The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-17
TuE TIMES-RTCHMOND VA. SUNDAY JUNE IL 1894

80 has ever been heard
Confeuerate .hat any brave anu "0 49,
TO complain "a las had his service 'nus
Ohi,.,t1sd in all things S,3 Grant and
LII The men VINO ioIi,I ee They sit
with the ne" q, congress-; they serve slde
side Dy si' ~ Cabinet; they nave repre-
Dy sl1e b. country and are repIesehtins
senteu ~" soreien diplomatic service Win
IL il hi h and loyalty which, as between
an an Two, cannot be distinguished tue JUG
from the Othef. e-s ..,ossto,, dIed upon
~ supreme bench of the United states
,,anr,antsd by his northern associates. IVY
irHnfederata soldiers sit there now. a sa'I
,-,'t Coufederate officer Is the civil heau
Of the American navy. All parties ayr
~ ne is making a good Secretary
u aa,,barn lad. and the son Of a Confed-
crate hero. has just graduated at the ne"u
~ his class at the Naval Academy: bo1n
the Naval Academy and the Nliitaty
academy are full of promising southerls
boys. who will presently bold posl'vn9 "a
command In the army anu navy - US. -
tlnguished and brilliant ConIeueIa'e VI
Ncer e. our Ambassador 10 france.
q,bere Is not a right e. ioyed by Massa-
cbneetts which is not enjoyed by Missls-
sinni There is not a star IN the hIIila
Ut If heaven which does not SHINE
e1Iallv upon Vermont ana leNas' nQl,
for the matter of that, star upon w
flag Of the Union that does mo- W has
same thing. What cause. thereiore naS
been LOST that we ought 10 maintain ana
that time will restore us? African s,aN
rvp Nonsense. No sane man woulu re-
call II If he could. -. coiorodo
The RIGHT OF secession? Let Coloraa2
try II, and gee how quick the sCuln WI.
vote with the northern men itn IA
10 whip her back. Surely, as lhdlNiuuti,'
we could not be better of II the CoiiIeu-
eracv had succeeded. end there are those
Who ttirk much worse. because W ~.
cess of the Corfederacy meant VI
vival In America of all the pr0cienl3
which hundreds Of years OF broii ana
hattie have left III settled IN Europe,
while the restoration Of the Union eHaDle'
us 10 take up the old sweet tale or n"i.
ker Hill and Yorktown, ana guISuS3 ~
under Gods blessing. TO inc eh "a "a scn,h
Oh no All the people. North ana oTuesi'
Stand ON common ground. II IS no lVnh,
er n huddle OF petty sovereigntles 49, ,. re-
bv sectional lines. but nation htiu -
steel. but by hearts and hands, NtlIn
mo dizzy eioquence Of unbalanced ulltlus
can nowise shake. whether they Pltao"
the fanaticism Of conquest or the ianat
icirm Of revenge. 1t is nauoii, uoui ~
tooothor bv a Constitution as reBnaht III
tbe south AS in the North, not a CON
fc1eracv hanging by rope or sahu' ue-
snised bv all who would escape or refuse
lis restraints. IL is a nation for al ulue
and AN men; and. instead Of seeking 10
Taise up a generation OF young Wpers
10 undo the good that God has done
instead Of seeking to make traitors OF
tho fair lads whom we are sending 10
Vest Point and Annapois-tne true
PREACHERS and the true women OF the
south yea. the very widows and daueh-
ters Of the Confederate dead. have been
aud are and will ever be found address
~, tfenselves TO the noble work Of rear
me the one set to be good American cciu-
IONS. the other set to be good soldiers
and sailors Of the Union with no other
thought or care for the future than mat
II NAV preserve our free fabric ana bless
o,ir dear land.-Louisyille COurler~Journa