Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-05-28

receive tho grateful thanks of tho
humane, and benevolent, Nay J
request You to apply tho enclosed
amount 10 this 0bjectg
With great respect and esteem, !
am your most obsllent servant
II. l.. LEE.
ITO Mrs. -, Richmond, Va
The above letter was received in
Richmond by one OF the directors
Of the Hollywood Memorial Asso'
citation, enclosing a very handsome
contribution from General Lee 10
aid in tho removal OF the Coniedo'
rate dead from Gettysburg, As Il
was u private letter, Il waa not pub,
lished until permission was granted
by General Leo. In u subsequent
letter, dated 18th March, 1870, he
says: my former letter was writ
ten for your own eye, and am al'
ways reluctant TO be unnecessarily
brought before ,ls public. Still, u
you think that its publication will
bc of any aid TO the cause which The
Hollywood Memorial Association
has so kindly undertaken, / cannot
refuse the slight assistance within
my power" :,
We arc informed by the Prcs''
dent Of the National Cemetery aI
iettysburg-David Willis, ESD
that the charter Incorporating the
association in charge Of that nation
al cemetery provides only for the
.intermcnt of the remains of those
who fell in defence Of the Union
1t Is estimated that 1000 Conteue
rate doad were hastily Inferred al
gettysburg, 600 alone having theii
graves marked. The marks on
these COO graves, Mr.. Willis informs
us, are fast becoming obliterated
The remains Of the 1000 Of oul
kindred who there offered so will
inglv their lives for us and ours arc
constantly, We arc told, being
thrown out from their shallow sep
ulchcrs, ''as tho farmers cultivate
their folds :,
An appeal has been already made
to the Southern people by the Hol
lywood Association to aid in the re
moval of what we once csteomet
"our beloved and honored dead,
from Gettysburg, II work "hi"l
General Lee terms "a pious work,
and of which he, in the letter above
copied, says: IL feel assured that Il
will receive the grateful thanks 0
the humane and benevolent" Thi'
appeal went forth more than II yeal
aro. and about one thousand dollars
have been received by the assocla
ton from the following sources;
From Norfolk, Va, about $45'
From Richmond, Va, about 70
From Gen. Lee and his family,
about lZ'
From lady in Louisiana, = q
From the State of Alabama, s.
From the State of Georgia, - a
These figures require little com
mentary. We would simply ask
Are they q true indication Of on
| estimate of what We fought, blc
! and died for, during these memora
bic years between April 1861, an
1865? Is life so cheap in this on
lard Of chiyalry, or is q name an
nation but an empty sound LII
Legislature of Louisiana has r(
contly-nobly, we would say-au
thorizcd ST, 900 to be paid from he
public treasury for the protection
her dead at Fredericksburg,
was Il righteous act on her part, fc
it is her solemn duty to guard tn
graves Of her children whcrevc
found. They rest, however, j
Virginia, where the grave OF til
Southern soldier who fell undt
Lee and Jackson will ever be n ha
lowed spot. But our dead at Getty
burg find no resting-placc. The
bones lie scattered on that tcrrib
field, exposed to every insult, po
lutcd and cast out by North an
South, By friend and foe. III
Soldiers National Cemetery has u
place for them, rs it is only Il
ithc remains of those who fell
defence of the Union;" and the
are thrown out of the shallow SCI
ulchers in which, in our haste c
the field of battle, we inferred ther
exposed TO every insult, "as the ia
mers cultivate their fields"
Ifthere is indeed any one thin
that makes us tremble most OF u
for the future of our country, it
the quick oblivion that covers q
: past. The nation that never I
members the past, will never
mindful Of the future. The prese
alone will be its God.
? We ask, shall this be so in &
South? Shall the North provi
for-its dead, and have we no thong
for ours? Where is cur boast
pride and chivalry? Bighty-f
dollars from Alabama and forty-s
dollars from Georgia J Nothil
from South Carolina J Nothii
from Tennesseel Nothing fro
Mississippi Nothing from Texa
|, Nothing from Arkansas Nothi
from Florida If this had be
told in their lives TO the sev
thousand men whose bones now
e on the feld Of Gettysburg
ssevsn thousand who have