The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10

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FlaqucmincS Protector With A grand
flourish Of trumptls Mr. J. Y Sanders
has repeatedly posed as the d i"t2sscnc,
Of charity and forbcara,c politl-
cal opponents Yet a, ,,.t fossiblc
turn he has assailcd Mr. v ii. nson rs
viciousy as he knew how, anI not con
ining his attack to Mr. Wilkinspn's re-
cord has included in his assaults the
lattcr's native parish, his relatives and
friends. and i'll his last hypocrtical
speech at Franklin MIR Sanders has seen
fit to invade the sacred precincts of the
tomb and call in question the memory
Of his opponents honorcd father,
There, at Franklin, Mr. Sanders, after
extolling the valor of his own and his
friend Edmunds' relatives, said:
| Neither i'll the army Of Grant or Lee
was Colonel Wilkinson or Colonel Will
knsons father
But neither Colonel Wilkinson nor
his father barred their breasts to shot or
shell on either side of this controversy
MIR. Sanders. for the sake Of ignorant
| applause. will sacrifice reason. truth
sense, propriety, and everything that any
sane man would value i'll a campaign.
lie knew when he made this reflection
on Mr. Wilkinson and his late father,
that Theodore S. Wilkinson was only
thirteen years old when the Civil War
began.
| 1t i'll becomes Mr. Sanders To excuse
| his flight from Justice, and his later tax
ling an assume name in another State,
the former when he was nearly twenty,
and the latter when he was over twenty
years Of age, on the ground of his eN-
treme youth, and now to assail his oppo-
ncnt (heforc IN audience that did not
pribably know the latter's age) for no,
barring his breast to shot or she'll at the
tender age Of thirteen years.
The late DR. J. b. Wilkinson's mem
ory is not an issue here. A passing ref
crcncc, however, may be appropriate,
At the time the war broke out DR..
Wilkinson. his aged father and mother
his wife and nine children, his brother
Col K. A. Wilkinson, the lattcr's wife
and six children, the four sisters OF
those two brothers and their nephews
and several nieces. all lived OH the lower
coast.
| DR.. Wilkinson and his eldest ron, Jo'
seph Bdde, aged 10, and Col. Robert A
Wilkinson with his son Robert, aged u
years, and their nephew, Mr.. w Pen
rose, were the only ones Of their faml
lies then eligible for the army.
BY agreement the four latter wen
into the Confederate army, leaving some
twenty female and minor relatives under
DR.. Wilkinson's protection. Two year
later II. s. Wilkinson, who is now il
ISt. Martin, son Of Col r. A. Wilkin
>, son, at y years Of age joined the Wash
ington Artillery in Virginia
i Colonel Wilkinson was killed when hi
regiment was cut to pieces at the secont
battle of Manassas. Lieutenant Penros'
was killed in the last battle of the war
Dr. Wilkinsons son, Joseph Biddle
fought at Fort Jackson, Fort Morgan
and in other fights. Both r. A. Wilkin
son IT,, and II. s. Wilkinson tough
through the war.
! 1t is remarkable fact that DR.. J. b
Wilkinson, his father, JOS B. Wilkinso
II Sr., and his son, JOS B. Wilkinson Jr.
three generations bearing the sam
name were all imprisoned by the Yam
KEGS in New Orleans after its capture
. Young Lieutenant Wilkinson came her
as prisoner from Fort Morgan. He Gu
through brick wall, escaped. and re
, ioined the Confederate army II
, grandfather died in 1865.
II there be aught i'll all this that WI
assuage the worry Of the Sanders &c
> munds peculiar pot t-pourri of Republ
can Democratic Grand Army 10
Cause" conglomcration, they are we
lcome to make the most of it. We wou
, ladvise them, however, to cease patteri
ling after Pecksniff, and if they desire
travel on war records, we suggest tn
I,hey support the only bona flde Conte'
lerate Veteran in the field.
In order to show our readers that OF
r statements are not baseless or Ill n
turcd:
d 1st. Mr.. Sanders attacked the since
n itv Of MIR. Wilkinson's views on high
license. although he well knew Mr.. W
lkinson had for twenty years, at gre
Iloss to himself, refused TO allow liqu
n sold on his places.
Le end. Mr.. Sanders, through others
ii his presence. attacked MIR, Wilkinson
d Democratic white supremacy recol
d well knowing Mr. Wilkinson's devotI
rs to white Democracy, and that the cao
as OF this baseless attack. J. NJ. Hollaf
r was under the civil service rules.