, 1879-06-12
REAL STALWA1lTS.
Den. Fchuy1ar IIhH'llton'H views on
subject uf Decorating tarnyes OF Nr

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~ u'@ t'e.t 'snao' pats'ot'c "1"t!i'" Was
ueh. scoet's A.-D'-G. IN Mexico; was run
through with Il lanso at Morn Flores. ssns
shot down md left for dead At Monterey under
nh Zoc, Tov1or ! ,,,v" ,,s,, w.. ",-:,n fs...
.'.., ~" s" -A'' ".'" "0u my oHai' i1ue.
H s".sa =, ~. nas 'aencs aone n"ty 'or our od
flag of which wrote the history. marched ns
prtvatc Ia the. Ncw York Seventh, Aprsl 10,
1851, wien Lnroln cal1cd for ,,cIn to aayc ,h,, ~,
Can',o1 ~ Tin Wa,t',, ",t H." r., " S"as ."s
'an' 1as" % y, .'I ~ sa cut Luz h'ss sc'egfapt
wires u''oes hen butler cut IN the Wnr to put
down tic Rebellion. have been burned l1fty-
bcIn NJ. for III. ro,uf,. wnr h, h,,,I, ~ 49,.
It,s,', Wv ~ ama u ...1a W. & VI n' ', ios ''l':
,,", un""p' : navy .Att,eu 'n'ee''"e" ehna ol
ot'ee , . SIX IN @ u'e Daex o. my neeN-a seton
had tho Same thlur In mr. right arm fnr
mopv montja nnvcr ,to,n ,utti,, ,,a,,., :
] ..'.,, ~ '"1"s 80. po.'I ~, "'''et'
WOMB mol neccpt any place. bnt 1oF my re-
probably placed on tho retired list q. s. H., ot
70 Gj11 or sanoo ncr annun, ,ro,,a ~, =" h.,
,,t"rs1 ,,cro ,r psho, r,,.a. ~, w." ~ a. os ~
i"usea ,"cse of Ne"ol Voses' a''. IN earnest:
thu eolored meE. was nursot by colorol men
I,han,, n.n
III ,,oo wen voos,on n 1os nia eoaaast
his han,i. But I an tired Of "Let us hare
praceh where there Is no peace.
Generosity to the Nprtt,,-Goi1 forbid VIC
should NEED 1t from Rebclsl l Gun lei my
story OF generosity to tho South. Andrew
johnson, ono time accidental President when
LINCOLN was aesasstnntetl, WAS Military Governor
OF TCnncssec when was t,!nccd tn con,unt,d OF
kosserans' reserves at Nashville: Flo gave mo
3. billet to occupy the house Of JOHN Morgan.
is'e raider. in Nashville, Tenn. I sent my bag-
III the evening. a procession OF wtiows md
children. likc The widows Ut Troy, met me ut
the doorstep. gasu to them my billet to pro-
rank In that army. told them to hold 1t. /
was III almost unto death. Nevertheless, 1
would 20 Into lent though 1t was Noycmber
n1nl snow on the ground, said: "kecp my bill.
to ,nnkc war on wtIows a1ui children. it t!..
foot OF war should ever e.,n,e near my wife and
children, hope nome generous enemy will do
10 tlo.h AlaJ. Lewis, Andrew Jaclkson's aide
or tno afterwards rotie sixteen miles to lee nc mo
lynn, sick IN nv ca,rl,-betl in mr. tent to think
nc for those words. He had with bin a jarro
committee OF lea,lng gentlemen to ask mo 10
ha Military Governor ul Nashville. fie sud-
spcnkins ior tic Committee, "Thosc words or s Of
yours have done more for the Union cn,lse than
a Victory. Do i,ccotno Governor Of Nashyllie.n
said was too Ill.
1 um well known at the South. nm no
FRAUD do what l do because realize tlr
only way fur settling "Our PoIandn Is Gui's
way,-utl exodus fro[n Hfnyery / will sIyn tfnn
n,ld money to help 1t on; not much OF Tue
money, for have It not.
Publish mr. remarks and do mo i1lstfcc. TIN
Now York Tribune has refused to do 60 Tile
Ncw Yurk HertLd iln,ls II ton Iare fnr nn],1fr".
lion, aud dcrlluos ii. / propose to carry lie
war to Africa. Gun get II published IN Mus
F7f.F tfra
so. Yours truly, scnuTLsn HAMILTON. On w
REMARKS MADE 'BY MA1.nEH, scuuYLBR HAM
1froa ON MAT 10, 1870 0{DEcoK.T,on-pArl
you; have somewhat to say to YOU, Last
ytnr on Decoratlnn-Uay, here at the foot Of
Abraham l.ncoln's statuo, introduced to YOU
the Hon. Frederick Douglass, The orator OF dc
dnY. ! n,ade silly, natnby. .pamby speech. 1
adyorntcd thu practice st Decorating with
flowers the graves Of tho Rebel sieRd cQuuliy
with those OF our comrades who fell hy bnIlets
moldcd By trcason aga!nst tic Union. NV
heart was not In IT, It was Ia 1T OF sonti-
mental generosity excited by tie mtsraprcsun-
tatluns OF prominent Rebels, and l remembered
that Grant had said. 4'Let us have poace,W
Bryant, longfcllow, ind Wordsworth wcro
quoted from and misapplicd. 1 beg TO apolo-
1 would now, hcar at the foot OF Abraham
Ltncotn'B statue, udvucato that no member of
Abraham Lil'coln Post lny lcaf or flower on
the gruyc OF q Rebel. They wcre traitors in
1861; they urc traitoss now. They have becn
all winter lnng plotting treason lt,ti secession,
or State soyerojrnty. m they md thur nlHttnrs
arc pleased to caiI it, in the halls OF Congress,
nsd trying to ovtrwhelm our noble prcsstient,
who hns si1pwn himself 40 brave and Intelligent
thu un!tcd ssalcs, whose material prospcritses
meanwhile langulsh. ..
l "nuil, shf, aaFoeate to-aay tt,at no mem-
H., 5s, u nn' a aos' Ut u ihe "aanu army o. tne