Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-10

In 1745 the adherents Of the house Of
Stuart made the last effort to restore
that ill-starred family to the British
throne. For time 1t promised to be sue-
cessful. Having landed in Scotland, the
pretender gained possession Of almost the
whole Of that country, advanced south
ward until his appearance In London
seemed not at all improbable. Had he
been a little more daring the subsequent
history Of the British. nation would have
been very different. But the star OF
Bonnie Prince Charles went down for
ever on the bloody field Of Culloden, and
what might have been the glortes OF his
reign will remain a theme for the poets
song.
The bitter memories Of that short, fierce
struggle long survived the encounter OF
armed battalons. Judges, not, perhaps,
more sincere in their loyalty, but more
fortunate in their choice or sides, con-
demned to the gallows and quartering
block hundreds Of men whose sole crime
was their devotion to the prince OF their
preference For many years a confession
OF having been "out in the 4S could not
be made without risk Of fortupe and OF
life. Those who were suspected of par
tiality for the Stuart cause were excluded
from all positions of honor and emolu-
ment. Before the last Of that unhappy
rare died they had ceased to threaten the
stability of the British throne. But those
who had been known as Jacobites con-
tinued to be regarded with suspicion ana
might deem themselves fortunate II they
SUFFERED no greater Ill than exclusion from
office.
we Of this country and generation are
witnessing and experiencing striking
contrast to this long-continued proscrip-
ton. Forty years ago the states OF the
south proposed to separate from those
of the north and to set up an independ-
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those who had control OF the old govern
ment, and there ensued a long, bloody,
herceIy contested war. After a stubborn
resistance for four years the champions
of southern Independence were forced to
Yield. and the authority of the federal
government was re-establtshed over the
whole territory. But the surrender OF Lee
was not followed by bloody circuit OF a
Jeffries There was indeed. a period OF
confusion and uncertainty. Some, starting
out with the proposition that treason
should be made odious," insisted that the
late adherents of the Confederacy should
be subjected to severe pains and punish
ments. For time It seemed not unlikely
that their line Of policy would be adopt
ed and that all who had taken the losing
side in the struggle would be made to
feel themselves aliens.
But those who favored this harsh
cause did not have their way. The lately
places in the union, and some who had
won distinction in the Confederate army
as officers took prominent parts in the ma
tional congress. Now and then some writ
er in northern snewspapers would express
himself bitterly about those lately In
rebellion against the government. But
these were exceptions. and a few continu-
ally give vent to such ill-natured senti-
ments down to the present time. The drift
Of thought. however. lies In favor Of re-
united nationality, in which the citizens
of Virginia and Texas have equal rights
and privileges with those Of Maine and
Ohio. TIL man is denounced as traitor
because he likes to display his gentle
manly culture in the United States sem
ate Memorial day orators need have no
fear of punishment before them while
eulogizing Lee and Jackson and delivering
fine rhetorical fourishes about the Con-
federate heroes. 1t may, indeed, be said
with too much Of truth that some OF our