Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-30

dared to resist the disloyal and dishonorabl,
demand Of his party. Is it not well for thu
country that there il somebody besides
Northern Democratic tricksters and dodger'
to combat the solid SJuth
Southern Sentiment In Southern Verse.
Treason is back in The DsjOrity. Thi:
is the whole story. Treason is an old &C.
quaintance. IT acclaimed in Congress when
Washington was President, and filled hi.
heart with grief, his mind with ioreboding
Surely it is no less rampant in Congress to-
day, while the memories of the war give q
tenfOld intensity 10 the race hatred of the
Southern people for, strange as it may
seem in the people of enc country, race,
hatred it il.
The lines | quote below. read in Vicks
burg. before the convention Of the Missis-
s'ppi Press Association, one year ago, and
| quoted in public since by Jefferson Davis,
but Voices the inward en- otiop. the deep
est purpose Of the "Solid SOUTH" Listen
Extend the hand of friendly faith unto your
Northern brother,
And heart to heart adown tie tide Of time 20 on
together,
Should you do ths, you would prove false to all
your Southern heroes,
And bow your knee TO each decree Of Northland's
bloody Nerces.
How can a man of Southern BIRTH whose klnsmen
died in glory
That they might leave on History page our coun
try'- touching story,
Prove traitor to his native land and 10 his fathers
teaching.
Re handing ear eacL word IN ba., -, ha,.,i...
Northern preaching:
MAX no rash vow to reconcile race that has no
feeling;
Show forth unto the world your scorn, without the
least cOncealing.
tive blow for blow, give hate fCT hate, and never
cease to prav.
That Gods kind hand will bless cur land in His
appointed way.
"Remember all the tyIannies that have been
heaped around US
Remember all the fends wrongs with which our
foes have crowned us
Remember all the bitter hate that Northern hearts
is rending,
Aad plight your iroth TO hat, the North with
hatred deep, unendng
Bring iorth our ak.car Nations hls cur South
And wave IT high, that Southern winds may opc Its
foldings wide
Though trailing in the dust it be and stained with
Soon time will see that 1t shall be FRrg souta
LANDS STARS AND BARS.
But once again our race shall rise on some auspi-
cious day
The Star. and Bar= shall lee the tias Of the second
C.S.A.
And the end shall be u Inherent ono from that
which went before.
For victory to nations Tree will add nation more
Tho two iJllOaing verses | copy from a
longer poem read ON the same occasion:
.slTu and frafu thy
With II firm, swift hand, forever,
All The laws antasonistic 10 thine august Laws of
STRIFE YoE STATE RIGars This thy mission.
I'LL II finds ull iruition.
Let the blessing VI the ballot by Caucs sslsns be
Controlled.
up Rebuild thy ruined sltars
That were shattered by assaulters,
And beside them swear Thy children the saue ith
their fathers swOre
hus the olden, golden glory,
Flashing through and through the story,
Like the splendor Of a sunhurst, will Hume South
land once u ore
Now, ii this hot Outbarst OF irregular |
rhyme really applied To these troubadours'
whole country, one. at least. mig hit call 1t |
very patriotic. The fact that it means only |
a single State-or. at the most, the S)uth-
ern States-prOves it decidedly barbsric. 10
this mundane world it is not worth while
wholly 10 1T go OF common sense $50 often
found uncOmmon), even in poetry. Thus
wnen one read,
olive blow for blow, give hate Tor hate
Remember all the bitter hate that northern
hearts i rending,
And Pill sht your troth to hate the North with hatred
deep unendlng
1ne ~ very naturally reminded OF the way
in which this same "fendish North" mani
Tested its hatred" when it poured forth
without stint its most precious treasure and
Ifa la Of nfraer TO- Nka e L.
Yellow ftyer-a fever caused quite as much
~ barbarism and neglect of bygienic law
~ by climate.
When ! read,
Bring forth our aag-our NATION nas-our South
land draililess pride
Though trailing in the dust It be ami stained with
battls -caTs.
ION time will that IL shail he FarE sourB
IAs"s eIAhs AND BARS
the capitals are not mine) | am remind
ID oil wha. once saw with anguish on
southern sOil-the stars ard stripes Of the
lag OF the United States tied to the tail of a
Iorse striding after Stonewall jackson.
railing IN the dust of Virginia. amid the
lendish shouts of the hOrdes who followed
I and him
Here is your damned United States
lag :" cried rebel soldier to little child, ,
snO nhl Ventureu out TO see jackson s |
men, come in. q
| am sure YOU will not wonder when |
ell you tina. the lines | have Just quoted,
ho words hear to-day in Congress ave q
cry peculiar sound to me.
You will not accuse me Of AIRY cxaggera-
ion Of speech when | call 1t treason :"
reason against an indlssOluble union Of
ta.es, making one indissOlube central gov |
one indissoluble country Against
uch a country the whole Southern mind a
nd nature wars. Its patriotism, its civil i
zition IL not largo enough TO take 1t
D. You cannot measure the egOtlsm nor |
be prOyinclalism OF tho man who declares r
is native State to be his country" Moth 7
lg else defines 20 dlstinctively the difference 4,
etweon the civilization Of tho North and .
ie lack Of 1t its higher, wider sen 80 in
be South As this comprehension of ono = !,
hole country combined with utter deyo-
on TO 1t IN all it, breadth, which forms an v
Intrinsic part of the Northern conscience L
nd heart, and this unreasOnIng passion Tor II
ne State which runs IN the very lie blood l
the Southern constitution. Ii ~ equally )
empowering, as CliJnsivcly manifest IN "
10 clay-eateT OF the plans, the ignorant u
istic from the mountains, who never read a
word. and the Flower OF chivalry" who ~
Oss0ms IN passionate speech on tho n
JOrs OF Congress. Long as the gamut IL a.
their social difference, they are but ~
10 IN this their hatred of tho North v
Ieir wild iealty to the STATE that makes u
eir country. MARY Ci,D1er's WASH y
yfOn Letter 10 " Y. independent Al