Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-06-10

while the Northern men in oar ser
vice, though brave aud true, brought
disaster To our arms. Lowell lost us
New Orleans, Pemberton lost us
VicksbuTg, aud Gardner lost "a Port
Hudson. Through the failure ot
these three otiicer- the command 1T
the Mississippi was lost, the tonied-
eraey was cut in twain. and the con
quest oi the South became only "a
question Of time.
Had the South been united our in
dependence could easily have been
established; but, unfortunately, the
South furnished, probably, ~ many
native troops To the Federal army
"a did the vast and populous North.
Missouri gave lOs,I13 soldiers 10
that army, Kentucky 02,O0o, Mary.
land 1880. Every Southern State
Contributed in greater or less degree,
and in all there were 10000 native
born SoutheTners ia the Yankee
service. la tins enumeration ] do
not include the 25O.OOO negro troops,
. "h' A'hEhN hoftl Ahfht - Ah' NtRf
noblN now, and without whom, T..
NJ stanton. the Yankee Secretary OF
War, said that "the lite oi the ma
ton" could not have been saved.
Without enlarging farther upon thus
subject, ] have sufficiently establish
ed the claim Of the Soathern people
10 excellence IA the field. They have
| succeeded IA one 81 the two depart.
ments IA which they have sought
| prominence. Let us look at the
other. Have they succeeded IN the
department of politic~!
frum Washinglons Inauguration
To Grant, the RcpIblic bad lasted
after iashion) eighty years. Then
a new element Il voting power was
introduced not known 10 the framers
OF the constitution, and therefore
only estimate the time up Ia this
/ Radical change. OF these eighty
years, tiny-seven were passed under
/ the Pre~ldencies of SoutheTu born
men, aud bat twenty y-thrrc under
Northern Presidents. Washington.
jefferson, Madison, Monroe aud
Jackson served each eight years.
forty Years In all, just one halt the
ute ot the nation. Tyler, Polk,
Lincoln and Johnson served each
four years, aud TaN lor one. OF the
twenty three years under Northern
Presidents, John Adams and John
Quincy Adams, Van Burcn, Pierce
aud Buchanan served each four
years aud Fillmore. Tie second
Adams was not the choice of the peo-
pie, and was elected by the House ot
Representative. Mr.. FILLMORE wa,
elevated by the death of President
Taylor. 30 up the period OF the
new kind Of voting. the people hal
really never elected bat four North.
eru men TO the PRESIDENCY. II l. re
markable, too, tnat the people have
repndiated the administration of
every Northern President, not one
of them being reelected, aud dit
terent political party always succeed
ing thNm Ia power, save ia the case
OF Mr.. Pierce, Democrat, who was
succeeded by Mr.. buchanan, also "a
Democrat On the other hand, 1--WE
Southern Presidents were re elected
and all 0f them were succeeded hy
Presidents OF the same political
faith, except, perhaps, Mr.. Polk, who
was succeeded by Gen. Taylor, run
ming upon no party platform. The
country indoTSed Polk's admlnistra-
ton and dld not rcpudiate him, as he
declined a re nomination. Another
curious fact j. this, that every North
ern President hao associated with
him q Southern man a. Nice Presi-
dent. Thus John Adams had Thos.
jefferson John Quincy Adams ha'l
| J. G. Calhoun Martin Van Buren
had r. VI. Johnson; Pierce had Wm
X. king Buchanan had J. &. Brcck
inridge. On the other hand, Jack
son served one term with J. &. Cal
houn; Harrison aud Tyler, associa
ties, were both from Virginia, aud
Lincoln and Johnson were hoth
from the South. Ot these same ~
years, the South had a Chief Justice
on the Supreme Court bench for u
years, OF more than three-fourths oI
the time. The purity aud wisdom
OF these southern Justices made them
the pride OF the nation.
All the wars, foreign and domestic
have been under the conduct and
; control OF Southern born President &
the war Of 1872, tho Algcrine war,
the Black Hawk war, the Seininole
war. the war of the second rebellion
All the acquisitions OF territory
have been under Southern Press
, dents, BY which the size 0f ths
! United States has been doubled
, Louisiana. rlorida, Texas, New Mex
leo, California aud Alaska. The
J New England States resisted al
, these acquisitions except the last.
The political studies Of the Soutl
all led 10 freedom, and Southern
, statesmen have always been on tbs
side of popalae rights. Christopher
Gadsdea, OF South Carolina, ia .
public address In Charleston in 1890
advocated separation from Grea
| Britain, aud he was the nrst man u