The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-04-06

From the Richmond (Va.l State
The appointment of Gen. Wade
Hampton by President Cleveland to
the position of Commissioner of Rail-
roads VIII please the whole South,
1t is the position that was filled by
the late Joseph E. Johnston.
In common parlance it is San easy
berth" 1t is a good place for the
war-worn veteran, the man of fortune
whose all went with the fall of the
Southern Confederacy. The duties
of the place are not onerous.
Gen. Hampton has served the
South unselfshly. He is represen-
tative of the "Old South" We hear
much of the 'sNew South" these days
as symbolizing progress, vim and a
desire to give the South every advan-
tage to which it is entitled by its in
trinsic wealth and geographical posi-
ton. It is proper to urge these
claims and to push onward. The
affairs of the South are rapidly pas
sing into the control of the genera
ton that has come up since the war.
We must remember, however, that
much of the success of the new gen.
Grafton is due to the old. The world
has not yet produced class of men
who, in strict honesty, probity, scorn
of deceit, scorn of ''short cuts, /" frank
ness in dealing with their fellows,
manly courage, hospitality, in short
solidity of character, has surpassed
that "Old South" style of manhood.
It has a great place in the history of
this country. The modern United
States owes much of its present
strength and success to it.
The endorsement of a note fire.
quently gives its greatest value
What would the ''New South be if
| it did not have the ''Old South to
fall back upon. To-day in New York
Chicago and other great cities there
! are young men from the South who
somehow find that the fact that they
are from the South is an advantage
to them. A well-informed New Yorl
correspondent notes that the fact ot
being a Virginian of good standing
in Virginia helps young man there
This means that the commercial
North sees the advantage of tha
'Old South" spirit; sees that homo
in business dealing, truthfulness, de
testation of the "sharp" keenness o
the under-honest racer after fortun
can but give backbone to any city
It is easy enough to be a forger,
defaulter, defrauder of creditors
a high flyer. These are all at the ez
pense of true manhood: That sue
crimes are in the South is because O
the excess of the ''New South" ide
: and of the forgetting of the "Ol
; South" spirit.
We have no patience with th
glib-tongued, sligbt-brained, SINAI
Aleck, who in one labial outgiving {
gush undertakes to dismiss as ol
"chums," "Bourbons," "played out
. the old men whose manned live
among us are eloquent of past sa'
: rifice and deep suffering. It is
pleasure to know that Grover Clev
land, President of the United State
- has indeed found ga soft berth" fl
one of them. In such recognize
. he pays a deserved tribute creditab
= to himself, to the "Old South, bea
: tiful as it passes from US and glorio1
. and honorable in all time to come.
Id The rank of the living Confedera
r. Lieutenant-Generals is as follow
te according to the dates of their col
at missions on file at Washington: j
a Longstreet, Jubal A. Early, Alex.
st Stewart, Stephen D. Lee, Sim
be Bolivar Buckner and Wade Hamptc