The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-09-30
receiving a blow from the gallant

1 ASu'NOhAOtNAutA AOANCy tuol uio mCuf
being mostly conscripts and raw
recruits, would not fight; at any
rate could not be relied on at a
pinch. But a short time afterward
these much misjudged men, with
their prudent brigadier, passed
under the command of Natan Bed
ford Forrest tnot Napoleon Bona
parte Forrest as the Federal news
papers ased to ironically call
him though in native military
genius the Little Coporar was
scarcely his superior), aud then it
was that they showed they were
true grit everyone.
With them Forrest at once pro-
ceeded to win some of his most
brilliant and memorable victories:
Okolona, Tishomingo Greek, or
Bryce's Gross roads, etc, and, it is
said, that at the first OF these, and
the second, too, perhaps, when they
were performing prodigies of valor,
and, whether mounted or on foot,
always driving the enemy, Forrest
would call Chalmers to his side,
and. pointing to his heroes, would
say: General, look at those devils;
are they not the scalawags you
said wouldn't fighti To which
Chalmers, who is u born courtier,
would gracefully reply: yes; but
General, those men are no longer
raw recruits; besides, they have an
idea that General Forrest is not
far off,
"Ohalmers was with Forrest
through all his famous battles,
combats and skirmishes in North
Mississippi, West Tennessee aud
Alabama, until near the close OF
the war and it is but just to the
former to say, that, under that po.
tent influence, ho won considerable
prestige; was often officially com.
plimented by his great chief; and
ended his career as asoldier with
the fairest credit"
"But," said the jolly Capt. j.
T, Of New Orleans, here at the
Capitol Hotel the other day, the
idea Of Bun Chalmers locking horns
with Lucius Lamar for the lattcr's
seat in the United States seuate,
for downright presumption, beats
anything in politics I've heard OF
since before the noodl Why, sir,
1t reminds me of the old stump |
speakers anecdote OF the little bull !
running n tilt at tho locomotive.
His spunk's sublime, but damn his
Judgment! I've known Bun Chal.
mers all my lite; l knew he had
any amount of self.confidence; /
knew he had an exhaustless mine
Of 'brass,' which he has been try.
ing, with nose or less success, all
his life, to pass off on the world for
pnre gold; but this last move of
his-thls attempt to supercede
MississlppIs greatest man, living
OF dead, is hickory or two over
all the persimmons in the country
Coming through Mississippi the
other day, l met Gen. W., one OF
the ablest and most popular Dem
ocrats in that State, whom you and
everybody else know to be consti.
tutionally incapable OF falsifying
or prevaricating in any shape; well
sir, the General told me something
l had never even suspected before,
something that greatly surprised
me, coming as it did from a
Democrat. We were talking
about this very matter of Ohal-
mers and Lamar, and about
Chalmers forming q coalition
with the Greenbackers to compass
his vaulting ambition (which, by
aud by, is sure to o'erleap itself
and land him on the other side OF
Jordan politically speaking), and
then it was that Gen. w, up aud
told me- that Chalmers had mover
been elected to Congress- from the
Shoestring district; that the facts
in the case had como to him in a
way and shape that left no room
to doubt that he had been beaten
both times by the popular vote, but
that the majorities had been over
come aud Chalmers returned to
Congress, la Hayes in Louisiana
and Florida in 1S76-by means 80
illegal, SO discreditable and corrupt
that they were bound to come out
sooner or later and react greatly
to the damage of the Democratic
party. moreover, Gen. w. declar-
cd that, If ever called upon to act
officially in the matter, would be
bound to so decide, or 80 testify,
hs tee case might bc. Now con-
cluded the outspoken Captain,
"what do you think Of thatp [,
Reporter 81 think it's a very
pretty kettle Of fish, indeed.
What, with Greenback coalitions,
Independent organizations and
Chalmers Vaccinations, the Dem
ocratic ship seems to be about to
encounper a big blow, If not o regu.
lar typhoon, in Mississippi. The
storm signals should be set at oncc
all along the shore, Then the
captain should have the matches
battened down, sail shortened, mu.
tineers thrown overheard, and
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