The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-06-21
ARB THE ISSUES or THE WAR SET
TLEDs

HaAfAlAa OF TINS t1unEEI Alak one
would think there had never been q
war for the preservation Of the
Union, and that If there had been
the men who wore the gray were
not guilty Of treason, or anything Of
that kind-but simply we're mis-
guided. deluded, innocent heroes.
II has also become popular to speak
Of the repentant son Of Southland
- loving the flag with q vig0T not
possible for a son Of the NOrthland.
Any possible allusiOn 10 there being
still in the land unrepentant rebels
who are striving 10 regain what they
haev lost by the rebellion, is
stigmatized A. a waving Of the
bloody shirt. We hope these
patriots Of the new dispensation will
not pronounce us a relic Of the dead
past, or q lover Of gore. II we repub-
lish the following portion of the
speech delivered by General Brad
ley r. Johnson at the Confederate
Memorial ceremonies held in Balti-
more, a few days ago:
81 expect To live Ia see the time
when the cause OF the Confederates
will be looked upon ~ that Of true
constitutional liberty the world
over. When the records shall he
truly written and understood Of men
the world will learn that our fight
WAS for local self-gOvernment-t
same battle that Gladstone il fight
ing for the Iiish tO-day-which IL
making a new chapter in the history
of the world. II any feeling more
widespread to-day than respect for
RObt. =. Lee: At any time in the
past one hundred years, were there
greater veueratiOn and love for any
man than StOnewall jackson? Does
any story stir the English race
deeper than the death of Ashhy, who
fell, leading a charge, twenty-six
years ago to-day? How does the
world measure the exploits of the
daShing Jeb. stuart? The story of
such devotion to cause, uf high
manliness In fight, has touched the
heart Of all this world, aud this
feeling will grow stronger and more
universal as time goes on. Never
WAS the South making greater
strides in the material progress than
now. SIe il acquiring wealth and
power swiftly and surely. Material
prosperity II something great and
worthy of admiration, but there are
aspirations higher than mere nc
cumulatiou of wealth, a feeling
nohleT than the desire to get rich.
viii your new South produce such
men A. the history of the Common
wealth Of the past can point to?
show me Common wealth that
made such a record as Virginia, from
1876 to ls5j-frOm the day of Wash
ingtOn Ia that Of Robert T.. Lee-fOr
genius. for patriotism, brains, states
mauship, ideas Of which character
iZed the great men who came from
the old South. The work Of these
men will go down in history to pos
terity. 50 will the deeds Of the
soldier who followed the Confeder-
ate cause ia poverty, hunger, with
out pay and clothing, standing Ht
his post for four years at the risk of
his life, with no hope of reward or
promotion, no pension to look for
when he WAS manned, aud no dream
of land grant for his services. or
all the men Of that class-the steTl-
ing private sOldieT-let me put mine
ahead of all. II il impossible Tor
such men not 10 he honOred. I did
not believe the United States had a
right Co coeTce the southern people.
I said ! would fight il they tried to
do IL, aud did fight. ] would do
the same thing tomorrow, Rs God Is
NV witness. MANY of us might
have kept out of the war but we
didn't. The South il pro-
greEsing. She il not dead. These
old Confederate soldiers and their
descendants elect ninety out Of
one hundred congressman, thirty
four l.. \. Senators and the PTesi-
dent of the United States. Ap-
plsuse. The Government of the
United States il controlled by Con-
federate soldiers. lt is always the
case that when you get a position To
command respect, you get respect.
These old Confederate soldiers are
not idle Their work for twenty
six years in government, ia railroads
aud industrial enterprises Of all
sorts Is making itself felt all over
the land. ln lSU Texas will send
twenty-five men To Congress. The
anxiety will be then, not who can
carry New York i'm the election, hut
who can win la Texas. Applause.
"A Maryland man fought n naval
battle in Hampton Roads with a
Monitor that caused change i'm
naval warfare all over the world, and
there IL not a line iu the history of
q Ia HasHa al AL A nd
mau defended the harhor Of Mobile
such ~ 20 other ever did. hut he got
40 record for il. Every Confederate
soldier carries with him, chained to
hts heart n caskct OF his dead hopes
aud aspirations through his life, as
Douglas did the heart Of Bruce to
the Holy Land, To show his devotion
to the cause for which he fought II
the time should ever come, aud il
were necessary, there are ten thou
sand iu Maryland who would stand
for their cause ~ Douglas did for
Bruce.
~ have mo- sympathy with that
slush aud Seutimeutality that II al
WAYS gushing over To the other peO-
Pile. . won't do that. recall the
sentimentality exhibited by some
Just before the eightieth birthday of
Jefferson Davis, man who, Of all
Confederate, has beer singled out
by his enemies aud branded by
malice aud prejudice and kept from
him his rights. ! cannot forget
jefferson Davis. He il patient
statesman aud hero. He is re-
nowned for his patriotism. hope
he will go down To his grave with
the Acknowledgement his enemies
have put upon him, for ] am sure he
has no desire for IL To Ice otherwise,
and would never accept the right Of
suffrage except by unanimous con-
sent, uf which there is not the re-
moteSi hope.
nECENCY DEMANDED.
THE Wilson Echo. in an article on
the Judicial situation. has this say:
"If the Republicans Of Salins |
eaaH fha same outfit Ia run the Il