National Republican., 1875-07-29
TIE SOUTHERN REBEL CONSPIRACY
GEN. T. n. LOGAN's ADDRESS.

Southern people in the late war has not
abated. We have often predicted that they
would attempt to gain within the Union
what they failed to gnin when they took
up arms against it. But while this predic-
tion has carried with it solid conviction to
the hearts of many, it has been received
doubtingly by others, with ridicule by some,
and with Indifference by large number Of
| intelligent people who generously believe
the assertions of the rebels that they hon.
estly accept the result of the war as q
definite settlement of the issues involved
in it. Latterly the strength of this last
mentioned class of generous believers has
been augmented by the influence of the
deceptions practiced by the rebel Democ-
racy in their Gushing centennial displays
of newly found fraternal feeling. So true
Is this that when evidence of the true con-
dition of affairs has been presented to the
public the full force of it has been dis
counted by assertions in the columns
of the so-called Independent press that
only an insignificant and uninfluential por-
ton of the Southern people are guilty Of
cherishing any love for the Lost Cause.
The same statements have been made
in contradiction of our repeated assertion
that the bitterness of sectional feeling, one
of the promotive agencies of the war, is
still rampant in the South. This was par
ticularly the case with reference to the in
cendiary address of General Preston at the
Virginia University semi-centennial cele-
hrafion That adAracc II will ha
bered, was so violently at variance with
the Gush policy that the New York Tribune,
leading Gush organ, was induced to sup
press it, thereby preventing the public
from having an opportunity to read the
only complete copy of it given to the press
for publication. But "the truth will out"
and as General Preston's vanity, or the
desires of his numerous sympathizers,
finally procured its publication in part so
the vanity and desire of General T. NJ.
Logan, of the famous Confederate Hampton
Legion, 10 see his utterances in print has
enabled us to furnish our readers with
another and, if possible, more startling
illustration Of the devotion of the " intelli-
gent whites of the South to the fallacies
of sectional superiority and State rights.
Logan, it should be understood, was the
orator selected to address the Hampton
Legion on the occasion of their reunion on
the fourteenth anniversary of the battle of
Bull Run. Wade Hampton presided in
person, and in the course of his remarks
rendered some loyal advice to his former
followers, the pith of which is embodied in
the following extract, and the sentiment of
which cannot be too highly commended.
He held the original battle-scarred flag of
his command in his hand and said:
ftIt will speak constantly to your hearts of
our dead comrades, and it will serve to remind
you always that, uhen you ftrTled IL torevsr, you
pledged your soldierly honor TO Observe ilViolIts
the terms on Wltich you surrendered. 1t will
thus stand as perpetual symbol OF your
plighted faith, not alone in the past, but for
the future. II lriH be the strongest guarantee TO
those rho so often met il in deadly fight that the
men rho proUed themselves so true 10 il tchiie IL
claimed their allegiance, cannot proce false TO The
men M65P met You You IL lbs ba%e % VII ba6hbrh al hFASs vSS
for hororing the flag you have once upheld so
bravely, clung to so devotedly, and which you
now cherish as q memorial of your fallen
brethren. And while you cannot expect them
to sympathize with the cause in which it was
borne, they will not fail to respect the men who
bore it in so loyal and knightly fashion"
OF this thoroughly acceptable advice we
have already heard much, and will hear
more from the Gushers; but they will fail
to give the public any indication of the
manner in which it was received and fol-
lowed. That Gen. Logan heard it, no one
can deny; and that he repudiated is also
beyond denial, when il is known that the
concluding portion of his address contained
the following significant declaration:
@When look upon that tattered flag and
the faces of you, who so long followed it, 1t
revyes q new love for the principles 1t symbol
izes, and keeps alive a sentiment that has been
clothed in classic language, fDules ct deeorHn.
est, pro pdtria nori.' Those who fought and
those who fell under that flag commended for
constitutional liberty ont Of the Union. Since
the fate of war has placed US again under the
f0ld Flag so long as it symbolizes eOHStitU-
tiondl equality and union, and not q policy
higher than the principles contained in the
Constitution, will we who fought against 1t
yield an allegiance to it, second to none in the
country Of Washington But should the same
or similar political status arise in the future
that existed in the past, for one, and only
presume 10 speak for myself am ready again
10 draw ny sword for constitutional liberty in
The Union.
''While am willing TO acknowledge our de-
feat on the battlefield, am NOT pili,lg TO dd-
nit that the principles for which Iue fought hare
been settled or destroyed. They rethe life of tbs
Republic. When they are ignored or forgotten,
this Republic sriH hare dc3enerGted into an en-
pire. 49,.
'tNor do agree to the proposition that the
loss of our cause is "a blessing in disguise
Aside from the political principles involved in
our struggle, as corrollary flowing from 1t,
has been the contest OF two systems Of ciyili-
cation, the one of the North, the other of the
South; one the offspring of the Puritan of New
England, the other the child of the Colonies Of
the South. The Puritan's civilization, based
upon materialism, in which everything Is tried
In the crucible Of cHi bono; q civilization that
Is stimulated by SoeTd forIhes Glri; civiliza-
tion in which every moral and social virtue is
limited tothe perimeter Of the Almighty Dollar;
q civilization that only recognizes redress for
woman's wounded honor In the courts of law;
is q Civilization ploTe TO Be dreaded than The
simeon Of The desert, deStroyiHg, as u does, The
courage Of man and blasting the Virtue Of toonadn.
"Let The South cling TO her past civilization.
Let her social ldDs still govern her citizens. Lether
men still preserve the code Of honor Let The
Civilization that Is based upon truth, honor hon
esty, courage and virtue be SGeredly preserved
and transmitted 10 our postsrify. ..
"IhS principles for which The living and dead
Of The Legion fought are true; they are as true To-
nigM as uey heTe uAt7t ute cannon opened us roar
at Manassas, fourteen years ago. I feel Il a
grateful privilege and honor 10 speak iH yiadica-
tioR Of those principles to-'liJh, aud am content
TO lire for phGt ney so Robly died"
We have purposely reproduced these two
remarkable and conflicting declarations that
our readers may have the opportunity Of
judging for themselves which speaker is
entitled TO the greatest credit as q leader,
and winch is the truest representative of
the political sentimento of their former COM
panions. If the so-called Independent
press will do as much, the public will enjoy
the rare privilege at its hands of reading
both sides; but we fear that like the T1T-
6une, in General Preston's case, only that
side win be printed which will serve the
purpose ofdeception TO which it is devoted.
1t should be remembered, however, that
Gene nal Hampton is discerning, discreet
and experienced political leader, whose
natural caution admonished him that his
every utterance would be closely watched