“It has been said that the cause of the South was the worst that any
people ever fought for. To those who measure national greatness by the
acre, and know no national welfare that does not bear the stamp of the
mint, the cause was bad, but not so in the eyes of the children of that
holy covenant between the power of the State and the liberty of the
people, the first lines of which were written at Runnymede, whose leaves
are stained with the blood of countless martyrs, and to which the hand
of Washington set the blood-red seal at Yorktown. To them the cause was one for which it was an honor to fight and a glory to die.”
people ever fought for. To those who measure national greatness by the
acre, and know no national welfare that does not bear the stamp of the
mint, the cause was bad, but not so in the eyes of the children of that
holy covenant between the power of the State and the liberty of the
people, the first lines of which were written at Runnymede, whose leaves
are stained with the blood of countless martyrs, and to which the hand
of Washington set the blood-red seal at Yorktown. To them the cause was one for which it was an honor to fight and a glory to die.”
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