The Portland daily press., 1867-06-05
Terms Eight Dollars per an,,ssns, In advaaee.
A Virginia Rebel.

A correspondent of the Washington Chron-
icle, writing from Manassas, Va, gives the fol-
lowing account Of the ceremonies at a recen.
meeting in that village, held for the purpose of
organizing ladies Memorial Association"
into q common cemetery:
Judge Sinclair spoke first and to the text,
urging the sacred duty Of showing proper re-
speet lor the ashes of those loved ones who had
SO gallantly and heroically fought and fallen in
a cause they believed to be just. but which be-
ing lost, We should forget the past, and in the
tHtufe .t bend our energies to the development of
no pouhdiess resources Of the State, encourage
~ sration, and treat our Northern brethren
that come among us with ciyility and respect
as as ple.nren oi our common country; eloquent
ly portraylng the future greatness of Virginia
when sne slan be found marching hand in
hand with her sisters of the North. the South.
the East and the West, under one fla9 To ons
grand and common destiny His remarks were
very well received.
He was followed by Judge Moore, who began
by saving he was not quite 30 medly-mouthed
as his friend who had preceded him. He didn't
have SO tender regard for those infamous, thiey-
ing Yankees that come down here. They be-
long to a different race from him. He was a
Kentuckian, had owned slaves, and always
treated them well. He was their friend. They
ought to have their rights now they were free.
He was nursed by one uf their mothers, and he
loved them. But these internal, lying Yam
KEGS who make them slaves, now pretend to
be their friends. ! tell you, colored men, scs
are your friends; but those lying, INFER
nal, thieying Yankees are your enemies.
thought / saw one of those Yankee Freed
mems Bureau officers strutting around here
with an antiquated uniform on, just a. II
he thought 1 regarded him. and would be afraid
to speak my mind. amt afraid. I've got
leave from Andy johnson to come down here
and hat II fall han
these Internal, hypocritical, lying Yankees at
tempt to force this infamous IDEA of equality
upon us we will have another great struggle,
and you will find me, as before, in the front
rank, and our cause win be successful; for we
will fight it out under the stars and stripes,
and we will have large portion of the North
with US. There's where we made the mistake
before. We ought to have fought under the
United States flag; then we should have sue
ceeded. 1 shall never submit to this infamous
violation of the Constitution. j took the oath
after Lees surrender, but don't regard it,
Seeing me taking down his speech, he said:
II wish some one would report me to General
Schofeld. 1 amt afraid. I've got Andy
to back me, and intend to say just what L
please. I'm coming here to talk to you color
ed people. I'm your friend. I've got some
thing for you. tell you, colored men, We Of
the South are your friends; but these Internal
Yankee thieves are trying to deceive you to
get your votes, but don't you believe them
For five cents any of these hypocrit.cal Yam
KEGS would sign bond to send you to hell
Don't you believe the internal hypocrites.-
They will lie to you every time they open their
mouths. They are hypocrites beyond the
depths of the most diabolical damnation
In this strain Judge Moore continued for
nearly an hour, during which time many OF
the crowd, white and colored, dispersed, In APP
parent disgust. Among those present were
the chief justice and several associate justices
OF the county, the Commonwealth attorney,
clerk OF court, and many ladies who, by their
applause, with the young men, also appeared
to enjoy the harangue hugely. II is but just
to say that many OF the better class of citizens
defamation. ~ -#.-'.'-