Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-06-06

children and the aged and incapable
and these negroes produced food and
cl gthingfor soldiers. There were no
crimes then, as now, committed by
blacks, and their presence and ac-
ton were the basis Of confederate
strength and power
Ia 1856, when the Democratic
national convention sat in Clncln
natl, Douglass and Buchanan wtre
rivals seeking the nomination for
the Presidency. Each was given.
through several days, about the same
number of ballots. At length
Douglas advised his friends that
Buchanan, because OF his lifelong
service to the party, was entitled to
the nemination, and that he himself
was Young enough to win honor, If
he cohtiuued to deserve it, after the
larse~ofa presidential term Of office,
Douglas came to Washington the
foremost statesman and senator OF
his time, and soon vas w0rshippedas
the rising, ayBuchanauTas tie set
tine sun. Douglas wife had died.
Ambitions womer sought to WIN hfs
smile. ior themselves or daughters
., AInswomen. Society ii Wash
ington u divided in Northern and
/ Sar,' .ra cliques. and there were
tr4ha nd fascinating an admir-
Lilo ,vf,n., ~ WASHINGTON those
Hda1s. Mrs, Clement ~. Clay, yot
I Alnnlna. NaS cndoWr. with every
charm ot person md intellect. Her
| peers wer., Mrs 'te'na. tie wlfe Of
4 il talIi1riul Sentt. and Mrs.
,Su Mrs, Crittcnden. .merly
1,its. i icv./aad cher, ike them.
i Ms. senate Sew I, Ar9 Fish, her
lls5and aftc.Wa.d Secretary Of
STATE, lie bi4cIoNs anu Nan Rens-
! yelaera. :. Boston all New York,
! caa>ti1,d,s aters of Northern
Il, III Capital. The
W. rles wer separated widely
fiam one anoth and as inimical Is
cc.,It respcc. i soci.i restraints
w rendei possible Douglas
u ca-erIy uelt To be drawn into
classification With both these fash
ion! De cotc,Ics.
.A,ta 9l s was most fascinating
woman. i.cr associations were with
lie North,rn branch Of society. She
was Induced by the hope Of reigning
ni The White House TO discard her
sui.or Who, after Douglas 5 death
welded lier, and accept the hand OF
tile powerful Illinois statesman. |
have heard that she pursued this
ccLfSe most uawiiIingly, and that
when her original and latest lover
called for the last time before her
marriage, she had displaced his por-
trait III her parIor, substituting that
Of Douglas. The lover, seeing it,
and understanding the significance
Of iJs preference, crushed the picture
beneath his heel ana went away
without a word.
The brilliant marriage was duly
celebrated, and the brilliant South
ern women Of the Capital began the
Presidential campaign of 1866
against Douglas. They took Judah
=. Benjamin, the adrolt and facile
Senator from Louisiana into then
service. They employed him to as
sail Douglas in the Senate. They
induced him to pronounce that in
genious and extraordinary speech
against squatter sovereignty which
cleft the Democratic party in twain
and led to the nomination Of Breck
inridge, and thus to the hopeless dis
memberment Of The Democratic
party. The necessary result was tht
election Of sectional candidate, anC
then Yancey and this self-samC
Albert Gallatin Brown, to usc
Browns own words, ''preclpltate'
the South into revolution"
Should We not rear another mon
ument to women, and this draped il
habiliments Of woe; or letit be deck
ed with stars and radiant with diyin
, est glory? These women destroyed
slavery and made the Union immor
taI.-DuPre, in Sunny South.