The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-28

United States. | do not believe wore
or dec'i Of any Confederate soldie: cat
be produced to contravene this asSer
on, nor can any act be distor:: d intt
a contradiction of il.
The surrender of our arms did moi
carry with it a surrender of our man
hood as American citizens, nor destroy
our love for the heritage OF popular gov
ernment derived from our f&thers.
The only questions that were at issue,
aud settled, SO far as the guage Of t*l'
tie Gao settle any thing, were: Firsi,
that the primary allegian'.e of the cit
zen is due 10 the Federal rather than
the Stale Government; second, that So
ccssion was not the practicable and
proper remed'' for evils complain lof;
and third, that slavery was at al end
the latter resulting as a measure and
means of war, and not as matter 7of
constitutional right or law.
We accept in good faith all three as
final and binding upon us for all Une,
but we concede nothing more, and II"
patriotic, fair. minded man would d =
mand more. This concession is not 10
be accompanied by trucking, humil-
lat ng self-accusation and selfabasc-
ME 1T, and no true Confederate soldier
will walk with mien less erect or Wi!
less self-respect because of the part he
played in that trying Conflict. He W II
not degrade himself by crawling on his
belly or eating dirt in the presence OF
h S laie an:dgonis., or cr,nging With
hypocritical humility at the foot of SUI,
cessful pow er, nor be awed into the
denial or Abandonment Of his birth
right by the aggressions and denuncia-
tions of braggar,s and bummers.
I thank God and our fai countrywo-
men that so few Confederate soldiers
have fallen by the way, so few who
worship at the shrine of power and lick
the rod that continues to smite and
vilify them. A frank and conscienti
GUS difference of opinion among men of
either or all sides I honor and respect.
The foundation and perpetuity of those
institutions we hold so dear rests upon
catholicity and federation of differences,
but that course of conduct which de-
grades the race, and willingly and vol
unfairly submits TO insult and indig-
nifty for self-seel;ing gain, notoliety,
selfagra ldiHement OF revenge emascu-
lates the man who pursues it and units
him for The enjoyment ofindependent,
self-res; ;lecting American citizenship,
or The cou1tenance of honorable men.
Loyalty and fidelity 10 our pledges of
allegiance to the Federal Union WI
not be strengthened by betrayal o:
honest con1 .ctions and principles, Of
the false p:etenc :; of insince?e gush.
The clldid assertion Of our belief in
the ~hteausness iof a.,i 90 90 IL
tcgrlty of our conduct is not 1ncons:
tent with our duly as law-abiding ciil-
Gems of the new union, but ra,her
badge Of good fath and honest pur-
pose.
There IS nothinS in the pat o. which
a y brave, concientious Confederate
need be ashamed, and nothing in the
present or cntu which should deter
him from sanding by his record and
maintaining The dignity Of his own
manhood. All faii-minded men ofthe
North respect him The more for il. 1t
IS our right and p! 'vilege, [ might say
duty, to m It in these reunions, e1l-
brace each other in he bonds of a
cordial comradeship, provide, according
to our meaos, for the old and disabled
of our surviving comrades, yejoi in
the splendid military achievements of
Sou,h soldiers and render homage
to the gallantry and proves of our
former antagonists: 70 Glorify the hero
ism of oui dead and erect monuments
10 Their memories. Who can gaineay
th S right? Who will deny ,his sacred
privilege? 1t appears there are some
who would insult our dead by refusing
a monument 10 their imperishable
valor on be spot where it was eXhi-
bitrd.
This recalls to ME an incident that
occurred not long since in Northern
State, which it may not be inappropri-
ale TO mention in this connection. I
confe, s it panied me to learn of such a
wicked and disingenuous split III The
hearts any civilized men in this period
Of advanced enlightenment. I do not
advert TO it now, my friends, with a
view Of disturbing the even tenor and
pleasure of this occasion, but rather as
warming TO us in the future, and
hence,ss think it may app opriately be
said in this presence. Nor do Ire;er to
it for the purpose of provoking resent
ment and indignation in your he, rts
anG minds, but to invo:.e your pity and
commiseration for the authors of such
abhorenj sentiments.
I cut from a newspaper Of recent
publication the following:
"At a meeting Of the Abe Patterson
Post, No IS, G. a. R., on Wednesday
night, as we are told by the New York
Times, 'the Oldest and hitherto the
most cons crvative branch of the Grand
Army in Allegheny :, ity,' unanimously
adopted the following resolutions:
"Where&s, the survivors of the Cd.
Ma :yland Rebel regiment have erected
on the ba ,tlefield of Gettysburg, with
il four feet of the monument erect< d
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