The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-12-22
Democratic love for W.ocis.

leave TO Introduce 4 resolution piopo
siDg on Investigation with a Wow TO
restoring tho Ailiuetou cstats. TO the
widow Of Robert 4. Lee, the removal
OF the graveyard' on tho premises and
aecnera' restitution for any iucpmbrarc,
placed there in the interest Of the Cow
crnmeht. A warm and active debate
debate sprung up, In which the old
lines Of loyalty anl treason were again
clearly defined. The proposition was
one to disiuter the bones OF the dead
patriots and rebels, who alike fad n
resting place at Arlington. and was
i1su'Iing to the memory Of every man
who fell during the war. During the
debate, and very improperly, occasion
was taken to culogizo Robert L. lee.
~ Tact, - prove his military geuiu
end soldicrly qua'itics--,alcnts which
sron did be possess them, were sadly
misuirecicd, Oi course, tLi, action
was not allowed to 90 unrebuk,d
The Senate showed further its good
sonso hy refusing to allow the resolu.
,ion to tie intro lucoi.
In the debate which followed the
resolution Of McCreary. Mr.. Edmunis.
of Vermont, said that instead of bcin,
welded to jh" institutions iestinic,
OF virginia, General Leo w,s the ward
al the UGtion; bat the natl ion had led
cloihod, and educated him; that hr
lived al the capital, aud whca The cap,
i'al called upon him to defend the tlag
under which he hli bcei horn. trofer.
ted anf honorcd. he deliberately turned
his back upon ii. ard planted his can-
non inside the capital he had sworn To-
protect and defend. Bu, he Mr.. Ed
munds would not dignity the pr puSi
zion hy discussing Il Lee wa. now
dead. The only regret he though
that rlShi-ninded men. who believed
IN tie war, ws,li have. was that
General Lee had ITO, died Glitter ia h,
youth or in his patriotic manhood. or
even that he hnd not died earlier than
lie did by the hand OF the law. which
penalty would have atoueI in some
measure for his crime.
Mr. Morton, from Indiana. protc.r, d
against the consideration o. the r,s,
luton. lie had heard what he never
cxPectcf to hear an rulogy upon tho
character Of General Lee in the SEN
s'e OF the Cnircd Sta'e-. and that, too
within eight If tho graves Of the We
TINS OF his rebellion. llampden and
Sidney died not for human slavery, hu,
for liberty. This man General Lee
was, OF all others in the rebellion. a
sinner 1Io had s.nncd against lisht
end knowledge. Ills Revolutionary
ancestry. his oath OF foalty as IN off
Ger OF tho Cui'e3 States. hi, Grishel
education ani high abilities. all ior-
tade him thus to sin aud the enor.
NIFTY OF his crime could not bc c,n.
cenl'd by decorating his grave vii h
flowers of rhetoric. In word. it wa
now proposed that the Senate sAouli
gravsy cobrder proposition to de-
grade the memories of the patriotic
dead Of Arlington by removing ,heir
bones TO less hallowed ground in tender
consideration of the righ's oi the whi-
ow Of the arch>rcbel of the mos, wick
ei rebellion in history.
Mr.. Sc"it, of Pcunsy yl,ania said
that the coupling together of the names
OF Thomas and Lee recalled tie n,
'erancc OF Stephen A. Douglas. made
ut the time when those two Genera
resolved 10 tread "pp,>i,e paths. tha,
at that time there were but two cla,sr,
in the nutiun-pairiots aLd traitors -
Tho patience with which the Senate
oi the United States had to day listen
cd 10 an eulogy upon the chef con.
'pirator 10 the attempt Ia tear down
the Government wa another il'ustr,-
ton oi that Unparalleled ms.nunimlt,
which had characterized tie treat
'nept by the Government Of those en-.
gagged in the rebellion Had the sub
Ject oi that eulo.y succeeded in his
eh'rt, where would the American Sen
ate now be sitting? BY his triumph
slavery would have cast its dark ,hai
ow all over this luLd OF freedom. from
The 1t. Lawrence to the Gull To ,la,
the doctrine OF secession Is blrici h.,
meath the boGcs Of the Thousands VII,
fell that their blood might seal lhe
covenant 10 the ma ion. Yet to-day
We behold the spectacle of iesnrrec.
ZIONIST coming here 10 dig the dead
doct'ine out from beneath the bones
oi tho nations martyrs
Mr. Wiley, of West Virginia. char,
asterize1 the resolution rs most IN
fult:ng and shocking TO tie sense of the
Senate OF the country. and rs abhor.nI
10 humanity. Though personally IT,
raciuus Of the rights of ind,yidnsI
members, be could not vote TO rec.iv.
il.
Mr.. Nye said the unssomly haste 10
certain quarters TO restore traitor, /,
favor result III no good The verde,
OF to-day is and po.tsriry will be, rha
General Lee was traitor. The Sen.
ator Mr.. McCrearyl had declared
him q hero. So was Benedict Arnold
but what would have been tboueht O.
tbs man who could have proposed tc
restore to Benedict Arnold heirs hi,
prODsrty in Cnuu.nti.u, y Tk. o.,