The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

, Jugatcd, beaten into submission nav
ing never had that experience tand
may you never have it, Our Virginia
poet. Arnistcad Gordon, mas expressed
il well.
What we had lost they ne'er dream
ed who won
No material prosperity can compen-
safe for mat loss OF liberty. And our
success would not have Ensured :, con
iinuance OF slavery for slavery was
already doomed: ii was passing away,
even in South America. and must have
come 10 AN end in due time under the
pressure OF 81 healthy public opinion
the slave states being left untrain-
inclcd, and free from the fanatical
threatcnlngs. which had done so much
TO pcLpctuatc slavery. and IL would
have passed away by gradual abolition.
with the elimination Of the free negro
element now so great a menace 10 us:
for We should have controlled the mat
ter ourselves, and not have bad ii done
By our conquerors and enemies, who
delighted in forcing us under the negro
yoke.
In some measure We deserved our
fate. Tor we might easily have won
European recognition and our indie
pendencc by pledElng gradual abolition
OF slavery; but we were too confident
Thought We could win against any odds
a grievous crror-for which we paid
dearly II is so plain now that won
der we did not see it. at least after
GETTYSBURG. IL not earlier. Pardon my
recurrence 10 this painful subject, on
which We differ as the poles. You can
not pu, yourself in my place; if you
could. have such an opinion or you
as 10 make me think YOU would abhor
tho situation just as | do.
Thank YOU for Your Kind Cand |
fear too partiaD estimate OF my abili-
ties, and the career might have made
had gone North In my youth am
sure could not nave done as well as
such able men as Pryor and Harrison.
nor, had the ability. could have
succeeded like them; for could never
nave honestly said like Pryor (and /
suppose Harrison would say). that /
was glad We failed In lSGi-G5 And
such an admission would be necessary
Tor success before n Northern CON
stitucncy The blight OF slavery" of
which you speak, / regard AS Il far less
EVIL than the blight fixed upon us by
the emancipation fixed upon us by Lin
coin ana his party. which left the freed
negroes among Us as citizens ana
menace 10 our civilization, which grows
worse Yearly. rs the negroes get more
OF education tso-calicd). for as
Thomas Nelson Page has most truly
said: "If.all the negroes were rs well
educated as Booker Washington. there
.
solve" And, indeed. We may say. a
much more serious one. for the negroes
would think themselves worthy OF po-
liticai and social equality. and demand
il with a strong color Of right
Southern victory at City Point
What n victory. Submission TO over
whelmimg force of tyranny / cannot
but admire the spirit that made Mr.
Davis fight the ship To the last; though
admit that ii was not wise in the
worldly sense. 1T is magnificent. hut
X is not war" said the Frcnchman of
the charge of the Light Brigade. !
think Mr. Davis knew what he was
doing, and he knew how his enemies
would treat him when they got him
down; so his conduct was heroic lie
had not guided our ship of state very
wisely. but he did his best 1t was
General Lees opinion that he knew Of
no one who could have done better
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