The Russellville Democrat., 1885-03-19
Southern Sentiments.

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Correspondence OF the Democrat.
Under the above caption, notice
several western papers reproducing
a letter, supposed TO have been writ
ten by one j. B. Stebbins Of Wind
sor, Mo-, 70 the Toledo Blade, a
sheet which one OF the papers above
referred to, facetlously classes among
sour northern Democratic papers,
which recognize party supremacy as
of value, even at the sacrifice of re-
publican liberty"
Nasty, the main stay OF the Blade
is write: of no mean ability, and
his chronic hankering for Office. to
gether with his style Of expressing
himself in the vernacular supposed
to be peculiarly Southern, provokes
smile from both parties alike. No
one questions his sincerity or devo-
tion to the cause he espouses, and
until recently it has been matter
OF conjecture as to whose shoulders
would receive his mantle, when he
passes ''over the range" On the
same principle, that stools rush in
where angels fear to tread" Mr..
Stebbins makes "get there Eli"
{ perkins break, and emits rebel( y
yell that has seemingly been pent
up ever since the seige of Vicksburg
where he was 50 unfortunate as to
lose HIS leg. There is a tradition in
the country TO the effect, that, alter
the war, the left wing of Prices ar.
my settled in this valley, and these
old veterans who once had a patent
on the only genuine rebel yell, say
that this letter, which is held up as
representing Southern Sentiment,
sounds much more as if, in those
days when grape and canister did
their saddest work, Mr.. Stebbins was
at home. nursing his wrath to keep
it warm" against that bleak Novem.
Der day when leach separate dying
smber" in The hot ashes of disap-
pointmeat should get their work in
ON his devoted head. A non com
Blatant in 1865 asked Gen. Grant if
ne thought that peace would follow
the surrender of Lee. His reply was:
mo, We have yet to fight those who
have never been to the front" The
General had Mr.. Stebbins Of Nilsson
ri, in his minds Eye" when he
made the observation. He 10 one of
the unsubdusd. For twenty years..
"by the flow OF the inland river,
whence the fleets of iroa have fed"
soft hands have lovingly strewn the
fair flowers Of spring above the par
tial remains of Mr.. Stebbins, but
they failed to Danish his anger when
they iaureled alike, "the blue and
the gray" During all these "twen-
ty years of cropping in the wilder
ness as he expresses it, he has
reached the promised land" only to
find that a new era of feeling has
sprung up in the hearts OF those who
met both victory and defeat upon an
hundred historic fields.
Allow us, Mr.. Stebbins, to kindly
insist upon your acceptance of this
fact, good Democrat never thanks
the Lord, through the columns OF
the Toledo Blade that he is going
to stop the pensions Of the internal
towards who invaded the SOUTH A
good Democrat winds his rejoicing
horn in the same key as that of the
proud old bird who now has sxclus-
i've range Of the barnyard, ana re-
member, 10 thousands OF those same
'.infernal towards" his spasmodic ef-
forts are sweetsr music than you are
making. Indeed yes, and when you
think OF vicksburg. dent forget,
your leg forms small part OF the
anatomy left around there. and in
the future, when you. or any other
good Democrat like you, forgets
that the war is over, may his right
hand forget its cunning and his
tongue cleave to the roof of his
mouth, is the sincere wish of
Yours Truly,
r. T. McMuRRAY.
Baker City, Oregon, March 4, IS.