The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-04-14

gagged That is the kind of sol1ier l
was. l told the other fellows to do the
6ghting. A great many of them stayed
at home, aud if had been as smart as
they were, l might have done the same.
Laughter
When the Confederate soldier and the
Union sodier--we called them Y anks"
in that day, and they called us John
nies"-met they were always friendly
General Coburn asked PERMISSION of
Geie al Cheatham and General Polk to
present me his sword for kindnesses
to him WHIT II he was prison.
er of war. l carried him from near
Franklin to Tnllahoma, Tenn aud that
sword was prest nted to me at Tulla-
homa. sent it home with the petition
that had, with the signatures Of Cen
erll Cheatham and General Polk, and
have it yet; land wht n Grierson made his
raid through my country and went by
my fathers house, my wife pie ented
that order to his Adjutant, and they
gave us a guard and protected the
house.
Another time a gentleman, who is
living yet, by the name of Captain
Brown, of the Seventh Illinois, and |
had little engagement. That Seventh
Illinois was the meanest regiment ever
saw, for it never wanted to quit fight
ing. [Laughter.l The Seventh Illinois
and the Second Iowa were the worst
men had to fight; but am glad when
] st e them alive today. When we meet,
we shake hands; we are the best of
friends, and Captain Brown of the Sew
enth illinois and l have kept up cor
respondence ever since the war. He is
living at Leon, Iowa, now; and if you
think am nottelling the facts you can
| call on him and prove it. AS | have
said, he is still living, and l hope he
will live hundred years, and that |
will live to see him dect n!ly buried.
Laughter
Now, gentleman, did not get up
here just to make you langh. | want
to tell you something that will not make
you laugh. Down in Mississippi where
live, when go home and go to my
bed to sleep and dream sweet dreams
of the hours l have spent here in the
Senate, L sleep with the sword of Dam
Ocles hanging over my head. We have
a problem to settle there that l want
you to help me settle. do not ask yOu
to agree with me, but ask you to talk
with me and listen to what | have t
say, and, in kindness and friendship,
want to see Mason and Dlxon's linz
obliterated from The map of the Unitet
. eates, and on it the words written"Ou
Country" Applause OH the floor ant
in the galleries
t am tired of sectiOnalism m. Co
, knows got enough of it lighting. l d.
t not want any more of 1t. do not wan
| to lie ir any speech in the nate or any
| where else that stirs up strife betweel
: the old soldiers or citize us who are no
: in the army.
do want to bring about peace. Ian
0 an old Confederate; you are old vetel
n ans, perhaps. We disagreed, and yo
8 were the victOrs; but we still think on
|. Generals were good menand our peopl
O were good people; and We do not di:
r. pute that yours we've just as good a
h ours. Our people down South are nc
t, quarreling over these things at all. w
r, have few blab-mouthed fellows tbs
n always want to make fuss, but the
are not even worth ''cussing.' Laugl
It ter. So will not use any invectivt
Q. against them. We have them dow
10 South; but they are not my sort, and
have got more influence with the pe
Il ple than they have. | talk with the
as [ talk to you. | tell them the trui
ie and the facts, and tell them we hay
K frie nds here, but they do not see thini
Sc as We do.
in We want you to think well of us, al
:, there is 10 use of calling us traitor
," They used to call George Washingtt
a rebel and atraitor, but we do not thif
so ourselves; and do not think any
20 us fellows were traitors, while we m;
have been rebels. do not deny ths
We thought we ought to fight for o.
! States, aud we disagreed just ona litt
ed sectionin the COnstitutiOn-ayery sm'
l thing to fight about, but we made
ot awful b & fuss when we got at
g. Laughter
Is Now, nobody can take away the q
do ries of either side. A man had as ".
m attempt to sca'e the ramparts of Jeh