Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-08-21
A Sample of Yankee Hatred.
From the Richmond Dispatch.

From the RlcnnlOnu DlSpalcn.
The Junior Order United American
Mechanics has not been known in this
city for any. considerable length of time.
Rescue Council, No l, was one OF the
first lodges established in Richmond. At
stated meeting of that council on the
18th ofsJune last information was given
that Mr.. S. Hammett Allen had applied
for charter to open q new. council here
the name of which was to have been call
ed Lee Council, No. 2.
To this application for charter Mr.
Allen received the following reply:
OFFICE OF THENArIoNAL SECRETARY
AND STATE EoUNcn OF PENNSYLVANIA
JR. 0. U. a. NJ,
PHILADELPHIA, June Ii 1873
1tr. S. Rammett Allen:
"Dear Sir and Brother,-l will send
Won to-day three blank applications Tor
charters, but 1 will tell you in advance
that no charter for a council to be named
after General Lee will be granted. hun
dreds of the members of our Order enllst,
ed to preserve the country from Genesai
Lees treason. Many Of them gave up
their lives in that cause
"At that time our ritual contained some
very severe illusions to traitors, but at the
Close Of the rebellion, with the desire OF
renewing all remembran of that civil
strife we revised our ritual. We are VIII,
inc now to bury the past, but we Will
never allow the memory Of any OF the
southern leaders to- be perpetuated IN the
history of the Order.
"Yours, fraternally,
EDWARD S. DEENEER,
"National Secretary"
This communication Was received oy
Rescue Council, but held by them for some
little time for careful consideration ana
discussion. At stated meeting held on
the Goth Of June it was resolved to lnvlte
Colonel W. C. Darlington. of the South:
err Cross Brotherhood, to meet the mem
bers of the Council and discuss the matter
on the 9th of June. At that meeting
Colonel Carrington was appalnted to draw
up a reply to the foregoing letter. :,
On Friday, July llth,.: Rescue Council
met AGAIN and resolved TO return its char
ter and all property to which the Nailonal
Council had claim, and renounce all con-
uection with the Order. 1t was also or
dered that the following reply be sent to
the letter 81 the National Secretary;
"R1czMoxD, VA, July 10, 1878.
+" .Eaycyd s. Dssneer, National Secretary,
Philadelphia, Pa:
"Yours of 4th June was duly received,
and reply delayed for mature considera-
ton -,
"The sentiments of your letter awaken
our urofoundest Indignation and contempt,
because it contains false and disreputable
illusions to the noblest, purest, and best
nan who has honored this continent or
the world COR ages. All 5rave and charat,
ro,ts men, even of your section, VINO met
General R. E. Lee in our recent strife, ac-
knowledge his superior merit as soldier,
hero and a Christian gentleman, and II
tine Order YOU represent has sunk so low
as to allow sectional hate to obscure, ana
absorb admiration for the noble and the
good, then our self-respect demands that
we repudiate all connection with 1t, The
ritual. even as YOU say it is altered, has
illusions looking obscurely to such sentl-
ments as you avow, yet we had not sup
posed such malignant venom was conceal
ed behind 1t, or we would lnthe start have
taken our present action. >,
"We return to YOU by express, with
charges prepaid, our charter, rituals; and
everything to which your body have
claim; and with them our reputation and
condemnation of the urmanly sentiments
you announce. -.
a You say Your Order is willing to bu,
ry the past but unwilling to perpetuate
the memory of any Of the southern lead
ers. We too are willing to bury the past,
but not at the price Of our honor, which
forbids the perpetuatlon OF such noble
names and deeds as fill the history OF our
recent struggle; when we come to that
degradation we will not desire to and
trust we will not longer live-ft objects
for the slow, unerring finger Of scorn to
point at. ;.
Gas evidence of official act we hereto
append the last impression OF seal we
hope will ever disgrace decent southern
hands, and to that end shall seek to puo
lish this correspondence so as to prevent
the spread among honorable men OF so lg
noble an Order.
81" With contempt for your views and un-
dying admiration Of General Z. +. Lee;
and like honorable heroes Of all times and
nations, Rescue Council oids you and your
Order final farewell.
"OrTo F. WISE, Secretary"
1t is stated that Rescue Council has
received another communication from
Philadelphia on the subject OF the estab
lishment of new council here, but 1t Is
hardly probable that the proposition will
meet with much favor after the above
correspondence has been ventilated by the
press.