The Republican., 1909-06-17
chap. But what's the use.

JEFF Davis we must conclude that
the war of forty FIVE years ago is
not ended and that the Union of
today is not a union. That is
nonsense. The country has had its
time. The war was the end of a
century of differences Of opinion
on slavery, which difference start
ed before the war of the revolution,
and was dangerous pitch when
the constitution was adopted.
The war brought the argument
to climax and settled it. The
union since the war is perfectone.
At no time from the close OF the
Revolution until the finish of the
Civil War was the country really
united.
Those Of us who were not in
sympathy with the people Of the
South in their war can forget what
was disagIeeable. If we care to
remember let us remember that
which is more gratifying. Let us
recall the story of that lively off,
Ger, Wheeler, who fought in the
rebellion, and then came along to
serve the common country as lead
er in the Spanish war. There is
Fitzhugh Lee
Or, to bunch them, the recon-
structed members or the Confeder-
acy who have become leaders Of
the country are so many that it is
folly to count names.
Who has a quarrel with Uncle
Reiuus, that romancer of the child
land and teller of wonderful tales
of the mythical world? Who
wants to fight with James Lane
Allen, the dignihed, entertaining
Kentuckian who tell such interest
ing stories Of the blue grass coun-
try?
Who want to quarrel with any
body anyway?
Have you Scotch blood under
your skin? l shall not criticise
you if YOU happen to think we'll Of
the claims of the Stuarts to the
British throne Why object if a
German wants to hoch der Kaiser?
Sure war is never a picnic,
War will never be a picnic if
Americans have a hand in it, for
they will not fight with feather
pillows and bouquets Of roses. Il
was no holiday for the people Of
either section.
That is why it is fortunate that
it is over, and why it is unfortun-
ate that the Ohio congressman can
not understand that the end is
away in the past.
Cadiz, Ohio, where Mr.. Hol-
lingsworth lives, is a nice and
prosperous country town, where
the farmers clip the feeces from
thousands Of focks and load the
banks vito money. Itis a thrifty,
tight little place, but with a not
very-wide horizon.
If a delegation of Cadiz folks
could get away some day and de-
sccnd on the folks of some good
typical town in Mississippi where
the name Of the Confederate lead
ers are venerated, it would be one
Of the best things in the world.
The Mississippi fellows would take
the doors off their houses and un-
hinge the gates and invite the
visitors to possess the community,
with all its contents, and the ef-
fusion Of brotherly love and hospi-
tality would be as mussy and over
whelming as the flood of honey at
the cutting of a bee tree.
These Mississippi folks are not
trailing their tails for anybody
to step on. They are trying to
show their appreciation of this
great big country of which they
are part, and they bring one OF
their idols to lay at the flagstaff.
l do not know many Mississippi
people, but know lots of people
who think highly OF Jeff Davis.
They are my neighbors, and good
ouss.
One of the best things benifi-
cent Creator did for man was to