Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-10-31
The Rebel Raiders.
Greencastle (Ind.) Banner.


Last Thursday was big day at Lynch.
burg, Va. The Agricultural Fair was in
progress, and advantage was taken of this
to get up Lee demonstration. The pop.
ulation is largely Democratic, there not
being over fifty white Republicans in the
place. The Confederate veterans were
out in organized cavalry battalhons, and
younger men appeared as artillery or
mounted troops. The Confederate gray
predominated every where
The procession, with General Lee rid.
ing at its head, was fine one. lie onls
flag carried in it was the old battles flag
OF the Second Virginia Cavalry A tall
gray headed man, standing by the road.
side, shoutedto Lee, while he held to one
Of the general legs, I'm a tailor by
trade, but You bet your life I'm solid
[ st all through the war like man, and
was shot seventeen times. and TIM alive
yet, and we are all id old rebels to
getber, amt we, general?" The old rebel
yell was almost continuous, and the bands
played the marching airs Of the South. *
In the line there were but two cOlored
men one funny looking old darkey
and the other young, stu id -iOpk kim
boy, each mounted Oh diiapiuated mules
WITH rope brides. These two were greet
ed with a roar of ridicule and banter b.
the thousands of colored people along
the line of march. A tall, witch-like old
woman pointed long, skinny finger, and
shrieked, ooh, you poo chile. don't let
that bad ole niger lead yer astray. Hist
dat mule outen dat line; you little knows
what you'se dom, chile" A big negro
shouted: ooh, you black, no account mig
gers. Come off'n doze mules. How
many drinks of whisky you don git for
ridin' in dat Dammycrat percession? A
group of colored women passed remarks
about them. Said one: "Wonder how
Much they git paid" Said another:
"They'll git nuf to git drunk on" A re-
spectacle looking old darkey in hack
said: "Dey's likely to be in somebody's
sheep fol- befo' night; dat de kind OF no
account niggers deyi is" Others shouted,
"Go it, Jube! Go it, Petep' The riders
appeared to be well known, and the col
ored people got great deal Of fun out OF
them.
On arriving at the stand shield was
presented to Gen. Lee, on which was
painted the arms of Virginia. Then fol-
lowed the speaking. Wherever he turn
ed, Lee looked into the faces of his old
soldiers, for it was here that he disbanded
his division after the war, having ridden
off for that purpose from Appomattox du-
ring his uncle's parley with Grant, carry
ing his flags and accoutrements with
him. His uncle included him with the
rest in the surrender, and his riding off
as he did was regarded as a violation of
military honor. This was their first re-
union since that event, and they came
together Thursday feeling that the "lost
cause" had been found again, and that
yet another triumph was in store for them
in the near future.
In his speech Gen. Lee repudiated the
bloody shirt" He left that to John
Sherman, who, he said, would not COM
pare with his uncle Robert as a patriot,
and he denounced any man who would
call the latter a traitor. Addressing his
old soldiers he said, I'VE are reminded Of
OF that time by the graves within sight,
where men sleep who fell fighting for the
cause which each set of men believed to
be right" He said, "Sherman's flag is
the bloody shirt, but mine is the flag Of
the Union" But only the flag of Viz
ginia was carried in his procession that
day, and his speech aroused the old war
spirit, while those of John Sherman's in
Ohio allayed it. Still. we will have to
from Lees speech, that Sher-
man and his followers are the rebels.