The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-04-25
rHe ssourH ~ rHE SADDLE
(Reprinted by Reauest)-


because the south is in the saddle
and despite the glad tidings that arc
heard ringing around the world. re-
fuse to pack up their troubles" an.
at least act half way. like patriots.
At the late meeting of the republ-
can executive committee in Chicago
the country was notified by wire that
the national democratic administra-
ton was denounced for placing tTie
control of the government in me
hands Of the minority of the South
while a majority of the north paid
90 per cent of the taxes.
The correctness of this statement
we are quite sure is subject to chaf-
lenge. but admitting it to be true,
what of it?
If It be true that the North pays
90 per cent of the taxes. she receives
in return 90 per cent Of the prot &C.
THE SOUTH-TWO :. >. -. ....
ton, favors, and bounties OF govern
ment, as was recently so ably ana
coEvincingly shown by Senator
Fletcher OF Florida and Senator Hokc
Smith of Georgia, so why these LAM
entations?
Is the country to understand that
money-the cold, sordid dollar-rata
err than brains, patriotism, executive
and judicial fitness, is to dictate ana
control the policy of our great nation
that has been rebaptised and recon
secrated to carry the blessings Ct
free government to the ends OF tue
earth!
If with the. South in the saddle, .
the nation had been misdirected; IL
it had conducted affairs so as to have
brought contumely. humiliation, DIS
grace and adversely upon us. there
would have been some excuse fo1
this gnashing of teeth and bitter
mourning, but when it's affairs have
been so conducted as to battle the
nation in a perfect halo of glory, max
ing her as never before the very sym
boil OF "the statue of liberty enIighten-
ing the world" those tears and bite
lamentations should be changed int3
excIama tons of joy and thanksgiv-
ing.
The national democratic adrnfa:~
tration, with 'tthe South in the sad
die" has made the United States the
most beloved of all the nations of the
earth. and all peoples OF the world
except few political malcontents at
home. are paying it ftting and mag r.
ficent tributes.
The homage paid it is both beautiful,
and inspiring.
But why this prolonged hatred Of
the South on the part of these money
worshippers?
1t has been shown time and timt
again that the South is patriotic ir
every fibre.
Joe Wheeler. Fitzhugh Lee. and the
rank and file of the Confederacy
made that fact memorable in W,
Spanish American war and in the wal
just ended, it's vast and successful
operations were directed with "the
South in the saddle"
In its completeness and the gran:
deur of its achievements it has e.
parallel in history
Except among ''slackers" and "a,ier
sympathizers." there should be NJ
cause for lamentations and tears.
Permit us to ask. What has been
the South's part all along the line OF
our national history?"
Was not the South in the saddle
during the revolutionary war?
Was not Patrick Henry and his col
leagues in the Virginia house of Bu-
gesses, the ones who kindled the pa
troitic fires that led to the final eru,-
ton and combustion?
Were the vestaI virgins more faith
full?
Was not George Washington, the
COMMUNICATIVE chief of the Contine !
tai armies the south's contribution
Was not the voice of Thomas JEFF
ferson the most potential in the coun-
Gil chambers, and was not he the
auhtor of the Declaration of hide
pendence? and was ne not the South:
Is 1t not historically true that large
ly through the potential influence oi
the South the constitution, forrnirs