The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-06-17
Fitzpatrick Oh Another Raid.

Of Canada We're indisposed to anneXa-
tion on account Of the ssfcrocity and
cOrruption' of American politics. 1t
is not our purpose to dispute the ;tSser !
ton at this time, nor to show how |
much the journal in question has itself
contributed to give our politics their |
alleged character. We are only re- /
minded of the circumstance by reading
IL telegraphic synopsis of the speech de- !
livered last Tuesday by General Kill |
patrick, on the dedication Off soldiers
monument at Westtield, Mass; for
never was the tcrocity Of politics more
brutality illustrated, nor their corrupt
ing influences more shamclessly dis
closed, than by this redoubtab1e Cen
eral on the occasion referred to.
We are told that because Mr.. .Ictfer
son Davis, in chaste and well-tempered
language, deplored to the citizens of
Augusta the degradation of principles
that he sought, by separation from an
aggressive section, to Nindicatc, that
he is Il traitor still. We are told that
because his friends, bound to him by
ties of association that are sacred for the
very advcrsity in which they were knit
so closely him Il respectful
reception, and echoed his sentiments in
honest applause, that Nry are also trail
tors and enemies still to that Union,
| which, far more than the Radical party,
since the close of the war, they have
| struggled to restore upon 4 cOnstitu-
| tionaf basis. But even admitting these
perversions of fact, made by newSpa-
pers for political effect, to be true, and
that the South never uiscartls her ha-
biliments Of mourning for the "I4ost
! Cause,' this is an error that becomes
! sublimated to Il commanding virtue, in
contrast with the inctl,blr shame Of
Kilpatrick's speech, and the approving
| shouts of his auditory. He is reported
to have said:
"COmrades! the time may come
when no distinction will be made be-
tween the traitor and the patriot who
| fought to preserve his country, when
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, the bitter
est rebel, will be allowed to return to
the United States capital from whence
he was driven by the terrible dcnuncia-
ton of Baker; when Davis, the arch
| traitor, who long since should have
| passed from the scatfOld to an unfal-
lowed grave, [applausel, may possibly
pollute once again with his foul pres
encc the halls of Congress, there to
make laws for you and me, while the
immortal Lincoln sleeps in his tomb.
! tCOmradeS of Massachusetts ! this
may come with time, but, by the IIter-
nal God, not if we can prevent it.
[Great checring.'l
1t is true that this language is used
by Il man without honor of record or
stars of merit, Il soldier of fortune in
stead of fame, q hero of retreats rather
| than charges, 4 charlatan of noisy no
toriety without repute Of valor or vir-
tue, and he is speaking of those before
whom he stands but Il bcggarIy Vaga-
bond in every attribute of manhood :;
yet there is 4 startling significance new
erthcleSS in the very cOntr;lSt-in the
aninlus of his inVectiNe and the APP
plausc of his hearerS-that relieves even
treason Of its odiun and makes !. de-
basing vice of s'loyalty.' We'll may
men inquire in their Solicitudp, when
reading these infamous sentiments,
what is to become of the rOuntry-how
long is tho restoration of harmony to
be deferred when shall the lustcr of
genuine patriotism dazzle out Of sight
the ruthless passions that simmer and
surge in the witches cauI'Iron of New
! England: What shall we think of
that sentiment at the North, which on
! the blessed 31St of May, six years from
the surrender Ofthc tOnfcdcr;ttcarItic
impels a Massachusetts multitude to
greet the brutal rawlings of Fitzpatrick
with cNultant enthusiasm and mouth
in malcVOlcnt cheers, his declaration
/ that Jefferson Davis should long since
have passed from the scatIOlu to Il dis
hOnOred grave" What was there in
the speech of Mr.. Davis to provoke
this burst ofhatrcd: What in the tcm-
per of Southern people, u manifest on
every hand, to justify this bloody
thought? What in the hopes and as
pirations of the country at large to
its better ScnsibiiticS? 1t is Il wonder
that the very bones in the Wcstticld
cemetery did not rattle wrat hfully in
their cOtfinS ut the words of the bastard
orator, for never so spoke u true soldier
of 4 subjugatcd foe.
In behalf of the country we trust that
its l<ilpatricks and its Wc@tticldS are
few i'll number, for otherwise its hopes
for all time to come were gloomy in
decd. There was not a single princi-
pie for which Mr.. breckenridge or Mr.
Davis fought but had far better enter
into the policy of the government to
shape its future, than passions like
those divufgcd by this itincrant dcnla-
goguc and applaudod by IN admiring
''conin1unc,' to prevail for :, single mo-
mcnt in our national counSclS. lIur-
ried off by his itching palm for some
/ Federal office, the orator forgot the So
lcmnitN of the occasion, the bloodily
won fame of those whose ashes he thus
drSccratcd, and indrlgcd in Il strain of
hatred which h" invoked the Eternal
to witness should be p"rpctuatcd, if his