The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-02

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sEAr1LA, slTusDAH. SUss, ,.
nALi0SAxr TALK.
Gen. Roeeor snd ~ sx-Confedssats
yssachsr. r. G. Cays. isdnlgsd In good
dsel u malignant talk In their speeches 81
the dsdicssson of the monument 70 private
soidisss snd sailors Of the ConIsdsrscy q
1ichmond, Va. on Wednesday Iast The
kind of talk uttered ~ Gen. Rosssr hes
nsvss bssn voiesd By any u the great cap
iains Of the Cenfsdsrscy, Ike L.. John
ston. Longstrsst. Bsaursgard o. Gordon.
nossss & Popuiiss, and usss the vitupsr.
astvs rhstoFie at his political party:
Furthermore. Rossss vss great brsssars
vhsn he commanded the Confederate
cavalry under Early in the shenandoah
campaign Of 1o6k 6hssidan turned on
him oncs, snd with his cavalry under
Caster and AssTiss gavs Rosssr fearful
vhippins. capsuring eleven pisess Of his
artillery and I'll his army train. Rosssr
nsvsr esassd % slims Sheridan to the day
II his dsath. eoA ~ hes hoaetsd q beiug
N s'irssepncilahls" when FAR ahisr soldiers
asd bs1osr nsn than ~ vsss willing to
ssshaks hsnds over the bloody ehasm."
The only ex-C onfsdsRats Who he's uttered
such cupid .stu6 - that poured forth By
1osssr wss IN obscure sx-Confsdsrats
bsisadiss named Jackson, from Georgia.
Who sevafal pears 80 n puhiic address
seid Of the Confsdssats dag:
sRsd with ths blood Of Confederate
heroes, moist With the toaSs az COnfedorato
Wj6ows and orphans. eastward shall 10
oontinue to roll carrying With it the
bIssssd light Of the Christian civilization
moves i shall Srins the day Of anal trI
umph. In that triumphai procession
Abraham Lineoan shall Dot move q the
yightfui president, but Jeferson Davis.
the so-called traitor, leader Of so-calisd
Lost cause"
i 10 only the Industrious obscuritiss Of
The sLost Gauss" that ussss such rhodo-
montads - this. The great soldiers and
Statesmen Of the ConSsdsrscy Of the South
have never talked In this way since APP
pomAttox.
Whom ~ recall the fact that Washing.
Con was the nrst man 10 denouncs the
famous Virginia resolutions Of 1850: tho
Arst 70 gravsly warn his countrymsn that
these stats sovereignty resolutions con-
tanned the serpent egg Of secession, dis
uaion and civil var; whsn ws remember
that Lee wrote his sister that be saw no
Qualification for secession: that Joe John.
sson. Bragg and Longssfeet were Of the
same opinion; that Alexander II. Stephens
ably argued against IL ~ causelsss in the
Georgia state convention and voted
eeainst Il, Il II difficult 10 refrain from an
sxprsssion Of disgust for these petty Bonr-
bons who start mp and with serious faces
utter historical lies. There are rebels and
Sshels, just - there are women amd women.
All true women are females, but every
female h not true woman, and while .
great patriot may have been . great
rebel. avery great rebel Is not q
great patriot The Chicaso anarchists
were rebels against Law and order, but
they we're NOT patriotic citissns. To rebel
In order to defend primitive human rights
when outraged and liberty when assaulted
was the kind Of rebel George washin gton
vas; bat To rebel TO vindicats the allie
glance OF virgisAa to the pernicious doc
trsns Of state supremacy vas the kind Of
rebel Gen. Rosscr Was in lssi and in the
orr IL today. Rosscr 10 . canksred little
Bourbon. who today Worship the free
traders OF South Carolina who passed the
ordinance Of notification tNovemher ~.
isssl declaring the tariff act. Of ISIS and
iSsa unauthorized by the constitution,
null and vuAi. and not binding on this
state. It's osfiecrs and eisiscns." If the
Federal government attempted 10 enforce
che taflf the people would consider them
selvrs ont Of the Union, and the doctrine
cf paramount allegiance 20 the state
(ssia affirmed by Gov. Pennoysr. Of Ore.
gonl was eloausnsiy proclaimed by Gov.
Hsyne. Andrew Jaekson's proclamation
hseke the back Of this ratification scheme.
end Clsy's eompromsss tariff Of ISIS saved
the neck Of Calhoun and his fsilow-eou
ppsrators-
Gen. Rosssr and Gov. rennoyer. Of
Oregon. are patty Bonrbons. Who are ssasl
sosav nonotonousiy chanting Calhoun.
I sm. sut the able men Of the North ans,
che South take today larger vies Of the
sahiecs and perceive shat Jefferson Davis
did not EOS the sssd from which srrans
the sassi plant Of sscsssaon and disanion,
whose bseca-rsd blossoms hssan TO unfold
with the magical suddennsss OF century
plant In issi. Jsesrscn Dsvss vas the
child, the creature Of the volcanic stsug-
gle that exploded in the Gre and smoks ii
civil war. nas its creator. Can anybody
tell wAo Vas the architect Of the nrss
French revelation or Of the EnsltsA ssvo-
iasicns Of i6si ard loss. or Of The Amsri-
can Revolafsoaf contesss - sresaenaou,
hare no single author. They srow; they
srs nos iifsed into life by any single hand.
Net oaly was Davis nos the architect al
secession. rebellion ard var, bal he wa
sses even great lsatins censpsrzsor.
Davis wss ssaGiaas mar. ambitions, IN
tense; be had fed On calhaunfsm. which
had its roots in The doctrines 81 Thomas
Jefferson. 80 long that like maay another
Keen msaa III the sogsh tss gosson had
penetrated every hber Of his nasare and
bsssss The supreme Law Of his political