The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-22

ful sign of the times. Northern au.
diences applaud Southern courage
and heroism. and concede the patriot.
ism of the Confederate soldier;
Southern speakers pay tribute to
Northern courage, manhood and pa
triotism. The Southern man who
questions the manhood OF the North
is a fool and a slanderer Of his own
people. We did not surrender to
towards and poltroons, but to brave
and honorable men, to whom 1t was
no disgrace to surrender. Neither
did the North succeed in overcoming
a race Of towards. Let the fool who
says this explain how II was that 60O,-
900 Confederate soldiers held 1900. 900
Union soldiers at bay for four long
and bloody years.
While ! am a Southern man, de-
light TO do honor to the men who
wore the blue. They were the in
yading army and IT, OF course, takes
more men to invade than II does to
defend. am proud OF the record of
the South. There is nothing in that
record to cause our faces to blush
with shame; there are no circum-
stances about our surrender to fiji
our souls with humiliation. II there
was, this reconciliation would and
could not be complete and lasting
Neither side wants to fight the other
again. Every cause for separation
has been removed by the arbitra-
ment OF the sword. We differed like
men; we fought like men. There
were many bitter things connected
with the war, but such things are the
incidents of all wars. The South
knew the result of the war If she
failed; we have accepted the result
like men, and, by the eternal God.
we will live up to that result like
men. The South joins the North in
bowling to our flag and saying:
my ooNitu itdNtSs ldlT lTttuOU
flower,
Shall ever wave DER dome and
tower;
To all thy heavenly colors true
Through blackening frosts and
crimson dew
And God love us as we love thee,
Thrice sacred flower of liberty"
It was the flag of our fathers. It
has been consecrated by Southern
blood. 1t has been followed TO proud
victory in four foreign wars by
Southern men. 1t has never met with
serious defeat except at the hands
of Confederate soldiers, and the
hearts blood of the South is now
pledged to defend it against the com
bined world. Our differences have
been settled in a brave and manly
way, and no longer exist Today
the hope and prayer of the South IS
that as long as the summers sun
shall shine in the valleys of the
South, as long as the winters snow
shall fall on the mountains of the
North; as long as the English Ian
guage shall remain the tongue of
freedom, may this country be one
and indivisible, one in name, one in
sentiment and one in common and
glorious destiny!
The many noble qualities possess
ed by our beloved leader were dis
played in his life as a private citizen
as fully as they were in war and
craftsmanship. For more than a
quarter of a century the gaze of the
civilized world was centered on him.
Malice spent its force and criticism
exhausted all Of its shafts; but no
flaw was found in his character II
is now the testimony of friend and
foe alike that he lived an honorable
and consistent life. He was Sian
dered and traduced as no man has
ever been in this country, but he
never replied to his accusers. He re-
mained silent and trusted to time
and the intelligence and justice of
the American people to vindicate his
character. He did not trust in vain