Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-04-13
LOYAL AMERICANS.

A county fair was held in Rich mond, Virginia, the 25th of March, and some 5000 visitors were pres ent. In one corner of the great pa vilion were many relics of the late civil war; the portraits of General Grant, Hooker Lee, Johnston, Sher- man, and many other great warriors that battled on opposite sides of the picket lines, and standing as guard around this precious gathering, were twenty union soldiers, and as the band of the 10th Virginia regi- ment struck up the invigorating and patriotic tune of Hail Columbia, a cheer ascended to the skies from the assembled thousands i'll honor and love of the flag of this republic, and when the sweet music died away, Major John B. Cline, man that fol- lowed the fortunes of General Lee, stepped to the platform erected, and delivered one of the grandest and most patriotic addresses ever listened to in this nation.
 Pointing to the beautifully deco rated oil painting of General Grant, Major Cline said: Brothers, we all love true soldier and noble man. That this great captain is both, every man that lives under southern skies can lovingly testify; brave in battle, gentle in victory, humane, but determined in everything touching a soldiers rights"
 We would like to have our Ari- zona republican contemporaries read this, and try and be just when speaking of the men who went down to defeat like gallant soldiers mid the roar of cannon.
 We copy the above from the Phe' nix Gazette, and can only add that if such patriotic sentiment were dis played more frequently by southern orators there would be less Haunt ing of the so-called "bloody shirt" in that section of the country which remained loyal to the union during the period from 1861 to 1865. Let the pictures of southern heroes adorn the platforms alongside of those of the heroes of the north, but let them be draped with the na- tional colors, the one and only flag of our country, and not with the emblem of treason and rebellion. Let orators extol the heroism, the valiant deeds performed by officers and soldiers of the south, on the battle field, with all the eloquence and fervor at their command, but let them refrain in their oratory from attempting to teach the pres ent generation of the south, as we'll as from trying to force it down the loyal people of the north that se- cession was right, and that might instead of right triumphed in the struggle between the two sections. Such occasions as are described in the above article are intended to unite and cement in closer bonds of friendship the two great sections of one great country. Such scenes as were enacted in different portion of the south last fall where confede- rate banners were used for decora- tions, and where the orators extolled the principles fought for, rather than the heroism of those engaged in the struggle, are calculated to create bitterness and unfriendly feelings between the two sections.
 The civil war closed nearly a quarter of century ago. The great masses of the two sections are satis- fled with the result, and there should be no feeling of bitterness between them. Republican orators and republican newspapers of the north who are accused by their democratic brethren of Haunting the bloody shirt" do so only on occasions when the loyalty and pa triotism of their section is insulted by demonstrations which should have ceased when the great general of the south, Robert E. Lee, gave up his sword to the brave and generous commander of the northern armies, U. s. Grant. The signs of the times are encouraging, from reports oi such a meeting as was held at Richmond, March 18th.