Evening journal., 1903-05-29
WAR AND PEACE.

WAN AND PEACE.
In his great speech before the New
1ngland Society number OF years aro
be lamented Henry w. Grady said:
4 am glad the omniscient God held
DE balance OF battle in his Almighty
iand' and that the American
'nion was saved from tie wreck Of
VAR" This is the keynote of our re,on-
iliation and the idea which made II
= ssible for sectional bitterness to pe
bliterated in less than forty years after
he most gigantic struggle OF modern
lines. Tomorrow the people of this
country, from ocean to ocean, and from
|ulf to gulf viii pay loving tribute
b their soldier dead. and there is an
.nnnite pathos in the celebration. "A
FESTIVAL Of the dead the Grand Army
'itnal calls It, but its observance and
r. significance are for the living.
Strange to say, the signs Of a peace
|hat was to be enduring were shown in
Pie midst Of the conflict Of war. There
'sas passion and prejudice, but the
sQldiers OF the sMol armies could not
bring themselves To- hate each other.
sIardtack and coffee were traded for
.0bacco, and frequently the fact that
Ine side had nothing to exchange did
5ot prevent the other from swapping
IS treasures for mero goodwill When
&rant magnanimously told Lee that
Us men could take their horses home
4ih them, as they would be needed for
&pring plowing, II was something more
#pan generosity shown TO a foe--it was
81 prcphesy. 1t told OF peace, when agri-
&rIture should displace war. and his
Interpretation was accepted. 1t was a
arlng thing for Grant to do, and had
DC not been regarded as the saviour Of
Pc country he would probably have
teen condemned by an inhamed public
.entiment. But that one act Of hui
Inanity did more to convince the South
"a Northern magnanimity than the
ombined voice Of pulpit and press.
81 The participants in that conflict were
be first to determine TO bury its ami
aosities. A sentimental friendship
BON after the close OF the war spranl
p between Johnnie Reb. and th'
nion soldier. Sometime since
Northern man was visiting Rlchmorj
te had occasion 10 call on a business
nan. and in the course Of conversation
hey learned that during the war the
al been officers on opposite sides il
|naliy an. engagement. Each exhibite,
is wounds4 then said the souther
man In your travels throughout IN
south II you meet man who refuse
ou any courtesy. set it down that
ffas not Confederate soldier. bu
.nly camp follower"
81 Grants heart-cry. Let us hay
eace." thrilled the Nation when
vaa uttered. but it has now lost il
orce. for the peace he craved is a rs
lity. When he had compelled Buck
Der to accept his terms of 'uncond
I6nal surrender" and he found th'
,onmander in dire straits. he force
,irn 10 accept a loan from his priva
gurse. Buckner did not forget. an
ss me day, years afterward, when he WI
raveling in the South he read in
newspaper that Grant and Ward h;
allied. and that his old foe and frieI
fas embarrassed. this was his oppo
unity for the only revenge the old SC
j Iier knew. He bought a ticket for Ne
( ~ ork and never rested till he had thru
|= 900 into Grants reluctant han'
<vhen a few years later they bore
Dody OF the great Northern command
d Riverside Park it was Buckner W
pllowec to pay the last tribue Of !
beet.
W The war taught us many lessons a
btnong these was that OF the fallibii
~ human judgment When the &C
qict was raging the eloquent you
Watterson delighted to hurl his da
f sarcasm at Lincoln. yet with adm
khls generosity, watterson came TO