The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-01-23
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
A HIGHLY ItTERE;%IiNG RETRO.
Specific C0MMISlCATION.
Suggests THAT Al Fatri"tic'HbnnS :sneri.
cans should Read cf the cattle
OF New Orleans.


..oi,- i the :.Gna!, Of American history. 'ih.
Young p2ol',e ought to read about III" hattl&
OF NeT Cc!eans -,IacEson's Trc"; battle,
whore his troops IN less tEan IN k0Hr
killed and W0untird $500 OF thn foyer -
the British army and lost only eight Killed
and thirteen: N;ountic,i. Never in tic history:
OF the world has Il E;i.tse been Taught in
which there was 50 great DISPARITY niloss.
pat"Nln.N who was in command Of l2,tV0
troops. wi;s Tx, br1thGrriil-)nW IF yelling
ton aad i;a! only IL short time ii;f0r;. OBJ
thlncd great victory over Napoleon ~
Salamanca. Jackson had oslh'G 800 untraiH
ed ril!emeu, ind t:kcnl,u was killed and
his !rmv'to,!ted nnGi ;1it to hight This hn,-
tie established the lroWcSs Of Tho snithcrn
yeomanry and nanr Jn"h,on president. He
was certainty Il very wn,lICrful n,nI,. ITO
had but !. little schooling in al Old field
school, aud never learned 10 the course 81
his life 10 ;:>@ he English an."aSc correctly.
When only 'his-r"n years old Ri English
officer cnt him with lis s"nc heruls, lie
refused to black his boot: IT'S fstlirr died
early, his brothers were Killed il til' r,yriU-
tiOnary war ui!I his; mother died from hard,
ship aEi s.l.!rriGS and So he grey; VI, %ii,
an int"IS: h;itr@,i Of The British. The fam
ily were SeDiGjl-iYisiI, AMI nv friend. George
Affair. ':Ou! .llv tina! :;crnnnts f." all MS
wonderful -9,,s. He ha nut Gt,!e. knpwI-
edge CT 'a,, Ut was ;tol;. pa't;. pro$Icu~
tor and "''S Il terror t. oyil-;,oe,e. II: gaze
tlc new stnte is name ii Tennessee n.:1
walrrJ y D.an - ;ra-s nngin., :na Iu,i;rne
whom, IL ,IiI..sI ,t,s 49,, j.. ;,.o.r,,
bit even IN ,iai.,n,:. H;j..:..;I,,,; oni r!n.;-
In IL. i,l n rr est r..,,.j c,.,,,,.r l,r won't
Win his irao,s md ay;,nA ..y,r .l,..gI ;,i..h
way IL the ,..,jt. from, u,.~fl, G..,.ui.. 10 n.
2Ii,.isc; m; j. tiN irnf-n =, ,hn OH ,.ar ~
Jnrlso,ts road Wn,,. ON ~. y.,rr.+h ;,n
pa;f 10 "c.t,,,.t h. orders from Wasi:ue,.1r
but p,.r,,,n; hi, ow, yiun. il Iaf;onon - thu
,.oyrruInanT Tie ,v.. .,,,r.i .;1,ras 1,c,,,r,,s1
in bats!a AVS. IN .,,n,- with his nn};Iirnj r,c.
n les, l,,.4 s.; ,os /, h;,yr liked n ,,..n,,nnl
life ~, fnit.,.r,, v, ,ra,a,;,,n;c ,rh 'n,,5,
10 alliances win, .,;i:,:.l clilna4 IT,. Wa
always ori,,ir,r, sq1f.wiIIrd ,i.si.n,t 1,.,r
Forsv,e WIN, ~, .,..,.~,. - r:,r,. n,,,3 IT,.
rian his attorney .,ron-o, t,th fro,,, ,,,i,r.,;,
lie hated .,:nu;; and ,'r,y ,u,I II, ,ba yo!yo,7-
crs Of jaw Gul Uar,iltGn IL rl,al,onrrd
Winfield; Scott i, J., rnnn-,. ,,n mnJn a!;n,,t
him. Tie tnrpcI ;,oi,.o;,n or! ri hi. .,,i;u,,
because Hr, ccI,n,, r,cr,o,r'; u..o.ia+c
will, Mrs r,aIo, r.. W., - Tho son~ota,,, ~
war. The w;,i(. nx;,.rs had ,rYi;c,r! 1nci;.
sons wifi, ans! ,I;rl7s,n never yn.cayt. the
partv for il AND t,}r;.1s o Ofn of y,e,. n,+ If
office the FRS. year a his aa,o;riotroti.,u.
His chiya,rss respect for the f,,uol. soy was
the most WiuS0ror }.;,tnr, al,m,t MS chnro4.
! ter. Sam Houston ard nayy Crockett had
fought uEGor MIN and were, hi: tr;;steL p,,-
Utica! friends and advisers. Like Grant ard
tTavlor. they had foUs;hH tI,e;r WAY ,lp in
hard dangerous warfare. and l3h Ipt ittl,
respect ror the limitations Of law or tne
proyokn,: DELAYS Of rod tnna. Almost ;,u
West Pointers Lave q similar corye,ovt for
the slow methods OF the civil i.y7. nr,! cs-
pccjaIy.ior he writ Of hntm.s corp,,s md
appea,. from ,o,r. to court. remember
when iencr,i! JOG .IoilI,,ton ordered 4 court
matt. at ,eilta,yiic, Va. Ia Irv Two soldiers
for s. .1;inr their c;,otain, Tie crj,ne was
coDl.pitte,; Is 10 O'Clock in tic morninc.
ThaY wore tried on the Afternoon, OF Tx.
same day ;luG shot the next morning az sun
rise. lha.. is the Kind Of swift Justice t,:ac
military men admire.
There as some curious; .hin.:: al,ou. -,
old-timc presidents. Three Of them die, on
the Fourth Of July. The first fourteen yrore
no beard: si>tayn DO ,aoustaehe; Twelve had
lao mittjl:, iH.lc: five were named James:
seven had 1hrteen letters in their names,
! and ever n:no had Inc letter \ in Il. some
where, except J1ha 'Eyler's. ard he va; q
| vice president 50 i is no use in n,minat-
| ING O. man who hnY rot That Ett;a vnv,p, II,
give him luck. nor i thirteen an unhaky
! number among presidents. |. : nv u;s-
fortune thai ,9rrr saw q rr2s;,Iaut, 7
| looked toward Franlin Pierce once in Sew
York, but he vas 50 tangled up in 4 carriage
with Other gentlemen thai ! could not dis
ting"ish bin. ]1u! have seen cutie a num-
Der Of er":., inel--some Of them. indeed.
! VINO Nara greater Than presidents. [ saw
Daniel Webster and Clay an! Gho&to and
heard lam speak. Mr.. Calhoun put his
hand on my head when was lad and Spoke
kind words to me. [ sill reverence his
memory for ne N-Hs a :r20t and q good man.
saw and hcar', Jefferson Davis on the BAL
| tIeiielu and on the platform after tho var.
saw and iea"d Ill the great men OF Georgia
| who figured in politics in The I0's and EOS,
The 5H"atc$t speech ever heard from any
OF them, It seems To h!p, was made by Walker
| ColGnitt, but was a youn: democrat thoA
| and very susceptible During slc var saw
the great generals quite often. Lee and
| Johnston, i.onEatrect, E,aurcgard, Early.
Hardee ana tthors. never saw Stouewall
Jackson :ut once, and then he wis asleep,
lying Upon some straw. in General Lees
tent. T wisl, | had r photocraph of thai
scene. It was about MONDAY. Lee, with
his staff We're dining " their camp tables,
but Jackson was tired OUT with
the seven days fighting, and
General Lee said, LET him sleep; he needs
rest more than food" All tho great men I