Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-08-10
Reflects Sentiments Of HUTthsrAers.


Sharpe Williams psrbo;led ard 4
roasted to pretty finish Hepburn. (
of Idaho, uttered sentiments that rc- /
feet the mind Of the decent North. (
ern man. We take the following 1
from the Congressional Record:
Mr.. President. I rise for toe pur-
pose Of making a few observations /
before voting upon the motion Of /
the Senator from Mississippi IMr. !
Williams] to amend the resolution. |
Il have been in public life in this I
capitol for nearly IL years. during
which time I have served with many |
men who fought in the Rebellion
against this Government. During
all that time. Mr.. President. some
of which was spent as a member Of
the COMMITTEES on Pensions. I have
never known southern soldier who
fought on the side Of the Confed-
eracY to object to a pension for
worthy Union soldier. The most
eloquent plea ! ever heard for a
widows pension was mide by the
former Senator from Kentucky. Mr..
McCresrY. southern soldier. be-
mind committee doors. where il was
not for public effect have seen
the soldiers of the South come to
our rescue again and again on this
floor when pensions for our Union
veterans of the North wereinvolved.
You on the other side arc asked
to forget the war. forge, what you
suffered. Why. Mr.. President. I
would desPise southern man who
would ever forget the loyalty and
the bravery and the daring and the
heroism and the sacrifices their pso-
pie made in a cause they believed
to DC right. That is part of the his
tory OF our country. written by the
sword and attested by the gallantrv
OF our own countrymen on every
battlefield in the South.
I think. sir. it is httle less ehan
shameful for this side of the Cham
Der to undertake at this late day to
D distinguish between applicants, en-.
: ployeess who have been faithful and
who now ask for a mere pittance, be
cause of the issues of the war. Ions
since embalmed in sacred memory
which stirred the world by its brav.
cry and its hsroism and It's darine
D on both sides of the line as il wa,
never stirred before.
] No. Mr.. President. I can no
= find il in my heart to object to III,
y request of the Senator's upoA tn,
= other side of the Chamber that thi
: old colored man shall DC pensioned
as it were. by beiRg retained in hi
y obscure position in the Governmen
$ service, which be has so faithful
c filled for the past 30 years. I Re
) spect the meR who wore the gray;
honor the men who wore the blue
, | honor their intIepidity and skill
. attested on a hundred battlefield:
from Bull Run 70 Appomattox. Sil
their daring touched the highe.
markever attained in patriotic q eve
le ton to country and the valor di.
ie played on both sides is our richie,
'e heritage. But. sir do not kno
or a soldier in the North who is n,
ot broad and generous and cathoHl
a. who does not look upon fhe southel
r soldier living with kindness and sya
G. pathy and upon the Confederal
as soldier dead with affection and goc
&c Will. Their loyal devotion to a pril
rs ciple which they themselves thougl
u dear will excite the admiration of
future generations of men the who
tn world round. and is the proud IeI
ne acy of the sons and daughters
T. the Southland.
ne Sir. those men have cared Il
"a their wounded and suffering; the
or have asked no o.ns;ors tv.r, :.