The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-09
IMPERISHABLE GLORY
OF THE OLD SOUTH
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eight, including Washington and jefferson. She
gave to the country Henry Clay and John c. Cal
houn, and a greater number of orators and states
men that have exercised their influence upon the
human race than any other section of its size
in the history of the world. The state that claims
the boosted title of Mother of Presidents" was
one of her number, and the names of Washington,
Jefferson, Monroe Madison, John Marshall,
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis,
and scores Of others, will be referred to with
pride through the coming ages.
The South of the present is the New South.
The country has grown rich, but in many. ways
lit has not that charm and attractiveness that it
once had Commercialism has gained something
of foothold in the South, and commercialism
and sentiment are not often found dwelling under
the same roof. But the men of the New South
are as enthusiastic in the support of the federal
government now, as the men OF the Old South
were of the COnfederacy. This is one OF the
Istrangest yet most patriotic, acts that men have
lever done-the Confederate soldiers and their
descendants accepting the result OF the war as
they did, When they returned home in 1862
liz it had not been for familiar physical landmarks
they could not have recognized their old homes;
but they set themselves to work amid the ruins
and brought riches out of poverty.
When Leo |. stood upon one of the hills Of
ancient Rome, and saw the Eternal City sacked
by the savage Goths, he said: 81 will bring order
and law out of all this turmoil; will again set the
government upon firm foundation" The men
iof the South did more than this; they turned de-
feat into victory When the surrender at APP
Ipomattox came it was final; it was accepted by
all; and when, in those ragged gray uniforms
they returned to their homes, it was with the de-
Termination to abide by the result and rescue
their land from the stigma OF defeat, not by force
Iof arms, but by trying to place her in that high
position she occupied before the war.
They went through the humilating trials OF the
reconstruction days and the days of negro dom
nation silently, suffering untold indignities, al
lowed no voice in the affairs of government, the
black men who had once been their slaves being
placed over them in political affairs, yet they
bore it all peacefully and with marked degree Df
patience. The Virginia Legislators were driven
out of the State Capitol at Richmond by the
lbayonet the like of which had never happened
but twice in the worlds history during peace,
namely the dissolution of legislative bodies by
Cromwell and Napoleon. After war always comes
the cankerworm, and the carpet-bag government
that black and foul disgrace of humanity
squandered the funds of the Southern states the
homes of the people went for taxes, and the eight
years of negro rule cost the South more, financ-
tally, than the whole war. But this state of af-
fairs was to come to an end Such people could
not always be held under subsection by interiors
that spirit which followed Washington at York
town and Lee at Gettysburg was destined to con-
quer in the future and cause the light of the South
to again shine forth in splendor.
1t remains for the historian of the future toI
write correct history of the Old South and the
glory of its wonderful civilization, recountingI
those happy times that are past and gone. It'll
will show to the world that the Southern people
were not race of slave-drvers and idlers, but
MEN who were willing to sacrifice themselves for
principle and the preservation of their rights