The new North-west., 1888-04-06

,od achieved our independence,
getnsl "e 20 had humbled the pride OF
.oke. ".t- pr;tain upon land as well a. upon
2. nsus s,s,n.nt which she had always cial'neu
'n.' ~ ovn neculiar empire, the n'gn seas'
was ..,,a- n.. wa had carried the nag OF tne
erea to the capital of Mexico anu n o'a 20 .he
tn wave in triumph over 'ne n"''' "
!" Tassthar We shared in the honor OF theso
.,or;ons achievements, Of these prouu n'o
s.s.. Tbev were therefore, our own cou"
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,..,,sehold. equal in courage, and aouo''ess
..,,, convinced, however mistake"'y' ~
~ ;,st;ce and righteousness OF tnelr cause
'"1 =. ,ras therefore not in spirit OF personal
s.o,,onal hostility or animosity that w.,
40 soldiers. warred with our o'e'n'en' ,e
.~o. - ossert and maintain the nat'ona' u.-
~ integrity and supremacy against '"o
lsre.v of the right of secession IL was ~
-aaaano tho wounded honor OF the lnsu''e"
r,s. 10 emblem. the standard of our COLE
mon government, that we arrayeo ou
AGAINST them in the grim panop'S u ""
Thev threw down the gauntlet anu "o 'ov
= nm with the firm belief that we were III .no
r;oht aud with the hope and the prayer 'n"'
the right should prevail: and the fien' ~"
prevail. - raoson
,,bera its champion was the c|ear-eyed mas
ter of logic and eloquence' ne VINO "A'
called by way of pre-eminence "tne OK
nouuder of the Constitution" the peerless'
the mighty Webster; and in this appear 10
the God of battles the Judgment OF the III
vine Arbiter, the Lord of Hosts, was for us
AGAIN. That Judgment the conscience
even of our then enemies and OF the clvlhzeo
world now acquiesces in and recognizes ''S
righteousness; and in relation 10 thls JUG
ment also the motto of the Grand Army an"
of the entire nation, both North ana Soutn'
will. we believe, ever be "Nett0 pest'9t0 re-
trors,,m" There shall be no steps backward,
and II is for this victory of the right and its
assured consequences and that we were the
agents, the instrumentality of that right, ana
not in a spirit of malevolent hostility or AMI
mostly, or malicious pride, rancor or SELL
plori6cation that we thus meet in triumph.
The South has no better friends than the
soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic
We look with anxious, hopeful eyes upon
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ever has been a part of our common country
| but we do not desire to see her clinging to
| old, worn out, stale and effete ideas, and es'
| pecially to that old heresy of the right OF
secession which has been almost the cause
| of her and the nations ruin.
| 1t is with Joy and pride and gladness that
we recognize the New South, arising upon
the charred and blackened ruins of the old,
| structure being erected in harmony with
the advancing spirit of the civilization and
| enlightenment of the age.
| We look with loving, anxious, tender so
licitude upon this New South arising like
| another Phoenix from her ashes and not like
the old, disfgured and entang1ed with the
those of half barbarous civilization, like
that Of medieval Europe, but free and un
| fettered she will soar aloft to look upon the
| sun of our modern civilization in his midday
splendor and soon to astonish the world witt
| the harmony of her proportions, with the
| beauty and the brilliancy of her adornmen
and with the swiftness, the glory and the
brightness of her rising.
This South is hand and heart with us il
loyalty and fidelity to the flag and the grea
and good Government which it represents
| Among its most enthusiastic leaders are
| some Of the bravest and best and yet who
| were the most bitter of our old antagonists
but who now see the error of their ways ant
the folly of clinging to old and effete idea
and false principles long ago cast off
sloughed by the progressive civilization o
our age. This South will not present to ou
view an unsightly and uugainly part of th'
national edifice, but the whole structure viii
stand forth before the world complete ant
entire in its unity, without any feature tt
mar Its beauty or the harmony and the sym
metry of Its proportions.
This South will vie with us in fervent love
and zeal for the white, crimson and star-li
folds of that banner, that emblem of invinci
BILE power and dominion to all who gather
beneath its powerful, generous protection
She would join in equal spirit with us to
night, in the expression Of the glowing, pa
triotic sentiments of that grand hymn to the
Union, which 1 cannot allow this opportun
ity to pass without calling to your admiring,
loving patriotic remembrance.
Thou, too, sail on, o Ship of State,
Sail on, o Union, strong and great;
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes offuture years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
We know what master laid thy keel,
What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope
What anvils rang, what hammers beat,
In what forge and what heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
"Tis of the wave, and not the rock;
IT'S but the Tapping of the sail,
And not rent made by the gale.
In spite Of rock End tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea;
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee;
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, oul
| tears,
Our faith, triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thee-are all with thee.