Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-31

know one another and you will love
one anOtherT oh, yes, the return OF
the Confederate flags by the north was
n natural sequence to such patriotic
mattox treaty signed than the true
spirit of the north and the south started
in To obliterate sectional strife.
Lastly. I remark that the north gave
back the Confederate flags because the
two sections of our country, by travel
and INSTRUMENTATION, got acquaint-
eel and learned to know each other
The northerners Travelled south, and
they had taste Of southern hospitali-
ty, including the hot breads and the
johnnycakes. and they liked them. And
the southerners travelled north and
learned that there were chivalry aud
warm, loving hearts among the New
England SHOWS as well as among the
Georgia flowers. And n new genera
ton began to grow up which knew not
Joseph. The college boys of the north
would persist I'm falling In love with
the bright eyed maidens from the
south. The sons OF the old southern
brigadier generals would persist in at
lacking the firesides of their fathers
old enemies and carrying away the
northern girls as willing captives In
the old war called love. Cupid's darts
were flying everywhither until at last
the north awoke and said, "Why, those
southern boys are not born with horns
and cloven feet" And the southerners
began saying, "Why, those northerners
do love something besides the dollar"
Then the golden cords of affection be-
gan to ntwine themselves about north.
ern heart and southern heart until the
same blood by the cradle was being
pumped through the arteries of both.
Had the north known the south and
the south known the north in 1857 as
they do in 1907 there would have been
no civil war. That war for the most
part was caused by the ignorance Of
the different sections of each other.
The Confederate Flag.
Thus, brave men of the north and
brave men of the south, i'm the name
OF our reunited country before this APP
preaching Memorial day l salute you
You two classes of veterans have not
only proved to the world that YOU are
physical heroes, but greater than this
that you are moral and spiritual he
roes. You have not only proved to the
great wide world that you have cour-
age and backbone enough to fight, but
that you also have nobility of soul
enough TO forget and forgive past diff
fprnnRnS In hna n
for 364 days out of the year we only
want one dag. That flag must be the
stars and stripes. We want il waving
from every home and every school
house and every church and every leg
islative hall. 'But on the spring Memo
rial day we like to see the folds of the
old Confederate flag for n little while
wrapped about the folds of the stars
and stripes. which once battled with
it. That Confederate flag is the en-
blem of many Il heroic deed of the true
American heart, as the United States
flag is also the emblem of many true
heroic deed.
Oh. the bravery of the past when
the great armies of the north and the
south were I'm mortal conflict, Did not
the two armies then respect the bray
cry and nobility OF each other and bow
III reverence TO the heroism OF their
foes! 1T the siege of NickSbury. MAY
ID, 1868, the commanding general or.
dered the Ninety-ninth regiment of H.
linois volunteers To charge redoubt
occupied by the Second infantry OF
Texas. AS the northern regiment mov-
al To-. .,s.l a.
gave the commands: Boys. don't look
back. Keep your faces toward the en-
envy and charge" On and on went the
line. Under the whitening fire of the
enemy the northern regiment broke
and retreated. But the color bearer OF
that regiment, Thomas Higgins by
name, was leeter footed than the rest.
He carried high the flag in the charge
and moved straight on. He did not
know that his companions had turned
back. He kept his face toward the en-
envy. And there he was. one northern
soldier, with the old flag flying high
over his head, charging alone n thou
sand men In gray. Then there rose the
Try from the Confederate ranks: Don't
shoot him. Let the hero livei Don't
shoot! And SO Thomas Higgins, the
color bearer, carrying the old flag OF
the Union, moved on until at last the
Confederate soldiers opened their ranks
and swallowed him up and then sent
him back again free man.
IL the brave soldiers of old could be
so merciful to each other, can we not
be just as forgiving today? The north
erners have given back to the southern
states the Confederate flags. By that
symbol we say, 1.-The waf of 1861 has
forever passed away" But today let
us enter into another compact. Let the
south today bring out her old tattered
flags. Let the northern soldiers bring
out today again their old tattered flags.
And let the ragged folds Of these old
banners De wrapped about each other
as north and south clasp hands and
say: I'VE are brothers. We have the
same government We have the same
land. And as one nation we will al
ways live, blessing the common her
itage OF the brave deeds of the BOYS In
blue and the boys in gray" Thank
God for the day when the northern
states returned the Confederate flags
captured in battle. BY that act they
truly and forever captured the south
ern hearts in love- Yes, at last the
north and the south are truly united
and are one.
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