Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-01-29

These were the young gentlemen
; who rode OF so gaily 70 the war, and
fought so brayely and nobly for the
cause they believed In. They return
ed shattered and defeated remnant,
their fortunes gone. their system Of
i life reversed and with no training to
fit them for a place in work-a-day
I world Truly the LOT OF their COM
rades who had fallen BY the wayside,
and whose grave stones marked all
the great hattlefields of the war, was
The happier. That mos OF ti.eir class
i sank beneath the wave and that the
i majority of those who aiti not arc
| living III modest 0bscurity, can hardly
be Il matter 81 wonderment They
| were willing To work but knew not
how. Seine sank into obscurity labor
/ old estates than any Of their former
slaves had ever done, hidden from the
werid. covering their poverty with
PRIDE some few left the country. and
in new fields in the West and North
west. under new Influences and in new
/ surroundings. have become leaders
and men OF note In their new homes;
and some fewer still have worked out
I their salvation near their old homes.
and come TO the front by the force of
native genius and energy. despite
thcir Lack OF training, and The ham,
pering influences Of tradition and en-
| gironment.
The lines OF the older men who
/ we're already leaders when the war
| aegan, and reRsined 50 during the
whole great struggle fell in much
pleaSantor places AFTER reconstruct
ion. than those . their immediate
sueeessors Foe !, ahtie they had
sorneii apathetic, and rs though LIES
eork was Ended for them: and. with
aany, such was in truth the case
| But as q class this was far from being
rue: and, for some their real lasting
| Hfe's work was not yot, in facf, be-
ran; for they were TO be leading fac
tors in the creation and development
Of the South as ii exists today
These men had been leaders and ac-
.ustomed to control too long to be
permanently downcast: and, when the
all came To redeem their States. they
Laughed off the crust OF apathy and
dependency the war and reconstruc-
ion had laid upon them. and stepped
forth once moro rs he leaders OF men
hey Mere And many Of This genera
ION who were net leaders by nature,
had vet a grateful hold upon the af-
sections OF the people for their war
inle glory and bravery; and when the
state had once more regained its
rights, these men were rewarded by a
catefui people in the only way pow
erty had left in their power, by elec-
ion to nearly all electoral Offices. Ma
Iosal, State. couatys and municipal.
10 he real leaders fell Of course, the
ljaher ofices in the State govern
ncnt, and the memberships of the Ma
io9lal Senate and Congress; but how
maliy OF the lesser lights were pro-
idol with municipal and county of
i as the only means of pensioning
confederate veterans left an impovcr-
sfied people, will never be known
0any judges, clerks OF courts, regis
rars and other judicial officers came
iato being. and were maintained ii
tff1ce until death, whose knowledge of
law and judicial procedure was con-
Ined to very slight knowledge OF
military courts: and have never
leard that the interests OF the Deople
sanesed much from their ignorance
| isos1sh tho ycteraa oalclals wonla
s.e 9alaahlosiiy hsol i4inta nad IL
fhtir Offices Wj'atc~gr The burdens q.
ae ncepIe NAY siave been
This poasiaiing and caring. for the
| ~ pfsgss a J, lost canse nv poverty
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