New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
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~ wa w ca. 81 - sec that nsth'nE
~ M. - wo 70. tn. rc pie Of the
tputh had -: peace Hfnssieners ~ tn
shlsderacy succeeded in t.eir cndcavor to
ssars t.-,as pcass upon tho bosis of two
0,sfics' as IN = ss.re 7 With no natural
psun :1rics separating tn. Cenfe .~ratc states
from the states left in tn. Union, and slavery
s'ill cxist!,. u.sw Mas and Dix AS lins.
tn lost fruitful urcss .. internati IN II
trs~slrs would have 1scn destructive Of peace
r. rotations n ts mention other ssurecs
Hostility and strife.
"Csnsjaernt. ms like thes. have lsrg besn
rec xnis.u N -,e S at General E.; p. Alex
amor, L.rgstrect's c1isf Of artillery, who
Gl~' t:t NE isratc guns ut Gettysburg
fe'ore II Ac.ss c'nrEe. bas stated TIC mat
ter in 20 @tr duc:.en to his military
Memories OF C nfcdcratc': Tho world has
not s:o~l still in TIL" years since we took
ur arms t.r what doomed sur most in
vo. abe ril.t--:hnt cf self government w.
NV emily tAs rare privilege of seeing what
; .g'.t TO- in the retrospect. 1t no leager
seems dcsir,'lc 1t would now prove only a
curse. We have COED cause to thank God
FIR eur escape from it. not only for our sake,
'0t fer thai . Tie whsls country, and even
r. ~ C W r,d'
"tly regiment was one of three Massa-
ckusctts regiments ct Vicksburg. When the
beautiful memorial Of these regiments was
unvc:le! in the national park a. Vck9hurg,
Nsvcmner 13, 10 =, Lieutcsant General
Stephen d. Lee, Of the Confederate army,
was one IT the speakers, and referred to the
signtcance .f the occasion in bringing to-
ccther veterans whs + ll,wed tho flag ef
tho ~ on and veterans who followe3 tn.
:;ag of the dead Coafederacy--all taking par>
and loving this great reunited American
country
"'n reading his address as published in
9 Nicksburg paper sent to me by friend
| wrote to General Lee thanking him for his
tAtr"sie words. In his lly, he said: 1T
10 certainly gratifying to get such letter
f. m a survivor who was on the other side
no" we are all Oh the same side, glofying
IN the grandeur and prospective future o:
the common country
"However it may be with some of the Gen.
trail Powers in the present World War, Ger
many certainly is not yet any m.rc 1saav
to talk peace terms that tie Allies would
consider than were the Confederate com,nis-
sioners at the Hampton Roads conference
ready to consider the peace terms .r Mr..
Lincoln. As President Wilson tells as:
Peace, peace, peace has been the talk of
her Foreign Office for now more than a
year. But the talk has been that Of pan
German dreams. Those who have dreamed
these dreams have tiercely scored tLc R.ichs-
tags peace resolution Of June 19 as in:m;cal
to Germany's prospective development With
out ample lndemnites, we told, Germany
would lack protection against future menace
With such peace talk on the part Of auto
cratic Germany, all peace talk at the present
rme, from whatever sousce and however
"eil-meanlng, is ut only ill-tmed and i'll
advised, but useless. For peace that will
make the world safe for democracy and
Wall make impossible another war for world
domination we must wait yet while longer,
lest the sacrifices of the Allies hitherto shall
have been in vain and sur ideals for hu
manity end like q dream"