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March 21, 1863
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ALWAYS IN
ADVANCE.
“Fiat Justitia Uunt Caelum.”
GENERAL PEMBERTON-
JKe aro pleased to sco Gen. Pem
berton's gallant ropulso of tho dark
imputations cast against him; for
liko the jewel from the alembic, ho
will only shine with more brilliancy
and become a treasure of more val
ue; proving himself pure and truth
ful from the fiery ordeal of jealousy,
that crucible of ambitious competi
tion. by which all martial leaders es
pecially must be tried, before enti
tled to a stand upon the terrace of
the great. As all Republics have
been founded upon jealousy, while
they have produced earth’s mighti
est chieftains; a lack of confidence
therefore is but an oracle of success
The memorable Kentucky reSolu-
«. ~"a.T 1TOQ ilnp1<irn flint it would
be a dangerous delusion, were a con
fidence in the men of our choice to
silence our fears for the safety of
our i ights; for confidence has ever
proven the parent of despotism, un
der whose realm no
culminates.
proud genius
Tho impetuous spirit
•ofSouthern chivalry, iiritnted by
•the brutal indignities and vile dese
crations of our foe, could not but
engender a restive and fretful do-
mnnd, for an immediate and reck
less satisfaction; linnet) those leaders
•who have not suddenly advanced to
brilliant acl.ievem nts, irrespective
of force or means, have not boon
popular with tho masses, and more
easily so if any association has con
nected them with Yankecdom.
No doubt under suclr prete.xes,
have the unkind aspersions assumed
a plausibility; but tho masterly de-
fensoand ]'road defiance <f Vicks
burg, has silenced, the malevolence
of such calumny, with a magnanim
ity characteristic of Southern
blood. With tho General df Vicks
burg every patriot of this Confede
racy, will hail tho immortal glory to
bo inscribed upon the monument of
its ashes—“The old Guard never
surrends."
