The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-07-06

| attaching to such honor, he showed very
high personal qualities There is no
doubt that when he said in his inaugural
that he regarded public office as pub
lie trust" he spoke under very solemn
sense of the Terrible and pcriloSs RESPONSE
bility he had assumed.
That he merited the penalty imposed
on him, of permanent exclusion from
any voice in National affairs no one who
beliyes that rebellion was a violation OF
law. and the Confederacy terrible and
bloody crime, will deny. How he was
any more guilty, Or deserved any greater
punishment, than Lee or Johnston,
STEPHENS or Hill, the Bystander has
never been able to understand. Why
he should be regarded with almost uni
versal resentment and hate, and all the
other leaders Of the Confederacy with
admiration and pity, he contesses HIM
self unable to comprehend.
-.
As a result of all these things, how
ever, it is indubitable that instead OF
being "anathematized" as the author
of ali their woes, Jefferson Davis has
to>day closer and tenderer hold upon
the hearts and svmpathies of the SouthN
ern people than any llving-perhaps
than any other man dead or live. This
is not strange. As the President of the
Confederacy he became the incarnation
of the Southern ideals, State rights, slaT7
ery, secession, and the inherent ms
teriority OF the negro these were the
four cornor,stones of their political faith
He stood for all these-stands for them
vet-while hundreds of thousands OF
brave meu-the fathers, brother, sons
of millions now alive-gave life and
blood, prosperity and pride, tor their
support. And this decrepit leader stands
10 all these descendants Of the suppor-
ters CT that lost cause as the champion
of their faith, the exponent OF their
patriotism, the justifer of their acts
and the one link which binds them to
| the memory of their dead. Is it sur
prising that he is regarded by them with
peculiar venerati0n?
~
That he is so regarded, the clearest
facts of to>day's lie demonstrate beN
yond all cavil' Twenty-Five years after
he took the oath Of office, in 1886, he
made n tour of four States OF the Con>
fndor,nv fl,aoU and received such an ovation
,euI, ,ha', aey ,evor accorded ia mortal before
% @ 'ne :;nno T. was demonstration
uotohle ~ among events of its kind for
] ;ts ]Snoutan.ity universally, and pathetic
intens;ty. i IL. showed the heart of a
noonla behind it rather than the skill Of
board of managers. The Bystander
docs not allude to ii to reprobate the
fact so far as the participants in 1t are
concerned. He regrets the circum'
, stances that induced it. but he cannot
t deny that il is perfectly natural that it
, should have occurred People do moi
, fipht. and die by the hecatomb for ar
e idea inst to give it up and admit thai
the- we're not only unwise but wrong
and unjust in what they did WheI
b the struggle is over.
n =.
5 fav weeks ago the people OF thu
;, Nortb celebrated. with almost univer
e soi I enthusiasm, the centennial cf Wash
l. ;nt ;natnn,a f;rst Inauguration. The Presi
e dent S nrged that the churches of the Lam
e ,,.;to p waking it a dav of praise
h Mn.ohon,s and artisans closed thei
rs .toras .to and shons The Postmaster Gen
le oral % of the United States ordered til
l. el", snstofices to be closed and advised tn
le la,,,,oyas IN attend church, which adElc
e was @ followed. in part at least. The peo
n. nle of the South, as rule. attended t
d their own personal affairs. There wer
t. M notable gatherings, and among
l. neopIe ne sinruarly given to oratory tner
a was hnt one speech which attracte
I'd any w general attention, and that, unfo'
tunately, was not of an altogether plea'
ant character. Why was it? The far1
in Of Washington has been eclipsed
,e the Southern heart by the glory
pt nearer and dearer rebels, who, instead
is garjands of victory, wear the martyr
he crown The government of whic
nd Washington's centennial was the tokee
[r. has been decided by the fiat OF "aF to
he exactly what Southern sta'emansh'
la and Southern Interpretation declared
ed could not be, and to prevent which tho
al sacrificed an unheard of proportion.
en- their arms-bearlng popula5,lohs: w. ,ansah nsat'
an the Byssander has no wora OF tepi9o .n,
o ton for the actors, or noh;acEJ's roe,t aaemI
TO in this silent demohs.la',on y, Phupm, hp,,
~ apa'hy' ii0 ies,o, fro,, blame