Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-09
SECRETARY DICKINSON ON
SOUTn'S INVASION on NORTH

Rising to the toast "The Invasion
Of the North by the south the see
rectary prefaccd his remarks with a
protest against the custom 81 south
crners IN the north, affirming In pub
lie gatherings their loyalty to the Uni
ted States.
The time has come said the seere-
tary when there Is not only no good
ground for, but conclusive reason
against, giving especial emphasis, as
s"outhcrners to such declarations. by
implication they suggest a doubt
where none should exist. They do not
reflect a true appreciation of the spirit
Of the day We do not need to con-
vince ourselves that the south with
practical unanimity win sustain u
country in any time of storm or stress.
II there are any southern men who
feel otherwisef they are too inconse-
q%uential to exert any appreciable in
fluence.
II have in mind an invasion entirely
peaceable ana conquests that are civ
ic. When the canny Scot was incor-
porated into the Kingdom of Great
Britain against his viii, he got his
inning by moving into the enemy's
country and accommodating himself
to the new and inevitable order of
things. There was never Il deeper
hate than that which the Scots cher
ished for England, but in time they
became a bulwark of strength to
Great Britain and achieved and main
tanned a leadership which has been
one of the main sources of her great
ness
Using that as a parallel the speak
eT dWclt upon the Impoverished con-
dition Of the south Immediately fol-
lowing the war and then preceded to
trace the invasion of northern fields
by southern men and women.
The tide once set in did not sub
side when the causes that first gave il
impulse ceased to act the speaker
continued. I'm All tn" largo progress
sive cities Of the north, southern men
are a forceful part OF the business.
professional and social life and this Is
especially true of the bounding com
mercial ccnters of the middle and eX-
IRENE west. Their names are not OBJ
scurc. The reputation of many is in
ternational.
Il have sometimes thought that the
men of the south wrongcd her by
leaving her in her poverty, and seek
ing new and happier surroundings and
greater opportunities. and that in this
the south suffered a great loss, But
there is "a wider vision that shows
there was compensation. The achieve
ments of southern men in the north.
while rcdounding To n happiness OF
successful individuals have wrought
in q far more significant way for the
welfare Of the country.
1T is generally accepted that the
civil war was a contest between pco-
pie of northern blood ON one side
and people of southern blood on the
other. This is a great error. We are
slow 10 look beyond generalities To- tho
essential truth. The civil war WIS a .
between the states. but as to the
participants It was purely q local
question. There were seventeen brig
generals. four major generals
and N lieutenant general In the
southern army Who Wer, born IN the
states. OF course. seven
born In the state Of New York.
of tho first five. who were full gen
erals of the Confederate army. Coop
er who was the ranking officer. was
born In New York. ana Albert sidney
Johnston was Of "a Connecticut faith
er and a Massachusetts mother. kir-
by Smith the last general D sur
rendered was Of New England par
Eighty of the graduates OF
West Point who entered the Confed-
Army. were born in b non-se-
states.
but there was reciprocity on our
part. Kentucky brought forth the
figure of the epoch. Abraham
Lincoln. Virginia gave birth to Thorn
AS. the roc of Chicamauga. n Ten
produced Farragut. D. great
Est OF the admirals. The commanding
officers of twelve Of Farraguts %
ships az the battle Of New orleans
were born Ia slave holding states. Ear
in the war the commanding officer
II the northern army was q Nirginian
and the ranking officer Of the south