The Independent South. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1860-186?, March 21, 1863, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfn *>. i 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."