Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-28


as belonged not to you of Georgia u
inf to the nation, to the truly re-
,nited nation, of which, in his day, i,
10 was the foremost apostle ana !.
;nokesman. The South never had
more loyal or Jealous son; but he saw :,
with an eve TO rwider scopes, that :,
This people was not tol be divided
And he preached that gospel North
and South; the gospel of unity ana
common destiny; and when ne dieu
untimely, at 3S years of age, the ma
tion which so soon had learned TO
love him, bowed its head IN uniVer-
sal sorrow. Reading his passionate
pleadings for nationwide sorrow
Reading his passionate pleadings LOT
a nationwide understanding, l can
NOT but feel he would have been con-
tent ogo as he did if he could have
known how close that tie of common
sorrow would bring the people Tor
whom his life had been the labor Oh
supreme love.
How strangely has destiny inter
woven the parts in this drama Oh
q Nations restoration! The same
,,oor If 1889 that saw Grady lain
awav with loves laurels on his proud
and noble brow, saw another son OF
mother of Georgia and the South
entered in the career of national ser
vice. In that year Theodore Roose-
vent. following his impetus, appears
for better political morals at the
Baltimore civil service conference
was appointed by President Harrl
son TO the Civil Service Commission
, and his national career began. A so,
Of the East and the South, but al
q ready adopted by the West, he hal
become a devout admirer of that sol
=, of the South whom all the Nation ma
v taken to its heart. Think OF then
{ YOU Georgians, you men and wome
" of the whole South-think OF thel
y services and careers-and tell MI
fo rsuch sons as these would 20
o wish to provide lesser stage tina
h that of the united country on Whlc
! thew played their parts? know yo
- would not, and never will For gen
n uses such as these you furnish, yc
re must at least let US afford a httil
mr. seen eand setting. No "pent-up VI
n ca" for such as they!
Letters of Famous Georglans
h The other day there came into n
no hands a volume of the letters OF
bo group of eminent Georgians OF t
wv Civil War and reconstruction perl'
n+ In the main, they represented I
my correspondence of Alexander
on Stephens, Howell Cobb, ROBE
nj Toombs, and Gov. Joe Brown. VI
~, recently published, they prov
fascinating reading as turned
No. pages and felt myself admitted
we the very inner thoughts which tn
pie leaders OF the oohleoei"cS | r.III
On ing in the years Immediately follt
M ing the war Especially was l
+arested in the extensive corresp
70 dence between tbs southrn lead
TO and prominnt men OF the MOI
+bo which was carried on at that per
&c It was nothing less than astound
nth to note how little of bitterness,
oil, resentment, of hatred, and recs
+bo trance was manifested on either
,,,or With almost no exception, I
tho breathed the fine spirit of chlva
ton OF readiness u "0C.p' - -,
and good nature the arbitramen
MAN the war. They held flavor OF Sc
+ba thing more than resignation, a
lean already the writer's were real
,oro how fortunate it was that u
nor should have been preserved.
mo were all back in the harness, v
VINO ing for the restoration of their 5
y
neak their people, their preserved cou
gbich They wrote thoughtful, ca
-, Of rounsels as to the wiser pollcl
a+ion State and Nation, seeking alwa
,ossi- make their friends in the Mort
with derstand how complete and 81
70 ed- was the South's acceptance G
= +be Mace in the restored Union, no
r,ous termined it was to contrlbu'
alton. utmost to a perfect national a
ava At times they sounded the n
at its disappointment 'ii"I 'i'e -'0i Va
orrow ed slow to accept their protest
,r+,,ni- as in complete good faith, and
sured that they could be dealt
in complete confidence. But
nod 70 were seldom inpatient; they
viction their heads high, had no APP
q that to make for the past, but were
III the ing clear-eyed to the future OF
yisdom. soluble union.
a the That was the spirit which mi
n he construction, despite bunglinI
esman: some exceptional manifestati
nj pre- acerbity, on the whole so raj
IN his effective process, when mi
bis 70 bv like incidents in human
longing They wanted to be taken ba
narfect full fellowship. 1--WE would