Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-07-04
A NOBLE TRIBUTE
. TO A NOBLE MAN

D., formerly OF beAi"o eli
Mauntclair. N. j., in April last. Dr. M
Juntin had peen called as pastor 10 in
this New jersey church about twelve il
Years ago, and how be had lived among O.
$3.50 81 Northern synpathies is well 8.
49, pa in the memorial address which n
.,.a delivered on the occasion OF his b
funeral by the Rev. Amory d. Brad, a
,ana A more beautiful and earnest
tr;bute by one man to another was d
hardly ever rendered. One passage t
will especially strike the hearts oi
Son,bern reople. DR.. Bradford said
CHE came to this Northern town.
ouite largely settled by New England
&C and their descendante,swho repre-
oented the most extreme Northern SEN
timent He came before the echos OF
The civil war had entirely died away
NJ come as one who had been soldier
IN tho Confederate army, a Shareholder,
friend of Robert e. Lee end broth
or-;n-law Of Stonewal Jackson. lie
nover obtruded lis pat, never IN the
y olivbtest npologized Tor it, and, when
i ever an opportunity came, mani'iiy'
: | Int never offens yely defended 1t. WIN
y tbe result that he compelled US all 10
(. y respect his position. He helped us 10
0; GOO that there were Other great political
ps aud social prime pie, for which he ana
Il his friends fought beside the psrpelua-
he ton of slavery, and thai those prihc'-
v nIes were as dear to them as ours to u.s.
Of He actually helped us, who were IN
rs ms tensely loyal to the principles ter when
he he tho Union armies had contended IN the
Iy civil war, to see that in the South we're
Of those as brave, as loyal to truth' as
to to they understood it; as willing to d'e,o
de- their convictions as any at the Nortn'
gld He made us houor the sincerity oil those
so whom he represented.
the THAT W. a remarkable achievement
for He never once lowered his own nag
six was always loyal TO his friends; frankly
9Th accented the results Of the civil war a
the the verdict Of Almighty God; live'
said among as without apology and with9u
reoi controversy, and went away from u
mis-. last Monday morning with the unquail
S y oi fed respect and unbourded admira'io
the of every unselfsh patriot in the com
oC 9Ss munity. If there is any truth IN u
atsd nroverd He that fuleth his own spIr
crib il greater than he that taketh city
his Mace must be high in the rolls
rus rus the saints of the earth.
Is Of az q descendant Of long line
tate New England Puritans, an abolition,
said Of abolitonists, esteem it enc OF L
many any greatest privil ges of my lille to be pc
m TT to mitted to offer this unworthy but 81
ed on cere and heartfelt tribute to this bra
Law Of courteous, Christian gen!l oman fr'
,nt Virginia"
- What a powerful recitation oil siai
or mon the South and its people
given in the life of this ChrlS.i0n -
d fled Ter How much do those OF The 30
hall Of who never had the opportunity OF nall
on re- ling with The Northern people owe
by re- sncn one as Dr.. Junkir, the IA
hat is ramoyal of hatred and prejudice WI
In. in the last few years we have seen .
away. We wish to think Dr. ID
ford for his tribute, and to say to
that with such a man as he repres
inc the North, and vi h such ma
"a Dr. Junkin repl esenting the South
perpetuation Of animosity and Di
n SIS would be impossible.
The principal ground OF the ann N
ty which tie North bore to the ;
Us was utter ignorance of the chaiact
our people and a wild and lana
s,5on anu hatred Of slavery. The Nor'n l.
mes and ginning to find out what name
lard Inn I'M men the Southern people were, au
views on the negro question have ii
I' gone material changes
The resentment OF the South
- due principally to the cruel treat
imposed upon Us after the war D
reconstruction acts, and to the
that our sincerest and most ca
pledges were d'strusted and reject
When we said we would quit
ing and come back to oui plac
citizens of the Union and do out
duty as such, We were called II
and treated as such to the extr
limit that tie radical Republican
ed to go.