The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-10-31
HONESTLY EXPRESSED.
ANOTHER BOSTON PAPER WRITES ABOUT
THE SOUTH.
Its Utterances in Striking Contrast
With Those of the Evening Trans
script, Recently Published.-A Fra
ternal Greeting From a Manly
Source-Broad in its Patriotism,
= and Kind in Expression.

script, Recently Published.-A Fra
ternaI Greeting From a Manly
Source-Broad in its Patriotism,
7 and Kind in Expression.
Wilmington Messenger
Below we publish an extraordinary
prticle which appeared as an editorial
FIN the Boston (Mass.) Bn4g<t, of Sep
kember 29th, under the head of "The
Viewer South" Its spirit is in most
riking contrast with the usual opin-
ms to be found in Northern newspa
ers. This particular editorial is
road in its patriotism, most kind in
Expression, and very generous in ap-
bleciation. The tone is frank, manly,
cordial. If all the Northern newSpa-
Ipers, and particularly those of New
England and the West, would emulate
he example set by the Bu4gef and
would recognize the South at its real
herit and the cause it espoused in the
most gigantic war of the century,
there would be an incomparably better
feelng between the South aud North,
I'D the asperi,ies and examinations
suld soon disappear among all sorts
bid conditions of men never to return.
hA words of the Bn4get are the
>rds of friend and brother, and do
eat credit to the intelligence, man
bod, and generosity of the writer.
says nothing that is not absolutely
E.
The South has acted upon the prin-
sPle for nearly quarter Of century
bit it was a part Of the American
hion, and that its States were so
"a bny Commonwealth of the United
4ates, and that the American flag
6kas its flag and the honor of the
Union was its honor and to be de-
Tended and upheld. The brave men
the heroes of unsurpassed courage and
fortitude under the vicissitudes Of war
and the calamities that followed de-
feat-are the men to stand by their
honor always and to be faithful to
every pledge. They no more doubted
the integrity and justice and constitu-
tional right of the great cause they so
ardently espoused and for which they
periled all, than did the noblest Of the
men of the North who fought against
them under the flag of their country.
The mec who survive, and their chill
| dren who are informed, still unre-
servedly and most sincerely hold that
prior to the war the States had full,
complete constitutional right to with
draw from the compact. 1t was this
belief, the result If study, of reflection,
of conviction, that led the few millions
of whites to enter upon the course the
South pursued. But holding this with
the tenacity becoming an intelligent
heroic and sincere people, they are
equally sincere in accepting all the
issues of the war, and are ready at any
cost to uphold the Union of States
to preserve civil and religious libert,
on these shores, to stamp out any at
tempt by usurper or oligarchy or any
combination that seeks to overthrow
the government that professedly is o
the people and by the people and fo
the people. The article in question
is as follows:
Last week the eyes of the natior
were turned towards the battleields o
Chicamauga and Chattanooga and t.
the exposition grounds in Atlanta
Thought had no difficulty in traversin.
the distance between these representa-
tive cities of the South; and many
minds have given expression to th'
hopes which the almost simultaneou
celebrations in these two places calle'
forth. The disposition of the press t.
establish connection between tn
opening of the Exposition and the ded
ication of the National Military par
was surely justified and appropriate
But why should so many papers gras
the opportunity to enforce the lesso
that now that the Civil war is over W
. should view with unpreiudiced opin
ions the position which the South oe
, cupied during that unfortunate quarre
There have been continual refer
ences to the healing of the breech bt
tween the North and the South,
l breech that grew out of difference
e that were but thinly veiled in the Cor
= stitution, and which hazarded tn
Y life of the Union. In speech 6
r Chattanooga the Governor of Vernon
even went so far as to insist on tn
present generation in the South teacf
> ing their children that in the blood
strife of thirty years ago they wer
in the wrong, that the North onl
}, was in the right; and that the n
II suit was only the provident!al ou
e come Of right and justice. 1t is nt
e unnatural that these words, con
v ing as they did from a Northerner
v high official standing, should have pr
. voked some resentment. But whe
:. the Southerners were promptly assure
% by men like our own Governo: Greer
halge that such opinions were IL
g prevalent in the North, the little clol
h passed away, and the festival of eel
J. bration passed on to its end wltho
d another unpleasant feature.
= Yet these words of Vermont's Go
ernor, did express, as we all know, tt
opinions of not a few rabid and unge
:, erous Northerners. There is a diffe
y ence between the people of the Nor
'e and those of the South; but the fat
l. is ours. Since the soldiers of the Co
J. federacy were overthrown in that dc
lis perate conflict, not because they lack
,e courage and faith in their cause: b
r. because of diminished supplies al
IS numbers, the people and the press
~ the North have boastfully and persi
- emily continued to patronize the
Whether or not the South was in t
wrong is not question for US now
an discuss. The fact remains that tn