The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-08-16

laid waste their stock slaughtered, in
fact the property earned by life's pa
tient toll, disappear. We must conse-
quently make allowances, that neces
sary as it was in bringing the war to a
close in some way, those people who
have suffered will be pardoned for hav-
ing feelings some what different from
our own. We know that the people of
the north accuse the south with treat
ing prisoners of war barbarously at
Andersonville and other places of con-
finement. We again would allow any
who have suffered, their right of opin-
ion without questioning. We would
say the south was anxious at any time
during the war to exchange prisoners:
that provisions were so scarce, that
the confederate army was almost fam
ishing for food; medicine was in many
cases not to be had, clothing was ex-
ceedingly scarce. Under such condi-
tions one can imagine the suffering
and death that would naturally occur.
Thousands of the confederate soldiers
lay in unmarked graves, the causes in
many instances being the same.
Time has almost swept away the
leaders and the rank and file of the
respective armies; today however you
will find in almost all the small towns
of the south Grand Army posts; at
their meetings you will see the citizens
irrespective of sectional birth giving
the veterans the freedom of the town,
opening wide the doors of their homes.
We have seen the state encampment
of the G. A. r. in Texas for the year
1893 held at Dublin, Texas, small city
of two thousand inhabitants, COM
munity which has the largest Confeder-
ate Veterans Association of any in the
state, to say they were royalty enter
tanned by the whole community but
feebly expresses the reception.
To show that the issues of the wal
have long since been buried and forgot
ten, even in political circles; let us
glance at the election of United States
Senator in South Carolina in 1890
Wade Hampton the pride Of the south
ern confederacy was defeated by Irby
young man who had taken no part il
the rebellion, being child during the
= striving scenes of the sixties. In TeXa:
o we see Culberson young lawyer lead
3 ing by handsome majority the vener
:, able John II. Regan eX-Postmaster Gen
! eral of the confederacy and the only cab
. met officer who staid with his chic
:. until the last-until his capture, il
= the gubernatorial race. The soutl
- in no wise has lost one whit its rever
-. ence for these men, but has simply re
:. cognized the ISSUES of the war ar
l. passed forever.
+, In all the branches of trade you Wi
- find the north represented, and 80
: will fined we think society in Texas a
4 good as you will in Maine.
20 Sensational newspaper reports c
y lynchings and treatment OF negroes
4; the south have little truthful found;
~ IlOu. IO q HAL VI lCCSOIl, VIII WOul
= stop to think, it would clearly be seel
&c were the lives and liberties of thes
n people in SO much danger, an exodl
-. would be made No sir! the harde
N thing in the world to do is to get
al southern man or negro to leave DiXi
~ Hear the latter singing "My old cab
y, home" or Il would rather be nigg
W than poor white man." You thin
n and think justly, the happiest peop
tS in the world is the negro in the sout
- After mature consideration few mt
10 can be found today who will tradu
" one section of our country and m;
+o the All Wise ruler of the universe OPP
~ the eyes of these men and cleanse the
h1 hearts. TEXAS No. 2.