The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-03-31
JOHN IiIl Elf.k lfl1L3. AsIEIRlqlH


/ me perlOQ o. le4U-lSbo- Cay al
hOun, Webster, Benton, Houston.
Breckenridge, Douglas. Cass-these he
/ knew intimately Upon the southern
/ states he saw the war cloud burst
/ all Of this he saw and part Of this b
vas
He was with Jefferson Davis Al
| Montgomery and at Richmond. Re
saw the confederaey rise and ne saw
/ it fail. He met and ehatted with Lee
and Jackson and Stuart and Johnston
and Beauregard and Gordon He wore
the gray when Mcdowell was routed
at the first Manassas, and he was
wearing it when the great Lee, on that
April morning in 1865. said to the he
rOes Of the Army Of the Virginia:
Men: We have fought through
this war together I have done the
best / could for you Ny heart is toe
full TO say more"
The uniform Of gray was worn by
Reagan after that He still wore it
when, with Jefferson Davis, he started
on that fateful ride TO the southwark
fl ON Richmond
Through the period of TecOnstruc-
ton he passed. And he lived to re-
iO;ce that the men who plundered the
South in her poverty, oppressed her in
her weakness and Knocked at her in
her calamity were cast down In the
times Of depression, Of failure, of dis
cOuragement, he turned his face to
ward the morning, he looked to the
dawn Of a new and better day. Shout
der to shoulder he stood with the
great men who emancipated and re-
deemed the land he loved best OF all.
In a talk with 2 friend some time
before his death, Judge Reagan said:
Il am hoping to have time to write
little something on a subject very
near and dear to me. am not fighting
the war over again. God forbid that
should say one word to revive the
dying embers Of passion and prejudice |
What 1 would do and what I would
have all true sOuthrOns do is to pre-
serve the true, loyal spirit Of the con-
federacy and take a positive stand !
against the perversiOn Of the history
of the conflict and its causes.
1T is not for the past that I would !
fight, but for the future. It is not for |
ourselves but for our children. It is |
for them to perpetuate all that is |
noble and grand and manly in the his |
tory Of their fathers and forefathers |
and to keep ever in mind and bring to |
the eye Of all the world the history, !
the true history, Of the confederacy. |
and the causes, the real causes, which |
led up to the war between the states |
This passing Of the last Of the con-
federates" calls to mind the cabinet |
Of the South, its chief. Jefferson Davis, |
its vice president, Alexander H. Ste
phens. Robert ToOmbs of Georgia |
was secretary Of state; c. G. Mem !
minger Of South Carolina. secretary of |
the treasury; L P. Walker OF Ala /
bama, secretary Of war; s. r. Mallory
Of Florida, secretary Of the navy, and |
judah p Benjamin Of Louisiana. at /
torney general. The companion and |
peer Of such men as William l. Yam
cey, the morning star of session;
Benjamin II. Hill, R. Barnwell Rhett. |
James L. Orr, r. N. T. Hunter, Angus /
tus H. Garland and Louis T. Wigfan |
in the Senate, and Meredith P. Gentry, j
Roger A. Pryor and Thomas S. Bo-
cock in the House. his was a position 1
both enYiable and influential
II 1910 Jl0SE hGdSau was N the \
turmoil Of the Hayes and Tilden con-
test. and although he believed that the 4
latter was elected and the former seat
ed, he accepted the decision for him /
self and saw it accepted by the South /
with absolute loyalty and absolute self
control He witnessed ali the interest
ing political and social developments
that have made for progress in three
score years Throughout his long life
he conserved the boy into the man
and stood for honor, justice and truth
Pioneer, surveyor, lawyer, soldier,
legislator. jurist, statesman, patriot,
honest gentleman, John Henninger
Reagan, true to himself and false to
no man, leaves upon the scroll Of
fame q name which adds luster to the
glory of the cOuntry.-Henry Barrett
Chamberlin in Chicago RecOrd-Herald.