National Republican., 1878-11-18

little difference as Southern gentlemen
usually settle their difficulties. That
skulking piece of cowardIcc docs not indi-
cate strong percentage Of heroism on the
part of one who indulges such insolence rs
Follows, and which we reproduce as n sample
Of the Fnlstailian stun that cminates from
one who fees from solitary brave man ms
though he were legion:
All that happy gush about the loyal heart of
the North responding as promptly to.the call of
duty MS It did during the dark and bloody
years of the war Is apt TO create a smile on the
battlc.scarred countcnanccs OF tho good.na.
tured old rebels, who yet have some memory
Of the responses, so called, Of the loyal heart.
They have not forgot how the loyal heart OF
this brave writer and the like Of him took care
to steer clear Of the bullets and bayoncts dur.
ing the days that tried mems souls. They have
some remembrance still of the draft that drove
the loyal heart at the point of the bnyonet
into tho ranks that were filed with the brave
Germans aud Irish aud Scotch aud other ma
tonalities, that had rallied around the Stars
and Stripes. They have not quite forgot that
the loyal heart, In its hour of trial, even Hp.
pealed to tho poor darkry of the South, and
often put him In the forefront Of the battle,
that the good loyal heart Of the North might
be saved from rebel bullets. They have not
quite forgot that when IL was supposed that
peace had once more spread its white wings
over the whole land this same patriotic, loyal
heart put the ballot Ia the hands Of tho igno.
rant aud innocent darkey, with which he
might still, under loyal orders, fight the dis.
armed rebel, while the brave, loyal heart
nccccd the poor rebel Of all he possessed and of
all he could make. Nor are they blind to the
fact that now the loyal heart is ready to take
tho ballot from the darkcy II II dared to at
tempt H. because the poor darkcy no longer
| helps the loyal heart TO rob the law-abiding
rebels and to raid aud riot ad Hbi'Hn over the
rights of sovereign States.
We know but little of the writer OF the
above save what was made public few
weeks ago, and which strongly rcsembled
what in the land Of cbivalry is character
lied as cowardicc. We do not know
whether or not he was in the rebel army
but il is safe to assume if he was that he
was never found at the front but with the
baggage and suffers train and ambulances
at the rear plying the vocation of three card
monte with the sick aud wounded soldiers
and mule drivers to divcst them of their
surplus Confederate funds. lie may not
have been in the Confederate army, and
/ tu'ct hh'N oNNNiiN'' pht
we regard them rs among the possibilities
and probabilities in case he had the courage
to enter the ranks of the Confederate SOL
diery at all during the wah!
We entertain the opinion that no true
soldier who had met the Northern foe
would strike as madly now rs that writer
does with n view to disparage Northern
patriotism and courage that fought for the
national life when 1t was assaled by trait
ors The men who are truly brave aud
have confronted the boys in blue on the
battlefield indulge in no such sncerS at
their loyalty and bravery, or at the North
crn people who they represented at the
front as drips from the pen of the iratc
scribbler who fills the columns CT the Id,
rcriiser and JkH with the oilal Of uncon.
ciliatcd treason and hate.