The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1866-05-26
Tue Vicksburg journal saws:

Tue Vicksburg journal says:
'There is no more contemplate sight
on the face of the earth, than man who
is false to his country; and deprayed be-
yond all measure, must he be, who un-
blushingly proclaims 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 Southern victory, or beat
high at the rumor of Federal defeat, is
man we would not trust. He that could
live in the very midst of struggle; see
the courage with which it was sustained
and the sacrifices unmurmuringly endur-
ed, that it might prove successful; who
could live amid the fluctuations of war,
mark the tide of success ebb and flow; see
society breaking up around him; feel the
agitation and upEeaval caused by the
tIroes of the nation in its agony, and re-
main unmoved, his eguaninlity undis-
turbed, his pulses even beat unacce.erat-
ed CT unretarded, is moral phenomenon;
"a man to be marked and avoided for
ever by the good and true.
Every one can remember, for himself,
the absorbing interest with which he fol-
lowed the course OF this or that hero of
ancient times. How he rejoiced in their
tnumphs, how he sympathized with them
in tie hours OF adversely and defeat
And are the attributes which we admired
in them to excite no enthusiasm when
found in our cGtemporaries! Are the vir-
tues that elected our reverence in the pa
triots of other times a2G other lands to
be sneered at when illustrated III the
deeds and lives ofour eliow-countrymen!
We say, without fear of contradiction,
that the Southern man who took no part
IN the struggle of his section; who felt no
interest in its result; ard TO pride in the
noble qualities displayed, would never
had sh0uldered his musket in the revolu-
ton, never would have starved with Sum
ter or Marion, never have conquered with
washington. He would have been a pa
rasite to Troy authority, and would have
blazoned forth his loyalty to his king, by
the betrayal of his people and kindred.
And yet those men are corintenaneed in
society. They lift their bFazen fronts and
talk gllbly about their country and their
rights. They swear at the d-n Yam .
kee, and attempt TO brow-beat the men
whose influence is exerted for peace
men who, after facing the storm of a hum
dred battle fields, have accepted in. good
faith the issues of war, and whose voices
are now for Union' T
A Sponge BaM-kendall, of the New
Orleans Picayune, relates the following,
which occurred in his presence recently
at Baden, in Germany: ..At this .juncture
we were joined by an English party, when
tne subject matter brought under discus
sion was bathing. 4 take told shower
Daeh every morning when at home,' said
John buii. SO do r. retorted Brother
Jonathan. Winter and summer con- !
] elnuea the Englishman. My system ex-
actly responded the Yankee. is your
weather and water cold ? inquired John
] nnii. tight chilly replied Jonathan. |
.noWc0id 6 inquired JOHN. so cold that
.ne water all freezes as it pours downmy
back, and rattles upon the floor in the
snape OF haltp responded the Yankee,
WIN me same cunning twinkle OF the
s.se.-.W Y ere you in the next room to me
!. " America, he continued, 'and could
lle neaf me as | am taking my Shower bath
Y, " cold winters morning, you would
.nink l was pouring dry beans down my
Duck The Englisllman shrugged his
sloulders as with chill, and mlryell-,
etl - Manchester Times
E7s'
a H-Ioe.-.'Pa,, said an interesting
juvenile the other day, to his indulgent
I. Pa, haven't got a veto Us welias
the President!n
7 No, my child"
Yes, Ihave pa, my fifth toe is V-toe,
! reckon
take that child to his mother he's
ruined. =
ter. Washington and Gen. Bntler.--
hen. Washington was first in war, first
ln peace and first in the hearts of his
c0untrymen.'' =
Gen. Butler was
Beast in war, Beast in peace and first
Y the pockets of his countrymen!
Z, !, w a young lady, being asked by a po-
Iltacian which party she was most in favor
of replied that she preferred q wedding
party.