The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-08
The American Union.
VAI.oR IN WAR. FREEDOM, FRATERNITY
AND PROSPERITY IN PEACE.

AND PROSPERITY IN PEACE.
In nothing was this war greater than
in that it led race into freedom, and
brought those whom we had conquered
i'll the struggle into the full enjoyment of
a restored citizenship, and shared again
with them the responsibilities and duties
of a restored government.-India
June S0th, 1888.
1t is no time now to use the apothe-
cary's scales to weigh the rewards of men
who saved the country.-Indianapo
August LIST, 1888.
We send to the South the assurance
hat we desire the stream of their pros
perity shall flow bank-full. We would
lay upon their people no burdens that we
would not willingly bear ourselves.
indianapolis, July 10Th, 1888.
know of no higher honor in this
world than to be called 'comrade" by
the survivors of those who saved the
Union,-CanOn City, Col, May 18th,
1891.
am glad that the Confederate soldier,
confessing that defeat which has brought
him blessings that would have been i'm
possible otherwise, has been taken again
into full participation in the administra
ton of the Government; that no penal
ties, limitations or other infections rest
upon him. have taken and can always
take the hand of brave Confederate SOL
der with confidence and respect. l
would put him under one yoke only, and
that is the yoke that the victors in that
struggle bore when they went home and
laid off their unforms-the yoke of the
law and the obligation always to obey it.
Upon that platform, without distinction
between the victors and the vanquished,
we enter together upon possibilities as
people that we cannot overestimate.
Memphis, Tenn, April 18th, 1891.
There have been two conquests-one
with arms, the other with the gentle in
fence of peace-and the last is greater
than the first. The first is only great
as it made way for that which followed;
and now, one again in our devotion to
the Constitution and the laws; one again
in the determination that the question
of the severance of the Federal relations
of these States shall never again be
raised, we have started together upon a
career of prosperity and development
that has as yet given only the signs OF
what is to me.-ChattanoOga, Tenn,
April 18th, 1891.
1 have supreme regard for the honor
of the Nation, profound respect for the
Constitution, and most sincere desire
to meet the just expectations of my fell
low citizens. | am not one of those who
believe that the good of any class can be
permanently and largely attained except
upon lines which promote the good of
all our people. We have a common heri.
tage. The Confederate soldier has full
honorable and ungrudged participation
in ali the benfits of great and just Gov
eminent. | do not doubt to-day that
these would be among the readiest of
our population to follow the old flag if it
should be asSailed from any quarter.
johnson City, Tenn, April 18th,
1891.
am glad that the common consent OF
all our people, without any regard to
past differences, we have once and for
ever struck hands upon the proposition
that from the Lakes to the Gulf, from
the st. Lawrence to the Bay of Califor-
MIA, there shall be one flag and one Con
stitution.-Greenboro, Tenn. April 14th
1891.
We are one people absolutely. We
follow not men, but institutions. We
are happy in the fact that though mel
may live or die, come or COVE still haYC
that toward which the American either
turns with confidence and veneration-
IllS SIedI uhlOh VI Cllo OCdVos ueNiSeu d
happily by our fathers. bakersfield
Cal, April 25th, 1891.
We cannot be too careful that all oul
influence is on the side Of good govern
ment and of American interests. We d.
not wish i'll to any other Nation or PEG
pie in the world, but they must excuse
us if we regard our own fellow citizen
as having the highest claim on our re
gard.-Modesto, Cal, April 18th, 1891.
Our legislation shoule be as broad a
our territory, should not be for classes
but should be always in the interest o
our people.-Pendleton, Oregon, Ma
7th, 1891.