The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-31

rnE BLUE AND THE GRAZ.

No thoughtful man in his Memorial
6ss speech will confuse the idea Of the
Eias and the Gray by treating with equal
kanr those who upheld the flag
ani those Who 10 braveIy tried
IN upset il. The airs that
llox from the south are welcome when
tasy are laden with frsternal words spoken
tetxeen those who were once armed enc
Eaies. but while W would not question
cautiously tho sincerity Of these utter
anses, yet they are perverted from
their best purpose and Office for
Gos4 by those who do not perceive that
The great civil conflict was = war Of ideas.
il is in the line Of false and dangerous
po'lsical education when We suffer our
sessss to s~entimensally confuse the two
caczcs. and forget to teach Ii children that
willie We are glad our traditional English
courage suffered no shame on either side
dufsng the civil war, nevertheless our gal
liant foe was a desperate fighter for error
and a civilization whose corner stone was
. harbasic and despotic social system. We
need not oppose the personalities Of
Union and Confederate soldiers; We
need not pit yalor against vaior: for
there IL thrilling proof Of honorable equal
fly uf sacrifice and heroism. but there can
b. ao co-honor Of causes; no equality of
hags. for to = sane soldier Of the Union
there Il but n flag. bat one cause.
II . sweet and sound public opinion Il
beiEed by giving both hands With our
hsasss TO every peace-sseking, country
sustaining Confederate. why Is not that
same public opinion made sweeter
by stigmatisIng secession and state
supremacy heresics n mere polit-
ical malaria burnt out or smoked
by the battles Of the war. Grant and Lee
we're both gallant soldiers, but they were
NOT both right. q man may die a. heroicaliy
for error n for truth the impenitent thief
on the cross did that; but the man who dies
for sruth has clear moral perception a.
vel. N manhood. Courage 10 not q
passot Of nobility, nor martyrdom o
psoof Of morality or . test of truth.
TIE manly way to treat this
great quarrel 10 not the sentimental
a ~ poututIo ~ 0O 0i taA0 Ou
oaT mats; a Drawer fight was never made
or ii Is continent. But to take Off your
hat To a mans pluck Is one thing: to take
oil you hat 10 his principles Is quite
another. and Va have no patience with the
sie~sh Of fools who pledge each other out
OF 81 q skulls Of the Union aud Confederate
dess& until they forget what tho war was
fought about; what Il achieved. that must
anei shall he preserved in order to lift il
ahosa q mere blind, bloody. brutal blum
dsysag battle between the bull,es of both
sections.
Tie first speech spoken over our soldier
dea1, that of Lincoln a; Gettysburg. ex-
hoFss Us Ito take from the honored dead
tncfs aset. devotion 10 the cause for which
they here gave the last full measure of de-
vti's'n," and A g~entier spirit than Lincoln,
the late Phillips Brooks, said:
leland with a. much reverence A. any By the
graz of a man who laid down his life for q mis-
tax. aat | eaanos feel the same sense Of graft.
tGds which sniriascs me when | stand hy the
gfasas OF mea VITO lsia down their lives Tor
what Ne hacw today. As thea, is absolutely
fs4't We muss NO; Keep silence then Droa onr
wv shi'taNra Ns!s upon oar creed That tia.
vs. IL the nea ia onF war died Tor is the ever
lsses4s life 81 eur aatlon.
Aiti senator Eimands. a far colder
ms than L!neoin or Bishop Brooks, said
III siie same spirit III truthfulness in his
nGdsess at gettysburg:
1aiseFs such areteiilon was withou; a pseec-
seni er rsrs.lei In aay country at aas time. Ia
Ihe ~huBiaucu oE struggles agsiasi the con.tl.
taG@s saifosfsy os states and klns~. | am sure
hHr'f cen le found IA which the effort was "a
os'tthfes a soveEamsat devoted 81 isxfg'
is@fty. and TO aa5sd oue whose chief corner
s"9a sna whose soie reason 10 lie wss the
pTNA5fvstsea sad ms;atsnsare OF human
tcu44rS.