Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-17
uARPER.s WEEKLY.

and illustrated Islander, makes ITS weekly
visits TO the South, laden with the grossest
insults TO our people. Its prostituted columns
ara Int so MANY sewers, through which the
native mendacity and brutal mallgnlty OF
Abolitionism are discharged upon the I'M
sheltered heads of those whose misiortunes
challenge the sympathy of all who are
worthy to wear the form of humanity, and
whose proves upon the bloody battle fields
of the late revolution command the respect
of every brave and manly foe.
Previous to the war the publications OF the
Harpers found their way into thousands OF
the Southern homes, and they reaped
golden harvest from our patronage lhey
did not hesitate then to express the warmest
friendship for our people, and to oppose the
encroachments of the North upon our con-
.titutional rights Their establishment was
considered Southern house, and our people,
surprising that they were sincere III their
professions, patronized them more extensive
iy than any other publishers IN the Union.
| No sooner, however, did the war commence,
than they became the most unrelentlng ana
vindictiye enemies Of our section, ana
/ throughout the struggle, the pages OF their
weekly and monthly reeked with the eiiiu-
! via of Abolitionism, and blazed with the IN
| tensest hate towards our people and our cause.
| They saw that they had made all the money
out of us which they were likely to make,
and with meanness and lngratltude char-
| acteristic of many others IN their section OF
the country, they concluded to revlie where
they had before praised, IN order that they
might still retain their profits. No matter
how black and barefacsd the lie against the
| south il founda ready insertion and endorse
l II : n ala
over low and vulgar, against our brave men
and fair won en-. was considered unworthy of
the uictorial honors of the delectable Week
" And not satisfied with employing the
fruits of their hypocrisy in villification and
abuse during the fierce conflict in which we
were engaged, this mammoth establishment,
grown rich on Southern support, but over
which the genius of abolitionism now pre-
,ides-crowns its career of infamy by mock
inc its henefactors in their hour of dnrb''"''
l - UtiIIS.
A week since this weekly contained cut
representing a member of Congress from
South Carolina, in the most abject and
humiiating manner, begging the Clerk of
the House of Representatives to admit him
to seat upon the foor-and the Clerk,
sleek, well-fed looking Yankee, telling him
that he would not allow him to como in.
The member replies that Gov. Perry told
him he was entitled to the seat. The Clerk,
with native Yankee insolence, tells him he
can't help that-he cannot admit him.
Did this low panderer to the vile and cor
rupted public taste for which he CATERS,
know that the member from South Carolina
was there by invitation from President John
son? Did he think such a spectacle as the
Clerk of the House refusing admittance to a
member of Congress from State of this I'm
| ion a flattering comment on the perpetuity
of Republican Government? Or did he
| wish 10 give the Presidents plan of restora-
ton an assassin's stab on the shoulder Of a
member of Congress from a dismantled
State? Or was it simply to indulge spirit
| known only to savages and cowards) TO in
| suit a fallen foe?
South Carolina accepted like her glorious
and immortal sisters of the South, with nm
| affected frankness, the fate which defeat had
left her as a co-worker with President john
son in his patiotic effort, to restore the coun-
try to peace and constitutional liberty, sent
her members Of Congress to Washington. In
utter contempt of his peaceful and patriotic
plan, the puritans reject then. Whereupon
HdTper'8 Weekly, a manual of civilization"
actuated by the spirit which induces the
Commander to torture the helpless victim in
his power. concludes that fine opportunity
Is presented to wound the sensibilties of
South Carolina, when her hands are
tied. and treats his readers to
one of his fictitious pictures at sight of
which the pious puritans go into convul-
sions of laughter, and declare it is the most
amusing scene with which they have been
beguiled since the burning of Columbia, or
the hanging'of Wirz. 1t has been so long
since the murder of the witches that the
holy wolves Of New England are nearly
famished, and fill the land with their howl
ings for blood.
A grosser insult to the whole South could
not have been offered than is given in the
scene to which we have advertcd, nor could
a more characteristic illustration of the
spirit of those whom the picture was intend
ed to please, be well conceived. 1t was so
magnanimous, 20 noble, so generous, so
chivalrous, so eminently characteristic of
the Harpers and their friends TO Cypress
and persecute, and insult fallen enemy,
that we are not at all surprised at the dis
gushing and pusillanimous exhibition. But !
let these miserable pimps who pander to |
such a spirit, know that the South has his |
tory above the reach of their mendacity and |
impervious to the attacks of their malice |
The civilized world witnessed the struggle /
in which we were engaged There is Ma |
nassas, and Fredericksburg and Chancellors- !
willie, the Seven Pines-the seven DAYS fight |
around Richmond-Perryville, Murfrecs-
boro, Chickamauga and other battle-ields Of |
the late revolution" and there they will |
remain forever. No amount of manufac-
tured lies or perverted facts, can tear those
glorious words from the Confederate flag,
gh,r,, hn 90 I,,l- Of fiY,,o - |
There is Lee, Jackson, Johnston and Beau
regard, and Longstreet, Forrest and Stewart,
and Morgan and other Immortal names
that were not born to die" and in his heart
of hearts, the Southerner will cherish them
and his cheek glow with pride at their men
ton. Shall the Southern soldier or any of
his descendants ever hear the name of
Robt. +. Lee repeated without thrill of
delight that he was one of us. Whittier
upon the soil of his own State, or at the
head of an invading army on the soil of
Pennsylvania, he never forgot the honor of
his country, or violated the rules Of civil
lied war. No smoking dwellings, no burn
ing towns and villages no beCgard fami-
lies-no helpless orphans-no pluadered
widows were seen on his march, "No wild
mother screamed over her furnishing brood"
in the wake Of his gallant and glo-
rious army, although the ploughshare
of ruin has been run deep into the bosom of
his own beloved Virginia, and the beautiful
and romantic She iandoah Valley had been
made bowling desert. Yet with these
strong incentives TO retaliation, he ordered
his soldiers TO respect the private property
of the citizens of Pennsylvania, and they
obeyed him. Noble warrior, patriot and
Christian whatever the future may have in
store for thee thy countrymen have en-
balmed thy virtues in their hearts forever.
If the position of the two sections had
been reversed if the North had stacked her
arms and surrendered to the South, and ac-
repted the condition of the defeat with man.
" frankncss, and Southern editor had so
far forgot the spirit of the people among
whom he lived, rs to have served up such a
scene for their edification, he would have re-
,oiy-cd tbc contempt and dcJesJation OF all
his subscribers Thank God, the Southern
people have in their character no trait that
would have tolerated such meanncss,
But we presume the proprietors Of Hdrpers'
lFoclly know what viii please their patrons.
they are rarely mistaken in what will
take and never scruple to publish what
will "pav" For money they have ilattered,
md for money they have reviled the South.
Had they lived in the days of the Savior,
or Jewish gold they would have burlesqued
,is miracles and caricotured the cr1icitiN iOn /