The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-02
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Sm-I am in receipt oftwo specimen
copies of the Home Journal accompa-
MED by circular; in which you say
that before the war the Journal enjoy
ed very large share of Southern pat
ronage, and that you see no reason
rhvit should not, be restored to that
patronage. With view to re-establish
the journal in the South, you offer a
,erv liberal inducement, to subscribers,
namely, to date their term of subscrip-
ton from the 1st Of January next, and
until that time to send them the Jour
nal "gratis." In point of cool, unblush
ing assurance, this surpasses anything
that ever emanated from Yankeedom-
indeed, for downright impudenee, it
oyertops anything that even you can
10y claim on.
One of these specimen copies, dated
May 1Sth) which you have had the
hard:hood to send to me displays the
American ensign, under which appears
the following motto:
Who said that the stars on our banner were
dim Z = -
That their glory had faded aways
Look up and behold how bright through each
they are flashing and smiling to-day.
When you published that. you knew
it contained falsehood. Are all the
stars in chat flag flashing and smiling
to-day" Go to Virginia. and see her
desolation; mark the grave-stones of
her gallant and world-honored dead;
follow the line of Sherman's march; go
TO Atlanta and Columbia and Fayette-
yille; see the grief-bowed form of wild
owed mothers in every Southern State,
and the sad faces of helpless orphan
sisters; go from one end of the South
to the other, and mark the condition
dthe poor negro-once happy, con-
tented and well cared for, now living in
degradation and poverty and suffering
and then tell me If it is true that alt
the stars ip your banner are flashing
and smiling to-dayp In the same pa
perl find the following specimen of
little minded exult&tiop
NEUTRAL" FR1ENDs.-"One of the od-
dities of London life, at present. is the
appearance of a young lady. nightly,
st q singing han, clad in the Confede-
rate colors, and waving the Confede-
rate flag over her head, while she sings a
song in praise Of the gallant Stonewall
jackson. The audience are worked
pto enthusiasm, and cheers ring out
for the gallant but unfortunate Con-
iederates." :" A Confederate fag," for
sOoth The singer must be clever, in
deed. We did not know, nor do the
hte "Confederates," that they posses
flag" Wait till theyoung lady gets
The latest news. She will. doubtless,
change her tune. q
In the other copy. of the date of
August 18th, your readers are treated to
this piece Of commonplace wit:
"The number of insane people, at the
South. is said to have greatly increased
Ince the war begun. They must have
been all crazy, or it never would have
begun"
And here is yet another, IN the shape
Of a fling at certain gentlemen who are
20 far superior to you in all that con-
Shtutes true nobility as to be beyond
The reach of your appreciation.
1T is pretty evident that Lee, Beau
regard, and Hardee. have little regard |
Tor their wives. Each of these gentle |
men had proclaimed, in speeches and |
through the press, that no lady would |
be safe if the Yankees took possession |
Of the Sunny land" Yet Beauregard |
left his wife in New Orleans when But |
ler took possession OF that city; Har-
dee left bis wits in Savannah, under
SIMILAR circumstances, and Lee did the
nme thing at Richmond"
Nov, Sir. are you not amazed to find |
yourself possessed of SO much impu-
dence as it required to send such stuff
% southern gentlemen, and uponit to
found claim to their patronages
When hostilities commenced, you
stepped out of your legitimate sphere
% omingle your voice with that Of the
tabble. You quilted the domain Of
letters for that of politics, and joined
others in vilifying the South and her
aOOie cause. Your paper was profess
sOly iteratry journal; you eschewed,
protessed to sschew politics, but SO
s00n as the South took her stand for
Independence, and scarcely before a
sua Vas fired, You, whose paper then
'nloyed q large share of Southern pat-
Image, either because you did not have
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