The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

Hs FORM OF government and It's nag
and at tn. same time ropIenigh your
Giadness that Uncle sam told the
south she should not 20 out Of tic
Union"
1t was Timely and wise advice
have needed #, or sinliia. advice IN
some extent. the pas; twenty years
1hat is why say 1t is timely and Wig,
counsel
There are ten thousand excellent rea
sons why Ii was splendid thing for
une American republic and the world
TO prevant the South from going OUT
! Of the Union and establishing another
go, g hut every time Visit
the south and note the wonderful up
hu'iding. general Development It's un.
Limited possibilities and the great
chanEos wrought since the ztrii.,-.,.
or the SOS. I am convinced that Tho
number of good reasons can safely be
added to-that they can be Increased
10 million
There Is no longer an Old South.
save In memory and tradition and
from tho v!ewpoln. Of tho AVERAGE
American citizen the New South ia far
.tnAad, in all desirable ways Of ~
oId South, and the Old South was most
charming in many ways. and what
glorious part she played IN founding
the nation This is sweeping claln
'"at the New south SURPRISES tho Old
i'outh' hut believe that nlnoty-ninc.
hpndfedths OF the people Of tho South
down deep in their hea rts. recoynIzn
II as legitimate and safe claim. ana
MI AZ the North Hho hnve read old
seld now history Of thn south win a.
recognize IT,
When ono stops to renec, what
would nave been the certain outcome
:" success Tor the contederacy, one is
!ust,hed in saying what i have said
Al the beginning of this series OF ar
iicles. AK the result Of a recent sou,b-
crn visit. and could think OF no hot
tcr way TO begin. The two countries
could not have lived in peace a day.
th"re would have been constant strife
there would hsyo bcen other wars
olttcr' nnreienting destructive weak
'H!hE both And quite likely there
Wo"iu nave been still other countries
established. all OF them weakIIncs
commanding little respect feared Inv.
no other country. and eventually thev
would be destroyed either by thorn
selves or By other powers Think for
d" minute of that condition OF things as
compared with our present great rour
Try. with it's vast population, its great
int"rcais, the hiGh rank IL holdq
among the nations of tho earth the
open door OF opportunity for every
one who honestly seeks an onportun.
ity 70 succeed in llfo. think Of tho
nation that stretched out it's hands
IN mercy 10 Cuba and TO the Philip
pines. opening a door OF opnortunitv
10 the millions o, those islands who
mad known no opportunity. think OF
the Incompatible growth OF cities in
railroads. In manufactures, in cduca-
ton. in religious cTorts-advance all
along the lne--an6 then again cast
your eyes back in ina gination to two
- n ~ No.
ping. unpromising. degeneratlng re-
publics.
Who that takes time 10 think OF
these things is not rcjoiced beyond
the power OF expression because tho
south was not permitted to establish
the frst of tho weak republics-that
the South was saved from itself. kept
In the Union that to-day is second
TO no other portion OF the great coun-
try II has contributed it's fun share to
make great. prosperous. strong and
respected ever since tho close of the
war?
l cannot understand how any North
ern men can go South. particularly a
Federal soldier, without returning
Sladder than ever that he had some
little part in preventing our brethren
of tho South from doing themselves
and the nation the 'irrcparable damage
OF disrupting tho Union that now
stands at the forefront of all o, tho
organized governments the world has
ever known. position 1t is destined,
without the sign of doubt to main
tain as long as nations exist
This liz rather long Introduction.
but never mind.
Tho reader of history. whether n
soldier or not, could not ride from
the river, through Tennessee To Nash
vile and on down to Atlanta, without
recalling tho scenes enacted alonf;
that way half Il century ago; with
out recalling Fort Donelson, which
opened the way to tho capture of
Nashville. the cupital of Tennessee:
without recalling that awful crash be
tween the seasoned soldiers at Frank
lin; without bringing back that other
great battle OF stone River, not far
away. where thousands were slain:
without thinking OF the mighty hosts
that were in and about Stevenson and
Bridgeport; without II sinking of the
heart as Chattanooga is reached. and
thoughts of that awful struggle at
Chickamauga, one of the greatest bat
ties of the war. where many thousands
were left dead on the field men in
blue and men in gray; without a
searching glance at Lookout Noun
tain, where the battle above tho clouds
waS fought, step taken which made
more certain. II not possible. the sue
cess tho next day at Missionary Ridge.
How travellers search Lookout Noun
tain and Missionary Ridge ms tho
train hurEies them along the line
taken by the Federal troops in that
unforgetable campaign of 1864. in
which there We're great battles at
Dalton. at Kcncsaw Mountain. Mt
Marietta. at Peach Tree Creek, the
series OF battles about Atlanta. where
nearly 100000 men fought and many
thousands died and still more thou
sands were wounded.
On the journey. going and coming.
my thoughts were busy with those
scenes and incidents of the war days.
thought o the thousands of Wis
consln men engaged I'm those various
actlona. OF tho thousands from I'LL