Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-08

friends though now alienated for nm M.
The temporary estrangement can not obllt.
crate the recollection of noble traits OF
character. Some one attempted to condole
with Tom Yearwood, n famous old South
Carolina bully, upon the beating given hlm
by bis own SON Hush upr said old ION.
Il am glad that no one but my own flesh
and blood had hand in my drnbbing.'
"The sons of the South struck her many
heavy blows Farragut, of Tennessee,
rose, as a reward of merit, to the highest
rank in the Federal navy. Alarge number
of bis associates were from the South. In
the Federal army there wore of Southern
blood and lineage Generals Thomas, SYKES,
Reno, Newton, J.J. Reynolds, Candy, Ord,
Brannan, William Nelson, Crittenden,
Blair, r. w. johnson. T. j. Wood, N. Is.
Buford, Terrill, Graham, Davidson, Cooke,
Alexander, Getty, French, Fremont Pope;
Hunter. Some of these doubtless served
the South better by the side they took, but
most of them were fine officers, and some
of them were superb.
| 'vThen the South had three hundred thou
sand of her sons in the Federal army in
more subordinate capacities. Her armies
surrendered when Southern-born Presi-
dent and Southern born Vice President
were ut the head of the United States Gov
eminent. Surely We have the comfort of
old Tom Yearwood, and it IS comfort.
That the wounds Of defeat and humiliation
have been so soon healed has been owing
largely to this balm to mortified pride. The
sting of shame to proud and sensitive
lFrenchmen is that their magnificent capital
was captured by, and their splendid armies
surrendered to, soldiers of an alien race
and religion, speaking different language,
and unlike themselves i'll manners and
customs, and in all those characteristics
which constitute their pride and their glory.
On the other hand, the civil wars in Eng
land have left no bitter memories behind
them. Who now knows or cares whether
his ancestors fought on the side of the
White Rose or the Red Rose? Who
for King or Parliament; for james II. or
for William of Orange? Compare this for
getfulness of civil strife in England
with the bitterness which Ireland still feels
over her subjugation; compare it with the
fact that the Roman occupation Of Eng
land for five hundred years made no i'm
preston upon the language of the natives,
SO 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 defeate by 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 in the Union
armies. Therefore, it will be in the
United States as in all the unsectional
civil wars of the worlds history in which
race and religion were not involved-the
waves of oblivion will roll over the bitter
recollections Of the strife. But we trust that
fragrant forever will be the deeds of hero
ism, patience, fortitude, self-denial, and
consistency to principle; whether those deeds
were performed by the wearers of the blue
Or the gray from their respective stand
points of DUTY"