Woodville Republican., 1903-02-21


the common people up north. II they
are getting any kinder why do they
send such a malignant man to con-
gress2 Hating the south seems 20 be
the stock in trade Of most of the north
ern members. The brainy men, like
Charles Francis Adams, have modi-
ied-ahd inolllfied very much of late.
Forty years ago he Was commanding
d niger regiment down here, for
which will never forgive him, but
lately he has made aspeeeh at Charles
ton aud another In New York, in which
he says concerning the right of a state
to seeede: III weacoept the judgment
of modern students and Investigators
il would seem as il she weight of argu.
msnt falls into the coufederate scale.
The issue was settled by might and not
by right" Then why don't they pen.
sion ouf soldiers and pay Us for the
property thes desttosed-ah ask our
pardon besides Four geherationsi
Old John Adams, John Quincy Adams,
his son Charles Francis Adams and
now this Charles Francis, his sen,
and he is 40 years old and has
been 40 years finding cut that we had
the right to seeedc aud they had no
right to free our negroes without pay
ing for them. Besides all that, this
Adams took charge OF a whole regi-
inent OF our runaway negroes to fight
us with. Lew Wallace did the same
thing. Yes, he did worse. lie was
president Of the court that tried Wirx
and convicted him and huSs him On
perjured evidence. The longer live
the more am convinced that as gem
eral rule the smartest men are the
meanest- specially the politicians.
Think of Henry Ward Beecher preach
ing from his pulpit that Sharp's rifles
were better than Bibles to convert the
slave owners of the south, and so his
people bought the rifles and the ann
munition and told old John Brown to
go ahead But the niggers were loyal
TO their masters aid wouldn't burn
nor kill nor destroy. And hence Lew
| Wallace and Adams and many other
armed all they could muster UP and
joined the grand army and marched
| them down upon bur helpless women
and children. At that time there were
10000 rnnaways up north-fugitiye
slayes-+the meanest Of the race, and
nobody but an unprincipled dog of a
man would have led them against us.
Down further south the negroes mixed
with gentlemen and were true and
faithful during the war, and as Gen.
| Henry II. jackson said, they ought to
have a monument built to their 10y
atty as high as the stars.
But, pshawi What's the use Of
scratching fhe. old sores? Let them
scaD over. Are We not all brethren
since the Spanish war? Did not we
all fight and bleed and die together
IN Cuba7 Don't the editors and po-
litical orators tell MS that fraternal
peace prevails Between The ssctions
am stiIl sick, and have been out Of the
house but twice in thee months, and
maybe that Is why ! brood and ru-
inmate over the wrongs we have suf-
fered, When the spring comes and
the birds begin 10 sing and the flow
ers to bloom maybe ! will write more
loving letters; and II Teddy viii re-
tract and apologize for the lies hetold
on Mr.. Davis / will lei him alone, con.
sidering that his cerebellum is limited
by the medulla oblongata and the
sinciput
/ never read the modern novel. They
come and they go and are forgotten;
but Miss Pettus, Of Alabama, sent me
the princess Of Glendale" and ] re-
luetantly took glance at the first page
and got caught. turned tie leaf and
read ON and had deyonred 100 pages
before breakfast and all Of II during
the day. It Is a faithful and charming
recital Of southern home life on a big
plantation before the war. Then the
war comes. with It's distresses, and
Forrest with 300 men pursues Stract
with 1900 and captures him, and Miss
Emma Samson figures as heroine In
guiding Forrest across the river, and
then comes the sad story Of Sam Davis
the typical southern hero. Interest
never flags In the beautiful story, anG
II viii be landmark for our children
and ehidren's children, for it Is faith
full TO the truth confederate history
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.