The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926 Page: 236
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
The Ballingers are well. Laura has had a gay time this winter,
had a young friend Miss Short from Cleveland, Ohio, spending the
winter. She leaves on tomorrow for home. Give my regards to
your wife and believe me as
Ever your friend,
Guy M. Bryan.
P. S. Joel is well, living on the old place. Austin well and
living at Brenham, Washington Co.
BRYAN TO HAYES
Jewett, Leon Co., Texas.
March 29th, 1887.
Dear Rud:
While here being treated for rheumatism, I have time to read
and think. A paper came to me yesterday with Sherman's speech
at Nashville. I have just finished reading it and I very naturally
thought of you in the train of ideas that followed its reading. The
changes in Sherman's opinions and feelings (as expressed in his
speech) have induced me to write you again on politics. I think
the softened tone and modified opinions of Sherman in regard to
the war and the people of the South, using the very expressions
you uttered in your tour through the South shortly after your
inauguration when you wisely and patriotically were so much in
advance of him and your party, induces me to take up the old sub-
ject upon which we have written and talked so often-the whites
and blacks of the South.
"I do not come to make apologies-nor do I ask any of you," "the
courage, bravery and fortitude of both sides are now the pride and
heritage of us all," says Sherman, then, let not the feelings and
desires for merely party success induce Republicans to so act as to
cause impressions in the south that they are moved by sentiments
of "hate, or conquest, or revenge." This tends to make "A Solid
South." The people (or I should say perhaps some of the poli-
ticians) of the North have never appreciated the deep strong im-
pressions made upon conservative men in the South by these fatal
and foolish measures. The apparent desire to place an ignorant
and almost barbarous race of different color and habits, without
political experience or knowledge, virtue or property, over their
own race and equals possessing the property, political experience236
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