Year: 1866

umph, and IKE brave and chivalrous men,
they are willing to extend the utmost gener-
osity to their PROSTATE rivals


This is the true spirit Of chivalry, and 1t
is not expected that the Southern people
will give up every feeling that ennobles and
dignifes man. They are not required by
any species of loyalty to surrender their holy
affections and sacred memories AS they sit
in sorrow and poverty beside their desolate
hearth-stones, they must and will have ma
ture's privilege of weeping for their noble
dead. The South can never yield the pride
she feels in the chivalrous gallantry Of her
children -and she will honor the memory of
the dead, and regard the places where they
sleep as holy ground. She may raise, no
proud mausoleum to perpetuate the fame of
her heroes, but her matrons and her maidens
will gather the sweetest and freshest flowers
of Spring to decorate the shrines Of their
sorrow and affection, and the humble graves
of the Southern dead will ever be places
sacred to memory and tears If the South
were to act otherwise, she would be untrue
to the noblest feelings of the human heart,
and she would deserve no name and place
in history. The noble and generous people
of the North will never complain that the
South honors too much the memory Of
Stonewall jackson, for he was a noble Chris
tian hero His fame is world wide, and he
is ranked with. the great and good of every
land, and his immortal name is associated
with the distinguished captains of ancient
and modern times. He is the chevalier
Bayard of the nineteenth century, for he fell
upon a field Of victory and was without
fear and without reproach." $500,


Mr. President, it is insisted that there is
great prejudice at the South against North
ern men, and this is an evidence of disloy
atty. We do not admire many of the North
ern men who have come into our midst, as
they have acted in way to excite our scorn
and disgust. They have come to accomplish
their own selfish purposes, and in-many in
stances their arrogance is almost insufferable.
In nearly every city, town and neighborhood
there have been spies, who are sending back
Is evil reports to assist in accomplishing
some political movement, or some corrupt
pecuniary scheme The fendish radicalism
ofmany of the Northern presses has aroused
the passions of our people. There are great
immutable laws of nature which circumstan-
ces cannot change. Hate will beget hate,
and love alone will win love. The South
will gladly welcome Northern gentlemen,
and treat them with the utmost kindness
and courtesy. They will be received into
society and enjoy the hospitality of our
homes. We need Northern energy, intelli-
gence and capital to help us build up our
ruined country, but we prefer our poverty to
Northern insolence, arrogance and injustice.


Mr.. President, l want to see the Union
once more thoroughly established. have
always believed that God designed this
country as the home of one great natioh who
have wonderful destiny to accomplish. l
want to see our people united by the strong
est ties of interest, sympathy, and affection.
l want to see the old flag" glowing with
its splendid galaxy of stars, and know that
it affords protection to our commerce, and
our citizens in every land and on every sea-


l want to see the wilderness and solitary
places become the homes of prosperous and
intelligent freemen. desire to witness the
grand triumphal march of American civill-
zation as it passes over the valleys, hills and
mountains to the golden shores of the Pa
cific, scattering the rich blessings of. art,
science and christianity at every threshold,
and insuring liberty and justice to every hui
man creature. This is the great destiny of
the American people, and it can only be ac-
complished by strict observance of the
Constitution and a preservation of the Union
of the States, and the old-fashioned doc
trines of liberty which our fathers taught us
can alone make the Union "one and insep-
arabic" t