The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-04
SOUTHERN CH1vALRY.

There is probably no race oil people SO
entirely chivalrous in the world, as our
=" Southern Brethern." In fact they aud
their friends at the north denominate ;hem
the " Soul of chivalry" and try hard 10
pattern after them. Every killing Of
Union man, his wife, or child by mid.
night marauder-disguised in a mask-or
the killing of an uparmed negro, the mur>
dering in cold blood Of a garrison of Union
troops after they had surrendered the pi
racy of unarmed merchant vessels on the
high seas, are all specimens of trne South
ern chivalry. Such acts are lauded to the
skies, and the perpetrators Of them are
feasted and toasted and protected and held
up as worthy OF imitation. The latest
specimen OF chivalry occurred in the City
of Richmond very recently. 1t was in
keeping with all the other acts of Southern
-chivalry, it was little different from the
usual way of doing it, it all occurred in the
family. A news paper published in Rich
mond called the Southern Opinion, high
toned Chivalrous Southern paper; one which
the chivalry admired, and loved to quote
from, and which echoed the tone of opinion
In the South, as it name indicated it would
do, published an article rejecting very
harshly upon the character and virtues Of
the daughter ofa Tobacconist In Richmond
by the name of Grant One would naturally
suppose that Grant, being Tobacconist was
therefore mudsil if it could for an
instant besupposed that any such resided
in the South. The young lady had big
brave brother who no doubt learned brave
ry in the Southern army before another Man
named Grant took both the bravery and
conceit out of him and his fellow murder
,ers, and this brave and chivalrous brother
armed himself with double barrelcd shot
gun, fastened himself in room in the third
story of building opposite the Office of
the Southern Opinion, and watched for
the coming Of the editor (H. Rives Pol
lard Esq F. F. W as hunter watches
deer lick, and when the editor appeared to
enter his Office, to write out more Southern
opinions about the daughters of the
sChivalrous Sodth, Grant shot him from the
window. a large number of buck shot en-.
1tering the head and body of the late Mr..
Pollard, who fell dead instantly upon
the side walk. Thus fell chivalry at the
hand of chivalry. Southern opinion had
taught both the assassin and his victim
'that that was the way to avenge wrong,
tboth had learned their lessons well, in the
same school, and who is to blame in the
transaction but themselves, Upon Pol.
lards dead body was found three loaded re.
-volvels, he evidently intended to shoot
some body in the back, or supposed that
.some one would shoot him; he knew he
deserved it, or he would not have been pre-.
pared for it. Judging from Southern ac-
counts of the proceedings, Southern
Opinion is little divided upon this assas.
sinaton, at last accounts Mr.. Grant was
receiving the congratulations of his friends
;at the police station, and having his highly
cooked, and seasoned food brought to him
from neighboring restaurant The city
fathers have not yet voted him the freedom
q of the city, but probably will, and he be.
comes southern hero will rank with Lee,
Forrest, ,Buckner, Scenes, ,Beauregard, Ould,
Davis, and the lamented Wirtz OF course
.he will not stand as high in Southern esti.
nation as the assassin Booth, that would
be too much honor. He did his deed as
well, and n the same manner, but his vic.
tim was not of so much account as Booths
was. In Booths assassination Southern
opinion was unanimous, in the Pollard mur-
der it is divided, therefore Grant the assas.
Gin does not stand with Booth. The differ
ence in the victims makes the difference in
the opinion, although Southern Chivalry
admres the deeds both men have per-
formed, and if any one does not like what
Southern chlvalry admires and maintain
they better not express the contrary where
southern gentleman can bring them within
range Of a shot gun or a revolver. Our
admiration for Southern Chivalry increases
very much, in all cases where their deeds
,f valor are confined to themselves. May
hey always furnish their own victims.