The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-05-12
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Gen. Hood can't be Of the full blood
cd chivalry. He has refused to receive
money raised for him by subscription.
It is the first instance we have ever
seen recorded Of q southern gentle
man" too proud or too elf-reliant to
accept filthy lucre, come from what
source it may.-.Northern Paper.
Then you are extremely ignorant OF
contemporary history--that's all. Hood
has only done what Lee did a dozen
times, what Bcaurcgarl did, what Ma
gruder did, what Longstreet did, and
what no Federal General has done.
The Albany Journal made Il most
unfortunate mistake in calling attention
to this matter. 1t suggests a compari-
son between the representative mel
and chief officers Of the two armies,
which is not d~iscleaitable to the South.
When Robert Il. Lee was receiving
four hundred and one dollars per
month in Confederate money, at Il
time when that sum would not purchase
Il half barrel Of -four, the writer Of this
paragraph moved, in the Legislature OF
VIRGINIA, to present him, in view of his
actual necessities, with Il hundred
thousand dollars. He would not re-
ccive il.
\ member Of the Legislature, in view
Of the Generals known unwilliDgncss
to acccptpresents of any sort, proposed
to accomplish indirectly what it was
Impossible to achieve directly. Gen.
Lee was for several months in the en-
~ploymcnt directly Of the State Of Vir-
ginio, and received his pay for that
service in Confederate money, 1t was
proposed to pay him for that duty in
gold, deducting the gold value Of the
Confederate money he received.
\ resolution to that effect was pas
Sc and communicated to him. He
immediat liz replied that he had given
a receipt in full to the State Of Virgin
ia, did not consider himself entitled to
further compensation, and, therefore,
respectfully declined the sum rendered
At that time Gen. Lee and his staff
were destitute ofthc commonost neccs,
sarics Of life, and frequently without
food.
All will remember, likewise, how
yainly the people Of Richmond en-
dcavorcd to force aprcsent OF u res
idcnce, in that city, ON General Lee, at
Il time when his family wee i%agitives
from their beautiful home. The mon
ev was subscribed and the house select
ed, when the General wrote a peremto-
ty letter of refusal, respectfully, but in
language that left no oom for doubt,
declining the gift. Yet, at that time,
his family was occupying n of the
humblcst residences on Leigh street.
1t is not necessary to enlarge upon
the contrast between these acts and the
course of Gen. Grant, who has accept
e., since the war closed, one hundred
and seventy five thousand dollars worth
Of presents, carriages, horses, books
and what not. So much for the fling
at chivalry.
Whatever else may be said of South
ern Generals, the charge of being mer-
cinary, does not lie against them. The
noble response Of Magrlder to the
people of Texas, who contributed a
handsome purse to procure him a fine
plantation during the war, was the
impulse and utteralce Of the universal
spirit ofthc Southern soldiers.
mo, gentlemen, when ! espoused
the cause Of the South, l embraced
poverty, and willingly accept it,
Such, also, was the conduct of Mr.
Davis, who, shortly after his arrival in
Richmond, was presented by the cit
liens of our capital with the mansion
which he occupied during the war
He declined, respectfully but positively
to receive it on any other terms than
being permitted to pay rent for it at the
usual per centage Of cost for which
such property is rented. And Mr.
Davis salary per annum was not equaI
to General Grants wages per month.
If the contrast thus presented be
tween distinguished men on opposing
sides Of the late war is not creditabll
to our Northern brethren, let them re
member that we did not provoke it,
IcfcrSbay It8er.
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