National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08
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"TriumphaI March" of Mr.. j. Davis.
The "triumphal march" Of jefferson
Davis through the south has kindled-wlth
sufficient force to show the feelings of the
northern people-the fires Of memory OF the
great struggle in the minds Of come who
opposed the ''lost cause" Below are few
Of the many expressions received at this
Office:
EDiToR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN I am no.
surprised at the rcnauguratlon of JEFF Davis NJ
Montgomery last week lie best represents I
because he best expresses the real true feeling 4
Of the south. ! say feeling and mean feel |
ing, not opinion, but feeling, passion, hatred |
and malice to the government of the United |
states. -, No.. ..,., 40 ...o.
triot, but quite another on the black lips, or |
rather on the black heart OF a traitor. As en-
ployed by JEFF Davis it simply signifies that tue !
people Of the south still adore and cherish |
The lost cause and that he best interprets ona |
represents the disoyal sentiment OF the SOLID |
and so strongly marked. No man ever before |
elected such unbounded and universal en- |
thusiesm and app,Spio y me S. sopS9f pa
twenty.one years
ii means more than any event that has trans
pired since the surrender OF Ice, and, as n
contrasting picture, takes its place beside that
remarkable occurrence, SO significant then, so |
less lustrous now because Of IFS departed and
The he i fantins moutsinss q JEFF Davis alone
hSye no sig sgnasSnGe dRsySSna What they d
malice, notification impotency, and regret.
1.-THE south had stood silent, or u It had re-
tempt and Indignation natural to loyal men
and women, his Walt to Montgomery aud bis
reasonable speech would have made no i'm
nothing but a smile Of mingled pity and con.
tempt But ~ the way THIS wfetohed trutor
was npplauded that showsthe true spirit ofthc
south. PRIVATE DALzELL.
EDITOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, There rs pub
lished at the capital Of this great nation a
paper that doubtless believes itself true to our
goyernment which to-day gives q long account
OF a''magniHcent ovation" to JEFF DAVIS II
Ss, The be s .SS II g re- Sn and
southern people that are simply ,alckening To
any one who remembers the wickedness, tho
crime, the suffering, and the anguish which 4
came TO the American people through the In.
strumentality Of Jefferson Davis more than !
any other man. ltt 49,
should propose magnlaeent ovation 10 Bene;:
dict Arnold or. TO Aaron Burr? The mischief
they did to the country.was light to that caused
who want 10 honor traitors, and we have no
laws 10 prevent such honor let no true man,
Or woman, or newspaper give notice 70 the
EDITOR NATIONAL. REPUBLICAN,: Damn this
flameIul tFuCkllnE, ana pullerluH, huu III
these outrageous rebel manifestations |, for
one, an heartily sick and tired of Il all, aud
nd many more Of u.s. want 70 see sl stoned ansS
Juggling words Of acquIescence in the issues
of the civil war on the part OF the southern
people las they quietly snake their way into.
The foremost and best ofiices In the govern.
ment), and We ever and anon see and read
precisely the same rebellous spirit, and feel
Ing, andsennmentst that actpated these people
hate to "sink, burn, and destroy" the govern.
ment and all who differed from and opposed
so yr rg sdeUhSye y got somethinE 10 say
TO this reasonable rot, so often OF late, yelled,
and sounded, and Haunted before our faces
and into our forbenring cars
do not In the least question tho entire rea.
sonableness and proprlety of their honoring
their brave dead who died in the war and pay
ing them loving tribute ut their alI-too,need
less graves. They would be less than human
yea, very brutes-if they did not. THE blue
and the gray" might we'll, even together, min,
and beloved dead for theirs Is indeed u con-
mon heritage of sorrow. But when remember
what this restored Union Of ours cost us, all in
blood and treasure; when / remember the
many desolated hearthstones on both sides,
north and south, and the many MOURNING
widows and orphaned children, and stricken
parents and sisters and brothers; when re-
member the glorles and honors OF that need
less and acS1rse,d mot hSly sSni9sl
indecent renewal of the self.same spirit
that caused 1t all; and moro especially, too.
when see aud know how steadily and surely
are gathering In again most Of the best lhd
highest places count how many and what) In
the government service.
Freely forgiven and received back into the
national circle again, Us they have been, Y Ill
becomes them.-it is not amaniy, honorable or
stopped, southrons, II ye be true men and pa
tIiots. UNION.
EDITOR NATIONAL .RETu9IIcAN: Having
served fOur wears n soldier In assisting to
nut down the JEFF Davis rebellion, and having
since been somewhat of on observer of men
aud events, I am not ut all surprised that the
arch-traitor should be again called 70 the front
When the Republican party started out 70
reconstruct the states lately In rebellion II did
the cry raised by the late rebels, and vocifer.
ously fe.echoed bytheir northern allies, to tho
effect that 70 protect, the southern people who
was a step in the direction of the establish
ment of q military despotisln and as they fall
day ii Is practically re,established, and the
provisions OF the constitution are as COM
pletely annulled within its domain upon the
created rs though II were dc jure and de facto
separate and Independent government
Instead Of treason being made odious, Il is a
very grave fact that the man who. Onthe hoor
of the United States Senate, chempioned the
cause OF JEFF Davis. pronounced him patriot
and indignantly repeted inc sSSe sbS sn
thereafter promoted 10 q seal in the Cabinet OF
the present administration. and now. controls
let us hear no more of treason being cd lous
until the men who fought TO crush that hellish
and causeless rebellion rise In their might and
political party and its leaders that dares to
make treason honorable and TO fiaunt In
Ses such spesacles e that q yesterday
EDITOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN: In a speech
at Stevenson, Ala, In February. 1861, Jefferson
Davis aatd bYOur border states VIII gladly
come into the southern confederacy within
sixty days, as we will be your only friends.
tSTe 3 before SSsd the S VIM grow IL
,hs 88 sens Sess READ AZ
where. food for the sword and the torch
await The armies I'M the denselyl populated
cities; and though the enemy may come aud
%hiiethey cannot rear the cities which Il took
years Of industry aud millions of money to
This reads strange by the side of his recent
assertion, that the "south did not destroy war, :
and that at was the people and not the lead.
peo e Of lie same year before liz Ms
those ep Who nom nom ne Beginning psaieiSt
war waged for the qualification ofthel lust o
powerApd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tor your ;conqpes
and yonr suRjugation, with malignant tetoc
ufGges Of civilization entirely unequaled II
history. Such, have everHArned you wer
the chnIactertticB Of the ,nQrlb bern pelople,To
those with Whom our anIesss toEs en- cred Into
union OF consent, and with whom they torme(
a constitutional compact. Aiter what has hap
pened during tho last two years. nay onl!
wonder is that we consented 10 live for 80 loni
a time in association with such mlscreantH
and have loved so much government rotten Il
the core. Were II ever to be proposed again 4
enter into union with such 9 people, coull
pomore eqpssept t9n oit than 70 Hqs, irnyeel
IN a den Of tbiaveS"t LNfN'sN'FNW
n His seutimentsin regard to the mecreants'
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