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BY T. 13. MO YD Esq.,
In the effort I shall make to address
y< u, I will not so Car presume upon
your pntioneo, ns to attempt a lythiug
like a disquhit'oti on the philosophy ol
government, or an analysis, of those
cause?, which brought about th? mighty
conflict through . Inch wo have s" re
cently passed.
These I shall leave to older heads
and more experienced minds, whose
opinions aro better entitled to jour ro
gard nud confidence, while the humble
object of my effort shall b>', only to
scatter a few flowers, about the mein
orios of our dead.
The causes, of the Reb' llion, as it is
t'-rmed nro in general too familiar, to us
all, to require any further elucidation
at the present time, and as to the gigun
tic struggle itself th^rc aro too man.
fingerboards, throughout our land, point
ing us backward to its fearful character
Hut, although such is the case, I feel
that it is necessary, in the course of in
remarks, to ?lanco briefly, at the ciu-es
of the war, for, if we igm-re thciu, we
ennnut fu'ly me<.t tho dema d of the
occasion ?>n which we haTe assembled
h) rc to day.
The first duty, that we owe to our
? vea, is to justify our course. Leave
ihat undone, and we must fail to send
down, to coming noes, a spotless record
of the achievmenta of our heroes Pur,
they slei p not in unsullied glory, who
have died tu establish au u irightOOUs :
cause.
Master spirits, indeed, may ri.-e and
lower uud soar, on the wings of nonius '
to giddy heights of gr--alu sh and ?e
in wii, but, if tho e, thut ur^es them
upwnrd, bo ?u unholy ambition, then
shall the brightest fl .wers wither in
the crowns they win. ?
.\\r>. hut:.an aspiration in itsaiarcJi
for glory^ may scale tho very el-jud-, )
but, hitman virtue alone can bright.n .
tl e stars beyond.
t h ! then, let our object be to s'iow
not ouly thiil our heroes "Fought 1 ;e
l.r.ve uicu, Imrj and v.\!i.' but also,
thut ti u r glue u.s cause th y fill.
Ibis aloue cau rob the Word Rebel of
its oduiiu, when applied to us, and place
ti e people of the South, in the ranks,
of'those who have b^en foun 1 ready and
willing to lay the full, unstinted offering
of their all, at the shrine of their devo
lion to principle. And to do tili-?, let
us inscribe in characters of living light,
ami lift nrxin nyf f.??-???.. our :::::;::;
tains, the only safeguard which tin- I
South htia ever been willing to throw !
about her liberties?tho only demand
she bus ever been arrogant enough to
make ? the ouly crime of which she ha
ever been guilty?and all these are
embraced, in devotion to the Constitu
tion of our Fathers* If that be treason,
then were tho people of the South,
truitorr*?if that be rebellion, then, were
people of the South, rebels. But. if
that be treasou, then putriot'iMn is no
longer, eloquent?than virtue, itself, i*
uo longer, eloquent.
If it be not treason, then do we pro
test, with nil the power of outraged
innocence, against that verdict, which
hinds the names of our Jackson and our
?Johnsen and our Lee, in the same cat it
logue with the bla eke tied names of th m
who have lifted in rderuus baud to
Mo io their country's heart.
Traitors ! such us diese, the names of
traitors?deeds like theirs, the deeds, of
traitors?virtues like theirs, the virtue**
of traitors?nucrifico.1 like theirs, the
oAuings of traitors?the noblc.-t, purest,
grandest R< uiuus, of them all. traitors !
Shame! tdinme ! uluioat enough,
njethink**, to render the bones of Wash
iiigtou, uneasy in the grave.
Oh ! thut the true luauho d of tin
North, could but rise, iu its majesty,
high above its passions and its prejutdi
ccs, and in a spirit of true mug uaiiimi
ty and greatness, join in swelling tho
voice of the South, as, even in her deso
lation, she hurls back the charge oi
| tn aaou from her sous, and b iws her
head in gri-f, above her martyred de id,
I to lift n prayer, to lleavou?
??My children. Father, thy forgiveness need ;
Alas! their hearts have only piaoe tor tears!
Pcrgive them, Father, e\ery wrongful deed
And cv'ry sin of those four bloody years,
And givti them strength to bear their bound
less 1o?8,
And from their beard take every thought of
hale
And while they climb their Calvary, with
their cross
Oh! help them. Father, to endure ita
weight
Forgive my tons?lhay know not whit they
do?
Forgive tlioin all the tears they made me
shed ;
Forgive them, though my noblest sous thoy
sli'W,
And hle.?-a them, though they carse my poor,
? lear dead ! !
But, until tlic passions and prejudices,
etilen.lere I by unr fratricidal strife,
shall have been softened and purified by
the balancing agencies of time, this can
not bo.
And yet, to hasten the consummation
of this grand moral triumph, there uro
solemn duties devolving upon the North
and npnii thu SoutVt?duties, which it
were again fratricidal to ignore, and
worse than idiotic to neglect.
Every principal of humanity and
every Bcutiuieut of fraternity demand
moderation, and justice and tusgnuiui
mity, on the. part of the victorious North,
and every consideration of common
scu^e and of reason and of interest
dem-iud the severest xereise of prud
??nee and forbearance and patience, on
the part .if the vanquished South.
True greatness, on the one hand ?
true wisdom, on the other. And let
these but uu'le. and work together iu
harmony of purpose, under the Const it u
tion and the flag, of our Fathers, and
nations may well look in woder, upon
he structure they shall rear.
ilud tluse agencies, been 'brown into
the breach, when the last battle was
end. d. the animosities of the B'.rife should
have long since hern assuaged, and cite
an^cl of desolation, would have l?ui^r
since reaped to hold l.er carnival, among
the ruin.- of mir 1 iiid.
But, although, pcrh tps, no people
have ever l ad so graud an npport' nitJT,
for the display of these high impulses,
which elevate und render human nature
glorious, yet. none, perhaps, ha~e ever
fallen so far short, of.a just appreciation
ol it, us have the people of the North.
Aud this assertion is hot tha oTipi'ing
of prejudice, or of animosity, towards
that people, but of conviction, founded
on the ti.istken policy pursued by thorn,
towards th ? Rou'.h,
r'af l><; it, fro ii my purpose to n't.*
one 5C"ti:neiit, which sli >ll lend lo kind
lu againj feelings ol bitterness, between
the se.tions, of our Country. Hither,
far, be it our province, to hod up those
ghtstly no nils which h re been tor i by
unscrupulous hands, iuto the very heart
of our Union.
But, this stricken laud, ofour?, has
many grievances, and it were folly, in
deed, for u* to remain silent, and expect
thoir causes In vanish, like a cluit 1 IV uu
the face of the sun, and leave us agiin.
a brighter laud.
i iiey must he removed by our own
exertion, and it is only by ci'tn, deliber
ate and generous discussion, thai thi<
can be accomplish ? 1.
If those em.<es of complaint, are just,
it is simply a duty, th .i we owe to our
Strives, to discuss thotn, until the people
of the North, shall recognize tbuir
justice?comprehend our wrongs, and
then shatter into atoms, thu sword which
has so long been wiel 1 id ag.tinst in, a;? I
extend iu honor the olive branch, which
has been su long iu shame, withheld.
If they are unjust, it is still our duty to
discu-s tiietn until the light of reason,
shall drive from our ow:i heirts, these
enemies of our eotuiuou prosperity and
happiuesa and peace
Yes, right or wrong, ns long a? they
are honestly entertained, let our com
plaints be held up to the light of reason
ami ol justice, so that may be purged of
their poison, by the one and applied, u.
a healing balm, by the other
It is a solemn duty, that we owe to
those, who shall rise to till our places,
that w*3 trasnmit no iucu.nl> auce on
the heritage wo leave thuiu, and to
secure this, we must uot o inceal, but,
eradicato the vory roots of til Heciuso.s
which have heaped calamities upon us.
The fostering sores of this age, must
not be healed, on the surface onlj, while
tho poison, on which (hey feed; is left to
canker ..tri rankle, iu the huurls ofour
children's children, as they rise up, >u
their woe, to curse us, for our fully.
And now, upon what arc the griov
unccs of the South, founded ? Iu the
first placo, I shall venture the assertion,
and allow it, without debate, to rest, ou
its own merits, that the South was not
responsible for the existence of slavery
on this Coutiuont.
Even, then, if tho war was waged, on
the one baud, to abolish, aad on the
other to perpetuate slavery, t^fl, the
South, not being respousiblc for the one,
cannot be charged, with tho responsibili
ty, for the other, with all its terrible
results. H it, I shall take the bold
ground that such was not tho object of
the war, either in the one caseyor tho
other. Slavery Jwas not, as is the o.?tn
moo opinion, the causu of the War, but
the popular pretext for it
Can we believe that that wir would
not have been waue 1 against th<f South,
even though her ordinane s of Secession,
themselves, had torn the shackles of
s'uvcry, from every slave, within her
borders, forever? No?never.
From, the very formation4 of the
Constitution, by which the original thir
teen, Sovereign and inuspeudeut
States, wore bound under th?i Compact
of a l'cdei.il Tni m. There have been
those in our land who have labored to
drag, the old sh p. from her. moorings,
to distuant'o her deck , to knock away
her bulwarks to silence .hdr betteries,
and then leave her udrifr, upou the
watc:s, ol an untried sea. w.lh no haven
in sight, except the hostile ports of a
centralized despotism.
Thither, she has drifted?tIii 'her she
is drifting still?and nothing, but the
grandest outburst of pntiwtio fire, on
the part of the whole American people
? such un outburst indeed, as shall
sweep every priatc from the decks, can
prevent her eternal wreck upon (hose
fatal shores (treat minds, and skilful
hands and mighty energies, have bent
their power, to work out her salvntion.
nd though checked at times, in her
course, the Waters about her, arc still,
too dark and rough aud deep, for her
a liellors to bt- cast.
The Statesmen of the South, nave
ever bent tlnir t-neigius. to prevent the
; mutilation of that eovbnaOt, up in which
alone could our tjreat Republic, rest
secure in its glory. Tuny have ever
held to the doctrine ui Si'te Sovereignty
as the only safegu rd, l^r^hc liberties
of the Stales, and U-Wonly by arguments'
which are higher nn I greater, those ol
the Bwor'l, th..t this coavtction of a life
time can be sw'pt, away We must lirst
he made to feel that our liberties, arc
.-till secure, bolnro we can ever be con
vince 1 ih.it tint opinion w i.- wrntivs.
Umpires mid Kingdoms in iy crumt.le
bviVro ihu power <d* the sword, but
gentler means alouo, can sweep away
convict i'?n.
True Statesmen sow with apprehen
sion, the cloud that rue, upou the
political horizon, when centralizing
doctrines were proclaimed, in the eery
convention, by which the constitution
itsell was framed. And to dispel thut
cloud while yet only a speck in the sky.
tho doctrine nf State sovereignly was
engrailed in the constitution b\ u ani
in.-us vote of all the sovereign States,
each of which | rociaimcd to the world
that in accordance with the constitution.
! ''tench State retains its snv roiguty, free
doui and iudcpcudeucc, and every power,
jurisdiction,&o , not expressly delegated
to thj United States in Congressassom
bled."
Such was the New England, such the
Penusylvat.ia, su^h tho Virginia, such
the Carolina of 17^7. And such in
theory at least, has been every adminis
tration and evory party from that time
unli! HCl).
All recognized that doctrine as the
grand keystone of the arch, upou which
the whole fabric of American constitu
lioual freedom rested. Ali felt that if
that stone wero knocked away, then
should nothing but the ruins of the
' Gieat Republic be left, upon which to
rear the despotism of an empire.
And yet in dcGunco of this, the South
was called upon to contemplate such
things as the tariff of lS.'IJ, tho Mis
sotiri question, the Kansas troubles, the
UulliQcatioil acts of the Northern States,
the raid on Harper's Kerry in 1S50, the
discussion of measures in Congress lot
maintaining the (Juioo outside of the
constitution, and worse even thau aP
these, the applause with which these und
other outrages agiinst the peace and
dignity of the South wad hailed by the
press aud pulpit aud peoplu of the
North. Kach aud all of these were
deadly blows aimed at the interest of the
South, because they were subversive of
the grent jriucples of the constitution
by which thot-c interests were protected
aud because they were not ouly sectional
but vindictive iu their character.
These were but the handwriting, ou
the wall of our temple foretelling its
desolation, ia terms which the States.
men of the South, could not misunder
stand.
Clouds laden with all the terrors ot
the storm, were ready to burst upon
them. And then, from the "anxious
heart of the South, went forth, the ap
peal? Watchman, tell ns of the night!"?
and from tbo watch towers back the
response?darkness and danger, ahead !
Whither, should wo fly ? There was
but one place of refuge, and that within
the ark of our covenant. Hut, alas!
alas! the ark itself hud been itivad d,
the covenant mutilated by ruthless
bauds, and itb tulismanie virtues destroy
ed.
Thus were the people of tho South,
not only left, but forced by outrage and
injury, "Out in tho cold, amid the
m utter ings, of the tempest and the
storm.
And yet better far, they thought, that
they should be there, than within that
temple, whose foundation had hei n |
mined?the kestonwof whose arch had
been almost knocked away, nnd /hose
walls must toon crumble and bury'thetn
among its ruins
And this too the temple of our fathers,
this the temple of our free lorn, this the
to t pie of our glory, this the temple, to
protect which, the best blood of the
South, had flowed on almost every bat
tle field of our country, to beautify
which the treasures of the So'jth have
ever been laid with lavish hands upen
the nltar, und to prevent whose desecra
tion, has ever been the grandest object
I of tho eloquence of the South. For,
wo loved the old flag of our Union ?
I none ?vor loved it more than did
: the pooplo of the South?braver,
I or more willing hands, were
i never lifted to uphold it, than those of
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j the South. And yet, tramp?u ? the
Constitution of our Fathers, in the dust,
the North marshalled bor hosts beneath
that banner to carry desolation to th ?
hearts and homes of the Bouth.
Wo loved it, because it had floated
over a Hunker's Hill a Kutaw Springs, a
Lundy'a Lane, but we loved it not when
? it floated over .1 Shiloh, a Chickamngi. a
; ChaaccUorsvillej or an Appoaiattox.
I As the emblem of our freedom, we
1 nd< rod it. as the emblem nf opprcssi >n,
> we iidor d '.t not.
It- ,!< rieb on the <>nc hau l, will ey< ;?
r main the common heritage of (he
Nertb i.tid of the South, its shame on
on the ntl er bei ngs not to the South.
I The hi ttnry of* the former has ultcady
I been written, that of the latter must be
i loft to the coming historian, who shall
I be able, with unbiased mind, to tell the
; story of the mighty struggle of the
? South, for constitutional freedom, and
1 ol the North for political supremacy.
With him the vindication of the
1 S?rth may safely rest. Hut there is
something wlnoli we cannot leave with
him alone, and that the memory of our
dead.
This at least is the peculiar heritage
1 of the South: Here at least no dastard
1 hand can ris<? and rob m of our own.
Sad and painful, and yet sweet and holy
thought, that although all else, we are
wont to love and cl.cri.-b, may be swept
by ruthless bauds away, yet ?11 the
powers ot earth cannot 'ob us of the
memories ol our de.nl. And within the
precincts of this hallowed ground, 1
would enter not with bold and cireless
tread, but softly ami gently, bearing
flowers, affection's nflemg to our dead.
Yes we'd bring flowers, choicest flowers
from each garden bed, and strew them
on those silent mounds that rise above
our dead ; we'd br'ng flowers, purest
flowers f^oni the gardeus of our hearts
and twine them tenderly about the
memories of our* dead. Aye we'd bring
flowers, brighest, richest flowers, fro 11
the gardens of our min U, with whioh
to garland, tho deeds of valor of out
dead, and send them bright and bright
ening, uduwu the course of ages, with
(be record of a people, who although
overwhelmed in de.'eat, and forced to
bow beneath the rod, were not a* ha med
to tell (he story of their herorea, nor to
render, brightest bouors, fco their lead.
Let the nation-, of the earth, proudly
point us, to the grandest architects of
their spleudors?England to her Well
ington?Frauco, to her Napoleon?IVus
sia, to her Moltkc?but, the Survivors,
even of a ?? l.o.-t Cause," shall blush not,
while they can turn to u Juckson and a
Leo. Others, perhaps, in the magnitude
and splendor, ot their military achieve
ments alone, may acknowledge no
superior. Hut in all those noble ele
ments of human grcutaess and grandeur
and glory, thess of ours, staud before
the world, uusurpassed, unequalled, uu
approached.
A hundred battle-Gclda arouud thorn
with their glories, an I virtue stooped
from Heaven, to act her alar within
th. ircrowns. Such we' etheleaders whoao
genius, directed tho heroic armies of
the South, whoso banners, have long
siuco been furled forever, and buried,
with our dead.
And there, let them rest together?
neither fr.da dishonor there. The "Old
Guard" of France?the Spartan Band,
Themorpylase are wrapped in their glory.
The mart")red Bands of the South are
warpped iu their banners?let them
rest.
Bui the night of an Appomattox, has
fallen upon tho South?the last battle
has been fought?tho last army dis
bauded?and again, the cry, goes up,
from tho South, Watchman, tell us of
the ui^-ht! and again, the response,
Corres back, darkness and danger, ahead!
For seven years, that darkness has
been upou m, and those dangers, have
encompassed our land, and still the sun
light of pence, has not come forth, to I
cheer the weary h'?art of the South. Wc j
are still iu the midst of war?a war
against a people, whose arms have been
grounded ? whose limbs havo been
bound?whose intelligence has been
chained, so that they aae powerless,
either by action or by word, for defence.
But, why is War, stil coutinued
against the South ? Is it to abolish
slavery ? No, but still, to establish the
political supremacy of the North.
We have heard of the "Rceonstruc
t ion "acts?of the militiry government
of ten States of the South?of the
suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus
? of F.uforccncnt acls ?of the disfran
chiscmcnt of the intelligence of the
South?of tl o c'ifruuchisctucnt of ignor
ance, and of tho elevation of race and
corruption, into our high places, of
power and of trusi. And all of these
ioo, have been not only sectional, but
vindictive in their character?and all
intended not to heal uprthe bleeding
wounds of the South, but to humiliate
her into the du<?t. No, wonder, if iu
the m'.dst of her despair, she is ready tu
?tsk,
Ii this the laud, where tho eagle soars
? 'V pvoud majestic wing
I To welcome wnnd'rcrs to her shores
Willi uil the hopes they bring 1
Is this thu wandering pilgiiaVsland
The hind our fathers trod,
And dreamed they that tlestroying hand
Should break its trust iu Ootl ?J
Is this the laud of the poet's song,
Tlie patriots proudest theme.
And dream they, that a people's wrong,
Is lint a ghastly dream?
Is this the land where the Christian chants
The anthems of his praise
Ana where no inquisition haunts
The winding of his ways!
Is tlii-; the land where all are kings
Where virtue, mistress reigns,
Where god-like reason, rescue brings
To break the captive's chains?
Is this the la:..I we are wont to love,
Whose towering mountains grand
I' n point us to a realm above,
The only brighter l.iuJ !
Hut in tho midst of our gloom it is well,
when wc endeavor to contemplate our
condition as a people, that we should
not forget that all uatious have their
periods of tribulation, and calamity
aud woe.
Look at England during the wars of
her Hoses. At Home in the days of her
Murius aud Sylla. At Franc? during
her reign of terror. At Spain during
the existence of her terrible Inquisition,
and ut poor, unhappy Mexico, with her
record of anarchy and blood for the last
half a century-. And yet after
her Hose, England has her Victoria.
After her Marius and Sylla, Rone had
her Caesar. After h?r reign of Terror,
Frauce hud the splendors of her Napo
loons.
From these things we learn, that it is
indeed a rugged toad which leads to the
glury of nan.ins.
It is not oarpetted with rose leaves,
und bordered with Sowers and cauopied
with suus, moons and stars, and swept
by souuds of melody from magic harps,
so that nothing |bhall be found to mar
tho progress of heroes, aud rulers and
king, iu their ouyurd march to the
realization of golden dreama.
No, ragged rocks loom up by tho way
to frown upon the bleaching b .ncs and
brokeu hearts that are scattered iu the
route, ghastly chasms yawu to receive
the crinisou tide that is poured from the
veins of martyrs and lurjes to fill it.
Ominous clouds gather {sod darken SJtwl
burst to leave happy home* in ruios.
Sounds of melody i ideed arc heard as
armies, with banners, march in grand
array to sounds of martial music, to your
rulers nnd kings, amid the clashing*
and thunderings of the mighty enginery
of war, and all these die array only tobe
followed by the groans of dying heroes,
and these s^ain by the softer, holier
sounds thut are wrung from blighted,
orphaned, widowed hearts. Here and
there a flower buds and blooms, and
glows soon perhaps to be blighted by a>
wintry hl ist, and buried under the frosts
and the snow. Now nnd then suns
moons and stars glitter and glimmer, and
gleam in all their wonted splendor and
loveliness, only perhaps to intensify the
gloom, when a pall rises from tho politi
cal horizon, to blot them from the sky.
And yet in that very gloom there is
life, there is light, there is beauty, aye,
there is glory there.
Let but one little spark of life remain,
nud one little ray of hope will linger
with it. Let but ooe little star, peep
through a rift in the clouds and we are
ready to exehvm, how beautiful! Bus
let the full splend rs of Orion's bands
surround it aud none will be so poor in
do it rove. jnoj.
The very clouds that overshadow the
earth, do hut heighten the glories of the
skies while they are bearing life and
strcugth, and beauty to the flowers.
And what shall we learn from such
lessons as those which have been left by
history aud by naturo for our guidance)
and iustructiun '{
Above all lespair not. However deep
the glaom that surround*, us let us
remember that other sun's than that of
the South have gone doom in gloom, and
yet cuiuc forth again in glory, that other
peoples than ours, havo been bowed
down in woe and yet come forth again
to rejoice. -. mi i ?, ?
Oh ! la ui labor to P?rgeMhj bitter
ness nnd forgive the wrongs of the pa?t
to overlook, even the injuries of the
present, and with patience reach
forward to the glories of that day, wheat
ihs returning reason of the North, shall
tear down the barrers which now
divide our Country, as with hand
?j-ton .lei accross the chasm, she shouts
in tones which sha'l shake the World,
traitors aud rebels no more I
Americans, froemeo 1 all! away, away,
ye powers of darkutws, which hare
desecrated the temple of our freedom
aud atai.ied it with fraternal blood!
away, away ! the spirits of our Fathers,
command you awaj I Oh there is life in
the "Old Land," yet. Our mo no tains,
and our valleys, our forests, our plains
uud our streams, are teeming with
wealth and power, aud they are waiting
only for those strong arms,and ready
hsjt-ds, which shall some day come, to
build up the waste places ot our sunny
laud, aud make them once again to
bloom as tbe rose. Oh ! then let us hope
on, hoping ever, with our eyes upon the
prise.
The road's exceeding long, that never tarns,
And Vesta's fire still on the altar burns
Hope en?forever those sacred fires shall
wave
As things should b ?, so shall th?j be again.
Aye, even now, there is a rift in the
clouds?the master-spirits, of the North
have at lost turned their broosts to the
storm, whi-jh has so long beaten upon
tho South, and ere long, the two sections
of our land, shall see each other jo
more, "through a glass darkly," but in
the broad sunlight of the open day,
animated by one grand impulse, stand
shoulder, to shoulder, to work ont to*
gether the glories of a common dcitiny.
Then shall we feel indeed thet.
This is the land of the pool's song,
The patriot's proudest theme.
Then indeed shall we make a new
soug of glory, and send it sounding
down the ages, to make glad the hearts
of our children's children, as they rise
up, with rejoicing, to bless us for onr
wisdom?and ah! me thinks the very
stai? themselves will take up the swell*
ing aotes of our refrain and boar them
still onward and upward, to the spirits
of our heroes in the only brighter Und.
A Quod Si-kllk*.?A Michigan
schoolmaster aayt( "I still spell any
man, wonmo or child in tho hull Stare
for a dickshuoary, or kaah pries of one
hundred dollars aside, the money to be
awarded by a kommittc of clergymen or
sknol directors. There has boeu a darn*
ed sight blown about my speliiu; oow I
want them to put lue up Xtx to shet up.
I wont be put down by a pa?a<d of igw-%?
ramm uses because I differ with no4f
Wcl star's style of. spelling."