The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-12
GOOD READING.
GRADY ON INGALLS,.
The Eloquent Southerner Expresses his
Opinion Of Fiery South-hater.
ATLANTA Constitutional

TAtlanta constitutional
Let me say one word just here about !
the ovation to Mr.. Davis. | do not
hope that Senator ingalls, will COM
prehend its true meaning A man
shameless enough to SANDER his own
dead in partisan rage; vantlal enough
to write traitor on the tombo of McPher-
son, who first gave victory to the union
army; cowardly enough to dcnounce.
as an ally Of the enemy (while the
widow in her weeds sat almost in
sound of his voice. Hancock, the
superb, who, on the heights of
Gettsyburg, weltering in his blood,
saved the union cause-such a man
cannot understand, or understanding,
honor the devot ion that. twenty years
after defeat, is still constant and
un shaken.
But, let others know that from
Beauvoir to Atlanta, Mr.. Davis. rep
resenting cause that brought sacri-
flee and suffering and ended IN disas
ter, rode amid the unbroken shouts of
his people From ploughshare and
shock they came-from hut and man.
sion-from city and country site
thron2ing that they might look into
his face, or have him lay his hands on
the heads of their children, and bless
them.
For twenty years unexampled pros
perity had led the South to material
things; further and further did We
drift from memories fraught with ten
der and heroic lessons. A growing
generation driven carly to school and
shop had lost sight of the graves and
| monuments of its fathers. An old
man in his lonely home, poor and un-
! complaining, looked wonderingly on
his people, gone mad with trade but
bore in silence their neglect. At last
! he was called forth, and, trusting,
: came.
r Then the South "took day off,
/, and a manly, selfrespectir5 day it
: was. The most useful, as it was the
I most beautiful, day in her history.
4 Filled with love without disloyalty
4 with lob without rancor, smiling
: through a mist of tears--loving every
e soldier, and better that she loved hel
c soldiers SO, touching every grave IN
z America with the flowers that deckec
n her own, baptising her heart anew II
i water without bltterness--honorlne
c the union most in respecting himself
Y Never were we better Americans thar
n on that day.
i Never did our hearts beat truer t
: the Republican than when, gathering
:; together or broken sword, and tatteIeC
f.; flag, consecrated them anew in tn
er presence of our leader and our chill
II dren. No man who believes tha
J. steadfastness is better than inconsls
re fancy, that defeat hallows, as victor
e glorifies, cause honestly engaged ant
r. bravcly fought, can do better tha
is honoring the South in that, tw
re decades after her overthrow, gave t
le him who laid down her broken scep
lg tire grander and more heartfelt day
le than would have been his had he re
N turned fresh from the singing of a tr
Of umphal treaty of peace at Washing
It's ton.
Of What is it Mr.. ingalls, would have
t. Is it possible-amaZing, incredible
lis is it possible, that he would demane
tn as proof of our sincerity, that "
e. should denounce, or, in silence, he:
ng others denounce, our own people, IL
it ing or dead? Would he measure OF
r. LOYALTY to the union by our treachei
ell TO our comrades or our fathers
". Would he stop our widows as they
os- to honor their husbands graves,
he have us teach our children that Il
ess monuments that glorify our land fro
u.s. Virginia to Texas teach lesson f
if which they must look askance? Wou
of he have us come to our brothers, la
re- estraneed, holding out one hand
cir friendship, while the other faltered
is. the defence of their comrades? If S
ter he shall be disappointed.
Ity The South is back to the Union
lly perfect good faith, willing to bear h
1t part of its burdens, ready to work o
is her share of its glory and prosperi,
lie. she comes uncringing and fran
ds, Welding nothing of the love and re
to erence in which she holds those wi
nd fought her cause in field and forur
ase Were she craven enough to cor
lbs otherwise, she would be unworthy Il
ed, welcome of brave men. The Sou
ubt has accepted as final the results of t
we war. Not one man in ten thousand
wn her people would reverse those resu
less if they could. Every point at iss
our has been settled and the verdict il
ach bedded in our constitutional law. /
are South admits this. and is glad OF it.
all More than this, generous Eien col
xav not ask or brave men concede.
can the North she says, as brother
nbs brother, "We shall honor Davis
der you honor Grant; Jackson as I,
honor Hancock. We shall find c.