The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

in. the likht. Of later, events, perhaps. to the disadvantage of the greater chieftain. .Rerhaps. it. was unfortunate for Long, street that in his and our distress after the war. he had powerful friend who was magnanimous and generous. Per haps. without injury to his comrades and his people he accepted. in the spifit 'ii which 1t was tendered a.. kindness that meant reconciliation. And. it may be, he was guilty of an unpardonable sin. Sure ly, 1t must have cost him some flowers at the close of his life, No doubt. many an old man who was with him in the glorious achievements of the old army win. with eyes tedewed with sorrow for his death, cherish the recollection of feminine refinement that withheld flowers from the ohieftain's grave.
 It is a matter of pride that in Gordon's death even his old enemies were ready to do him the honor of tears.
 One thing in his favor seems to have been forgotten. He was a member of a Primary Alliance. He was, therefore fa- vorafIe to the many reforms advocated Inv that oreanization. He was, therefore, a man Of the people. He was good soldier of the Confederate States. He received honors from his State. He sought reform of evil conditions. He was an Allianceman. Longstreet and Gordon are now. with Lee, Jackson, Grant and Sherman across the river resting under the shade of the trees". Perhaps, they do not even refer to the unpleasant differences of the past. We "who remain" can afford equal hon. ors of tender regret for Georgia's depart ed heroes.
 May be so. we should recoflect the iso- lated instance of feminine refinement that $o1 q AApafad 0ffiHnr that helped to make Lees army the greatest of modern times.
 There are lots of fellows around me who are in a quandary about going into the Democratic primaries. The invitation to those "who believe in Democratic prin- cipIes' Is the rub. There are fellows who will believe in most anything if there's money in 1t.
 The trouble comes in when no expiana- ton of Democratic principles Is in order in a mixed company of Democrats. The differences, which nowadays begin with Cleveland and Bryan, run all the way from head to foot and the anxious in- qrirer is left in doubt between '"tother and which"
 May be so,, every fellow is the creator of his own Democracy. Captain McGill of our regiment, who was expert in all the tricks of a chicken peddler-and noth- ing else. was vainly trying to teach his cavalry company the difference between ''left wbee1' and 'left turn" He finally cut the gordian knot of the difficulty with the lucid explanation "They are just the same only they're different
 That's the easiest way out of all this Democratic muddle of likeness and un- likeness.
 There appears to be enough Republi- canism in sensible Democracy to desire canal. Old Jim Burroughs was once very sick, sick unto death according to the Doctors. but in the very nick of time he gave peculiar evidence of convales- cence and instantly waking to consc1ous- ness he exclaimed to the horror of the waiting clergyman That's a good sign by Cd" For Democrats to be sensible enough to fall into Republican progress siveness is a good sign" and bodes no good to the strenuous Accidentally of the White House.
 The preacher had succeeded with mani- | fold propositions to get everybody to tn
 "mourner's bench but one man. He got
 him with this, Every man of good sense, comet"
 But, if the Democrats were to extend such an invitation. people would think | they were ''opening the door of tna
 Lily Whites" J, Culpcpper.