Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — The Con[?]ederacy’s Vice President. [ARTICLE]

The Con[?]ederacy’s Vice President.

Alexander H. Stephens made the following prophetic utterance at Savannah, Ga.j ‘March 21, 186 J: “We are a young republic just entering upon the arena of nations: we will be the architects of ou:r own fortunes. Our destiny, under Providence, is in our own bands. With wisdom, prudence and statesmanship on the part of our public men, and. intelligence, virtue and patriotism on the- part of the people, success to the full measure of our most sanguine hopes may be looked for. But if unwise counsels prevail, if wo become divided, if schisms arise, if dissensions spring up. if factions are engendered, if party spirit, nourished by unholy personal ambition, shall rear its hydra head, I have no good to prophesy for you. Without intelligence, virtue, integrity and patriotism, on the part of the people, no republic or representative government can be durable or staple. ”■