The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-05-05
LET'S DO AWAY WITH HATE

The one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of General Ulysses S. Grant
was celebrated in many parts of the
country week ago yesterday.
Among the eulogies paid to his
memory we we're told that he was a
military conquerer who never knew
the meaning of revenge"
"The fact is still worth recording"
says the New York World, that after
Lees surrender he stopped a salute
in honor of the victory because he did
not wish to add to the distress of a
defeated foe; that one of his first or
ders after the surrender was to issue
rations to Lees half-starved troops.
When an overzealous federal judge in
structed a grand jury to indict Lee
and other leaders of the Confederacy,
Grant insisted that President Johnson
should order any indictments quashed,
and denied the right of the govern
ment to punish any Confederate sol
der who obeyed the parole. It will
resign the command of the army he
said" rather than execute any order
directing me to arrest Lee or any of
his commanders so long as they obey
the law"
In commenting upon the above the
Florida Times Union adds:
"The magnanimity displayed by
Grant to Lees army at Appomattox
was never surpassed"
HE made a treaty of peace with
them. His only terms were: Quit
fighting and go home" and he furnish
ed number of them with horses to
ride on the way to cultivate their
crops with afterwards"
The New York World takes occa-
sion to say that:
Europe, in the midst of its tumult
and its clamor over PREPARATIONS and
sanctions, could hardly engage in a
more profitable occupation than the
study of Grant"
To which the Times Union adds:
IF Europe had remembered Gen.
eral Grant and profited by that men,
DRY the work of rehabilitation would
have begun quickly and would have
been by this time far advanced
1t concludes by saving:
1T may not be too late now to take
the lesson"
We might also profit by the lesson.
This reminds US to say that on his
departure for Berlin, Hon Alanson B.
Houghton, United States Ambassador
to Germany, at a farewell dinner given
him in New York, is reported to have
said:
First and foremost, l do not be-
lieve in the moral or spiritual or even
the economic value of hate. Hate
serves no useful purpose. 1t is far
more dangerous to those who hate
than to those who are hated. 1t leads
only to confusion and destruction.
"The war is ended The loser. to
his ability. must foot the bill But
its causes. the apportionment of
blame or guilt. are matters which.
frankly. for one will no longer dis
cuss.
Both North and South after the
Civil War found the way out of the
dilemma when they simply turned
their backs upon the causes of the is
sue which had divided them, and went
to work. The parallel is not exact.
But. frankly, IL does seem to me that
similar process of practical recon
Citation must be worked out or Euro
pean civilization. at least. will perish"
While American Legion posts de-
nounce this light Interpretation of
misunderstanding" and the New
York Tribune surmises Ambassador
Houghton's farewell speech win
scarcely make a great hit in America.
even tho much admired in Berlin"
the New York Evening Post declares
that Ambassador Houghton is right
In refusing TO enter upon his mission
with a hymn OF hate upon his lips"
We think the Evening Post is
travelling along right lines.
Let Us forgive IL we can not for
get
Amicable relations will bring about
better results than a continuation of
the animosities caused by the war
World peace can never be brouyhs
about Il hatred Is TO continue.