His offense, whatever it was, has been overpaid.

Even the War of Sections begins to fade into the mist and become dreamlike even to those who bore an actual part in it.
The years are gliding swiftly by.

Only a little while, and there shall not be one man living who saw service on either side of that great struggle of systems and ideas.

Its passions long ago vanished from manly bosoms.

That has come to pass within a single generation in America which in Europe required ages to accomplish.
There is no disputing the verdict of events.