, 1879-06-24
NO D0DGlSG TIE RUGGED ISSUES.
THO Louisville "Couricr-tJournni" nnd 1ts
Course Toward tho "OkoIot.u Btates,',
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Course Toward thc "cl.o1oun stnt.s..,
1'a.it,7n tfni.} cusr!tr.)
Let US tako the course of tho Courier, Journal
with reference to the OSo,oua sta,.t ~ hs.
rrn.atrdtv c.s,rl.5 ,ho, .,a a,,,,. 49, n. "an
is sr,ha. a .'.as .'o eu'loe o' tao o'ales
-. No ,ne'h c1n'ssasSi thas Tic paper Is In pay
OF Republican leaders; and lint It III no sense
REPRESENTS tho sentiments OF tito people OF the
contained ,.,c f,;,a,.t.,t. sa.as,., Io"rso"'"o'
Tna ,,"a, Nv .o!'o"1nE caito1lal PARAGRAPH:
naf ii Il d n SoaeIn Joar'
Il paSi'ssed, L ssai,s1s soaI s1s
re1haps; Z you maku some lnqulriea Of North.
SIT e1n hosx hmepab,saa ,bss stae tonl;,ccs yon will Ind
and s1ea s: F'so y s Ne15oIs
defcd whoo cd,tion ..fni ~ teS' aaa 1ast or
rho fo.rtr. X,,,..n, ~, .a,.t " .sa.nol potnts
nre ,ct,nen, ~ ,s,asaa., g' uo.''tnssaad1he ~
in ] tloronrb1r M d,.hans., Journalism, o. responds
party; It inyents and dstorts for II. na.tv.
Notwlthstundint, II. ). fc.r ~ coa ,,.1 ,1 psH
country mud fcllow,,,on !, ~ ,'., a.. a.a 1--we o.
journal ssooplnE to Its low and coarse fa1stfy-
't1g. Ihc Conritr-Journdl does It for manilcat
purpose. !. yain,y jmarinxa that th,, sonra.
les, denial cffart,,oilv ,r,,sh. ''9 ae"eo'
,~a'. 'a! clubhcs "hateV-
.a"ueaee tAe oRolona 5tdfes may
nave 1n nroustng and warning ttlc North against
the real purposes OF tho Hold South. auch nm
un,ruthful co,,rsr ,oc, mi ,n1 oanna. ~
cfrsct Thcro ~, .a w. aa "q sansoL .'a'e u"
naser. rns aese ~ ase 50 many Demoeratc news
pess ,n a a,'u NJ no.clans IN ae south that applaud
,hot eeu1td ae rasms % VI ahc okonha hcwspapcr,
cr"n o.,nn.t to ,,.,' r. eonne1cn 10 believe,
vn,,,.! ~ !ohG!L ol lno unmlnAht element 81 tho
s,..,a'i ou!e1n gcsnocsacy. inc democrats Of Mis-
stnt ...ha y! G'r sectlon iheF osigt-
iar.r x,t.t"n; tss'sppl as I uaa lucy afc peca.
e ,1er nsoyn slH1st anu tor Moncer'aE N o.!c. 4
,ho tnn,s ~ an Iuseant innt ue edisnrs OF
u oko'o''a 'oons we're Hadcal cnitssartcs md
,a H. tfSr fa,ny Mou1 ~ fpeGuf serya Len as they
n cIaim '"o of iay ahn o, .aoEe Cnsolm: s ho-ii!o
eeats, sTats, an n1nl ., that they are publishing
nattGs ,t offensive 10 S9utAcrn Democrats, Is
INC te, taik ~ q iinspcT and herman, an! applaud
neiw III ,nt,,,a. II nv l., '9hs'e , sonfer'2afna! ire
5 "5', saKaE g. sne pfcsanton 10 tnfarcont u. Mr.
9': aMS9sats oi Transforming Rebel soldiers and ex-
is!,ta1nE 70 u1ctn eferY r!SAt and privilege en-
loyea " the soldiers ol the ui'ion., THIS Droyes
III; Matte'son 10 ee at heart IN nuison with tho
co!tors Vi 1'lo oK0otla 'ssdfet TIC F,as too much
policy or TOO % in1cn CAUTION to speak Ills scntE
hlents L: 6oIuly as Iiarpcf and Herman; that ~
ths SC. ehlal difference We a'e able TO discern: Z
j., ihe sane htn1emcnIls y true IN 2 Ereater or
Esesy e, nan WHO be4eyfs ~ tle bloody doc
triGe ol stnts.r'ghts' NJ held BY the Democratic
parity hinst sIan'l on Tue hlatloTnt of the Oko-
iona t,iaef' Il nc lalls snort OF thE, he Is In
consistent WIN or nnla1tlInl 70 his alleged po-
,aIieal ialth. or he may he Ike the ce!ebratcd
alalEt ttinperallcctnaui-"lh IN 1usoT OF Tho laW,
but aEtn It's enfOrttntent."
No saut tnun can read Southern neHspapcrs
without being cout[nccd that the Okolona States
(exttetnc nlll fHtsmpcrato rs its langunye mav/
bc) Is, III sobcrneAs md truth, Il reliable cxpok
nent of the cletnent of tho Southern Democracy
which llas hccn In power theirs ut late years, Aud
Is IN pt>,re- there to-day. LctfersOu Davis IS thu
Idol Of ths controlling section Of the Democratic
party Of the Nation. JeIrcrapn Davis Is c1-
tolled, 1ltattflca, md defended Ia tho Scnatu
Of tho Ui1tcsl States Gtfu In tha lnusu
Of Congress BY your Lnmnrs, Ben Hills.
nnd Hlackburns: Mnd Jefferson Davis
takes trefn the Dkolona !Statca choice lEe8 Of
pOatry as thcy fall from the pen OF the untama-'
bic Herman, anil Inserts them .u hls latest pub-
lie ornttuss. Moreover, this same poum,
" southIa,.tl," which Jefferson Davis 9uotca
npnrovinEly, was rcad befora tho MiasissippI
Press Association, at V!cks0uEc, year ago, by
the senlor editor and pronr!etor of tht Okulona
Sfafei, and was most enthusiastically aud cor
dlalfy received. II Tits wns not calm, taclib-
crate. MIL thorough Enforcement OF tho extreme
s ,nc lesssptH De'lottasss "e enoulu I!Re t0
"Tu" Htat ~ tau - .
~ thc Tceeption OF thls poem by the Southern
DTCS8 G0Gd Dfk tnu{p4tG that the lJkOfOnH A{IftS