, 1877-09-30
B0URBONS.

] What Southern Gentlemen tn Cincinnati II
Think of the Course Of Southcrncrs Who
| Gave . Cold Shoulder to the President
| Cincinnati Commercial, Sent g.
Last evening Maj. Samuel Y, Reid sat in ono
Of the big, cosy, relvetcorercd arm-chairs at the
base OF tall pillar in the Grand Hotel rotunda.
An idea struck Commercial reporter that as
general consent sort Of representative of that
large class among our citizens, it would be
worth while to ascertain his opinion on the
Presidents Southern trip, and upon those
Southerners who made themselves conspicuous
by refusals to unite with the masses IN welcom-
ing President Hayes and his Cabinet.
So our reporter 5auntered over and roasted
on the arm Of the Majors chair, saying, as he
did so:
BOYD Winchester and Robert Woolcy, II, Louis
vile, and Jubal Early aud John W, Daniel, iu
Lynchburs, during the Presidents visit to those
citjes!"
~ viii ten YOU my opinion" replied slai.
Reid 1t is that they that made great mistake.
spent four years in the War, and want no
more OF 1t. Those u1en you mention are simply
ten wears behind the times. In the Onward
march Of events they will he crushed The
Louisville lneu who published cards refusing to
ment committed sad error Of Judgment, US
well US IN outrage upon hospitality aud good
taste, and they will live to rue the day they took
such course. Their example was followed by
Jubai Early and John w. Danicl, who prove the
fact that they belong to class OF 'potatoes'
the best Of which arc under tue ground. The
Southern people appreciate President HAYES
as the first man VINO has allowed them
to fulfill their contract with The Govern
ent to saes ogd Sn
fed, followed the Confederate flag through
bloody battle after bloody battle, because they
were bound to do it iu support Of certain pri1,-
ciplcs. They helped settle certain questions
that the politicians had fought over fur
fifty years, aud they are, in some respect, as
much entitled to credit Us the Northern soldier.
Since the War they have been shack1cd BY
political adventures that they have had no OPP
portunity to exhiht tcer true manhood and
disposition to honor their bond. 1t has been
lett to President Hayes to strike of those
sllacklcs, and the Confederate soldier to-day
Stands fortt, rs true to the United States CIV
ernnlcnt IS it is, not Us hc would have it, rs the
: i from Maine or Massachusetts,; and the
politician, whether from North or South, who
thrusts hl1nscI! in the way OF peace and recon-
rliation will meet with defeat III his plans, and
incur the deserved contempt OF his countryncn.
''Jolln ". Daniel has Just met with poIiti-
cal defeat and is disgFunt}ed, but he is us clever
a gentleman as there is IN the country. lie
has iilade a mistakc and has been mis!cd. He
will be Ill right iu time. .]ub2l Early is still
fighting in the War. With hin, it will never he
over. But the old feeling that tngcnleTed the
War has died out among tho Southern people,
and they are prepared now to march to the
music Of tile Union. Nincty-tiye per cent Of
them are now nlorsing what they would have
been glad to have inlorsed len years uyo, but
they have been prevented by the Bla;nes, and
Buffers, and Gearys, aud Toolnbses, aud the rest
OF that class. North snd South are marching
forward to peacc, and reconciliation, anu pros.
perity, and tilcr vii! brush aside the enats OF
discord as they 90. The soldiers Of the South,
now that the flag covers them equally |
with their Northern brethren, claim it
rs their own, and well they may, for in the far
away past, in the first great struggle for free |
dom, every stripe upon it was painted with the |
blood Of Massachusetts, Virginia,
and the Caro1nas.''
Just here, when Mai Reid paused to light |
cigar, two other gentlemen whu had served In |
the Confederate army, 'zme up,-Mal. j. u. |
of the Twcntv-second Virginia In |
fantry. and Mr.. Brcut Arnold, who was among |
tho kcntuckians in John Morgan's famous bat |
talion, Both these gentlemen heartily indorbed |
What Maj. Reid had said in rcgur,1 to the artions
II BOYD Winchester, Bob Woolcy, Jul'al Early,
Ind A[r. Daniel, saying these gentlemen had all |
made mistake they would one day be sorry
or, and added that among thu seores-yes,
Confederate soldiers who arc now
n Cincinnati, there could scarcely be found |
lnE to iuuDrse their course.