The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27

Southern Cenfederacy, was never brought to trial for treason against the nation?
 The compromises of the Federal Consu- tuition left 1t uncertain whether there was either citizenship or true sovereignty within the Federal Union except as citi- zenship in. or sovereignty of, partlcu- lar State.
 teenth Amendment to establish at once the paramount sovereignty of the States United and a citizenship of the United States apart from citizenship in any State.
 in 1861 1t was fairly debatabIe ground with the balance of technical authority in favor of the Davis view.
 It Is the written amendments to the Federal Constitution and the changes in the unwritten constitution which the war established, that really make the Cal foun-Davis theory of the Federal Union no longer tenable.
 It was slavery that made the doctrine )of State sovereignty and independence a necessary element of doubt at the forma- tion of the Federal Union under the con- stitution.
 It was slavery that made the right of secession one of which the Southern States were jealous.
 With the passing of slavery has come general acceptance of the results of the war and an acknowledgment of the new shibboleth that: "The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructi- ble Union of indestructible States"
 With my personal views upon the slav- cry question and my legal view that sov- ereignty always was in the States united and not in the States separately, l cannot but reject the right of 'Peaceable seces- sion" and rejoice that the United States remained a Union with all the powers and attributes of national sovereignty in national affairs; that citizenship has become citizenship of the United States men are entitled to the equal protec- ton of the laws"
 These views, however, do not blind me to the essential honesty, sincerity and nobility of character of Jefferson Davis, and I am glad that here, in the great metropolis of the North, it becomes my privilege, as a son of the South, to link the names of Davis and Lincoln as mar tyrs to duty and patriots of our country. Nor would there be more fitting time and place in this great city for us to reverently drink to the memory of these two men than at meeting of a camp of Confederate Veterans Here we can sorrow for the Host cause" and yet not regret that 1t was lost, now that the glories of our reunited country are made manifest on every hand.
 When we remember that but yesterday a Grant and a Lee were battling shoul- der to shoulder under the Union flag to free a sister people from national slav- cry, a fair daughter of the South so fondly wrote
 Take that banner down, 'tis weary; Round its staff 'tis dropping dreary; Furl it, hide 1t, let 1t rest;
 For there's not man to wave It. For there's not soul to lave 1t In the blood that heroes gave it. Furl it, hide it, let it rest. 'Furl that banner: true 'tis gory, But 'tis wreather around with gioFys And twill live in song and story Though its folds are. in the dust; For it's fame, on brightest pages Sung by poets, penned by sages- Shall go sounding down the ages Furl its folds though now we must "Furl that banner-softly, slowly; Furl 1t gently. 1t is holy,
 For 1t droops above the dead Touch 1t not, unfurl 1t never, Let it droop there. furled forever, For its peoples hopes are hed'
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