The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-20
4 NEW ONE.

Within less than two years. a
half century will have passed since
the close 81 the Civil War. Fifty
years ought TO have been sufficient
time for both sections to get all the
beams and most OF the NOTES out Of
their eyes-fOr each to understand
clearly, and without the blind preju-
dice which was inevitable in the pc
liod Immediately following the war,
that the other fought for principles.
The North should know, and il is
popularity supposed to know. that the
South was honest inits Interpretation
OF rights guaranteed the states under
the constitution. and the South is
supposed to realize that In fighting
10 preserve the Union, the North was
actuated by an honest desire to be of
great service 10 the country as a
Whole, and not simply to coerce the
section which desired to establish its
own government.
We have progressed far toward
perfect understanding, and another
generation win probably see the last
ccbwebs removed from before the
vision Of each section. But the clear
vision has not yet arrived.
This week preparations are being
completed for great reunion Of the
Blue and the Gray at Gettysburg, Pa,
where the bloody battle which mark
ed the beginning of the decline OF
the star o. the Confederacy was
fought in 1863. In the maGazine sec.
ton Of Sundays Philadelphia Record
"A front page is devoted to the for H.
coming reunion. Pictures of camp
and battlefield scenes are shown.
and interviews with veterans already
on the ground are printed The Rec
ord quotes at length from the con
versation OF two Union veterans who
were living over again" the scenes
of the Gettysburg struggle. The
newspaper reporter, one of "a group
OF interested listeners, writes:
They told us how the enemy
charged them, wild, maniacs, crazed
by the fight, and In some cases filled
with a mixture of whiskey and gun
powder to make them fighting
crazy" One fellow, stark mad. made
his way right up to the Union lines
his gun at present arms"
aud then torDled over from d bullet.
You could tell after the battle which
ones had been doped," Dave told us,
Tor when the sun shone down on
Them 1t made their faces blacken and
Lose all huinal&appearance."
We have seen all manner of things
against Southern soldiers
and the Southern cause from the
other side OF the line which divides
the sections, but this is the first time
VIC have ever seen the intrepid yalor
Ct the Confederate soldier accounted
for on the theory that he was "dop.
ed, before going into battle. The |
Confederate lighting man, as all the
world knows. cared nothing whatever |
for Federal bullets, and faced death |
with never the tremor OF an eye |
lash, but giving credit to "a mixture |
OF whiskey and gunpowder" for his |
bravery Is something new.
The men who fought the South's |
battles were the flower of our land. |
They fought for ideals and for rights |
held sacred They were largely the |
descendants of these patriots who |
waged our wars With England and |
Mexico, and there were no soldiers |
OF fortune among them. There was
not a hired soldier in Lees army, |
whereas on the Union side there were |
thousands who spoke no English.
Can the Confederate veteran stand |
little SANDERS like this one, qu2ted |
ahove2 OF course he can, for he has |
borne far worse calumnieS. In time, |
those who persist in misrepresenting |
him because they win not under |
stand his unseliish devotion to the |
principles for which he fought, will |
admit the error of their way, and the |
North will be as proud of the ma
jestic figure OF che Confederate sol |
dler, heroic American" as is the |
South herself. Albany Herald.
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