The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-04-23
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LOYALTY of West Point.

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Such was the title IF striking sta
tis,ical article which has been repro
| duced from q Nor thern Journal by
several Southern newspapers.
Being Statistical it was 81 leland,
to the point, and since Figures cannot
lie" 1t was conclusive.
Viewed through this report, West
Poiut hes certainly been a nursery OF
1''Loyalty."
j Whatever it's narrow minded enemies
may charge against West Point in any
other respect they. can never lmpugn
the LOYALTY of lite eleves.
And it must be q consolation to Mr..
Blackburn and other intelligent Mem
hers of Congress, who have embarked
lin the barter of Cadet ships, as well
as to the indignant CO. Representatives
of the .'l,yal" people of the United
States, who have prosecuted him with
such vigor, virtue, and success. to know
that those remunerotiue Cadets are in
way to become cmincntly Loyal"
In the article above referred to, we
are accurately Informed As to the exact
per centnn of those who COINED the
rebellion" and of those who remained
loyal"
Thus, while eeventy-eight (78) per
cent. remained loyal, twcnty-two (22)
per cent. '.joined the Rebellion"
What is the meaning of Loyal" in
the West Point vocabulary?
Which Of the Loyal Southern" grad
uates of Vest. Point will encounter
The "n,ens sibi conscia secti'' which
CLEANS from the steady eye of Robert
Lee, or Joe. johnston, or Beauregard?
There is still enough of the States
Rights leaven in Us TO cause Us TO re-
! vert in this connection to the course
pursued by the graduates Of West
Point from our own State. the .State
which has contributed more to the
maintenance of West Point than any
other, and whose representative sons
in that Academy have reflected more
renown upon it than all others, the
State of which Washington, Joe. JOHN
stou, Jackson. Lee are the representa-
tive gentlemen and soldiers-the State
of Virginia.
Only SIX graduates Of West Point who
first saw the light Of day within her
boundaries proved loyal, aud fought
by the side of Sicklcs. Sherman. Beast
Butler, and the like, to degrade and
destroy the noble Commonwealth which
Johnston, Lee. and jackson defended
against their Paricidal hands.
We hope the West Point statistics
will be continued. and will furnish to
the country and to posterity, complete
list of the Loyal" from the Southern
States.
! During the war, we remember that
it was proposed in South Carolina, and
suggested in Virginia, to publish roll
Il a.. 81 ho nj
Navy who had aided in accomplishing
the su.jugation Of thcir7 own kindred
and their degradation to the condition
in which all good men in the South
now languish: But a generous PRIDE
i forbade the formal defamation of those
miserable men. and they were consign'
ed to the contempt of mankind and 10
the self abasement which awaits all
renegades.
i But now that they are reputed :::loy
Southern born graduates Of West Poin,
who fought against their native States
| which shall show the County, Town
or City, in which Providence decreed
J each ono Of them should lie born.
J OF the six Loyal graduates from
Virginia, it is said there was ''one'
4 VINO thought 0enef1I, tnen Colohe
Lee, was all "too slow" that Virginis
was "too slowl' That. as for himsel
he had procured furlouyh in order ,e
go to Virginia to offer his sword to her
if she would go out Of the Uuion; ane
!. II. she would not, then to any Other
Southern State WHICH. ''would'' secede
He went to Virginia, made arrange
ments to enter her service, and the uu
happy man might have occupied ar
aoIorab,e rank in the army of his ma
tive State; have been now respectable
-or have died as Jackson did. Bu
he had property in the North. and be
went on through. Virginia to the NORTH
and remained there, u Loyal man O
| the West Poiut school.
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