intelligent and patriotic
people Of the north. | have the great honor
Of belonging to one of these classes. am
Nireinian who was loyal to my country
during the late war ] fought I'm the Union
army from Bull Run to AppomattoX.
This fact to-day in my state, more than
twenty years after the termination of the
war, is regarded as one of the most helnous
crimes against Virginia and NIrglnians, and
which will never be, l fear, forgotten or
forgiven; certainly not by the party which
at present dominates the state. The men
who fought the hardest, who did the most
for the destruction Of the Union, who yet
glory In the confederate cause, ana who Bit
tcrly hate those southern men who were
loyal to the Union during the war, are to-
day the heroes, the patriots, the leaders In
Virginia Of the Bourbon Democracy.
There is the other class which, II IT were
possible, are more despised than that TO
which ] belong. II is composed of en-
confederates, now numbering, | am happy
to say, more than $4,000 brave and true
men, those who have accepted the results
Of the war for the Union In good faith and
have identified themselves with the Repub-
lican party. They are most shamefully,
most cruelty denounced as "outcasts" and
'deserters,n and their alleged "treasOn" to
the confederate cause since the end Of the
war Is made more than odious. Proclama-
tions Of outlawry are issued against both
classes, and only few days ago one OF the
leading Democratic newspapers of the state
editonally announced that we deserved to
be lynched.
Mr.. Chairman, my position in this mat
ter shall not be misunderstood. lspeak
| plainly in order that there may be no mis-
construction or Misrepresentation OF my re-
| marks. | do not censure the people OF
| Virginia. The bourbon Democracy and
the people of Virginia are not,
thank God, one and the same. |
do censure, / do condemn that
lntolerant party at present ruling and ruin
| ing Virginia, because it believes In, teaches,
and puts into practice the horrible doctrine
Of hatred and ill-will toward every one who
dares to differ with It; because under its
baneful edicts many Of Nirginia's brightest
intellects, many Of her most removed
soldiers and distinguished citizens, many
of her most prosperous merchants and sue
cessful bankers, many of her most indus
trious mechanics and thrifty farmers -nC
matter how pure and honorable thei
character-since their Identification witt
the Repubhcan,party have been Shameful,
traduCGd, maliciously slandered willfulll
misrepresented, and most outrageousll
ostraci2ed; because 1t approves of the re
moval of honorable Union war inscription
at the Norfolk navy yard and elsewhere
while 1t labors hard to perpetuate th,
memory and deeds OF the confederate
cause; and because 1t bodily defends anC
upholds the violators Of the law giving tn,
preference to eX-Union soldiers and sailor
In employment under the general govern
ment.
Mr.. Chairman, unfortunately for tn
peace, happiness, and prosperity of tn
people of Virginia, and for the country
this bitter, unreconstruCted bourbon Dem
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monwealth; and, supported as 1t is by tn
power of the present Democratic admins
tration, 1t publicly boasts, through 1t
newspapers and its leaders, of the reCentl
acquired right to tear down Union war in
scriptions, and to dismiss from the Unitet
States government workshops honorabl
discharged Union soldiers and sailors.
fear that the loyal men of the nation will
when 1t is too late, realize the full eXten
OF the power and influence under the gov
eminent of this dangerous, this ost In
sidiOus, party, under the influences O
which old Virgina-the home of Washing
ton, jefferson, Henry, Madison, and Mon
roe-is surely, alas sadly, taking its pos
tion backward In the Union of states.
has driven from her borders thousands o
the hardy, industrious, and enterprisin
sons of the north and millions Of dollars o
capital.
Mr.. Brumm. VIII the gentleman permit
question?
!, Mr.. Brady Certainly.
Mr.. Brumm. / understand the gcntlema
TO say that certain memorials inscribed upo
the engine of the dry dock in the Norfol
navy yard had been removed. What wal
to know is whether that is the memoirs
that the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Boz
telle) stated here the other day had been r
, moved, and the removal OF which ! unde
stood the gentleman from Virginia ON
l Wise) to denyY
Mr.. Brady. 1t is the same, sir. l do NJ
think that will be denied.
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