The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-13
ARE WE A BARBAROUs PEOPLE
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Col. II. G. Ingcrsoll, not satisfied
with attacking the truths of ofinspiration,
and aspersing the character of the great
law giver, Moses, has now brought his
powerful intellect to bear upon the
South, and, in u recent interview, is
reported as follows:
"Colonel Ingersoll, who will be elec-
ted President in 1SSO?'' "Whoever
the Republican party nomiuates. Be-
cause solid South makes q solid
North. One hundred thousand Demo-
cratic majority in South Carolina means
$4,000 Republican majority In New
York. 1t will be civilization against
semi-barbarism."
From this it will he seen that Colonel
Ingersoll considers the South to be in q
semi-barbarous condition. When 1t Is
considered that civilization Is the Off
shoot of religion, and that Colonel In
gersoll is doing his best to undermine
will be seen that his views as to civiil-
zation or barbarism can be worth very
little in the opinion Of thinking men.
But Colonel Ingersoll Is not the only
one who has charged the South with
being semi-barbarous. ttBarbarity,"
"barbarians," and ssrufiians'' are favor
ite expressions of the Radical press
when it writes of Southern AFFAIRS.
The spirit of the Pharisee who said
"stand back, am holier than thou"
thus unites itself to the unbelief and
blasphemy of Ingersoli. They meet on
one common ground, and that Is hatred
of the South. But what are the main
elements of civilization? Plainly, edu-
cation, refinement and culture. Is the
South deficient in any Of these respects
On the contrary, has not the refine
ment and culture of its people ever
been noted throughout the world? We
wish to make no invidious distinctions,
but we must say that in the circles Of
Southern society, impoverished though
we have been, more real refinement
and culture can be found, than in the
shoddy aristocracy that passes for good
society in many of the Northern cities.
The diamond may shine, but it is paste
none the less. We do not deny that
there is abundance of refinement and
culture at the North, but the tendency
there of late years has been to throw
real worth and excellence in the hack
ground unless supported by an over
flowing purse. Mammon rules the day,
and q mans means are the criterion by
which his merit is judged. But the
Radical press of the North not only
charge the South with civilization,
but with barbarous outrages unworthy
of the age in which we live.
We have before this sought to refute
| these ISLANDERS, not that such refutatior
| would have any effect upon the bitter
partisans who have originated these
falsehoods, but simply in justice to ou,
section, and in tho hope that unpreju-
diced minds would accept the truth.
What we have to say now is this
There are violent and disorderly per.
sons in all communities-evcn in those
of the highest civilization. But such
persons are outcasts from society, not
constituent parts of it. Suppose we
were to judge the people of New York
city by tho burglars who broke into
the Manhattan Bank, the desperad oes
who committed robbery on the streets
of the city, or the ghouls who tore the
remoins of A. II. Stewart from their
last resting place? Suppose we were
to judge of the people of Pennsylvania
by the atrocities and murders COM
mitted by the Molly Maguires, or of
any portion of the North and West by
the record of crime that daily meets
u
justly be considered bigots and fools.
And yet this is just what the Radical
press at tho North is persistently do
ing. A very slim foundation of truth
is all that is needed on which to build
towering structure of outrage and
fraud. But the structure will fall soon,
when touched by the lance of truth,
and the real barbarians will be found
to have been those who have per-
sistently slandered their fellow citizens.
The Prince Imperial of France is re-
ported as having given his adhesion to
the Republic. In a recent conversation
he said: "Tell everybody that will
never consent to reign in France rs the
head of a party. l would rather re-
main in exile than swerve from the
principle of nationality which my
name represents, and from the motto
which is so dear to me, 'All for the
people and through the people,"
New Orleans Democrat: ssThe case
of Capt. Iells, who violated official
etiquette and told the truth by calling
X Kellogg q liar is soon to come uD be-