The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-04-18
The Reconstruction Committee
CHAPTER I. EXAMINATION IN CHIEF.

| suppress IN the pretended publication oil
General Lees testimony, the NEST impor-
tant portion Of that distinguished officer 5
examination. viOlateno confidence in Civ.
| ing it, as follows:
Q.-What kind of shirts did you wear
during tbs war?
A.-Calico, sometimes, and sometimes
woolen.
Q.-You are married, are you not?
A.-Yes, / am.
Q.-Well, state to the committee what
kind of under clothing your wife wore dur
ing the unholy strife?
| Al was not at home much of the time
| and can't say.
Q.-What color was it?
! Al don't know.
Q.-Wasn't it gray?
Al never took notice.
Q-Don't you know that the ladies of the
South formed a secret cabal for the wearing
Of grey petticoats during the war?
Al do not
Q.-Don't you think they wore more gray
! than ssblue in the article Of clothing to which
we refer?
Al do not know. Never Investigated
that subject.
Q.-Is it true that the women of the
South wear Jeff Davs's picture in their
bosoms2
Al never took notice. Should not be
surprised If some Of them did.
Q.-Do you think Freedman's Bureau
agent would be allowed to marry into a
first family of Virginia?
A.-lta young lady belonging to a first
family were willing, suppose he could.
Q-How long will it be before pumpkin
pies become favorite dish in the lately re-
bellious districts?
Al do not know. Some people like
them now
Q.-ls there not great aversion to cod
fish, as a Yankee staple Of diet?
Al do not know that there is?
Q.-Do they like pork and beans in Vir-
ginia?
A.-Some people do.
Q.-What's your opinion Of the Fen
ians?
Al have not given the subject much
attention.
Q.-IIow are you on Schleswig- Hols
tcin?
Al have not made up my mind on that
subject either.
(Which side do you sleep on?
A.-The right side generally.
Q.-Do Southern men generally continue
to sleep in arms, notwithstanding the ces-
sation of the rebellion?
A.-Those who are married do, | believe.
Q.-Do those who are not married abstain
from doing 50?
Al can't say they all do
There are other important parts of Gen
eral Lees testimony not yet published by
the Committee on Reconstruction. | trust
have given enough TO show, when con
trasted with what has heretofore been given
to the public, that the most significant por-
tons Of the Xamination-thosc bearing
most direc ly on the great problem OF recon-
struction-are wil!iuIiy suppressed.
CHAP. II. PROPOSED CROSS EXAMINATION.
We understand that General r. H. Lee
will be summoned again before the Recon
structiOn Committee, and the following ques-
tions will be proposed to him:
Since the close of the war have the peo-
pie of Virginia been inclined to modify their
opinions as to the comparative merits OF
James Otis and Patric Henry in setting the
ball Of the revolution in motion?
Is not pitching ofquoits favorite amuse-
ment in Virginia, and will the people of
Virginia be ready to give it up and take up
the game of base ball instead?
Will the people of Virginia be inclined to
give up the eating of bacon and greens and
to substitute therefore the Yankee dishes
of pork and beans and Goldfish and pota-
toes?
Is there any prejudice in Virginia again It
buckwheat cakes and popped corn as Yam
kee dishes? And is that prejudice increas-
ing or decreasing?
In your judgement have secession doc
trines been promoted in Virginia by the
drinking of mint juleps? And is there any
prejudice there against sherry cobblers as
a Northern drink?
Is the Yankee institution of singing
schools likely to become uaturalized in Vir
GINA?
Do the people of Virginia read the writ
ings Of r. w Emerson? and if so do they
understand them?
Would young man in Virginia be disin-
clned to marry a Yankee girl who was
young, good-looking, and rich mans
daughter?
Is there any prejudice in Virginia against
Rhode Island coal as the product ola North
ern State2
Do you have Thanksgiving day in Vir-
ginia, and is the shooting of turkeys prac
ticed on that day? Would Virginia marks
man be unwilling to fire at turkey on
that day because it was Northern GUS
tom?
Is molasses candy ever made in Virginia,
and how is it likely to be in the future?
DO the people of Virginia ever play pok-
cr? and if so, would Virginia secessionist !
be willing to pay the money won of him at
that game by Northern man?
What 10 tho uaptImnnt ot Eiruipio tn |
the Boomer costume, and is it likely to be |
modified in the future?
DO the people of Virginia regard Wen
dell Phillips as the greatest of American ora
tors? and if not, are they likely to come to
that opinion hereafter?
How many people in Virginia look upon
General Butler as a great military genius? |
answer the same questions as to General
Banks.
Is the dairy of Count Gurowski a popular
book in Virginia? and would it not be pop
uar if the people We're loyaR
Is there piece of the Pilgrim rock any
where in Virginia? and if there is not, would
It M not be a iudicious step to send piece of
it to Richmond?
Have you yourself ever seen a chair that
came over in the Mayfower? and if not,
would you like to see one?
The question that follows you may ans
wer or not, as you choose. Is Wirt's Life
of Patrick Henry in Virginia regarded as an
historical work or work of fiction?
Do you believe the story of Captain Smith
and Pocahontas? Or do you thing it was
made up by Captain Smith many years after
its supposed date?
Do the colored race in Virginia generally
20 in when it rains? and if not, why not?
Should the colored race addict themselves
to the study of metaphysics would they b