Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP.
Fearful ForebOdings of a Truly Loyal
Scribbler.

Presidential election, says a Washington
letter to the Cleveland Leader, it is not
hard to conjecture which element of the
party will rule. The South has succeed
ed at every point in the present Congress.
A Southerner occupies the Speakers
chair, and an editor, Henry WattersOn,
who was soldier in the Confederate
army, and who published q paper called
the Rebel during the war, dictates the
policy of his party. JEFF Davis, in a
speech lately uttered, referred to the
fast-recuperating South, and limited at a
second great struggle between the sec
tioDs. These facts should arouse the peO-
pie Of the North TO a knowledge OF the
possibilities of Democratic rule. and the
fact that millions of dollars Of Southern
claims are being pushed for payment
should lead the business element of both
parties at the North to a question whether
they are willing to put the entire control
Of the government into the hands of a par
ty whose rulers so lately attempted to de-
strOy il.
The Solid South. say all classes of Dem
Ocrats, may be relied upon for any candi-
date and for any platform, and the fact is
patent that its leaders feel there will be
no difficulty after an election Of throwing
the candidates to suit themselves.
To show the foundation for this growth
of Southern power here at Washington it
is only necessary to look at the Congress
sional directory, which contains the ten
or fifteen line autObiOgraphies of the For
ty-eighth Congress. The Confederate ele-
ment controls every Southern state, and
in these pages of their lives, penned by
their own hands, the proudest boast they
make is that they have borne arms
against the government from which they
now draw their livelihood.
From this directory extract the follow
ing. The reader can judge for himself how
much is written between the lines:
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, was a
delegate in 1861 to the State Convention
which passed the ordinance of secession;
Joined the Confederate army in May, 1861,
as a private in Company /; and when
that company was assigned to the Fifth
Alabama Regiment. was elected Major
and afterwards Lieutenant-COlOnel of that
regiment; appointed Brigadier-General
in 1868, and served to the close of the
war.
Senator Pugh. of Alabama, retired
from the Thirty-siXth Congress when Ala
bama ordained to secede from the Union !;
Joined the First Alabama Regiment as
a private; was elected to the Conted-
crate Congress in 1861, and reelected in
1868.
Senator Garland, Of Arkansas, was a
delegate to the State Convention that
passed the ordinance Of secession in 1861 /:
was member Of the Confederate Con-
gress, serving in both Houses, being in
the Confederate Senate when the war
closed.
Senator Walker, of Arkansas, in the
late war espOused the Southern cause and
was Colonel of a regiment.
Senator Brown, Of Georgia, was a Sc
cessionist IN 1860, and was active and en-
ergetic as War Governor after the State
had seeded.
Senator 4. H. Colquitt, of Georgia. en-
tered the Confederate service in 1861, and
rose to be a MajOr-General. Pope Bar
row, his predecessor, was also a COnfed-
crate officer.
Senator Williams, of Kentucky. entered
the Confederate army as Colonel in 1861;
was made Brigadier-General in 1862, and
surrendered with the army of Gen. Joseph
L. Johnston in Georgia.
Senator Jonas, of Louisiana, Joined the
Confederate army as a private of artil-
lery, served as such and as acting Ad-
iutant of the artillery of Hoods corps in
the Army of Tennessee until the end of
the war.
Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, was aid
GO the Governor at the commencement of
the cIyil war, and served until its close in
the Confederate army.
Senator Lamar, Of Mississippi, resigned
from the Congress Of the United States
m 1860 10 take a seat in the secession
Congress of his State. In 1861 he en-
ttared the Confederate army as Lieuten-
aui&0iOnel in the Nineteenth Regiment,
and was promoted to the COlOnelcy. In
1868 he was intrusted by President Davis
with an important diplomatic mission to
Russia.
Senator George, of Mississippi, enlisted
in the Confederate service in 1861 and
commanded a regular regiment of cav
airy.
Senator Vest. of Missouri, was a men,
Der of the House of Representatives of the
Confederate Congress for two years, and
a member of the Senate for one year.
senator Ransom, OF North Carolina,
entered the Confederate army, serving as
Northumberland, Colonel, Brigadier-
General, and MajOr-General, and sur
rendered at AppomattOX.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina, en-
tered the Confederate army in May, 1861,
and was made Colonel in August, 1861,
was elected Governor of North Carolina
in 1862, and reelected in 1864.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, en-
tered the Confederate service in June,
1861, as Captain of cavalry IN the Hamp-
ton Legion, and became MajOr-General
through the regular grades. He lost his
right leg at the battle OF Brandy's Station
the 9th of June, 1868.
Senator Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, served in the Confederate army
during the war.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, was a
volunteer aid upon the staff of the Com
manding-General of the Confederate
Army of Tennessee for the last three
years Of the war.
Senator MaXey, Of Texas, raised the
Ninth Texas Infantry for the Confederate
army, of which he was Colonel; he was
promoted to the rank of rigadier-General
in 1862 and MajOr-General in 1864. He
was also superintendent Of Indian Affairs
and remained in the service until the sur
render of the Mississippi Depart
ment May 26, 1865.
Senator Coke, Of Texas, served in the
Confederate army as private and after
ward as Captain.
So much for the Senators, now for the
Congressman. The COnfederates among
them are legion. First we have from Ala
bama, II. A Herbert, Confederate Cap
tain, promoted to COlonelcy.
w. c. Oates entered the Confederate
army as Captain, appointed Colonel s'fOr
valOr and skilI'' displayed on the battle
field, wounded four times slightly and
twice severely, losing his right arm in
front Of Richmond.
c. NJ. Shelley entered the Confederate
service in 1861 as Lieutenant, commits
stoned Bugadier-General, served under
Joe Johnston and Hood throughout the
war.
G.. W. Hewitt, Confederate private in
1861, promoted Captain in 1862, and severe
ly wounded at Chickamauga.
w. II. Forney, Confederate Captain
IN 1862, and successfully promoted Ma
jor, Lieutenant-COlOnel, and Brigadier-
General.
james T. Jones, private, and after
wards an officer in the Fourth Alabama
Regiment.
Next comes ATkan sas, which furnishes
James h. Jones, who was private soldier
in the Confederate army.
John II. Rodgers joined the Ninth Mis-
sissippi Regiment of Volunteers as a
private and rose to be First-Lieutenant,
while Samuel W. Peel, the last member
from Arkansas, entered as a private and
came out a Colonel.
Florida has but two Congressman, but
one OF them, Robert II. NJ. Davidson, was
Lieutenant-COlOnel of the Sixth Florida
Infantry III the Confederate army.
In the Georgia delegation there are a
number of COnfederates.
Col. Hardeman, Of the FOrty-fifth GeOr-
gia Infantry, announces that he was
wounded at the battle of FraZier's farm