Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-04-02
WHO WERE THE DISUNION-
ISTS-SOUTH.
COL. oLkrBoRHE OF MISSISSIPPI WRITES
PIECE TO rHE sRw ORLEANS
IcAYUNE-HoRTHERN
MEN IN THE SOUTH,

cih ihoh ioo'uthb 'o"s" w s~'''J ~ ~
their social, political and business re-
lations with our people, is an excellent
suggestion, and should be carried out
We are and always have been, proud
OF the many worthy, enterprising and
eminent men who have cast their loi
among us, and most of them will beaI
witness of the welcome they have re
ceived.
My native State, Mississippi, has the
credit Of being as intensely Southern
as any other, and has been more thar
any other misrepresented atthe North
Let us see how she has treated
the young adventurers, who came from
tho North and East--came, in every
instance, without money, fame or in
fuence, and were at once adopted by .
generous people. Let us SEQ how
Mississippi treated them.
We sent John Black, Of Connecticut
John Henderson, OF New York, and
Robert ]. Walker, of Pennsylvania, L
the Senate of the United States.
S. S. Prentiss and yolney Il. How
ard, of Maine, Franklin L. Plummer, O
Massachusetts, II. T. Elicit, Of Della
ware, and John A. Quitman and Johr
ID. Freeman, of New York, to tn,
House of Representatives of th'
United States.
We made Tighlman G. Tucker, o.
New York, Governor. He was q
blacksmith originally, and was knowr
by the Choctaws as old Tile-to-ba
His competitor was d. o. Shattuck, o.
Ohio originally tinker, then turned
preacher at 500 year, then became
a lawyer and judge, and by sheer
dint Of impudence, talent and Yankee
go aheadativeness made himself tn,
standard-bearer of the old Wings O
Mississippi, the richest, proudest anC
most aristocratic party that ever dom
ineered in this country. In the con
test between Tucker and Shattuck th'
latter was known as Didapper Davy
but old Til.e-to-ba won the race.
Mississippi made John A Quitmau
Of New York, Governor and Repre-
sentative in Congress over true ant
talented Southern born competition
every way his equals. She made hin
Major General of her militia, and al
terwards, when the war with Mexic,
came on, by the personal influence o
Hon. VIM. M. Gwin, then of Mssis
sippi, he was appointed Brigadier Gen
eral OF volunteers by President Polk
Lyman Harding, Of Massachusetts
Richard Stockton, of New Jersey, an,
John ID. Freeman, of New York, wer
made our Attorney General.
Josiah Simpson, of Now Jersey, AM
VIM. b. Shields, of Delaware, wer
United States judges for the Distric
of Mississippi, appointed on the recon
mendation Of the bar.
Peter B. Bruin, of New Jersey, an,
Nehemiah Tilton, Of Delaware, wor
our first territorial judges.
P. r. II. Pray, of Maine, John Black
of Connecticut, ID. o. Shattuck, q
Ohio, and ]. s. b. Thacher, of Massa
chusetts, were on the bench our Higl
Court of Errors and Appeals.
s. s. Boyd, Of Maine, George Wiz
chester, Of Massachusetts, and Duncal
s. Walker, Of Pennsylvania, all of tn
Natchez bar, wero rendered the sam
high position.
Joshua G. Clarke, of Pennsylvania
Joshua Childress, Of Massachusetts
VIM. A. Stone, of Connecticut, G. S
McMilleD, of New York, and Hirar
Cassidy, of Ohio, have all been char
cellors aud circuit judges, and the la'
ter when a mere youth, was mad
Speaker of the House OF Represeta
tives.
Gen. Charles Clarke, Of Ohio, g
well known as hero and Statesman
come to Mississippi q poor youn
schoolmastcr and became the idol {
our people.
Ali the distinguished men whom
have mentioned stood by Mississippi j
her varying fortunes, not always az
proving her policy but every ready t
vindicate her motives and her virtues
Many Of them followed her standar
in our unhappy conflict, and now i
in bloody graves, or came back wit
shivered lances and broken swords I
share her adverse fortunes.
A more loyal and patriotic peopl
than the people of Mississippi neve
existed. Their devotion to the Unio
to the amounted to a passion. 1t r'
quired long years of training, argr
ment instruction and appeal to tcac
us the expediency Of secession an
civil war. Who were these educs
tors of public opinion The al
swer must be-Northsrn Meni Me
born under the influence Of New Ell
Igland institutions, trained under you
proscriptive Congregationalism or b,
your unrelenting Calvanistic doctors
These were the men who came her,
connected themselves with the presI
and framed, directed and educate
public sentiment in Mississippi. Yo
accuse us, falsely, Of reputation. W
never repudiated one dollar Of q jus
and legal debt, and our financial hi
tory and condition may be studied wit
advantage by other States. Whcthe
however, our financial policy, or OF
course in national affairs, bc approve
or disapproved, the young men frol
the North are largely responsible fc
IL. Who were the men that for thirt