Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-01

ly greatnessf We have always held. and
now believe, that the grandeur OF Gov.
eminent lay In the direction OF dealing
Justly with all important matters, and when
q people Was wropgfaiiy asssiied, oppressed
or ouirsgcd. proper vindlcailou Gifts honor
and the safety OF its people, demanded that
such wrongs should be adequately pun
lshed. To be magnsnlmous. therefore,
when the Law OF God and humanity de-
msdsd Justice. may have shown the exact
opposite OF true greatness, or genuine
ststssmsnshlp. Some one. somewhere, by
some method OF record. ought 10 have been
convicted OF soms crime. In connection with
the rebellion, for the sake OF coming gen.
ersiious. As IL now stands, the careful
student OF our history In the future viii
look In vain through all the books OF rec.
ord In our Courts OF Jastlce, State and Ma
iiOnal. Tor anything which can enlightsn
the mind In regard 20 what offence was
committed by those Who attempted the
I lie OF the l.epablic. The war hai been %
prolonged. the loss OF life aud the snsalsa
of families 50 great. tbs expsnfltare OF
money 30 enormous, that the reaction at
tending the dawn OF peace completely un'
manned those who hsi not been In the
Geld, --hence the Jelly. f-h mode OF read.
Iss,ment, and the subsequent defiance OF
law In civil matters on The part OF many OF
the States that had been suhjaga,ei.
To TIL. day. the exercise OF civil rights
/ by many citiIfns IL denied, OF abridged, In
s0me sections OF the land, % an alarming
degree, and Northern apologists are no,
wanting, fOr any and all outrsgss In that
direction; while down to this hour. no, Que
OF the thousands. who took part 10 the re-
belllon sgaiost the Government, has ever
shown sigus % repentance. Al the sane
time vast audiences, even In New Englani,
vocifcroasly applaud the praises OF the
chief leader. In the wicked attempt 10 de-
siroy the American uaiou.
The past winter, In Boston, At the Low.
ell Institute, q course OF lectures were
given, many Of them teeming with falsome
sulogies OF rebel generals, AMI the bravery
and skill OF Southern armies, while oar
dead leaders were held up IN fiileale.-
THIS state OF things existing Ia New Eeg'
land. there seems 10 be reason 10 The amoi'
iion % Jshsrson Davis, follosing la ihslr
| footsteps. % DO something which should
add 10 The iaarels these Northern syoo-
phAnts place upon the brows OF hls chief
supporters Ia misery and crime.
When Northern ex-s0liier declared, IN
one Of the aforementioned Lectures. that
Siouewall Jackson was the ahlesi lieu
tenant the civil war developed, While Gen.
HOOKER Wi. pictured a. Little above IN ID
lot, why should 10, Davis get The imprcs-
siou. from such declarations, that " The
people near Plymouth Rock. and Banker
mn Monument. were meeting In vast az
dlercss. % applaud lee sud Jackson. be
could safely have q little glorinestlop, per-
sobal 20 himself. 90 Sou,hern soll'
bat, my comrades, standing - ve do
TO-DAY over iae graves % The fallen, Who
iie,i by reason of the acts % hi. Infamous
traitor. We csn lOok above The words OF
Northern .ycophants. beyond The IDLE sni
silly prsiing. % al pefjar,rs, 10 The giori.
ous results achieved by The loyal men or
the Unlou ,-results that are emhlafonei
In letters % golden light, along The arch.
way OF The eternal heavens above us, where
they will forever siani. through AL con-
log AGES. ,riumphanily hcralilng. - those
Who .hsii follow ". the mighty truths Of
race losratsi. the Union preserved,
manhcoi recoguiI~i. liberty enthrouei,
ani ciiifsnship dsfnei AMI nfmly s-tso-
ushsd. Rsmembsrlng all this, bat little do
Ne heci The dolugs % the traitor Davis, or
care for the cringing Individuals sho vol
uuiecfci % play bis accompaniment, Ia The
n0nssuslcL farce % sulogiflng the most
siupeuioas failure. In government organ.
ifiug, The worlds History anywhere re-
coris
Uu,ll We are convinced. that wrong i.
better than right, that Secession was bet
ter Than Unlou, treason better than loyal
", the man who violates an oath more
worthy than be Who keep. II sacred, unill
80 are really % declsr. that We revere
Js1rrson Davis more than Abraham LIN.
coin, lei u. not proclaim, what never vas
true. tha, stonevali Jackson or any other
rebel soldier wss The sblssi lieutenant The
var DEVELOPED.
That southern men foaghi bfavsly, all
will admit Where was there ever peo-
PIE 81 any fcspccAolliiy VITO did pon
That they hai skillet commanders IL true !
bot. ih., they bad mapy much sbler than
Jackson. when al the requirement. OF .
great leader Afs taken into icc0un,, can
never be denlcd the Johnsious. Hills, An.
dsrsOu., L0ngsirret and yet the UuiOu
army never Tor q moment saw the tine
when IL cOud have Suffered by comparison.
lie who falls - see In Pm. Sheridan. .
superior 10 Stonevsil Jackson. a. q sol.
dlsr, has never looked very deeply Into the
art OF science OF warfare
These recent exhibitions OF the chief
leader In the late rebellion, woali seem 10
be q legitimate theme Tor this occasion,
provided We mean 90 cay anything bV our
wOrts lie says The cause Tor which
We" they fought IL not lost" and
thousands cheer the announcement, and
Northern people aud Northern journals
say. there i no harm Ia Dsylss uitsrsnees,
and nothing wrong Ia the whole perform
snce. Since 1.-THE Cause" WAS the per.
peius,iOu Of human bondage; the eoniinu'
snce and extension OF Africsn slavery -
since the chief cornerstone OF Tia, cause
WAS this AMI nothing more, nothing less,
what does Davis mean % insinuAis, when
be says II IL not lost, and wherein do
Sorthern Journals get The Idea, that there
Il no wrong Ia themi if The canse be not
Loot, II IL l. only sleeping. when JED DA-
viss prophecy shall be realized, are We 10
beholi = government, the chief corner.
stone OF which shall DC African slsveryi
These are the logical differences 10 be
drawn from Dsyls's remarks. They were
uttered In the presence OF thousands OF the
new generation, they were read by mil.
lions, nudlng place in the colamns OF Jour
nails Ia the loyal North. which would re-
lueianily reproduce some OF the sanity
uitsrancss OF President Lincoln, and while
uurebukci. by the loyal section OF the
country, the rising generation must get
the impression that Davis and his follow.
ers could not have been 80 very much In
the wrong AFTER al.
II seems . little peculiar. 10 nod. that .
thing 80 dreaifally unjust - the rebellion
OF the South was, so insumsn In ooncep'
ton, so brutal In Performance, and which
would have been so damnsble 10 results,
n IL had been successful, should be pleas
lug 10 the taste OF even those who took
part therein, TO remember or eulogiEe,-
much less TO fnd those who were honor.
ably engaged In subyerting the attempt,
now joining with the participants In open.
Ing the sad and disgusting recolleciions.
For one. cay, let Us lose no time In
branding all such attempts A. Infamous,
and In this we are only adjusted by sense
Of justice toward those who gave their
lives for their country's cause.
Thus, At length, have We alluded 10 the
recent sgotisticsl performances OF this man
who, AZ this late day, seems 10 glory In
his shame. We fully realize that be IL the
most worthless specimen OF humanity that
walks the earth. being destitute OF that man
~ nature which would have caused drawer
man long ago 10 retire forever from pub.
lie gsIe, and take himself 10 quiet shades