. Minutes . tesof Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan anda part of Minnesota; and how the South was a leading spiritin the Revolution and in the formation of the Constitution;and that great sacrifices she made for the common cause;and how the Southeern people were denied the right to moveinto these territories with their property; and how many con-cessions the South made, one after the other, to have peace Address of Greeting from So?is of Veterans. 67 and to preserve the Union; and how John Brown incited thehlave to open rebellion and murder in the South; and how,fina
. Minutes . tesof Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan anda part of Minnesota; and how the South was a leading spiritin the Revolution and in the formation of the Constitution;and that great sacrifices she made for the common cause;and how the Southeern people were denied the right to moveinto these territories with their property; and how many con-cessions the South made, one after the other, to have peace Address of Greeting from So?is of Veterans. 67 and to preserve the Union; and how John Brown incited thehlave to open rebellion and murder in the South; and how,finally, when no compromise further would be granted, becausethe Republican parly had been successful in electing a Presi-dent, the South saw that she could no longer hope to live inpeace with her neighbors, as a last resort exercised thatundfuitd ami unquestioned constitutional right to withdrawfrom tb«- Inion ; and how it was that there was not a soldieriu»r n dollar that could he voted by Congress, even after the. MRS. GEN. WM. B. BATE. Southern delegations had withdrawn, to coerce these States,until by desijm they forced South Carolina to fire upon FortSumter; and how on every battlefield the South maintainedthe struggle until overpowered by overwhelming numbers, .shewas crushed and starved into submission. All these things I say are questions for the historianof the future to settle, and are questions which I will not atthis time discuss. You can abide the result and rest confi-dent that when the fair minds of the future historians shallwrite that history, that your names will not suffer. All thepowers of earth cannot suppress the truth. It will be this portion of our history, I say, is safe. But there is a side of our Southern life and character whichis grossly misrepresented, and it is my purpose to-day to do 68 Nineteenth A?inual Reunion—Memphis, Tenn., June 8-10, 09. what I tried to do at Birmingham last year, and at Dallasthe year before—set the South befor
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