The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-27

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noes AID IRE hopes - mankind oe &C.
s-roys3 forever II must be admitted IE2t
there was g-sst force u ne i1e2 Is Fca
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Now these differing views o. tne IA
ture Of cur constitutional C5io1 were de-
zsaY@d il every form FOR three generations.
ard we're as far from being settled upon
= SOLID and satisfactory basis a. TIE end
as a, the beginning. An appeal was made
20 arms. and the great question Wn3ea
was never settled by argument. was set
tied OF tae battlefield here AZ Gettysburg,
ard elsewhere duying tae foar years o,
strife. We who belong 20 the defeated sec
tion recognize the decision, and I reach
out the light hand tonight and stand with
you upon .as doctrine taat this is an in
dissolgtle Inion Of indestrUctoie states.
Such seems 10 have been the VIII Of thai
divine Providence who rules tie oeSunies
% nations as Of Teu-
We Southern people bowed to X. be-
lisving Il TO be the viii Of heaven. Ne
6l1 this when We were defeated / well
remember how. al Appomattox. great
many Of the Gid. 5ronzad soldiers around
about me when the surrender took place.
fell down upon their faces and wept aloud
ike children FOR long time. saying: Is
IL possible that after ali We have done,
and after all re have suffered. this IS the
end. hopeless defeat at LAST But / OBJ
served. after d while. many arose and
dried their tears and said: Well. We not
only surrender 70 the superior power %
Gen. Grant but We surrender 20 God Al
mighty i. could not have been the will
% heaven that this country should be
divided and the will Of the Lord is done.
We bow subnissively and humoly TO taat
decree. We know He is too good 10 Dc
takes. Ard I tell you, my friends, that
we Southern people reconciied ourselves 20
the issue much sooner than you believed.
We did IL because-les me say 10 you
that with all our faults, We are uncor-
Yupted in one thing-we believe in the
Bible; we believe ln the old-fasaloned Cos
pei: we believe in divine Providence. and.
proud as we may be, we bow 20 Him as
The all wise ruler I have sometimes
thought that We got into a good hunOg
over the results OF the war sooner than
you did because many Of you seemed 10 De
angry for good while because it took you
Sc long Ard let NE not forget 20 add that
the knowledge Of the kindness Of heart 81
Abraham Lincoln. who bore Us no malice
and the rnagnsnirnity OF Gen. Grant, who
imposed no hamiiiating terms at our sur
render have done more than all ot1er hu.
man agencies to reconcile the South 10 the
triumph OF the cause OF which they were
the leaders. So true II is that, after all.
love is the mightiest power on earth.
Il speak 10 YOU tonight as soldier
who. perhaps. saw as much Of the war
as any one and feit as much and suf-
tered as much. / am one % SIX broth
ers who went 20 the front at the begin
mig Of the war. Most OF rs were at the
frst battle OF Bull Run, and four were
slain In battle during the war. The TWO
Of MS who survivei-aud who still survive.
thank God-were az Appomattox and saw
the flag that we had followed go Down for
ever. To give you an illustration OF the
spirit and feeling Of Southern men con-
corning the war. hope may be pardoned
for abiding 10 my own a.her whose sons
were all In the Confederate army. He d.d
not desire 10 see the Union divided-was
not secesslon!st: but when the Confed-
eracy was formed he felt that X was his
duty 10 go with his state ard stand BY
cur flag. As one after another OF his
sons went down IN battle and he heard
the sad news he bore * Ike the phIioso-
pher and Christian that ne was and all
r,a sons that might have sons 10 give 20
NY country
- thank God that. u the conflict had
20 come. II came III our day and no; In
the DAYS OF our children; that II is passed
and we are united again. join you in
felicitations over our restored Union and
the greatness Of our country and the pros
poets for free government IN the future.
One country. ore people one flag with No
more cause Tor division Thank God the
war al not end until African slavery was
abolished ani the great problem was SOW
ei and the Gordlan knot was cut by the
sword whirh We were pulling 70 see how
n mite before The war begun. and could
not see.
One more word Sal as war IS deem
i. = happy circtr1stancs that the war
which * now going on has al least Zone
one good thing. y has shown the people
- The United States that they are ,r11ly
united: tasf .hev are all brothers again
and the ola fag - fhe ra4 Of rs Al. one
reason why ! was in favor ~ this war
w.s because tHe SpsnisrIs were - cruelty
treating 'hr wnrTer and children. - they
haa confined their oppression . ren we
might have stood = III: when Pc heard #
;heir penntnF III ar1 starving hundreds -
thousands - helpless women ani children
our manhood ard orr Nhivs'-v rsheiIei
against he horror. and we listenad to
what Seemed lsk@ ire voice or heaven say
t~r - 20 tha- No are mr. 'nrotherr keepAr
ana that we shoti'5 Av TO the rezc3le n.
Fhese our helpless relghbors W. VII
irIve rom this hemisphere TIE Sra0iards
who for SO years have shown orly tvran-
" cruelty ana -a0acitv here TIE one
coed ming tnst she has done y .ha las.
urwit'inEiy IS - show us sht wa are
brothers again "-Watertown. \. y Times
Thr order of Golden Fleece.
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