The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-21
GORDON OBJECTED.
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evidence of personal loyalty. What a
scene this was, my countrymen, here stood
side by side the grand representative of
the Cavaliers and the splendid tyle of the
Puritans facing a new tpcch in the his
tory Of the saved nation. In this hour,
big with events, the Puritan and Cava-
Her were merged into a new product of
our soil, the one representative type of
the future within our Union, the Ameri-
can Christian citizen. Tines curtain then
dropped down TO shut out from view the
carnage of war, blood ceased to flow, and
only the me mories OF the dread strife re-
manned. Peace. sweet peace came to bless
all homes and gladden. all hearts within
the circle of our Union.
Happy Reconciliation.
IT am proud to say on this glad day
that as a whole and under all the condi-
tons in a broad view. the South has nobly
kept the bond made at Lees surrender.
The reconciliation has been as complete
as it has been glorious in the happy circle
of our redeemed Union. The bravest are
the tenderest, and the heroic are the dar-
ing in ell battles of war or peace, and
the stately and heroic Lee and his able
generals, as a whole, fully accepted the
bond of blood and at once entered upon
the era of peace worthy in a citizenship,
surcharged with the sentiments OF lasting
peace and concord. But ii remained I'M
der God for the Spanish American war to
come to bring into line, side by side with
the sons of veterans of the North and the
sons of veterans of the South, marching
TO the music of the Union, under the Stars
and Stripes, and commanded by former
wearers of the Gray and Blue, TO bring
forth full concord between old foes and
Amer
lean patriotism.
Some Irritating Memoirs.
IT am aware that both in the South and
in the North there linger irritating mem
cries over the great war. IT is not strange
that this should be so; it would be strange
indeed IL il were otherwise under all the
remarkable circumstances surrounding the
mighty conflict and victory There is
some misunderstanding, no doubt, even
vet, both in the North and
in the South, over the conditions and pro-
prieties which the surrender made bind
ing upon all The South fought under
their Stars and Bars, and the principles
these stood for, with a herosm unsur-
passed In battle record, and when they laid
down their arms in surrender, all they
fought for went with their silenced guns
I'm an unques tionable settlement and de-
cisLou Of all the issues involved. The
Confederacy passed into history as a pas
and gone effort 10 found new nation
on American soil. ard its furled fias
should have no place in public view or
parade henceforth. Old things have in
deed passed away with us, and the neY
promises OF present and future growth in
all that makes nation happy and free
as well as wise and truly great, should
be as the pearl OF great price" to every
soul in our dear land l do not like to
hear the term Rebels and Traitors
applied now to the former foes OF our ma.
ton, for II seems to me that men who
volunteered to face death in the hell oil
battle did all that honest men could do tc
prove their loyalty to principles and duty
as they saw from their point OF view
duty and principle. When they yielded L
the fate OF war and accepted the new des
tiny of The nation. they stood upon a com
mon plane OF American citizenship. fest
Of our flesh, bone of our bone and Ameri
cans all. And do not believe we should