National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-06-10
THE REBELS RON MARYLAND.
An Extraordinary Speech by General Brad
lev r. johnson.

An Extraordinary Speech by General Brad
ley 4. johnson.
The graves of tho confederate soldiers In
Loudon Park cemetery, Baltimore, were deco.
rated on June 4 aud speeches were made by
several gentlemen. Among tho speakers was
General Bradley r. Johnson, who said !:
"What was true In 1851 is as true to-day as
then. [Appause.l And the cause these men
died to serve is to-day as just, honest, and holy
u cause as it was when they laid down their
lives for 1t on the soil Of Virginia. Applause.
Times change, and como men change with
them, but true men do not change with
time. [Applause.l These men who left COM
Portable and happy Maryland homes. stole
through tho pickets at night, and wadcd
across the Potomac, arc moro worthy of my
aud your affection us the time passes on than
they wore the day they died. [Applausc.l
don't think the story has ever been told as 10
the position these mon found themselves In
when they reached tho other side of the Po-
torn,,,. They had no commissions or authority
from their ,;..other state. They had not oven
the satisfaction OF moving that its name was
enrolled in the cause FOR VIC" they were hgnt'
ing They were controlled alone o., Tue pr'n.
ciples their fathers had in 1776. Thcy !9it
their homes, their wives, their families an,.
all dear to them, and staked their all upon tho
cast Of a die; aud, stalking all, lost. There
were Maryland men who died by the hun
dreds namcless and unknOwn-both OH the Sc
questered picket, the sltirmish line, and the
serried ranks as they swoptup the heights ut
Gettysburg. No stone marks their final rest
ing-place. With their hearts Ia their hands
they went out TO do and to die to the best of
their endcavors. / saw them fall in column
eighteen years ago to-day when tho whole
front rank Of Company III fell MS Ashby died.
L have seen Maryland men fall all over the
different battle.fiods Of war; aud whom you
take into consideration the anomalous cou-
dition of these Maryland men, without com.
mission from their state, and lacking oven Il
theory to back them III q lawful war, / do not
20 too far when say they shall have monu-
ment in the streets of Baltimore yet [Con-
tii:ued applausc.] Temporary eXpediency may
tic the bands Of men, and IL may not bs safest
to say all things at all times but have never
seen the time when it was not eXpedicnt to
speak the truth. / ask the sympathy of
Maryland men who fought and of Maryland
women who sent their sons TO die under the
stars and bars. ask your sympathy and aid
that your boys who died in the war shall have
II monument in an honorable place in the
streets of Baltimore. prolonged applause
1t may be that in al agitation u the subjec
have broachcd there may be dissent, but you,
women of Baltimore, who kent o division of
federal troops busy in Baltimore keeping you
in order laughter and applausel, who have
testified with as much faith and frmness as the
men to your fidelity to your Opinion-I appeal
to you take charge of this matter, and see to
it that it goes on with renewed activity, and
keep ever alive the memories of your fathers
husbands sons, and broth ers who lie there"
TContinued applause.1