The National tribune., 1896-07-30

from hell placed her burning sandals on
every brow, man of Southern birth might
be expected to confess with shame to having
borne arms beneath the flag of his fathers;
but we can see now that our worst enemies
were really those politicians who magnifed
our grievances and melted Us to secession.
To deny this were to deny the loyalty OF
the South to the old fag-to indorse re-
cent assertion by a Spanish editor that we
will again rise against the Government
whenever it is threatened by foreign foe,
instead OF pledging our lives, our fortunes,
and our honor to its defense. More than any
other section, the South stands to-day for
the ndivisble Union, the integrity of the
Republic and the man who apologies for
having helped hold every cleaning star in
Old Glory's field of blue is not fit to live
beneath it's folds. To every controversy
there must be right and a wrong. When
Judge Hunter says that the war was waged
solely in behalf of the negro he falsfies his
tory. Lincoln declared that he would pre-
serve the Union, with negro slavery If he
could, hut preserve the Union he would.
"They fell, who lifted up n hand
And babe the sun in heaven TO stand;
They stood, who saw the future come
On through the fights delirium"
Our present zeal for the glory of the Re-
public is manly confession that we should
not have unsheathed the sword yet in the
face of this and while our bravest and best
are occupying positions of honor and trust
in a Government they once dehed, little
tacky tailed appointee of a tin-horn gambler
apologies for having played a snare-drum
in Federal militia company. Gerate
Gawd! While we have been trying to ex-
plain how we happened to be in the wrong,
here is a man, claiming to have a judicial
head, making excuses for having been in the
right!
Judge Hunters apology presupposes that
the South regrets the Lost Cause. We
mourn our dead, but thank God that Old
Glory's sacred shadow falls upon their graves.
few brainless blatherskites are still chew
ing the rag; but they are not dangerous IN
war, nor are they useful in peace. AS rule,
they hated the Yankee so hard that all
Hades couldn't drag 'em within reach OF his
rifle. Those who exchanged compliments
with their trans Ohio cousins at Shiloh and
the Wilderness are firmly persuaded that
peace is good thing and are doing their
level best to pnsh it along. 1t is the men
who were "po' white trash " before the war,
and are now posing as better-day people as
out loud that Uncle Sans star-bespangled
cut-a-way was not permanently split up the
back 1t is these gabsters who keep the
North irritated by continually perpetrating
the foolish falsehood that we were outnum-
bered five to one in the civil war. II is
these unhung idiots, whose auxetic utter
anees are accepted by transOhio editors as
expressions of Southern sentiment, who d.
vert vast sums of capital seeking investment,
and tens of thousands of industrious home
builders, from sunny Texas to the bleak
Northwest
There is not one drop of Puritan blood in
my veins; but when I hear these swagger-
| ing swash- bucklers deiaming brave and
! generous foe, who sheathed the sword only
| to tender US the strong grasp of brothers
| hand with all the warmth Of a brothers
heart, i wonder why'in the name OF the
! living God the Yankees don't lick Us again.
| The resistance made by the South was
worthy the palmiest days of Rome; but be-
fore induiging in King Cimbyses' vein 1t
were well TO remember that the Confederacy
was crushed at Gettysburg in 1863, and that
it was not until after that date that the dis
parity in numbers became so marked.
Gettysburg made AppOmattox inevitable
the Confederate forces rapidly dwndled
while the North kept rushing fresh regi-
mests South to overawe us with display Of
power and convince us that further resist
ance were useless. Those who, for a th I'd
of century, have been feeding their Sec
tional vanity on famboyant talsehoods, may
call this an unkindness. 1t is simply cold
hard fact with which every well-informed
man is familiar and contains nothing to Oul
discredit Statesmen who studied the sItua
ton from distance at the outbreak OF the
war, expected us to win. Financiers thought
the same, else we could have Heated never
a bond. G adstone, then III the heyday o
his intellectual glOry-and whose sym
pathies were avowedly with the Union
after carefully surveying the field, declared
it physical impossibiliy for the North Il
subjugale the South. He remembered that
almost a century before, England had tried
in vain to crush the numerically weak aHC
almost ludicrously poor American colonies
He knew that an army OF invasion Is ever a
disad vantage He knew that it mus
inevitably be composed largely of mercen
aries, and grapple with the lords of the land
standing desperate, defiant before their altar
and their fanes He knew it must prize tn
enemy out Of mountain passes, reduce Glib
raltars, open rivers, construct railways, Will
every foot Of its advance is marked by bloo'
and fire. He carefully considered the pOpu
, ation, position, wealth and resources O
. the two sections, declared Federal success
impossible, and the war, therefore, crime
We fully agreed with the Grand Old Man Il
every particular but one: He knew tn
, North would fight to a finish, for his coun
, trymen had had little experience with tn
, Yankees at Bunker Hill !; we took our In
r formation from stump orators instead OF con
= sulting history. 1t were difficult to sa
whether Mr.. Gladstone or we were mos
, surprised. Itwas Greek vs. Greek, and tina
God of Battles who sometimes Knocks tn
f councils of the wise and the valor of til
. brave" bestowed the eagles of victory as h
D thought best. Let us sit down upon eand
8 dates who are ashamed OF having fougl
under either flag, and invite the Yank
come to Grand Old Texas" turn Democrs
and teach US the gentle art of planting hog
G | Fold up the banners smet the guns; Love rul'
, her gen;ler purpose runs.
The mighty mother turns III tears the pages OF III
" battle years,
Lamentinp ali her fallen SONS"