The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-07-21
BEAUREGAKD AND HANCook.
How the Unhappy stalwarts Go About to
Invent Idle Lies.

How the Unhappy Stalwarts Go About to
Invent Idle Lies.
New Orleans Picsyune, July7.l
To what desperate straits the Republicans
are driven in a vain attempt to smirch Gen
eral Hsncock's record is seen In the follow
ing extract from the Cincinnati Commercial:
HANCOCK AND BEAUREGARD = SOOTHING SYRUP
FOR THE LATTER.
Especial to the Cincinnati Commercially
TOLEDO. o., July IA gentleman in this city
to-day received letter from friend In Vicks-
burg who was a resident of New Orleans at the
time General Hancock was in command of the
later city; ne lncloses copy OF note sent
reply 70 an invitation from the latter TO din
ner. The note ran thus: general H
come and see you, but first remove Them
The flags were accordingly ordered down, and
Beauregard dined with General Hancock, who
was thus guilty OF an open insult TO the flag to
soothe the irritated nerves of an unrepentant
Rebel.
General Beauregard was at the City Hall
yesterday morning on business, when re-
porter handed over the extract for his
perusal. The veteran read the slip quietly
to the end, and then broke into a laugh as
he remarked, what stories they do in
vent"
"Then the statement is false?" inquired
the reporter.
"Yes. 1t is all fiction; there is not word
VI IrutQ IN b0e article. nave never DeeQ
invited specially to dine with General Han
cock; but two years since met him at one
OF our annual Aztec dinners given in Phila-
delphIa every 14th Of September, to celebrate
our entrance into the City OF Mexico. 1t
was very pleasant gathering of old friends,
many of whom had not met since the begin
ming of the late war. to which no reference
was made except to obtain information on
some disputed military points.
IAN incident of the occasion was the chr.
dialiiy with which the health of the Presi-
dent and the prosperity of the Union was
drunk.
"As to my ever refusing to sit at table
where old friends were to meet once more to
shake hands over the bloody chasm of the
past, because the old flag waved over the
table, it is simply absurd. / never warred
against the ola flag but fought for prin-
ciple; that ls, to defend, as we firmly be-
lIeved, our threatened constitutional rights.
That old flag belonged as much to Us as to
the North; indeed, more sc, for the immortal
Star Spangled Banner was the song of
Southern poet and patriot"
General do you CONSIDER yourself an I'M
repensnt Rebel?'
II do not. When we appealed to the
sword we bad to abide by Its decision, which
we have constantly done, Notwithstanding
the provocation of the abomiDable recon-
struction laws, which have disappointed
even their originstors. / was one of The first
Confederate officers Immediately after the
war who advocated quiet and peaceful sub
mission to its consequences, advising our
people to turn their attention to rebuilding
their homes and to the cultivation of our
fertile soll feeling confident that soor er or
later the South would regain its influence in
the government OF the country
Should any part of the North ever at
tempt secession, they Will find whether the
N 10 Of ffc IF ho nj
and the old flag. The selection of General
Hancock as the standard-besrer of the DEM
ocratic party is only a harbinger of the
future"