The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-10-04
Highest Of all in Leavenng Powes-Lates U. S Govt Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
four years before your guns.

AOul NSuio CNiOiN yOui SuLSs
Upon the bounty of the govern
ment he has forfeited his claims,
and against the consequences of
his own action he uttered no COM
plant. There were no pensions
for his disabled comrades or the
dependent families of those who
freely gave their lives for the cause
they had espoused. The govern.
ment could provide no Soldiers
Home for such as he-no beauti-
full National Cemetery, tastefully
arranged and scrupulously cared
for, where a grateful nation guards
the graves of those who fell in its
defence. He begrudges you no
benefit which the government has
bestowed on you ndyours. You,
as its defenders, earned it's graft
tude and favor, while he who
fought against you, incurred the
penalties of failure which he be-
comingly accepted.
Promptly he betook himself,
without repining, to the earnest
work of rehabilitation and restora-
tion. He has built up the waste
places in his section--has been the
friend of order and he has upheld
the Law. In matters religious, So
cial, political and material he has
been beuefactor and a power
for good. He has been the cham.
pion of progress and improvement
and has worn worthily all the
highest honors his people had the
power to confer. He feels tina,
his record as citizen in peace is
fit compliment to that he made
as soldier in war, and he is con
tent.
True as yourselves to the Uniol
$ now, he vet dearly loves the sum.
! land he lives in--tehderly cherish
, es the memories and traditions Q
> the South and is proud of her his
S tory and achievements of her nc
3. BILE men and women. His tattere
S banner and his sword have Dbee
r laid away forever but his arm
d record will al ways be his pride
= and Lee his ideal of a soldier and
II man. Such h S an
II such he must ever be, an
: as such he would meet you and co
le daily greet you as his trlen
q and fellow countrymen, wit
rs whom he has u common interest
II the greatness and glory Of our COT
u mon country.
, WORK OF RECONCILIATION.
!. Bearing his friendly messages,
a may be pnrdoncd "A brief reIeren
in to the part the Southern soldl
ut bore in the great work of reconcl
iatlon, which made possible
n. scene like this, in the lifetime
i'd the present generation. lie W
ch an ardent Southerner and HI
at been a secessionist, who after t
ir- great controversy had been. as
to said. "closed at the ballot be
lie closed by the arbitrament Of vi
le- and, above all, closed by the &C
in s,;tution,' was the first from
Of section to lit his voice in. paci
ice speech. when the fierce passlo
of kindl-d by the war had not
subdued.
On a notable occasion, with
whole nation for his audience,
nc thrilled the country; when IN t
an balls Of Congress-, he exclaln
ON from his heart: MY countrym
,o' u know one another and you
,i'e love one another. These W
,ne the words of that genius Of harm
e ea ny-the eloquent, sagaclous
ose ~ courageous Lamar, of Mlss'ssip
10, 1t is the pride and boast OF
ies State which furnished the cent
~ figure in the movement Tor Sc
10 rate Southern independence, t
ma ~ at a critical period in the era of
10 construction, it was hers to
ear the country great conserva'
IN statesman who won his way to
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