Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09
WHAT Is A soALLAWAa.-

This question was asked aud answered BY
that apostle of Radicalism, the chronic smiler.
COlfax, at the serenade to the cleanly Morton
at Washington city. He said:
What is n "scalIawag ?" A scallawac is n
Southern born man, who when the storm cloud
OF rebellion broke upon this country, and
when it ragged around him, aud threatened
him with exile or cODfscatiOn, O. Outrage. or
murder, dared to stand up in the midst OF the
storm, and say, "As for me and mine, we stand
by the union to the last drop of our blood
aud the last beat of our hearts," God bless
the men whom our opponents stigmatize rs
scaIIa"ags. LCheCrs They were faithful
among the iaithless they were loyal amid
treason, and it the American people do not
protect them, not only against their murderous
enemies, but in the exercise Of every right
guaranteed to all by the Constitution, we are
not worthy to be called n nation" Tap
plause
That is nearly as good a definition of SCALA,
Vag as was that OF n crab by the French
s0CI"s, whom the naturalist, Cuvier. SO com.
Pletely put to shame. Colfax don't know the
breed as We do down here, and, his definition
Is not only a piece Of sPread eagle demaguguism
characteristic Of the man, but UTTERLY AZ war
with facts. For his information and that of
those who really believe he was speaking some
part OF the truth, we will tell him what a
GeOrgia scalawaS is.
lie Is a man who, it particularly loyal now.
was particularly violent in his hate Of the
Yankee, and his desire for their determination
even before the war commenced. lie be-
IIeVed In the African slave trade, and wished
1t re-oPened. lie wanted to secede before
breakfast, yea even before he had swallowed
his first matutinal cocktail, and his fayOrite
boast was that he could whip five Yankees
single-handed, aud not half try. He wanted
TO cruelty every mau that thought secession
might not prove IA remedy for every evil, aud
wore a blue cockade, aud had spasms of
pnrest bliss when Joe Brown captured Fort
fuiaSkI and the Augusta Arsenal. lie abused
the Confederate. Generals for not marching on
and capturing Washington, PHILADELPHIA. New
York and Boston in thirty days, and in eyerv
other way, shape and form proved, to his own
satisfaction, that if there was any such thing
as n genuine Southern patriot and true blue
enemy to the Yankees he was the man.
All this up to AppomattOx. Then he had
new light. He dreamed dreams, aud saw
visions. He saw that Southern patriotism
was n losing card, and that the hated Yankees
were going to hold all the trumps. Then he
fell down aud groveled ut their feet. Then
he confessed his sins aud walled for pardon
lie had been led Of-he had been swept
from his feet by the surging tide of popular
passionate had been forced by the pressure
OF public opinion to conceal his real seDti-
ments-he had been coerced aud had Welded
10 save his life and property. Oh how uuc
tuouiy he recounted all his past trials and
fluctuations, and how pathetic the recital of
all his emotions when he saw the ''old fay
once more unfurled in triumph over his head /!
When Reconstruction" was dVcreed he rushed
to embrace its iniamies. He made haste to
JOIN himself in close alliance with all the
PerI2atetic r"guesa aud adventures from tho
North who followed in its wake, aud the ig-
norant, brutal standardization for whose bene.
hit It was set on foot. lie ate aud slept and
talked with, aud cajOled aud inhamed them
by day and by night. lie sneuked around
bacEyards and through alleys. aud about the
plantation negro quarters, telling the darkies
OF their rights and what u marvellous proper man
he was TO represent them. He sat in the so.
called Constitutional Convention and had a
hnger in all sorts Of jobs aud when there was
a sO'caIled Legislature aud u sO-SaIled State
Government, he was high in one OF the other.
and sold his vote and influence, aud filled his
pockets from the peoples strong box with
most refreshing zeal. lie approves every out.
rage that Radical villainy aud hate has put
upon his ~neighbOrs and fellow. citizens, aud
NSS'uASS lucy nave Idreu uluch better than
their deserts. He calls them 'rebels," and
thinks disfranchisement and bayoncts the
only way to deal with them. When out Of a
job at home he rushes to Washington with
the most horrible accounts Of outrages on
loyal men, aud insists on being sworn as a wits
ness before n committee at n comfortable per
diem, or free lunch and liquor at the very
least.
This is about the measure of the average
Southern scallawaS, Colfax to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Fancy the truthful BIod.
gett aud the immaculate Whitley, listening
to such boSh as their standing by the Union
to the last drop of their blood aud the last
beat OF their hearts"-Capt. Blodgett, of the
Blodgett Artillery, G. S. a., aud Major
Whitley, the gallant commander of "rebeI'
sharPshooters-red hot Secessionists and still
more fiery COnfederates. If Colfax hadn't
told such a whopper in his definition, it would
have been the champion joke of the season.
C.NucO" (Gu.) Telegraph.