The National tribune., 1888-06-14
LET LOOSE AGAIN.

former lnuammat0Fy uttSrancsS, bFdotSy l.
johnson, of Baltimore, late Provost Mar
shaI-General of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia, has again given his able tongue the
rein. The occasion was the decoration of
the graves of the rebel dead in London Park
Cemetery, Baltimore, June 6, when he was
orator of the day, and, attired in rebel gray,
addressed a numerous audience from the
base of statue of a Confederate cavalry
man, which is one Of the ornaments of the
cemetery. He began with a eulogy of the
rebel soldiers courage, constancy and tidel-
ity to his convictions, before, during and
since the war. He told his hearers that the
fact that man had fought for Southern
rights was enough to secure him hattering
recognition all over Europe. He himself had
"never been so kindly and cordially re-
ceiyed anywhere, as he had been IN Canada,
when the people had learned that had
fought for what thought right under Lee
and Jackson" He said:
those who took part with the South In the war be-
tween the States None are held ia higher respect |
in France to-day than they. wonder at the manner
in which this feeling is cherished to-day the word
over. The explanation is that the cause for when
fought is recognized of honor, OF chivalry
OF patriotism and of constitutional liberty. eX-
pect live to see the time when the cause of the
Confederates will be looked upon as that OF true
constitutional liberty the world over When the
records shall be truly written and understood OF
men the world viii learn that fight was for local
seif-government-the same battle that Gladstone Is
/ fighting for the Irish to-day-which is making
new chapter in the history of the world.
Did any one ever hear of more intolerable
stuff9 1t is as meretriciOus sophistry as
was ever attempted to gloze over bad
cause. 1t is as false as falsehOOd can be
that the South was Fighting for constitu-
tional liberty" No one had any idea-near
or remote-of infringing in the least degree
upon the liberty guaranteed by the Consti-
tuition, aud which that section had always
enjoyed in common with the rest of the
country.
when the records are truly written"
they will show that the rebellion was the
most wicked and causeIess war ever inaugu-
rated.
Gen. johnson sneered at the talk about
"a New South" The old South was good
enough for him. He did not believe any
new South would produce such wonderful
men as Virginia produced from Washington
down to Robert E. Lee.
Suddenly changing the subject, he said:
didn't believe the United States had right 10
coerce tine southern people. / said would fight
| il they tried TO 90 it, aud did fight Iwou!d DO
the same thing tomorrow, as God is my witness
Think Of such an utteFance to-day, a
quarter of century after peace has come
TO heal the gaping wounds made by the
wicked blows OF such parricidal hands as
Gen. Johnson's made by man who is a
living monument of the mercy and fOrbear-
ance of a Nation which had 100000 Of her
sons Bickedly done to death by those who
! sought her lifel The efIrontery is incredi-
. BILE A little later he revealed what en-
couraged him to this bold declaration. SAID
ne:
The South Is progressing. She Is not dead. These
7 old Confederate soldiers and their descendants
eject 20 out OF every hundred Congressman. 81 oil
Tie Uaited States Senators, and the President OF
e the United States. Applause.l The Government
Of the United Stales is controlled by Confederate
soldiers. II is always the case that when you get
into a position TO command respect, you viii gel
respect
e A little farther on he made a distinct
e threat of readiness for another rebellion i
: ever the time should seem propitious. Said
+ he:
Every Confederate soldier carries with hin
% chained to his heart cssket Of hs dead hopes ana
- aspirations ali through hs life, Douglass did th'
heart Of Bruee 10 the Holy Land. TO show his deyo
,e ton 10 tie cause for which lac fought If the tm
should ever come. and it were necessary, there ar
II l0.OJ0 ia Maryland who would stand for thei
cause as Douglass did for Bruce. have tried hare
for y years 10 live good citizen, and hay
10 never broken the parole got ia Salisbury, n. c.
in 1850. tried to do my duty. and have been re
et spected. have sympathy with that slush AM
~ sentlneuisiity that Is always gushing over TO Tia
other people. Won't do that.
lie What is this but as rank and nalignan
y talk as that which led to the firing on For
le Sumter?
ur He walked his hearers to loud applause b
an his allusion to JEFF Davis:
recall the sentmentality exhibited by som
just before the S0,h birthday Of Jefferson Davis,
ne man who, Of all the Confedegates las been single
out by his enemies aud branded b. malice an
prejudice and kept from his rights / cannot fo
get jefferson Davis lie is patient statesman an
n | a hefo He Is renowned for his patriotism. / hoI
he will 90 down 10 lis grave with the disiraiichis
'st lent his enemies have put upon him, for sul
Ike he hRs no desire for it be otherwise and wou
never accept the right Of suffrage except by unau
nc nous CONSENT OF which there is the remote
is hope. Let him rest in peace in hs old age.
*. In the fee of such defiant disloyalty-
ic- such glorifcatiOn of treason as this-ca
pes those who believe in the sacredness of OF
N cause afford TO relax in their maintenan
he of the high standard of loyaltyP Not f
er- an instant
Dor The Grand Army of the Republic mu
atilI la IN, yuard with its old fin,n vioiIar,