The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-06-14

acquiring wealth and power swift
and surely. Material prosperity
something great and worthy Of ad
miration, but there are aspiration
higher than mere accumulation O
wealth, feeling nobler than the de
sire to get rich. Will your New
South produce such men as the history
of the Common wealth Of the past car
point to? Show me a Commonwealth
that made such record as Virginia
from 1776 to 1965-from the day oil
Washington to that Of Robert E
Lee-for genius, for patriotism, brains
craftsmanship, ideas which character
lied the great men who came from
the old South. The work of these
men will go down in history to
posterity. So will the deeds Of the
soldier who followed the Confederate
cause in poverty, hunger, without pay
and clothing, standing at his post for
four years at the risk of his life, with
no hope Of reward or promotion, no
pension to look for when he was
manned, and no dream Of land grant
for his services. Of all the men of
that class-the sterling private soldier
let me put mine ahead of all. It is
impossible for such men not to be
honored. [ did not believe the United
States had a right to coerce the
Southern people. I said l would fight
if they tried to do it, and I did fight.
l would do the same thing tomorrow,
as God is my witness.
"Many Of us might have kept out
of that war, but we didn't. &
The South is progressing. She is not
dead. These old Confederate soldiers
and their descendants elect ninety
out of every one hundred Congress
men, thirty-four U. S. Senators and
the President of the United States.
| Applause. The government of the
United States is controlled by Con-
federate soldiers. It is always the
case that when you get into a position
to command respect, you will get
respect. These old Confederate
soldiers are not idle. Their work for
twenty-six years in government, in
railroads and industrial enterprises Of
all sorts is making itself felt all over
this land. In 1890 Texas will send
twenty-five men to Congress. The
anxiety will be then not who can car
ry New York in the election, but who
can win in Texas. Applause. :
''As Maryland man fought naval
battle in Hampton Roads with a
Monitor that caused charge in naval
warfare all over the world, and there
is not line in the history Of this
State about him. A Maryland man
defended the harbor of Mobile such as
no other ever did, but he got no re-
cord for it. Every Confederate soldier
carries with him, chained to his heart,
casket of his dead hopes and aspira-
tions all through his life, as Douglas
did the heart of Bruce to the Holy
Land, to show his devotion to the
cause for which he fought. If the
time should ever come, and it were
necessary, there are ten thousand in
Maryland who would stand for their
cause as Douglas did for Bruce.
81 have no sympathy with that slush
and sentimentality that is always
gushing over to the other people. l
won't do that. [ recall the senti-
mentality exhibited by some just be-
fore the eighteenth birthday Of Jeffer-
son Davis, man who, of all Con-
federates, has been singled out by his
enemies and branded by malice and
prejudice and kept from his rights. l
can not forget Jefferson Davis. He
is patient statesman and hero. He
is renowned for his patriotism. |
hope he will go down to his grave
with the disfranchisement his enemies
have put upon him, for | am sure he
has no desire for it to be otherwise,
and would never accept the right Of
suffrage except by unanimous consent,
of which there is not the remotest !
hope"