, 1876-05-15

The Lost Cause survives Justify In North Caro-
li',a to judge from tho speeches delivered in thu
Confederate ccnetery ut Charlotte on tic 1Otl,
inst, being their memorial day. The orator u
tho occaaion WIS the rev, l. TAYLOR AIAnr1y,
WHO, IN rccalltilG tho Tissues Ut 1S0l," sat1:
ThG South y to-dny ruled over by tic miserable
ihfall 0l fankecdon; but they cannot nsl1zzle oir
Wc fought for bur rglta. but In Gods dispe.satio
We arc now vanqulshcd Dut not cowed.
That perhRps sSas no less than was to llaya
been expected Of those who had only surrc,,.
dcrcd their cause at the point Of thu bayonct
and when It was hopclcasly lost. Tint natural
pride which prompts men to yi.aicato thcl.
past naturally prevented any admission that
the Lost Cause was wrong cause. Referring
to It over tho graves Of their own dad, who Ind
fallen tn behalf OF that cal.se extravagalt culo.
gy Of 1t and Of them WIS Of course to haya
bccn anticipated. But the orator did not stop
tlcrc; referring to the future l,e dcclarcd
Slavery waA divine institution, and We ,umt
aayo that Institution or the South Will b4
sat Jay ese vi vii Be and nd g. nS r.
inY proudly over our sunny sonth. Ii the next
ity, support southern man Win wilt build up our
tnterests md hurl The Yankee pckpuskcts from
host by nn artificial te; but we nre l!sinct psu.
Ile and God and the right will enable us 10 sfuy
tMo world ttio truth and the equity Of our claims.
that body, and ara tho only element that Reflects
Ssn S1sat q 4" ths qntsa az; statss q i bs .
cFtlsnent OF corEuptony
It ls gratifying to learn that to this lattcr
query u few In the crowd responded "No,"
While tic rest maintained IN oHlinu1,s SILENCE
All evidently felt TINT tho oratur llad sald tuo
much, and yet ut lust probably he only u.
pressed the sentiment Of nine-tenths of lJs
hearers, but which they feel II Is foolish to ayow
bccauso horclessly cherished. TAerc is nothing
alarming about such utterances us these; hut
they seem to reveal more clearly tho true seuti-
mc,lts Of the constituency represented by tho
Coufcdcratcs Ill Congress, whose uttcrauecs,
through such men as BEN Hill, so startled tho
country.
The Union League Club Of Now York, through
the ma'tce and petty spite of s1,all handful Of
Its tnc1nbcrs, has displayed the exccrablc tasto
to blackball Secretary Bn1sTow, wllosc nanu
Ind been proposed as al honorary member.
This assrcputablo actlon docs not reflect uEon
tho Club as whole, however. There arv about
s0oo members In tho Club, but ut thIs meeting
there wcre only LII mcGnbcrs present, IT. VI
Whom voted Tor the Secretary un1 1n ut.ynst
him. II tho whole membership hal been J,res,
ent 1t IL hardly probable TINT thu negative yote
would hayu been Increased 10 more. It Is cyl-
dent TINT tho hlackbaling Ut Secretary DA.s1ow
arose from ono Of two sources. It was eitllcra
mean andpctty way of giving expression to partl.
san anmostties by the CoNKLlNa furtton, Or, as
IL tnoru probable, hu was blnckbulled ly members
Of the Custom~llouso Ring, who are gngugcl In
smuggling and swlndl[ng tho revenue, and took
this occasion to rcyengu themselves upon h!1u
tor Ills efforts to bre4k up their crooked busL
ncss. Whatever may llayc been the ubject, II
caannot retect any dtscrclIt upon Secretary
BhisTow, but It does retlret discrclit upon the
Club, little handful of WHOSE members have
thus secretly vented their spite. Not ono oi
them would haGe darel to voto openly aga!us,
HIN. Not one Ut them now has sufficient cur
aso to stats that i!e voted agninst him. The
people OF thls country wilt not place It to hla
discredlt, but will rather regard It Us an adlt
tlonal testimonial to ILLS honesty and efficiency.
that le has aroused the wrath Of the New Yort
custon.uouse Ring.
The nomination Of DAuxuM (uot the show
mani as United etates Senator by the Conneo
lieut. Democratic CAUCUS, is spoken 0f by tM
Eastern papers ns onu Of the most corrupt
that ever occurred iu Now EDglalId
It seems tu have bceM on level Will. the cleo
tion Ut 6euators by carpet-bag Legislatures u
tlle South. Tho eauttous-spoken New fort
1Ynes aayss
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