Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-03
best will be yictors in peace aud potent in
war.
THE HUMANITY or THE SOLDIERS AND GRANDEUR
or LIE nQEAT REruHLIc.

best will be yictors In peace and potent III
war.
THE HUMANITY or THE SOLDIERS AND GRANDEUR
or TIE CHEAT REPUBLIC.
We have fought many battes-yictory
sometimes 10 the one, then 10 the other. ms
war aud carnage and thunder had no terror
for us We rode upon the storm. and tbe
lightning was Of our sending. We have
beard The wild yell Of victory thai raised US
above the heavens. | have Fever seen, even
in The storm of battle, life taken when u
could be sayed-nor have you. | b1ye never
seen quarter deuied 10 the yanqu'shed. oven
when forfeited by the laws OF var. have
never seen q prisoner insu!ied or relif or
belD refused to the wounded have never
seen soldier with bread or water who would
not share IL with bis prisoner. have never
seen OF heard N any difference made between
the wounded. nor have you. Christian ch1ri-
tv, mercy, and humanity was everywhere
with the soldiers, and gave TO the
two armies more true glory than victory.
Brutality. cruelty. hate, revenge, had no
place among The soldiers Of the Two armies
Of the great republic. We suffered and Died
IN the prisons, North and South-as much 10
The one ne IN the other. Were the American
monte res ponsiole forit! No. Relief cameto
ne In prison IN thousands Of dollars IN food
and clothing from the humane associations
in the northern cities. Our enemies in war,
our friends In distress. The history OK the
world gives no parallel TO the humanity OF
the great war between the States Of the great
republic. No wr0nged women-no MUIR
dered citizens in our tracks. Tho his.
tory OF the world gives no parallel
10 the faithful devotion 10 our
laborlne cast to their masters, not an act OF
violence on their part in all our land, but
devotion to our families and tender care Of
our arcd and children. And this is answer
enough TO the SANDERS we have endured for
a century. A sufficient proof Of our
humanity 10 this weak and humble race.
taken by us from the lowest barharism and
cultivated in Christian lows The conflicts
among men have produced no more exalted
characters than Lee; no Drawer nor grandtr
hero than Jackson. The one representing The
chvsry Of YirGino, tue other the los
cabins OF her Trans-Allcgbany. No more
generous conqueror than Grant, no more
humane or CHRISTIAN a character than Lin
coin.
Great and noble people. how long Will yon
listen TO the Safans Of bate that coil around
the tree OF life tempting to crimel How long
will YOU give cOunttnance to those who keep
alive the passions of the conflicts OF the past,
burdening this generation with the dregs OF
a cupso bitter to u,? Did not The cause Of the
conflict begin with the republic? The re-
public has survived, wounded and maimed,
but living still, with lis fading stars
beginning 10 glow and burn again
Let us heal the wounds that liberty
msy suffer no wrong. II the conflict comes
in another form, then the republic must
perish and liberty take her fight, driven
from her affairs and her temples left to mould
in ruin, or to the dcbauch OF the pToiAne.
He who fans these embers, he who gives
these drugs to this generation, is The enemy
Of mau-tho assassin Of America. Let him
be accursed, and let another tlke bis place.
We have abundant cause for "charlty
towards all, malice towards none"
JONI :. SWAMI.
Charleston. ". Vu., May 6, 1888.