Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

countries Unfortunately, from the hrst
a difficulty as to prisoners arose, anu
later when the use Of negro ne srnops be-
came too difficult 10 be settled. The sui
ferinEs that were r-a,'rea ny
on both sides. while those unsolva1le
questions were discussed, can .. never ~ ~
Jusuneu. Undoubtedly the dlihcultles IN
the way of exchanging prisoners were
created by the North, and gave color 10
the charge that there was no o'sslre ~
the return q 4 nSoVed the return
of Southern men to their army. In iact'
General Grant IN a letter TO General bo1-
Ter, expressly so stated c,.,;,
lied warfare is indeed contradiction IN
terms. but taken as a whole perhaps tue
war itself was as free from extreme oal-
bari,y as could have been hoped LOT:
II the honor and honest, which dictaled
the terms offered by General Grant, sand
with such magnificent moral courage. ac,
cepted by General Lee at AppomattoX, mao
been recognized throughout the MILL,
possibly, with all its evils. many blessings
might have come to both sections as the
wars direct results. Without the sequei
the names Of Grant and Lee might LOT All
time have been linked together by the
whole people OF the re-unlted otdeee IA
ever grateful memory.
The noble purpose of General Lee IN
putting an end TO bloodshed, by laying
down his arms instead of scattering ms
army to wage desultory warfare. should
have allayed all bitterness OF feeling
and helping hands should have neen eA-
tended to the desolated South. The wise
and generous policy of General Grant IN
allowing the Southern private soldiers TO
keep their horses to do their spring pow
ing should have been followed every
where Sad and bitter as seemed the
enc to those who had struggled so nobly
for their cause little did they dream that
their sufferings had scarcely begun Ihey
could not have believed that the vlctors
who appeared so generous in the Eeio,
would have followed in such courses. that
written in Red Rock and Leopard
Spots" 1t is a happy augury for the tu-
tineuished son of Massachusetts as
Charles Francis Adams has fallen the
highest praise Of Robert +. Lee
SOUTHERN HERDS EXAMPLE,.
It would, indeed have been happy
fate for the country if the example OF
the Southern hero, after Appon11a..;;o 10y
which has secured for him Tor an tlnas
recognition. that makes him only second
in war second in peace, and second IN me
hearts of his countrymen had been follow
ed by the North and It's commander.
1t is difficult to SPEAK with caimness or or
moderation of the scenes enacted III , liz
check the wild orgy into which the con
trolling powers in the North mao rusn So
South. so plundered that an ths
ruins of tn. war appeared as nothing
North, reeking with corruption until the
records Of Credit Mopilier frauds and
black Friday tumults. made the people
doubt the integrity OF all. me 81 iio,s
scourge Of so-called reconstructalo1nl as
oIlscted BY the distorted brain of mad
deus Stevens, and the lniQultles OF tle
'.Freedmans' Bureau aroused not my
the South, but the North ltset, Ersn sn zee
war-Greely. Chase, Julian, the war Gov
enors Andrew of Massachusetts, ana
Curtin. OF Pennsylvania; and many
their OLD POLITICAL associates. Few gov
ernments have survived such evil In
7uences as eliminated in the great CRIME
Of 1876. when even the Will OF the peoPie'
was ruthelessly disregarded: The sac
story is now, l hope. nearing its end.
Slowly. but surely, the truth is being
recognized and puS;c s o ths2 pev e
nv the several States over their domes-
tic concerns.
am conscious that I have touched upon
much that is FUN as OF con con when ius,
tice Should be done to those, whose
views have been condemned by popular
clamor with no foundation Of reason.
To treat @ contest between the. peoples
Of two great sections of Continent as
an internal uprising or revolt against
constituted authority, is not only puer1le'
but grossly wrong. ..,
sides should be admitted and, the legiti-
mate results of the struggle should alone
be recognized.
I feel no sympathy with those VINO
would deny a place for this monument
on northern soil over the graves OF the
men whose memory it records. have
come here 10 unite with you IN admlra-
ton for the noble women Of the South.
who have borne their sufferngs and their
trials with such unfaiiing fortitude. and
who have sustained with an unddunter!
courage their husband and sons, their
and vicissitudes, not only during the
war itself, but in the long years of ad-
yersity that have followed it..
MY friends. as I stand with you and
look upon this rugged stone placed by
their tender hands as a typical memorial
were in vain. and to whom victory was
denied I can truly say l believe none
more worthy of imIJershable fame ever
died for their country than the men OF
the South from 1861 to 1863
They lie on many. battlefield, IN
Where are those on whose graves we
would place garlands to-day? Besides
those of Acadie.
IN the heart of the city they lie IN
known and unnoticed.
Daily the tides of life go ebbins and
flowing beside them
Thousands of throbbing hearts where
theirs are at rest and forever;
Thousands OF aching brains where theirs
no longer are busy:
Thousands of toiling hands where their 3
have ceased from their labors:
Thousands of weary feet where their 6
have completed their Journey
GEN. FlTZHUGH LEE.