The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-13
No 80
On Restoration.

to rive back for five hundred dollars Mr. Creenleaf
knows to whom the sword belonged because it has an
inscription Stating to whom it was presented and
vhyq It is not alleged we believe that Mr. Green
leaf or any body else took Van Dorns sword in bat
tie II was smplv stolen somewhere hv somebody
and Mr. Grecnleafis the receiver who is not ashamed
to nnblish the fact and make sDeculaon out of an
offer Of restitution The publication of this imoudent
nronosition has broroht on Mr. G-penleaf not n few
rnsayorv Journals in the Northern states
which rova bo r.n1iness to rive trra rla;n o,,ato
the dnnrodations Of which this i an oyarnne Thev
do not scrunle to call Mr. GreeDleaf robbern Some
of them cali hin, Radical robhpr hnt the s1iectiva
does not add force to the exDrCssion The
crime was not the ereator because il IS called the Of
Tense of Radical" There was no such marked line
of party distinction observed during the late war as to
the extent to which the loyalty test could be applied
that there were no rebel rights to any species Of prom
ertv which anv body was bound to respect
i've refer to this topic now to recognise that there
is sort of prncDle suggested for restoration of stos
len DroDertv of particular kind which we shoud he
glad to see put into more general practice The offer
to return Van Dorns sword springs evidently from the
reflection that there is value in sentiment attached to
it. for which high consideration would be paid Mr..
reen!eaf plainly supposes that the family and friend.
of Van Dorm would be willing to give for this weanon
at least as much AS it would bring in barter or trada
elsewhere and was wiling to give item the nrefer-
aDce 50 it cost him nothing There is in this nart cf
the transaction trace of humaniznc emotion which
shows that greedy as Grecnleaf was he is not dis
Doscd to inHic loss bv which he could Gain nothing
Now there are great many memorials of the kind
belonging to Southern families rh"h arc scattered in
the cities and villages of the Nort1 which the posses
sors might be willing to restore o the same terms
and the owners would be glad .ees4 at any cost
within their power. We notice. II q N4w York pa-
per lately that lady from one c; lie So4rrn States
sitting in church saw on the pc ~ ot aGuther Indy
near her her own brooch and OF 81? ar:I,gs that had
been carried away from her hoyse q ring The hostile
occupation by the Federal trOOps Sac mad. the ccts
known to the officiating clergyman and on sh0win1
the proofs of her ownership by tie marks a the ror
ertv they were restored freely Tiny n,i' hppr sant
as trophies br some one connect VITA ta army and
there was supposed to be no meas OF EHalrr 0ut to
whom they belonged In this ca st 10 r,rgrI WAS Of
fercd or thought Of but there are vcry many 3.as in
which rewards beyond the intrin o value Of the rti-
Gle would he maid to get them 5.cz aud in fha Ian
1nace of the advertisements, 6! quc~o.s asked"
We prefer to believe that in man cases they arc kept
because it is believed that no ow - ,i,I , l7n5. lt
+l,o,, an, ,,,,I-- or -
which the rjgbt Of property can he. Nc ,rfl:ned t1a
, ORIGINAL owner to whom they nav ne eauaared hv
associations which every one wi uder.trqd ought
to have the privilege of REDEEM tjnu Many losers
would not.comHain even if thev Lad 10 raY Drelu.
un above cost ard would be b, r. ~atrful and dis
Greet for the opportunity
Sneaking of swords there are to swords of honor
which were taken away from this .,, hv Gen Butler
which, we think the Government nj The United States
ought for its own sake to have restored One was
the sword which the LEGISLATURE O. E.rt3v presented
to Cen Zachary TayI0r in honor services during
the Mexican war This sword t., HD+Iar hunted
III, with 4 file of men whore it. Ind bpon do0ns;teE
with branch of Gen Tavors fau,i,, and took away
and sent North as battle troD]y + 10 o.h7y was q
sword CT similar character beIonc:,r to Cen Twirgs
who had been in command of Ne~ DaIn4ns under Con
federate rule but had RESIGNED @.i I, the .ty and
was then lancuishing on a bed O. 5stta. Gen. But
lcr after some close iDouisitiona z.0vcr,l where
the swords of Gen Tw;rrs had b 7 !rft--i0 rosses-
sion of a member of the family Of on2 Of our citizens
and took that too aud sent it awe Ms battle trophy
1t is the property of the General infant son IF the
Government werd cnlv set an exara7c Of honesty By
dccreeng restoration of such precoa- pieces Of prom
trtv to the families and of libera a restoring all
articles to its own possessors viii, were HOT acquired
in lawful form in the exercise of it. sovereign rights Of
war if wOuId furnish noble cya-ss'l which might
lead to grateful rciocincs in MAJ southern house
holds and a reIlstating of so"In Q>r0untenanced
" moral ideas elsewhere tN @ pi2lyune
--~o~--.
Death Of a Great LAWYER,
We have seen the mere announ.,er,,+ of the death
Of Lord St. Lconards ex- ex-Chancellr.i ErzIaDd which
took place near London, on the 20. = Drceub,r No
sketch of his life has yet reached - IT. there s nc
difficulty in stating its leading fact Edward D2rten-
shaw Sudrcn who had nearly comr,I2od his 85tl wear
(hc was born in February, 1881 MS the son Of q
hairdresser in London who had IN n great deal Of
money by the invention Of subs rlu for hair pov-
der, then highly taxed article iIls SOD received
good education, and was called t. the bar in 1907,
having previously practiced as cons ucer Before
commencing to practice in the Court Of Chauaorv he
had published his < Practical Tu@'.5 ou Powers "
which STILL after over sixty years. ned by Brit
ish and American lawyers as the t2s. 41 on diff
cult and abstruse question: Soor .st,r e became
LAWYER he was appointed auditor aut reigc. Of the
Duke of Northumberland's immeu*. .,:..+ the enoIu-
mcnts of which Office brought hi 4 r-gy large for
tune At the bar he was highly ~.r.~"3 lie was
made Kings Counsel in 1922, az. %u'. 9,-General
and knighted in 1922, under the i. .s1t3u admins
tration and gave his paranenta a~9-,a@.e 70 thu
ICathoic emancipation BILL He qnt. ia." ~itl his
party friends, in 1890, and joined e., ill., Gwia- the
two following years in opposing r't,. w bill. In
December, 1884 under the Peel G. 3.av. +, WAS Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, but rcsgnv r.siv t ie&5 on
the usual life pension Of $4,000 ~ea:. According
to the British custom he did not re > ,a prac-
ticc. In l84l he rcappoinet Z, tn irish Court
of Chaucc1y and retained his Office :o Tie t~eak UP
of Pccl's cabinet, in June, 1916. lie vi rised to
the peerace as Lord ST. Iconards " I'au ham, in tAa
county of Sussex in March, 1852, .-i:o 1nen made
Lord Chancellor of England in which s1pacity he ap-
plied himself to the reform of the law with great Wig
or and energy lie friends had to quit office in De-
cember 1852 and he resigned with them When
Lord Derby resumed the Premiership early in 1858