The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-04

experience in the great war of rebel
lion.
AS in the battle so now. Death is M
respecter of persons or rank. The
great leveller calls for his victim:
from the field and staff rs we'll as from
the rank and file. OF the great lead
ers who here won immortal fame how
few are left! Their passing away is O.
the every day. Indeed
"The air is full of farewels to our dying,
And MORNINGS for our dead"
In the hearts and minds of those
who are left their names are enshrlnet
and a grateful country will ever keel
their memories green.
PERFECT PEACE-GoOD WILL.
The new era we, survivors of thos
troublous times are here to greet i
that of perfect peace and genuine goot
will. The period of distrust, the tim
of suspicion has passed away. W.
who fought to save the nation eve
recognized the indomitable courag
and puissant valor Of those who sougn
to break assunder the Union OF States
Long ago, while condemning tn
false teaching that led to the belle
that allegiance was to the state, w
appreciated how deep abiding was tn
honest conviction of those, who taugh
in a different school from us, made un
told sacrifices for the cause the.
espoused.. -
Forgetting nothing of the past-th
cruel blow at nationality, the unhallow
ed attack upon the flag-with all tn
sad results of weeping and wounds, o
desolation and death, we have forglv
en- everything. =,
Full citizenship, with all of honor
of governing power and controlling
rights. that the term imports, ha
been accorded to all who participated
or lent aid and comfort to the enemie
of the Union.
GLORIOUS TRINITY OF RESULTS
WORTH THE COST OF TREASURE
AND BLOOD.
Happy is the glorious trinity of re
suits-the saving of the nations life
the extinction of the curse of SLAYER.
and the establishment of the equalit.
of all men before the law-we bellev
them worth even the cost OF treasure
and of blood and have no room 10
malice or ill-will. We join in tn
sentiment of our great chleftaln-
Ulyses S. Grant-"let US have peace,
remembering also that the generou
Conquerror at AppamattoX said o
and for himself, and for US who served
under him, 1--WE are not ready t,
apologize for our part in the war
and are content that the result of tn
arbitrament and the pages of tn
truthful history have shown that we
who fought to save, were forever rlgh
and they, who fought to destroy, Wer
eternally wrong.
EQUAL vALOR-MUTUAL RESPECT.
As the victors and the 'vanquishet
have recognized equal courage ant
equal powers of endurance there ha
come mutual respect. Through tn
throes and labor of reconstruction
with the contact of peoples, the inter
change of commerce, the common
interests of the different parts of tn
national whole, the dovetaillng O
states through the construction OF tn
iron highways Of trade and the mutua
contribution of the capital needed 10
the development of the new South, ha
come peaceful, contented reconciliation
The Years that gather wisdom an
experience to all, long ago taught tn
lesson, even to those who fought for ii
that the cause for which the.
struggled and suffered was better los
than won.
Ard now rancor and hate is gone
The Unionist and the Secessionist, tn
the Federal and the Rebel, the Yam
kee and the Johnnie, meet to rejoice u
the existence of nation, not Confed
eracy.
We glory in the fact that we hav
the proudest dignity and highest ran
that can come to appreciative man
that of American citizenship. Hail
the epoch of concord. All hail! tn
era of fraternity.
THE LIKE OF WHICH NOT RECoRDE'
IN HISTORY.
Tomorrow's sun, rising on the ann
versary of the first day Of Chickamau
"a, will witness scene the like Q
which has no record in history. b
the bounty of a generous government
supplemented by the eaction of apprecia
tive states and blythe voluntary contr
buttons of men who fought on eithe
side, great battlefield has been restol
ed. The eX-federal and the ex-confeC
crate soldier will 60 hand in hand an
recount to each other the story of th
struggle for Chattanooga. The line
of both contending armies are correc
ly shown by enduring monuments an
lasting tablets.
The skill of the artist and the geniu
of the architect has been supplements
by the deft constructive power of th
artisan.
The combat OF arms has become th
rivalry III taste. A generous conte.
has succeeded the grapple of deatt
dealing foes. Destruction has give
way to preservation. Emulation SUI
ceeds detractlon.
We are told that thirty-four veal
after the BATTLE Of Waterloo it We
necessary to cover with many coats {
color the walls of the chateau (
Hougomont, held so valiantly by th
English against the repeated attach
of the French, because of the scu
rilous and insulting sentences write
upon them by the survivors of til
battle. A generation had served b,
to intensity the mutually of hatred
the two peoples.
The visitor to Brussels who visi
the field of Waterloo, tempted so to {
by the we'll known story of the fall
Napoleon and the fame of Wellington
meets with grevious disappointment
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