Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-29
HoD Roosevelt Detained
A Great Southern Leader
1Rv savoxard. in the Nashville Banner.l

forceful developed In an era excep-
the great number of extraordinary men u
produced Colonel Brownlow was himself stout
soldier in mighty and bloody war, and trooper
in the saddle he a hundred times approved himself
worthy the of Morgan and Forrest and Wheeler
against each and all of whom he was frequently OPP
posed. A brave man in battle, John B. Brownlow Is
a magnanimous man in peace In his daily Walk ne
a gentleman; in instinct he is just, hating mean
with all the intensity and cordiality OF true
In politics he is a Republican linked to the
party of Lincoln and o Grant. He is man OF
thought and a Of culture, and in his capacious
memory is stored the political history of this
country, remote. than have any score OF
statesmen you could draft from the two houses of
Congress, excluding from the squad Cabot Lodge
and Champ Clark either both.
In recent article colonel BrOwnlcw relates the
following, a characteristic episode taken from the
of Theodore Roosevelt:
The ex-Confederates and their descendants com
prise the majority of the Democratic voters Of
the southern states These voters hold in respect
and veneration the character and memory of their
leader, Jefferson Davis. before Roosevelt be-
president he wrote an article for a northern
magazine in which he denounced Mr.. Davis as the
father of the reputation of Missssipps state debt
of about two millions Of dollars in 1851, and he added
that Davis had only favored the repu-
diation of his public debt but he had also
been in the habit of repudating and refusing pay
Bull Moose said that the leader of the Confederate
dishonest mana thief When Davis
saw the magazine article referred he wrote Roose
welt perfectly polite letter, which would have
brought forth a polite answer from any gentleman.
He told him that he had advocated the repu-
dation of Mssissippis debit that when occurred he
in private life. holding office. but 1t well
known to all the people Of Mississippi that he
opposed to it; that marty purposes that charge
had been made and had been promptly cOntradcted
by him, and that his personal and political enemies
who had made it had been silenced and had offered
no proof to substantiate it. And he added that the
charge that he had ever evaded payment OF his per-
sonal debts had before been made politely
adding that he could not believe that Mr. Roosevelt
would have made the charge except upon authority
he deemed reliable, he respectfully requested him
give him the of the author To this Roosevelt
brualiy replied through his secretary: Mr. Theodore
Roosevelt directs to that he declines to have
any correspondence with Jefrersoh Davis Davis
had known Roosevelts father had the friend
of two of his uncles who had the Confederacy
and he had a right to expect a polite answer 70
polite letter." Af
There was a sequel to that circumstances When he
was president of the United States Theodore Roose
welt paid a visit the state Of Mississippi, and
without shame, he constantly invites and
never confronts he delivered an address
function or other at -vicksburs in which he made
eloquent eulogy of JEFFERSON Davis. the overthrown
leader of the lost Roosevelt is man OF let
ters, and it is hardly possible the time he
that insolent and brutal to Mr.. Davis
he had read little volume by oliver Dyer entitled
Great Senator's" The author was northern man.
intensely and inveteratey hostile to everything JEFF
ferson Davis stood for, but he takes delight and is
garruous in that behalf, in testfying the
ceptonally genuemanly behavior OF Davis in his
personal intercourse with all he especially those
official station inferior to his Besides, JEFF
ferson Davis was soldier, and had shed his blood
for the and stripes in desperate charge OF
bloody field of which history makes him the distinct
i've hero Colonel Roosevelt poses the bravest Of
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imagine Bayard Sidney playing the rufhan.
1t is my business my purpose make
plea for Jefferson Davis History will deal with him,
is with the serenes and the utmost confidence
that the South awaits the award. Whatever he was
his cause is the souths II he a traitor,
was traitor and she will forever hold his name
and fame in devoutest reverence because fatuous
and churish foe visited vicarious scourge her
through him. Lamar spoke for the south OF all
erations when in retort George F. Hoar for
grauitous assault on the southern chief he exclaimed
"Mr. President when Prornetheus chained to the
rock 1t the vuture, not the eagle, that buried
his cruel beak in his vitals tore them and tor
tured them" Lincoln succeeded. Davis failed. That
was the difference between them-an of it
Colonel Roosevelt in the south this is written
asking that people to aid him to third term as presi
dent of the United States. 1t is south in ma
terial development but old south in public senti
ment' 1t could not be otherwise This generation
is teeming with southern and women, who recall
the rule of the bayonet Of theonegro. when the
spider wove his in the imperial palace and the
owl sung watch on the towers of Afrasab"
The Colonel in a vague sort of way, promises
much. He pretends be the greatest apostle Of
virtue, the sole depository Of wisdom the inearna-
ton of patriotism the avatar Of justice. He will
Danish graft from the state and whip simopy from
the church. All the bosses to retire from poll
tics under his LASH the saints to come into the
inheritance good deal more Of slush and cant
and false pretense.
What did he do in Tennessee-this scourge Of the
bosses? why, he gave aid and comf5rt to Ham
fa1Ia nufef films
and the odious OF all bosses What did he care?
The most selfish living, Theodore Roosevelt
would sell every constituency in this union to boss
If he could get exchange third term of the presi
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