The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-22


face" by voting to refuse his a
the universal courtesy of a secon6
reading and reference to com nittee
Mr.. Daniel said that if the ques
ton were one OF courtesy
or Gf discourtesy to the SEN
ator who had introduced the bill
there would be no doubt in his
mind as to how he should vote. He
felt incapable of offering discourtf sy
to any senator, and certainly he
should go very far not to DO so
toward one VINO had been inspired
by such magnanimou5 and gener
Gus sentiment as that which ;he
senator from New Hampshire had
exhibited. But 20 public question
could ever be settled by the ques-
ton Of courtesy. The question be
fore the senate was the proprietv Of
consideration of the bill. If it had
gone to the committee in due
course, without vote or comment,
no one would have felt that there
WAS anything improper in il, but
since q question had been made
upon it, that question had t. ba
met. and he trusted that no c0nlel-
crate in the senate would dodge that
question, although doubtless his
emotion might incline him to do SO.
Ii he (DanieD could with propIje.v
decline to vote on the question. be
would do so, because, in his ild9-
ment, it did not become a con!edrr
ate soldier to ask the United States
government for any peculiar right
Or privilege. The confederate snI>
dier had boldly laid down the
gauntlet of war and when he came
out of the war he had contempt tor
but two classes of men engaged in il.
first, those who made apologies, and
second, those who demanded them.
Questions Of the great internatiAnal
strife and Of great social con-
f1icts never descended to per,
sonaities, but We're goveri.-
ed by the great PHILOSOPHERS
of human existence. He hai no
| doubt that the senator from ! W
Hampshire had introduced the bill
in a spirit of benevolence, kindness
and generosity, but it had not been
called for by any confederate nor
had it grown out OF the demands Of
public sentiment. The wise legj5-
uuon III the world was gen,Is
ally that which had pubilc
opinion behind it. There had
been ~ wide debate about it
either north or south. The senator
from New Hampshire stated tn
he originated The bil aNd he lDan-
ieIJ ventured to believe thAt its or
pin was entirely confined to Inc ia
bricationS Of the senator's uHn
mind. While he had gr, ut RESPECT
for that senator, he could not feel
that in this instance he b ar had
acted wisely or i'll consonauce witu
ths pahiic spirit Of the country.
All that the confederate sOIdj-r
asked from the Un:.ed States was
that lie should stand r4ual bafor,
its laws and should have q tair 2p.
poriunity 10 work ont his own So
v.,tinn He would venture to sav
tt'eit NitNtV W tAo iICI ~ Wv !! vi LlstliI-
LEI from the Potomac to the Ii
Gran lie where a confederate soldier
WAS - b seen in rags and tatterS rr
begging his bread on the STREET
th~re was not palace Or 4 hu'
whore a confederate soldier was :.,t
always welcome and an honoycl
gust. There was not danger i
any ho orable and true man. how
ever humble he might be or how
ever small lis fortune, dying on he
road side because no good Samari,vn
would come hyto lend Lim hei@lE1
band. All that the conird"rsios
desired was hot special privileges,
but to be respected in their rig"tS
of American citizenship. which they
had assumed knowingly and intca~
tiOnally and which they intended
to abide by God helping them) III
such manner that no man cou'd
Justly lift against them the finger Of
scOrn or apply to them an insulting
cpithet
Mr.. HawieY expressed himself as
personally grateful to the Senator
from Nirginie (DanieD for his man
lv and statesmanlike speech. There
had been nothing so diSagreeab!e in
connection with the bill as its in
PRODUCTION by the Senator from New
Ha npshire. and if the bill had been
referred 20 the committee without
notice, he should not have ca1ed
about the question being raised,
preferriug TO wait for the report of
the committee. But the point had
been made and there was no props
osition in the bili which could not
ne Just as we'll understood and
acted on now as if there were IL long
report from a committee upon it.
| He thought the bill was fundamen-
tally mist Ike He not only d 5
claimed any feeling of hatred
wards those who had been comtru
crates, but he would moi do amy
thing to bar their progress or dis
qualify Or dishonor thet1. T,
generous and manly conf der
ate soldier knew as well as any OF
them that the issue had heel
Joined before the greatest tribunal
of the world on question involving
the very foundation OF republican
government; that it had been
fought out as great armies of brave
men alone could fight; that somc~
body won; that some tuudamcnta
theory Of the constitution won, and
that the result had proved that it
was cause, an unconstitutional
and wicked war. That had ncen
recorded by the surrender at AppoA
nattox. But should he therefore act
ungenerously toward any person on
the other side? God forbid. Should
lie Try to bar his progress? Not at
all. Should he object to meeting
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