The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-14


light and their shadow. Infinitely true is
It. "To bear IS 10 conquer
Never was constancy so perfect and
SO pure as that OF the people of the South
TO their warriors. For once gratitude 10
the past is not inspired by the hope of
fav0rs 20 come The mercenary motive
IS curiously absent The knee which
bends the heart which thrObs, is the
welcome OF respect TO the intrinsically
worthy-the UnbOught homage never truly
known, save by virtue in misfortune.
when like a queen. but like queen IN
exile, she counts the number Of her suit
ors by the poverty Of her reward. This
is the proud pathos Of defeat with honor.
Thus heroes conquer even in their fall.
So reign their ashes, dead, but scep-
tered
The Story's Purity.
It were sad indeed il no word could be
spoken i'm behalf of that "storys purity.
the Justification whereof is now removed
from the forum of arms to the bar Of
history and the scales Of time and truth.
The story Of the anti-slayery agitation
to-day is written for the world By the
enemies Of the South, ard truth is not al
ways the weapon of their choice. We are
the camp Of slaves. they are the camp OF
freedom. The victor is wont 20 have
which has been accepted 10y stole fate,
not by Cato's Justice That in the middle
of the nineteenth century there were
many opposed to slavery is certainly
no matter of surprise, and as little for
condemnation. 1t may seem, indeed,
slight Inconsistency that every one OF
the colonies which joined in the Deciara-
Of Independence was at the time n slave
holding colony. Nevertheless, it is the
s.l.l
spousibihty therefor, which differed In
degree with the differing utility thereof.
The issue between the North and the
South was not SO much an issue between
freedom and slavery. as the issue whether
those who had formed q federal compact
with slave-holding States, upon an agree
ment not to interfere with their slaves,
had any greater right TO do so chan they
had in the case Of Cuba and Brazil, with
whom they had no such compact. The
supreme issue was whether the United
States Government was one of such un-
limited authority that II could do what
it pleased. by giving fine names 20 USur-
patton as when the guest at a hotel COM
plains that the brand he wants has not
been brought the waiter before his eyes
rubs off the undesired label and puts on
the desired one The real issue was
whether under the fine name of general
welfare the whole power Of the Govern
ment could be perverted TO private well
fare, and whether, in Keeping with the
Federal compact under the fine name Of
freedom. Commonwealth could be eX-
tinguished So far as slavery was con-
cerned. a century hence history will
chiefly discover q race between the very
lightly and very heavily encountered. and
the great self-applause Of the former
that they were the first TO reach the goal
1t is not SO exact TO say that slavery
i'm the South was the cause Of the war
as to say that il afforded an opportunity
for the war. 1t is proper TO bear I'm mind
the abrupt revolution Of society, which
was demanded by those who would be
themselves unaffected by the revolution.
The FIRST book Of Justnian, which gives
us our definition of justice-justitia est
constants 1T perpetua voluntas JUS SUM
cIique trbuendi-gives also the deriva-
tiOn Of siaVery-serVi autem eX 60 APP
pellati stunt Quod imperatOres captivos
vendere, &c perhoc servare non occidere
solent; qui ctiam mancipia Gicti stunt, co
ouOa abhOstbus manu- capiuntur. a
strong man has his antagonist At his
mercy is able TO take the life of MIN;
rather than suffer him o. live antagonist
viii DO $50. Ia huWaniJys great inter
nrcine war; wherein survival is con-
quercd by DISCRIMINATING hostility root
and branch. the cOnquercr leads back the
the captive Of his spear. Their relations
are those Of victor and victim. The fact
of supremacy has been settled and, by
the rule of primitive war, one life is
forfeit 20 the other. When, then, the vic
tor did not Stay. but spared the victim
and suffered him % live. not as a rival
to be sure, but as subject to
retributively serve in return for the life
which had been donated. and was gra-
tuity, ii was the very charity of a re-
deeming Gospel, breaking through the
crust of 'old dispensauons,' of an eye
for an eye and a tooth FOR il tooth. tenn
pering with the hand OF mercy the iron
hand. 1t is not eNtrayagant 10 say that
this was the FIRST rcdceming sign in the !
storm and terrible joy Of war. The !
stronger included the weaker; the two |
We're co-operant, social, not dissocial. !
Their blows no longer rival, rang in |
unison, each sending the other farther. !
II was large concession to humanity, /
when Caesar at the battle of Pharsalia. |
granted permission to every man in his /
army 10 save one enemy. only the no. |
mad life existed until servitude existed. |
The mighty hunter had no accumulated !
spoil wherewith 90 feed dependents. out /
side OF this limited mutable camp. his |
hand was against every man. and every /
mans against him. No civilization could |
rpen I'm Inc saddle OF the BGdOuln. or |
under his restless tents. He neither |
plants or builds. That which to-day were
the incurable evil Of society, that il be
stationary in the beginning. was the one
anchor of hope; that the human group
should stay in one place long enough 10
catch the contagion of humanity. Prop
erty in the soil arose with property i'm
man. All progress, all empire, all Of the
law and all of the piety of the ancient
times, grew up around this centre Com
petition, as a motive force, is about CO.
eval with the impulses thrown into the
great worlds scales by the voyage of
Columbus. Voluntary cooperation has
lust begun. There was no permanent
property until there was permanent force.
lor continuous production until there was
;ervltude. This was the ineXOrable ne
.essity Of civilized life. Prior 10 IL man
.ann0t be said 20 have even lived by
read But by II man planted himself be-
lind the stone wall on which has grown
he moss Of ages and ceased himself 10
,e the rolling stone which gathers no
acrcase. He stood upon the ancient
yays and boundaries, and said TO the
nomad without: THUS far, and
% farther" The stability Of agriculture
anne for The first time when men could
q fastened 10 the soil. and forced 10
York IL; when unanimity OF labor had
cen acquired.
The army Of labor. like the army Of
attic. was first victorious when II poured
s. sinew and its fire from the iron energy
I a single we'll. II was the stakeholder.
I'd only the stakeholder who could take
p the fifth part OF the land Of Egypt
a Of 20.