The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-16
INTERESTING ILLUSTRATION OF
NORTHERN LgBENALzTY.


INTERESTING ILLUSTRATION OF
NORTHERN LgBENALzTY.
The Junior Order United American
Mechanics has not been known in this
city for any considerable length Of
time. Rescue Counci!, 40. was one
Of the first lodges e>tabii' ned in Rich
mond. At q stated meeting of that
council on the 18th of June last, infOr-
nation was given that Mr.. ;. Ham
nett Allen had applied tora charter to
open IL new council here, the name of
which was To have been called Lee
Council, No. >.
To this order for charter Mr. Allen
received the following reply:
"orr1cE OF THE NATIONAL SECRETARY, J
AND STATE Council or PENNsrLVANiA
IN. q. L. a. NJ.
PHILADELPHIA, June II, 1873.
"Mr. S. Hammctt Allen:
"ncar Sir and Brother.-l will send
YOU to-day three blank applications
for charters, but | will tell you IN ad-
vance that no charter for Il council to
be named after General Lee will be
granted. Hundreds of the members
of orr Order enlisted to preserve the
country from General Lees treason.
Many OF them gave UP their lives III
that cause,
AT that time our ritual contained
some very severe illusions to traitors,
hut at the close of the rebellion, with
the desire of removing all remenl-
brance of that civil strife, we revised
our ritual. We are willing now to
bury the past, but we will never all wv
the memory of any of the Southern
leaders to be pprpetuatcd in the history
of the Order.
"Nours, fratcrnally,
"l.DwARD $. DEENEER,
"National Secretary"
This communication was received
by Rescue Council, but held by them
for some little time for careful consid-
Grafton and discussion. AT Il stated
meeting held on the 10Th of June it
w is resolve to invite w. {. CARING
ton, of the Southern Cross Brother
hood, TO meet the members of the
Council and discuss the matter on the
9th of June. At that meeting Colo
mel Darlington was appointed to draw
up Il reply to the foregoing letter.
On Friday, July IL, Rescue Council
met again, and resolved to return its
charter and all property to which the
I National Council had claim, and re-
nounce all connection with the order.
1t was also ordered that the following
reDly be sent to the letter d. the Ma
tiOpul Secretary:
'RJcHMoNp, Va, July i, 1873.
edward ). Deeneer, National Secrc-
tnry. philadelphia, Pa:
"lOurs of the 18th June was duly re-
ceived, and reply delayed for mature
consideration.
''rhc sentiments Of your letter
awaken our profoundest Indignation
and contpmpt, because II contains false
and disreputabie illusions to the no
! blest, unrest and best man who has
honored this continent for ages. All
brave and chivalrous men, even OF
your section, who met General X. II,
i zee in the late strife acknowledge his
superior merit as soldier, and Il Chris
tian gentleman, and if the order you
represent has sunk so low as to allow
sectional hate to obscure ana Absorb
admiration for the noble and good, then
self-respect demands that we repudiat,
all connection with it. The ritual,
even as you say 1t is altered has ailu-
lions looking obscurely to such senti-
ments as you avow, yet we had moi
supposed such malignant venom was
concealed behind it, or we would III
| the start have taken our present &c.
tisn.
ave return to you by express, will
charges prepaid, our charter, rituals
and everything 10 which your body
have claim, and with them our rcpudi'
alton and condemnation of the I'm
manly sentiments you announce.
"You say your Order is willing t.
ls,rv the past hut unwilling to per
pe;uate the memory of any of the
Southern Leaders. We too are willing
TO bury the past but not at the price
of our honor, which forbids the per
petuation of such noble names AND
deeds as fill the history of our recent
struggle; when we come to that degra
dation, we will not desire to, and hope
we viii not live-fit subjects for the
slow, unerying finger of scorn to poini
| at
GAS evidence of official act, we here
to append the last impression of a sea
we hope will ever disgrace decent
Southern hands, and to that end shall
seek to publish this correspondence Sc
as to prevent the spread among honor
able men of so ignoble an Order.
"Nyith contempt for your views, an.
! undying admiration of General X. f.
Lee, and like honorable heroes OF al
times and nations, Rescue Council bids
YOU and your Order final farewell.
"OTIo i. WISE, Secretary"
IL il stated that Rescue Council Ia:
received another communication from
Philadelphia on the subject of the es
Enlistment of a new council here
but it is hardly probable thatth propo
sition will meet with much favor aftel
the above correspondence has beei
ventilated by the press.
Comment upon tfe above is scarcel,
necessqY,, but we cannot refrain from
expressing cur hearty Endorsement o
the action taken by i'Rescpe Council"
We believe that the sentigaepts ex.
pressed by "Mr. Edward s. Deeneer,
regarding cur dead heroes, who fought
and fell i'm a cause just and sacred,
though most unfortunate, is only con-
fined to those narrow-minded. men OF
the North who ara themselves virtually
incapable Of approaching in sgy one
the high and lofty attributes Of charac.
ter, which their natures have made i
simply impossible for them to attain.
Ne hone and dare s2x. ha{ {Ae n,Ai3<1