The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-02-19

Are We MOI having surfett OF Inst sen1Ie,
slobbering traitor. Mr.. Jefferson Davis, who
lags supernuous, droolinR his treason and
his platitudes at every possible opportunity?
And strangely enough these opportunities
seem to be wonderfully increased since the
success Of the Democntic party. and the
presumed fact that the Southern Confed-
eracy Is again in the saddle. This gnr-
rulous old man now stands out as q repre-
sentative Southern Democrat. He is the
man that the Charleston Ne1rs and Courier
thinks can afford to "look with scorn and
contempt" upon Gen. Sherman. THIS Is
the man who as recently as ON Thursday
last wrote two letters, In one vigorously de-
nying that he was not true to the cause of
rebellion. and in the other congratulating
the ex-Confedemte soldiers of Mary
land that they fought I'm defense of
those principles for which their
fathers successfully fought in the
Revolution, which he accommodates to
his admirers by terming ii rebellion" 1t
was pitiable display OF toadyism that sent
the Liberty Bell to give Davis an oppor-
tunity to pose and blubber over it in sight
|. of the whole country. Whit is the signifi-
living putrefaction of disloyalty and treason
is elevated to an importance he never at
tanned before? Who is he, that his every
utterance must be telegmphed broadcast,
and especially the defamation that the cause
of rebellion is but sleeping, or is in am
bush until opportunity shall offer for its
vindication? What has the pride Of con-
scious rectitude come to, that loyalty must
truckie to this man, and be spit in the face
for the pains Of seeking to placate him?
II the South be right and thse is moth
ing in loyalty; if the North was murderous
aggressor, there ought at least to be that
pride in the Northern heart that would keep
any man from going ont of his way to let a
faiien enemy crow over him. So far as
Davis is concerned, he is in the clutch of
history, and has won place by the side OF
Benedict Arnold. Realizing his inability
to escape that fate, or so stepped in the
crime of rebellion as to be unmindful of
honor, Davis never loses occasion to con-
firm his infamy by giving utterance to the
sentiment that the vital force, the principle
of rebellion, is not dead and never can be;
leaving it to be inferred that only the OPP
portunity is wanting to make the Southern
Confederacy O reality. There is danger in
the friendship Of such men. The velvet
paw accepting the situation contains. as
has been shown, the claws that would tear
the life out of the Union If they could.
"The South fought for deathless and inde-
structible principles, and has done nothing
of which il repents." These are the words.
There is no guaranty of national unity so
long as these prevail in the minds of any
considerable number of representative men.
1t may be that in 1888, or 1892, as in 1861.
the South will not consent to peaceable
change in the administration. The same
deathless principles for which they
went into rebellion then will be as vi
tai four and eight years hence. Strip
ping this question of sentiment rs it has
been of resentment, it is evident that the
loyal people of this nation have an impor-
tant duty before them. Once more the
Democratic party is in power. They are
there by the narrowest of pluralities, but
they are there none the less, and already
the ante -bellum spirit of the South is ris-
ing Men Of the South. forgetting the ter
rible lesson of the war, imagine they see
the approach of the resurrection Of the
"deathless principles for which they fought.
One of two things: these principles we're
Infamous and are dead or they were right
eous and are alive. The duty of loyalty is
to inculcate the love of country, the hatred
of treason, and the dsspising of unrepentant
traitors, at whose instigation 80 many
precious lives were lost.-Indianapotis
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