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Let South and North exist as they 

 do to-day, side by side, yet distinct. I 

 see no peril in such relation. It is 

 natural. Let those who clamor for 

 the impossible, turn rather to the de- 

 velopment of the home spirit, which 

 will make South and North, while 

 distinct in temperament and ideals, 

 yet friendly, neighborly. 



This General was a Southerner to 

 the last. He loved his land and peo- 

 ple. That is the reason his death was 

 a blow, felt by mountaineer and val- 

 ley man, and man in the Southern 

 city. There comes to some the recol- 

 lection of the days, fifty years ago, 

 when he was a young man, and the 

 South was over the threshold of a 

 future bright with promise. To those 

 of his age still remaining, there are 



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