The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-12-13

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Endeared to men,, through Times remotest
Davis! ' thy 7 name, than, Waslingsoll'sy i
grander grown. "RArRIoT."
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True Southern Feeling.
There is no more contemplate sight on
the face of the earth than man who is
false to his country. And depraved beyond
all measure must be he who unblushingly
1proclaims himself so in. the face of the
world. The Southerner who can truly say
that during the last four years he never
felt the first emotion Of sympathy with the
Confederate cause, that his heart never
throbbed exultingly at the news Of aSouth-
ern victory,,of sank at the rumor Of q Fed
eral triumph, is man we would not care
to trust He who could live in the very
midst of such q struggle, see the courage
with which it was sustained and the sacrif-
ces unmurmuringly endured, that it might
prove successful, who could live amid the
1 fluctuations of war, mark the tide Of sue
cess ebb and flow, see society breaking up
around him, feel the agitation and upheaval
caused by the throes of the nation in it's
agony, and remain unmoved, his eauanimi-
| ty undisturbed, his pulses even beat unac-
CELEBRATED or nnretarded, is a moral pheno-
men, ON % man to be marked and avoided
for ever The veriest schoolboy as he
pores over the pages Of Greek and Roman
story, takes side uneonsciously, and the
calm philosophic student of history CLOVIS
as he reads of some brave deed, or glorious
struggle. Every one can remember for
himself the absorbing interest with which
he followed the course of this or that hero
of antiquity, how real was his interest in
Casar, how; genuine his sympathy fol, Han
nibal. how glowing his admiration iof Arts
tides. And are the qualities We admired
in the men Of Old to excite no enthusiasm
when found in our contemporaries Are
the virtues that challenged our reverence
| in the patriots oflother times and other
lands, to be sneered at when illustrated I'M
| the lives and deeds Of our fellow country
men, We say without. fear of contradic-
ltion that the Southern man, who took no
part in the glorious struggle Of his section,
who felt no interest in its result, and mo
pride in the noble qualities displayed by his
countrymen, wonld never have shouldered
his musket in the Revolution, never have
starved with Marion, nor triumphed with
Gates. Saeh a man would have bounded
Washington to. death had he been unsuc-
cessful, he would have been parasite to
Howe and iickspittle to Cornwallis, he
would have blazoned forth his "loyalty" TO
his King, by denouncing his eouptrymen as
rebels, and proved his fealty to Britain by
treason to his native land. There are some
such men in the South to-day, but not
many; not many who would purchase place
or, preferment by befouling the names q
the Confederate leaders, or insulting the
memory Of the Confederate dead.
The Southern people have nothing to be
ASHAMED Of in their struggle, and nothing
to be sorry for bat that their sacrifices were
made in vain Even the trae-hearted Uni.
onists Of the South glory in the proves
the endurance, and the dash Of their people
their energy and action, Their. fertility in
resources, their moderation in triumph, and
their fortitudein defeat. They exult in the
] deathless fame they have acquired, the lofty
qualities they have displayed, and the
Immortal names they have added to the
worlds roll Of fame. They reverence the
hallowed spots,
/ Where the veteran dropped beside the
springala
Where sank strength and symmetry in
line" - .i'tftH ~ 4H# ~
They sympathize with the victors of Chan
eellorsville; and they stand where, stood
the few and fearless followers of Lee and
Johnston when they surrendered, and real
: ize with sense Of sympathy, that is pain
FIJI in its genuinepess, chow patriots fee
when all but life and honor's lost" Ter
Thousand times better are such men thar
| those who fought throughout the war, anG
ut its close fall in with the victors and CRY
! pefiqui. 80 5j
:. We were led to these remarks By reading
q speech of Judge Bingham's of Georgia II
relation to the test oath, in which the fol
lowing passage occurs: iA'' 's'53s5is'
| Iopposed the secession of Georgia from
the Union; bnt /, nevertheless, regret tt
see that we have candidate for Congress
in this district who commends himself b,
J saying he thinks he can take the Test Oatf
to which he specially refers. Speaking fo'
myself, / am not ,'eadyto rtite Traito,
opey the grapes Of the honored dead.
,oould moi, If I could, thus iasuR the su'
4 pioors of he4ece,'t seee'.e conflict Of arms
j Nor is it necessary. General Fiske says
SO, aRd-mi,abils dictu-Henry Ware
Beeeher says so. The first says the South
emers are not repentant, and do not pro
I fess to be, and the second says he woplt
not wish them to profess repentance, ant
would not trust them if they did
4 Eyep with saeh men time serving fails il
4 its object; even they can afford to despis'
| a recreant Southeriler, who, false to his in
Estincts. throws . slpr upon the honoret
! dead by apologizing for instead Of sioryinl
in their efforts ii, behalf Of their nativ'
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