, 1863-10-01
THE CARAVAN,

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Lle Southern States caravan composed
Of eix Governors and as many newspa-
pers. It is not precisely the style Of cara
ran which is the delight and amusement
oi boyhood, nor yet like the trains Of the
desert, laden with gold, frankincense and
myrrh. It has no local habitation or
name. It is non1adic in the extreme, ap-
pears here or there like Prof: Peppers
ghost and disappears as suddenly. It is
the victim Of circumstances and the cir
are exactly equal in number
TO the bayonets Of the Federal army.
Whenever they appear, the caravan moves
on The first detachment left Missouri for
Arkansas at the same time that Of Ken
tucky left for Tennessee, and the Federal
bayonets followed it on. Then all four
left for Louisiana. The gleam Of |
Federal bayoncts shone across the line,
and one from Mississippi went over to
Louisiana, and the two joined the other
four. But Federal bayonets came up the
river md the six Governors again folded
their tents, mounted their donkeys, filed
their saddle bags with the archives, and
plodded on to Texas. The Federal buy
onets have crossed the border, and once
more they must take up their line Of
march, The Wandering Jew who throws
himself into volcanoes, welcomes Garth
quakes, and rushes through blazing cities
is not more the victim Of fate than the six
Governors who affect to govern their States
from the western confines Of Texas. Like
him, they must move on. The Federal
bayonet is as certain death to them as
campfire to the mosquito, and probably
long ere this, the caravan is on its way to
the halls Of the 1Iontezumas, and the
empty throne Of 31aximillian.
But there is another branch Of the cara.
van which claims our sympathy. Well nigl'
a score Of the knights Of the quill, from
New Orleans, Vicksburg, Chattanooga
Memphis, Little Rock, and other cities
have caught the irresistible tendency te
move on at the approach Of the Federal
bayonet. They were the frers Of the
Southern heart, the chroniclers Of tht
chiyalry, the yaunters Of rebel manhood
the patrons Of female rebel virtue, and tht
consumers Of bad whisky. They blew
their trumpets with loud and martial notes
and pitted their gray goose quills against
Federal swords. They sco1ded like tlt
fish wives Of Billingsgatc, and were long
and loud in their laudations Of the "last
ditch" and the friendly trek" ]" But the Fed
era1 bayonets came, and they moved on
and arc still moving The fourth estate o.
the South is movable property, and the
power behind the throne when the throne
is upset, must seeka new shelter. They
zee from afar off their fathers house and
their editorial brothers in fine linen, and
living upon the fat Of the land, but they
cling to their husks and share the trough
with the swine. ....
| Was there ever more pitiable sight
Was there ever filter subject for Hogarth':
pencil OF the TESTERS cartoon2 This cara
van fleeing from the Federal bayonets lik
the caravans Of the desert from th
sirocco! Vagabond governors, thousand
, Of miles away, going through the ridicr
, lous forms Of governing States, over th
bounds Of which they dare not set thei
8 disloyal teet! Proclai1ning to their fol
/ mer constituents in bombastic pronuncit
: 1nentos to arise and shake off those chain
+ which they themselves never stayed q
! home to wear! Editors writing upon wa
r paper, ridicule Of Northern arms, and .
t the first sight Of Federal bayonet f1eein
t in the very ecstasy Of fright. Valuab
} incentives these to fire the Southern hear
r They take away the veil to i've us
: glimpse Of the chiyal1y who have bu
e lied US for thirty years, and made Mort
0 crn doughfaccs 60 down upon the
!" knees. ....