The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-18
CONFEDERATE GENUS.
coz. lHytN or TENNESSEE. RE-
CALLS INTERESTING FACTS.

.:, i>-<,.,-..t.c.rI\,: FACTS
, -. ~. ".,.,.,',. World
49,.
-. \..'." 'F>',}.' VS. II ~ IN
VS. IS Were C'j~>,t
III 49,. =, >[r~.,t:l r.. \ntr;Can.)
,l.,r. '1o.;ui., : Suggested! - NE by the
recent laval victory II Japan. HAT
Tno,,', GREAT gun Druct;ce counted for
,n~r', : ,>,. IL, puc>;i".I. As your mill
-.,.,. ,,,-:. :, t,, ln,Iy Suggested. but II IS
a., : :. .,>,.. ,>.,n>csjivnc1 that. evident
X -. ,~rrlp and the ">,,,nnrint
,,.o,},,, i,r more and prrytn;cd.u JAP
an,>c loss that must have been terrific
I,nd ,I,v i,@t;'r been fought uprA old
lines
r.. an, now thinking # N, "Nhut
N-.." /, wa. III, Snu1hrr.o ,,r,pIr who
TAUGHT the world that naval traditions
from the VIKINGS down to 1862. were
obbso]ete. Brooks-,naker at Iredegar
Richmond, If the great 7-i1cE rifle
Brook gun. rival Of the Yankee finch
PARROT e11u-Wiliamson and Porter
building the Virginia upon the hull OF
the old N"rr1nac, gave Admiral Bucl-
anar. NV old friend. II. B. l~l:t|epage
now. of Washington. y. C.. serving eff
| fcier@Iy Under him. the opportunity t
demon >trate to the world that the day;
of wooden frisate, were over. In one
brief day in Hampton Roa Is they
cleaned tip the wooden power Of the
United States 1t was American gen
III, that built the Virginia; American
geniu, commanded and fought her
| American genius finally and forever dis
| posed of all naval traditions. That tlrS1
davis fight was the first practical de
monstration to the world of the value
Of the iron-cal.
7. :. ,r,,a that Theoretically. to some
e<ten, evs, ,rart;colIv. the world hac
heo,, corre;v;1,o and oft of conceDtio
and ~ theory building the iron-clad
N,no1,+ had ever reached or touched
demonstration Demonstration i, the
c,;ef and on1v thing in 1his world. The
Coniederate- American first Furnished
the world in actual war. and in aetna
,,1 terrific use demonstration O.
Whit naval architects hal been dream
mo Of and even tentatively experiment
mo with and even to some extern
hn;1d;ng
France had socnt millions. Enelan,
,,,;1,;o,s Robert Fulton had nroDose>
o,,d h,,;r+ s,ch hoat. Stevens had buil
HE greet Aoat;no battery In that mer
+boroht and co,crntion which is Drac
4;c,,1,. nothing exce,t os , mere Dre
cnrosr naroht had been done unit
Buchanan issued from Norfolk and de
stro,,ed the Federal shining Then, TO
tho fret time the world saw theory i,
action thonoht in practice. provision
t~,,s1,tel into act
E,,a,, a. that time mon the Cunber
land r,o, the Tennessee. in every We
o,a, co,,,herr h,rhor the Confederate
American was bui1dine his turtle
Incl" ;ron-c1ad with railroad iron, O
r,h,+e,.er he co,,1d orasn or forge 0
mako Even then. Fads. 4 Federal
American If oen;ns was filling tn
Ohio and the Nississinn; with his "tur
flo -h,c,.s" Orr NOW Northern breth
~er ,ver, certainly not behind verv ia,
h,,4 +,e,, vera ;nst &c certainly nc
,ho,d Resources and all things an
co,d;4;o,s considered the Confederate
A,,e~;c,n was first and foremost. |
: H.: defeat if world he moor Datriotisr
:, H.. hro+,,ar 70 haor,,doe him the fac
7. e. f,.+
T. e ,,so +r,,e that mon the verv ne>
d,, ofts- tho co,federate- A merican df
,o,,e+~,+;o,, of tho u,orth1essness Of a
,a,,,1 traditions fro,, VIKINGS Town t