The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1865-12-10
JACKSON, MISS
ITRUE sOUrHERN FEEDING.

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Thru is no moro contemplate sigh
On the face of the earth than q man smhs
. ito his country. And depraved
beNond all measure must be he who i'm
6lushingly pioclaims himself so in tn
zee Of the world. The Southerner who
.san truly ssy. that during the last fou,
gears he never felt the FIRST emotion yo
tympathy with the Confederate cause
that his heart never throbbed exultingly
1t the news Of Southern victory, Of
sank st the rumor of Federal triumph
Is man We would not care tottrust. The
New York Record thus expresses itself
and tui ther remarks, that he who could
live in the very midist of such . struggle,
see the courage with which it was sus,
tanned and the sacrifices unmurmuringiy
endured, that il might prove successful
who could live amid the fluctuations Of
war, mark the tide ofssuccess ebb and
dow, see society breaking up around him,
feel the agitation aud ~Pheaval caused
By the throes Of the nation in Its agony,
kud re.hsin uumoved. his equanimIty nm.
disturbed, his pulses even beat unaccele-
rated or unretarded. i moral Plies
nomen.. on q man 70 be marked and
.yoide d for ever Tne vefiest schoolboy
\. he pores over the pages Of Greek and
Roman story, takes side unconsciously
and the calm philosophic student
of history CLOVIS as he reads of
,oms brave decd, orsglorious str 1ggle.
Ev.ry one can remember. for himself the
Absorbing interest with which he followed
the course of this or that hero of anti
ou,,v. how real was his interest in Cesar,
how genuine his sympathy for Hannibal,
how glowing his admiration of Aristides.
And are The qualities we admired in the
men of old to excite no enthusiasm when
found in our incorporates? Are the
virtues that challenged our reverence in
the patriots OF other times and other
lands, 10 be sneered at when illustrated
in the lives ard ceeds Of our fellow
{ count,ymen. We say without fear of
Scontradiclion that the Southern man who
ook DO part in the glorious struggle OF
his .. ction, who felt no interest in its
result, and no pride in the noble quail
ties displayed by his countrymen, would
never have shouldered his musket in the
Revolution, never have starved with |
Marion nor triumphed with Gates. Such
, man would have bounded Washington
to death had he been unsuccessful, he
would have been a parasite to Howe and
lickt pittle to CORVALLIS, he would have
blazoned forth his loyalty" to his King,
by denonDcing his countrymen as rebels,
and proved his fealty to Britain by treat
son to bis native land. There are some
such meusin the South to>day, but not
many; not many who would purchase
place or preferment by befouling the
names OF the onfederate leasi-rs,
sultipg the memory ofsthe Confederate
lead.
The Southern people have nothing to
be ashamed of in their struggle, and |
nothing 10 be sorry for but that their
sacrifices were made in vain, Even the |
true hearted Unionists of the South glory.
in the proves, the endurance, and the
dash of their peoples their action and
energy. their fertility in resources. their
n Iteration in triumph, and their foiti>
tude in defeat. Tney exult in the death
less fame they have acq Tired, the lofty
qualities th.y have displayed, and the i'm
mortal names they have added to. the
worlds roll of lame. They reverence
the hallowed spots,
''Whsret the veteran dropped beside the springald
Whsesank strength and symmety In iias."
They sympathize with the victors of
and they stand where !
stood the few and fearless followers of
Lee and Johnston when they surren-
leIed, and realize with sense of SYM
'aihy. that is painful in its genuineness, il
how patriots feel when all bat life and 4
lonor's lost" Ten thousand times bet b
er Are such men than those who fought b
throughout the war, and at its close fall
with the victors and cry peccapa.
We were led to these remarks by read.
,g aspeech or Judge BiDghan'sof Geor- IL
u, in relation to the test oath, in which n
ae following passage occurs: h
~ opposed the secession of Georgia II
ON the Union, but /, nevertheless, re. G.
ret to see tina. We nave candidate forl AZ
ongress in This district who commends -
lmseh by saying he thinks he can take
"a test oath TO which he specially refers. gu
pt aklng Tor myEeIf, am not Winug 10 ~
rive Traitor over the graves of the hon dc
Nd dead. would NOT, it could, thus N
suit The survivors of the recent severe =
tf.c &C of arms 49,. -
Nor il it necessary. General Fake says "
and--saira5ie dicM-Henry Ward GO
}. cher says 20. The FIRST says the South an
ners are not repentant. and do NOT pro ms
o TO be. and the second says he would lfv
1 wish them 10 profess repentance, and T ro
'uld not trust themif they did q
Even with such mentime serving fails BIZ
its object; even shey can afford % des arr
. r. creant Southerner, who. false to ne
instincts. throws slur upon the hon = =
ID dead. BY apolog sing for, instead Of vii
'sying in their forts in behalf Of their col