The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-30
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MASSEY.
THE SUMNER PRoPo4lnoN--MR. MASSEY
SUGGESTS ADDITIONS.

C0NIEOERIT "A hoADS, 4
(wlch is in the State NV Kentucky, :
December 1S, 1872. J
The sun goes down drearily over
my humble Kentucky home-it
slides down the cold Western sky
and sets under the darkest clouds. -
How like late! The Dimosratlc sun
riz well .nuf in the East, At Balti.
more, last summer, bu, ITS settin in
November wuz cold and cheerless.--
That cussed niger Lubbock 10 yet
Postmas, er at the Corners, and l.
alas | am boardin on promises to pay,
and am exposed TO the je"rs and
lhes wich alluz toller impecun'osl'y
One brite streak Nv sunshine he2
fallen onto us-one only. The pro
nosishrn Nv that noblest Roman Nv
all, Senator Sumner, to erase the
names NV the battles NV the late un
rl.asan,n.as from the battle flags Nv
the Federal Regiments, and from the
Army Register ez well. that the
South may lie no longer Inundated
~ bein reminded nv its defeat, ap
peals to my rensibliti.s and gives ms
new faith in humanity. Theirs is yet
balm in Gileal Kentucky is not en-
TREY deserted.
Ez good az Senator Summers pro
posishen is. it Is dot enu'f Ken
lucky accept it only ez step III the
rite direction, not ez ultimate, foi
with this proposishen the work Nv
reconciliation is only halt done. we
demand more NV him. We are a
sensitive, high-tonrd, proud and
hawty people. We demand in add.
ton to the elasin Nv names nv the
battles from the battle flag aud Army
Register, the toilarln:
l. That from this time henceior.
rerd and forever. no man, either IN
print or speech, shell ever he allowed
to menshen the name nv any battle IN
which our fellow citizens nv the
South wus wbaled, and any man !oln
nv it shell he arrs sted, taken aiore
nearest justis nv the peece, and upon
convickshen, shell DO imprisoned IN
the c.nitenshery NV the State 10 wlch
HE oif.nse wuz committed for lite.
9. That Look out Mountln,
south Mountin, Kenesaw Hte-,
M3shun Ridge, and other elevashuns
on which our brave and shivrlrus TEL
low citizens NV the South WIZ whai-
ed, shell be leveled, off at the. ex
pense NV the Government, and all
valleys where similar struggles en-
sood shell be filled up.
3. That the monuments at Getty
shurg. and AL monuments i'll cities,
towns and villages prrpelna'ln the
memory nv the struggle she'll be i'm
,iitly slowed no.
4. That the names nv town.
where nch struggles WIZ he'd. shall
b" changed "a stch peace suggesting
names ~ Jone.viIle Smi'hhero; @
settrv. and whore tn" namsnv river
seicst- onppaxant reco'leckshans 10
our fello.ci,zens NV the South, the
name nv slch river shell be changed
By act Nv Congress.
5. That the hoad-stones nv Fed
eral solgers in the so-call"d Nashnei
'emeteric. at Gettysburg and elise
where, shell he torn ap, and the
graves plowsd over TO restore the
ground to its normal smoot'inpts
nd that 40 mother, father, son III
brother. or other relatives nv any
Federal solger who fell in these bat
lies and wuz therein buried. shall be
allowed TO visit sel ground on any
pretext And ez sed ground il Gov
property, that it shell be
sold to the highest bidder. and the
proceeds thereof paid into the Nash
mel treasury.
9 That tie Assylnms for disa-
bed Federal solier- a, Dayton, Ohio;
AMI elsewhere, and all State AsyInm-
Tor the children Nv Fed al .oljers
shall be imnejellv closed, the occu
pants turned ont the property sold,
and the proceeds thereof pail into
The Treasury Nv the Hashnel Gov.
ernmen'.
Z. That all cannon, flag. aud SIGH,
taken from our f.llow-citlssns Nv the
South in battles, and now kept az
trophies, shall be to wunst destroy.
ed.
9. That penshnns now pail to die
able Federal .oliers shell cease; or Ell
they he continued, that ekal pen
sluns shcl he paid to the Confed"rit
soliers. In case the latter is did that
the penshuns shell be paid s'tor ser
wees 10 the Government (The
latter course wood SCOT me better ~
| Good draw Two penshuns for ser,
vices in both armies:)
9 That no man allow hi.se!f to
he called Captain" "Major," "Ker-
mel, or eney other military title be.
COZ Of par,isipaslen in the Aruggle;
sed titles allowable only to them who
won en- in milishy snrsis, 70 in wars
prrsus to 1851.
10 That all reunions NV regiments
or divisions, or eny other raspin non
sense w that kind be prohibited by
law.
II. That IN discussions in Con
gress tho word Rebellion shell not
be uttered; but when alooson to it is
unvoidable, the term ''late misunder
standing" beyoosel.
~. That all Federal solgers who
lost legs or arms in the war, shel in
variahly swear that they WIZ taken
of In thrasllin masheens.