The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-18
IAN UNwELOoMI TRAITOR"

. Under this title the Chicago Inter- Ocean, {
: August 14th, publishes long list of vituper
, tive resolutions and scurrilous remarks {
, some citizens of the city of Rockford, Illinoi
denouncing the directors of the Winnebae
: County Fair, for presenting to invite the Hor
Jefferson Davis to deliver the annual addres
at the county fair.
1t seems that the directors, moved by tn
fast growing spirit of reconciliation which
inspiring good and patriotic men both Mort
and South, invited Mr.. Davis to visit then
and deliver the customary address.
Doubtless, in q like spirit of peace AM
friendship, the invitation was accepted. Tn
invitation and its acceptance were looked
upon by many as another step towards obliter
ating the harsh feeling which at one tim,
existed between the two sections of the Union
new hope of future friendship was inspired
by the occurrence; but it seems that the ex
preston of kindness came not from the hearts
of the many, but was only the outgrowth Of
an honest desire for peace and good will from
few directors of the society.
In one set of resolutions drawn up by q
few ex-Federal soldiers, "party- politics are
repudiated, but the signers as "loyal citi.
zens express their great adherence of the
task of acting as hosts to the "arch traitor. y
Be it remembered that all this puerile snarl-
ing and uncalled-for abuse was' INDUCED in
only after Mr.. Davis had accepted the invita-
ton. Looking at it from this point of view
it appears as q premeditated insult to Mr..
Davis personally and to his countrymen
through him. No objection is made to any of
Mr.. DAvis's personal acts, but it is as ex chief
of the Southern people that he is maligned
and villi6ed.
Senator John Elrly characterizes the invi-
tation as "disgraceful affair."" and others
term it can outrage sought to be imposed"
1t is not at all surprising for the Southern
people to read in the columns of the Inter-
Ocean expressions full of malignity towards
themselves and Southern institutions;
bat for the citizens of county
in Illinois to extend such deliberate and
gratuitous insults, does indeed seem
IS if every effort made by the South
coward reconciliation was voluntary invita-
ion to our blatant enemies to shower de-
annexation and abuse upon us.
Whenever a journal in the South takes
occasion to assert anything derogatory to the
personal character of a Northern man, the
lrticle is Immediately seized upon by the
1arpies of the Radical press and made the
ext of verbose and slanderous TRADES on
6 Southern outrages, or the "rebellious
pirit" of the Southern people; and yet here
s newspaper published in one of the
argest cities in the West, and the citizens of
county, ILL.,, all exhausting their
7ocabularies of billingsgate on a board of
directors for daring to invite an honored and
Southerner-an accomplished |
cholar and geutleman-to address them,
nd on the invited guest for presuming to |
ccept an invitation extended in apparent |
God faith.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis is denounced Gas an |
villain of the deepest dye," by
zen whose very bearing and language pro-
ounce them hardly worthy to black his
cots, and who have been ever since the war
tudiously examining the columns of every
outhern journal in search of expressions
nat might be tortured into evidence of
'bellious spirit. We are justified in looking
the matter in the light of an insult to the
outhern people by such expressions as ''that
ID villain, the ex-rebel President" which
,curs 10 the resolutions of reputation
lopted by citizens and ex-soldiers of the
ederal army.
1t is the duty, as we have no doubt it will
8 the pleasure, of those among the Northern
urnals who have expressed desire for
cancellation, to repudiate such conduct on
lie part of their contemporaries. The good
owes made at Boston, Memphis and other
ties, will indeed 60 for little if such shame
IS actions are allowed to pass unnoticed
I'd uncondemned. What will the Centennial
, if such spirit be rampant? I