The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-21

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our eivilIzation. rise and give your hearts voice
As We tell jefferson Davis that he 70 % home
among his psople.' 49,
tinguished Representatives who had just been
eulogized said In his reply. except in one siugle
sentence. win quote ono paragraph IN which
ho refers to the services rendered him by that
illustrious man whose statue was that day
being unveiled In somewhat memorable de-
bate that occurred In Congress- He said;
lilo had nothing to AJAX, but he had much 70
give. ani when was the last from the south
who conld excite any expectation Of bonent, ~
was Hill whose voice rose triumphant In the
down"
Rsfsrins. suppose to our friend who is now
Yet. Mr. Prssidsnt. before the lilies of that
Easter were faded
THE funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables
in New York or Brooklyn. and in this same year
OF our Lord 1885 this same orator. who declared
that Jefferson Davis was the uncrowned king
OF the Southern people, and that no more glori-
GUS Easter had arisen since Christ died on Cal
OF renewing thoir devotion 20 him and the ideas
that he represented. made pilgrimage TO the
North; and At the New England dinner inner, In the
cream. honey. and maple strip all over the
North, declaring that the South had been wan
dering in a far country. that they were anxious
TO return to the home OF their fathers. and the
whole Democratic party rose and fell on his
neck, and put shoes ON his feet, and ring on
his finger. and said. 10. this my son that was
But some protested, In the language OF the
Scripture, a. the elder son who had not wasted
HIS substance with harlots complained that the
fathor had killed the fatted calf. although Thou
never gavest me kid that might make merry
with my friends.
When was that orator sincere Mr.. President?
When did he speak the sentiments, the feelings
and convictions Of the Southern people, when
he delivered that GRAFTON on the LIST day OF
May, 1885, in Atlanta. in the presence OF APP
plauding thousands or when he went up to the
New England dinner in December OF the same
year. and spilled oil and wine all over the
American people?
emit pension bill imagine that entertain any
feelings Of ill-will or malevolence toward them
for the course they pursue, they are mistaken
do not very we'll understand how they can act
in any other way. / have sometimes thought
with curious reflection W hat my emotion would
have been had tho result OF the conflict been
reversed IL the armies OF the Confederacy had
dictated terms OF peace in this capital IL the
Georgia statesman had fulfilled his insolent
menace TO call the roll OF his slaves in tho
shadow OF Bunker Hill, and IL the flag that now
floats above us had been dishonored and n
degraded rag; IL this chamber had been
spoliated and sacked as you tried to lspoliate
destroyed and ovsrthrown you tried to over
throw IL, IL the Constitution Of tho United
States had become an anttquated relic and
American citizenship forgotten attribute, IL
slavery had been declared to be right and lib
erty wrong and IL the theories of Calhoun and
of Jefferson Davis had been declared To be the
true measure OF Interpretation OF the Constitu-
ton.
Mr., President, such calamities were immi-
nent often during the war From the place
where now sit the challenge Of the sentinel
upon the hills of Virginia could almost have
been heard, and the reyerDeration OF your guns
Numbered hoarsely along the valley OF tho
Potomac. have often reflected how should
nave felt il these results had been accom-
plished had my political sins been forgiven
had come back aud said, Remove my politi-
cal disabilities allow mo TO enter your legisla-
tive body and draw my salary punctually and
with dispatch" Had l seen tho Confederate
heroes in bronze mounting their granite pedes-
tails in this capital, Lee instead OF Grant, DAVIS
instend OF Garfield. stonewall Jackson instead
OF Mcpherson, i do not believe that should have
had any consolation in voting pensions To Con-
federate soldiers myself / doubt whether
shouli ever have ceased to be n conspirator
doubt whether in some hidden and secluded
receptacle. at least in the sanctuary OF my
SOUL / had not kept the stars and stripes en-
shrined. and hoped that the day might again
dawn when il should be the symbol OF the
glory and the emblem Of the power OF a united
country l doubt whetbor ever should have
believed that slavery was better than liberty.
Bot, Mr.. President. I should have regarded il
as the climax of effrontery, as the very apex
ana summit or hardihOOd ana uudaclty, VIII
not say pusillaninity and dishonor, when l
had accel ted pardon, had my disabilities re-
moved and taken the oath OF allegiance TO tho
successful Southern Confederacy, If L had APP
reared day after day upon every occasion when
opportunity offered To denounce the efforts
made by my conquerors 10 reward their own
soldiers, aud to hsggle about the price that the
victors should fit to Lestow upon the men
by whom was vanquished
Therefore, Mr. President, say again, with
out personal imputation or inference, TO those
I'M 1rrlnar nrQt ND at
tempting TO convince ths North that they can
safely and periodically vote the Democratic
ticket and elect Democratic Presidents, al
though 1j3 votes In the electoral college are in
those States saturated with these sentiments, /
do not think that the North is at all d. luded by
such pretensions.
II is a little singular Mr.. President, that In
sill the years which have elapsed since the war
there never has come FROM one OF the States
that were in rebellion a single Unionist, SO
far l know, elected by 1bemoc.atic votes.
to either House Of Congress. not even by al,
accident. They never have biundered into
sending here a man who was not in the Confed-
crate service in some capacity or other nor,
SO far es know, has any Governor of any one
OF the Confederate states since the war ever
been Unionist The supreme test that is
applied is the test of service to the Confed-
eracy. When / look over the roll OF this body
and over the roll Of the other house OF Con-
gress and reflect how few of those who served
In the Union armies are found in the councils
OF the nation, am not surprised that we have
Witnessed the demonstrations that we have
heard and seen upon this bill and every similar
bill that is presented for action either in the
Senate or House OF Representative
The Senator from Missouri, in the course OF
the debate last Wednesday, rs al illustration
OF the magnanimity Of the South, assured us
that OF the 63O0Q,000 of pensions that mad
been paid Sl4U 900. 600 had been contributed by
the South; and the Senator from South Caro-
lima Mr. Hamptonl, who evidently Is more
accurate arithinetictan, arose and said, not
240,0JO,O0O but S2JJ,OOO 1000. wish thal sena-
tor, AS he IL now present would tell us by what
method of computation he has reached the con-
clusion that out of SS3i 900, 90 paid for PEN
sions the South has paid slJ0.0O0.0JO.
Mr.. President that is n glitt9ring generality.
doubt IL they have paid s290.0O0, instead OF
S29O, OOO,0)). / should like IL some eminent
arithmetican would get out his table n loga-
rithms, which Is the usual practice on these
occasions and tell US how it appears that the
South has paid s290. O0J 00) since the war closed
out OF the 1888 0DO, 0O) that have been paid as
the SUN total evidencing the nations gratitude
TO its surviving soldiers.
Even IL they have paid 500, 900, 1 have
one single remark TO mako about that. Ihey
are very fortunate that they did not have II
pay the whole OF it, and, instead OF grumbling
and complaining that they have paid s29J,OO
OOt, they ought to be thankful they did not have
TO foot che entire bill AS Germany made France
foot the expenses of the tranco-P russian war,
and as every other vanquished and rsbellious
province has been compelled to submit TO ex-
&C tion and ransom. Y ct aftor the war has long
since closed we have the iailers and inurderers
OF Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Libby Prison
sitting here beneath the nag that they endeav-
ored to dishonor. legislating for the country
that they attempted To destroy, and trying t.
pinch. belittle and minimize the amount that
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