Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-11
,,o,slty and Patriotism EIem
i, aIiesd in Dixie and in Mar
Bile Statues.
!. tim Of Cleveland and the Worlds
E 'S,. Motive Powers in the Ad-
- vapuemens Of the South
.,,. A, Jealous for Their 0oun-
,,,'s Welfare as Their North
- srn NsighbOrs.
BAIRD, TEX, May 8, 1885.

NJ" snnerb statue Of Gen, Lee,
In snnrred, armed, and relentless
'.gs looking down upon him
atsius of Grant or Lincoln Is
~"IIndianapolis News.
4 ssr 10 many Journals published
4 snch uukind cuts as the above
n,snh taken from the Idlanspolis |
irnis Is all wrong. We OF the |
| about q quarter of century |
ENGAGED in an effort called by our
Nan neighbors Rebellion" We |
! he fight heroieally. aud lost our |
ri and Inc several 3 ,uthern states |
virtuslly sud- Igated cur negroes
y smsncipated by he chief magis
,[ If the government, backed by
II The bes,-eqlipped armies
sre or country has ever
Iuosd Soon after our remnant |
= n army was surrendered, The |
Ijpcs OF thieves and captains of
PA hunters sought offices among us
j&,Vh federal power, and instead OF
j. |'ne us to recuperate our lost for
4 they, in most Instances, sought
lIhbitter our former slaves, and In
csses melted them to burn our
Ia. outrage our women and thus
a our once happy land o sort Of
s. on earth, We, who had voted to
4 No. and {, ught through the war,
Hng surrendered ia good faith, used
n best Efforts to rebuild our homes
I'M citizens should. We bore the
VA OF bitter ereu- les ut home, and
< unrelentinp cuts and thrusts OF the
+ heal press North, hoping for bet
Lay.
Slter few years we began TO gain
K power, electlng to office those
9b had an abiding interest
4 HE South. THIS was followed
j Inc election of Samuel j Tilden to
r. presidency, whom The world
i've was counted out by fra I'd OF the
pestdSe. We felt the humiliation
bis act most keenly, as more than
5kthirds Of the Southern tax payers
supported hun. During these
years we were not idle. We im-
Med our homes, built rail ways,
lie new settlements in the far
5&hwest. opened coal and iron mines
= enacted sch oil laws for our wuite
s. cslored children. W-insugurated
4 great fair sU Atlanta We then
lied the great fair AZ Louisville,
&3|tiug the people from every state
sit US, and Ia THESE enterprises we
ID successful; aud in this way we
personally hundreds of represent.
Se No thern men who had liber-
&R about them, who were thus lead
&4 oae 1.-THE bloody chasm."
Ia the meantime two more circum-
ICES aided Us: First the election
g Proven Cl veland and, second, the
x&ds fair at New Orleans. The
lion OF Cleveland develops the
that we are IA loyal to-lay to
IA United States government as the
~ lOr Of the Indianapolis News, aye,
%{fe 80.
HE New Orleans exposition calls
20 geo the evidences of progress
pin the confines of the several
es, "a also what advances are be
made by the people OF foreign
is,
rlO, we see in New Orleans 3
pument of Robert l.. Lee. Gould
II sane man want to deny III
Did the gentleman
published the ar,icl'
ing this column go out to thu
palmetle Cemetery" a few mile
q New Ogleans, where sleel
Nsoidiers, where many Southern
= PEE male and female, have walked
ssddened hearts since the open
otthe exposition? Did he observe
THIS spot Is held as sacred by III
ne soldiers last resting-place neal
Vincinnati, held by those VIII
eftd the blue"
ne war Is over. The institution o
lean slavery is gone for all time
one ,1-slaveholder in ten thou
would wish this accursed bar
SUI Inherited from New Englap'
eSed. The writer hereof pen
words for Northern readers. ii
eorn and raised in the South
~ slaves, voted for accession
used every eff TO pei
sIe the Southern Coufederacy
< ~ aud he for one, as u citizen
sEdered in good faith. At mis- ow
ohal cost If time and means h
Y rs early Ms 1871, 10 loyal Oaio I
s.. nsr pc PIE to come South Tatht
70 80 to Kansas and Nebraska
w only dit this, hut brought troi
lpPo Dafke county, Ohio, con
81. cDiored teacher to teach III
lust eiaves Of his own door ueigi
M W me end that they might,
I sAined the estate of manhood an
no "a, be "A blessing 10 thel
uy rather than O charge or
~ lhe writer, now growing oil
~ 10 see the clouds passing frol
.eles OF bis native land; 10 see u
~ people taking places as goo
.o'oing citizens To see Thousand
s'oa; energetic people oomit
ID -. 70 better tneir fortunes; yet
I Nv me man who would pen Il
M M paragraph, who would seek
flied. ''ois' ho" % W
aiS few weeks ago / visited q
lsa paieans exposition, and glad
AZ at@,tsntion To the exhibits ma
a TTisoama, Mississippi, Louisia
- = "a. as well as those from TIE
hs ~ virginia and Kentucky.
{. nnsIe on what VAS called "fex
In. Apfh 81. During the exercis
Jay the b nd. when seated
Il - aua.ence OF about ten the
1, ppeopie, four tenths Of " hom w
rendered among otf
Dy,. sirs The one known
hpnS Mn The people cheered. T