The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-24
Cussing US into loyal Frame of
Mind.

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The churches, the Icws that Sherman's
men had taken out to make pontoons Of
ana kindlc their camp fires. They bad
a battle scene OF the stage, anu sci up
au old confederate tilC IN the corner.
Do la Mesa was there. the coIninan-
daut of the post. lie vas ball French
aud halt spanish. Hal! FOO. AMI hail dog,
and would have made a splendid priest
n old spanish inquisatou. Wien he
saw the flag c left the hall IN a tower
. OF rage. Next morning hc put al! ne
prominent persons connected with the
'aIlpaux under arrest and threatened TO
put the girls in Jail. Tut he was afraid.
was lord mayor Of the little town at
that tine. and as in duty bound. wrote
to General George III. Thomas at LOUIS
vile. Kentucky. and told him frankly
an about III. and asked for the discharge
Of the youug men.
The reply that / received 10 due time
rcmn! Is ne 81 Lpgau's letter Oh accep-
lance. 1t is Il splendid bloody shirt. ]
have II now before inc. ami VIII give an
/ extract lust To- show whore Wc stood III
February. l.G1. | had written him a
I humble a. a deed Niger / told him
that Our people in Rome had IN good
7 faith accented the situation, aud the boys
intended no insult BY the display OF the
flag.
The answer says, II your people
have ordinary intelligence they misun-
derstand their present status, which Il
that the rebellion ! Il huge crime EN-
bodying all the crimes in the decalogue:
It has been conquered and dlsarmed and
its very narle and emblems are hateful
to the people OF the trusted states, ana
he must be indeed obtusc who expects
to he allowcl to parade before The eyes
+ OF loyal people that which they eXecrate
and abho:. l.,
Your excuse that the Young men Did
not know il was wrong IS too puerlle TO
answer. They know well enough what
is ri.ht III such matters without waiting
TO be warned by orders ron these head
quarters.
The sole cause of this offence is that
/ the c~itizel.s of Rome have not accepted
the situation which j that the civil war
was a rebellion aud those engaged IN II
are rebels. and rebellion Is treason, and
treason is a cline. a heinous one, de-
serving OF punishment, and that you
rebels have not been punished IS owing
Ia the m~agnanimity of your conquerors.
With MANY Of You. the wal Is called a
revolution and rebels are called conted-
crates, and loyalists to the union are
! called DID yankees' and traitors and
over the whole great crime with Its ac-
cursed record of slaughtered heroes and
patriots. YOU are trying to throw the
gloss Of responsibility.
As however. il is pretended by YOU
that tie persons arrested were so Inno-
cent n, not to know that it was wrong
for AMI finished traitors to glory IN then
crime in the face OF the country they
Will be released from confinement witt
tie understanding tLatno act OF treason
will hereafter pass u%nnoticed. and may
they and all others profit by the lesson
they have received.
WM. ID. WHIPPLE,
Asst. Adjt. Gen.
That j. very nice and aflectIonate anG
well calculated 10 mike good Union meI
of those BOYS, waseht it?-BW -1rp n
4ht,ata Constellation.
That was not 80 bad as many acts o
military tyranny in North Caroline
about the same period. We recall Scv
eral Incidents. At Raleigh, and many
other towns, the Federals ordered tht
removal of the Confederate Dead from
the sacred precincts which happened Il
suit them to seize upon for National
Cemetery. so-called. TO avoid mis-
representation. the work Of caring 10
our Soldier Dead was lett ia the hand.
OF our noble-healted ladies and az no
body had much money il became neces
sary to raise funds by G ofconcert
aud other public entertainments. \
NewLern a series Of historic tableau.
were given in Lowthrop Hall. The Ell
itor of the +. & NJ. was ur.ed TO pen
Funeral d re commemorative of Stone
wall jackson, who at that day typifc,
the Lost Cause - for Gen. Lee. an,
many Of the other leaders. were We
alive. We arranged Il paraphrase O
tie familiar song -''1He Iucaqt CHAIR
To l. sung 10y Miss b. the prina don
ma ul tie city. Mrs GOV. E. and a ful
chorus uf the finest voices in society
The tahlcau represented a coffin drapeC
in Il black velvet pail, with wreaths o
flowers at the head, a broken sword a
lie foot, and a tattcred 'Rebel' battle
tlag folded across the breast. The scene
was ycry effective; the lights turned
low, and the vast asscmblage hushed as
if N The presence OF the heroic dead.
As tins silence grew oppressive, q
thrill ran through every heart as the
pla.ntjve voice of the singer began to
chaunt the words of the dirge. accom-.
panied by muil!ed notes of an invisible
band and this emotion became inten-
siticd by the audible weeping of many
women IL the audience. There were
three s~tauZas. but at the close of the
second. The voices of the singers choked
with tears; for scarce any one there
| present hut had a Vacant CHAIR at
home. 4.
In the midst of this scene, a loud DIS
turbance arose in the body Of the house,
and coarse voices were heard exclaim-
ing-"Lct us get ont! The damned She
Rebels are t,yaag to insult Us ;"
Thereupon a large party Of Yankee
officers belonging to the garrison, who
had strolleA into the theatre, stamped
out, with al! possible ru.leness and con-
tempt. causing great excitement and al
most breaking up the concert.
The affair Of course created a sensa-
ton, and became tie talk Of the town !;
while umo alleged that 4 regiment of
troops would be sent in to arrest the