The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-02-01

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Blu it was reserved for Allen G.
Thurman of Ohio, the laud of For
akers and Southern haters, to leap
into the arena with the frenzled
growl Of a malignant tiger. On
the 9th of November, he made a
speech at Columbus, Ohio, in which,
abiding to Jackson's Macon adj
dress, he delivered himself of such
super.elegant phrases as the follow
ing; can old crank down in Geo.
GA, by the name of Jackson" and
"This old fool, at meeting in
Macon aid so forth. He also
gravely proceeded to call jackson
disappointed Politician In the
name of the heathau gods at once,
how "old' are you, Mr.. Thurman?
Do you mean to suggest that, in
Alison's fnc figure, the winter
evening OF life has not begun to
shed upon your own head its pro-
phetic SHOWS? And do you mean,
you son Of a region of cranks, that
you have to go from home to find
one? And do you mean that
YOU are not a ''disap
pointed politician" yourself? Is
that the suggestion you would so
delicately insinuate2 If SO, some
of US, like the berger in Dickens
Edwin brood" will with silent
10 tiaess decline to perc We that
any ,su gestion has been made
whatever.
Now, with the mere personal
matter between Jackson and Thur
man we propose to have nothing
to do, since the former, is shown
by this pamphlet, is abundantly
able and ready to take care of him.
self. But We propose to animavert
slightly, ifnot more so, to the
political animus of Thurman and
bis sort. Il is purely sectional
rather than political. The North,
ern democrat, of Thurman's srtipe,
has, we admit, q hard road to trav.
Ell, In fact, is almost impossible to
be a genuine democrat and live in
the North. They are always try
ing to reconcile two irreconcilahle
things. State sovereignty and feder-
al Capitalization. Hence they are
always seeking from us that sort
OF repentant submission which
would amount to recognition of
| their moral right to make war of
coercion on the Southern States.
They made the war and they whip.
ped the fight. The sword, might
est of Jewelers. the sword that
mercilessiy decided that the mos.
quito of Omar should throw its
shadow over the ruins of the tenn
pie Solomon, decided the fate of
the weaker party in our great
struggle for local self government.
BY the way, how can any North~
erner be consistently i'll favor OF
Gladstone's Irish policy? But they
did whip the fight, and when will
they get done Dragging about it?
Where and when have they shown
the magnanimity ofsileuce? Ran>
dali, author of sweet maryland,
my Maryland Randall, who brings
the graceful pen of the poet to the
stern duties of the politician, an ar
ticle of the Augusta Chronicle some
months ago, asked the pertinent
question, "Wby don't they try
Jefferson Davis for treason" Acad
emus, one of our contributors, an
swered, because they dare not
try him. The same court, that des
eide Davis as traitor, must de-
eide the whole United States trais
tors in the war OF the first rebels
lion,"
Now we are told to assert that
Jackson in that Macon speech ut
tered not one sentiment that is not
endorsed by every true Southern>
er. He was speaking of the jus,
tice or injustice of the causes that
cofieted between themselves" as
Cicero says, He was abiding to
the same principle that has of late
days made Gladstone immortal
the principle of government that
gives to any people the right of
localself rule. But he did not
talk to please the conquerers in
their war Of subiugation. AID
that's what's the matter with Mr..
Thurman's sort. The truth is, that
If our speakers will bow, and eringe,
and say we are ashamed of ours
selves, aud that ofour fathers and
ct 1878 were traitors, then these
! heroes of the North will oroo;or,I,,