The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-21
wO BE UNTO ssREBELs.n

i Some time ago q few young people in Rome, Ga.
cot up for their entertainments series Of tableau1
and in one of the scenes-we believe over buria
i scene-the Confederate flag was introduced Seve
raj Young men connected with the affair were ar
rested for this act Of disloyalty" and were held il
] prison until the case was referred to Genera
THOMAS, Commanding the Department at Louis
Vile, Ky. The General, Although he is Viz
ginian can't help the effect Of association, ane
thus delivers himgeR, through his adjutant
against the "stuck up" society and disloyalty o
the South. We. do not suppose thnt this awful
epistle will fill the Southerners with much regret
for what they have done and are doing-but they
will most likely remember Mr. THOMAS, who some
day may be reduced to the level Of us poor devils
who can't wear shoulder-straps. aThe letter, as
will be seen, is addressed to CHAs. a. sK1TH (B1I
Arp and Others .c...i..
HEADo'Rs DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,
OFFICE AsslsrANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
LOUISVILLE, Ky, February 9, 1867.
Charles e susid., Mayor g 1Me csty Rome, ca,
James G. Penbe1to0, Member Of the, city Conn
Gil, Rome, and others. ..-ls...,
GENTLEMEN: The Major General commanding the
department directs me to acknowledge the receil
of your communication Of the 25th ult., addressed
to Brevet Maj. General Davis Tlson, commanding
district Of Georgia. giving statement Of facts
and circumstances which caused the arrest OF Ger;
tain parties Of Bone, georgia, lor oe1ng concerned
IN the display tho nag oa & sGs tg Sonsnea Uon
be done and the prisoners released. -@.-':
In your letter YOU state that no disrespect was
intended to the United States Government by the
exhibition OF the Confederate flag, and the :, par
ties who displayed IS nave acceptee m' gooo 1a3sn
the present status Of AFFAIRS and 90 @ acknowledge
the jurisdiction of the United States Govern
ment," etc: ss-,. e - ~ u, : :. -. =.
II that is the CASE, it can only be supposed,
presuming that they possess ordinary lntelhg ence.
That they misunderstood the present status OF
cribed to be huge crime, ,embodying all the
euered eea al and I'D dssrme and chat it's name
emblems are hateful to the people Of the United
States and he must indeed g oeqss who expects
Without oenes 70 %
renee Of which they have expressed IN the most @
emphatic language IN which 1t IS possible for q
great nation to utter its senuments.
It is pretended BY certain newspapers tnat, De-
cause no order had neen su om Gnese neau,
quarters, that The flag ct the Contsderacy was
not to see the light, the citizens were not warned
that it would be reaso1abls act: This excuse is
too puerile to answer, and unworthy OF school
boy even. The young men arrested as well as
other citizens OF the souIa, AnoW a wen ens4engn sel
without waiting to be gudea py orders specially
warning and prohibiting displays honorlng trea-
son, and Of course condemning loyalty: We're
they 80 stupid as not possess suon innate sense
Of propriety, the order from these headquarters
forbidding q rebel glorifcaton oyer the remalns
Of the rebel Brigadier- General Hanson should
have M been sufficient warning that such perform
ances would not be tolerated.
The sole cause Of this and similar offences lies in
the fact that certain citizens of Rome, and por-
t;o,, ~ tho ,,arIa NJ the St9t0a 8telY in robelOn
do not and have not, accepted the situation, and
that is that tho late civil war was rebellion, and
history viii so recordit Those engaged in it are and
will be pronounced rebels. Rebellion implies trea-
and deserving Of punishment; and that traitors