The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-26

culallnk IOculuIu WdS ulhtIlbutcs'
among the people, to-day we have
the protective system, and for
every dollar that goes into the
public treasury two dollars go into
tho pockets Of the monopolists.
II n this DISCRIMINATION in favor
Of manufacturers. which hos eaus-
ed the shrinkags- Of farm values
and farm prodacts.
Below wilsibe found an extract
from lettorr from Fred Mussey
to the Gea.mepcisi- Gazette. Mr..
Mussey and the paper for which
no corrospsnds> haze heretofore
delighted in misreprescnting the
Southern people. But he was
prescnt,at New Orleans when all
that was mortal of the late Con-
f~dsTnte leader was laid to rest.
aud ansltr thu ius giTation Of the
sad procession lie was compelled
to wribo the truth. Here is what
he says
Il cannot conceive it possible
TINT asy Yyni,lie man ever went to
his grnxc f.sflnwssi -hy such per-
sonal ~ we'll as public evidence
of grisf; Durinsgthe magnificent
scenes ;Yt.Mctarie cemetery two or
tnrce, ladfps near nlS IN the throng
we're c:ying'as, though they had
lost their own father instead of
the fatfirro1 the Confectionery.
eatsfalquc came
slowly by headed by the black
bound Confederate flags and 10
the soft, slow music OF thr negro
band, they all broke down, and
sunk sobbings upon the grass.
General Grants funeral was one
of the most. naa gniiieents isagcants
II modern1 tiases, and his body
Vas laid to rrst where it.coiild be
iii, adjunct ~ y r.,sd-hms,s 10 real
c.tate syndirust, and several beer
saloons. TIE Southerners arc less
practical, and no sucM considera-
ton entered into tho bnriaae of
their chief.
Taking III, nsings togctherror
the days transactions, ! for one
=t.#anet see wherein our Southern
people have ,fade any mistake
to-day. They hcve buried their
hero and buried their.cause, and,
with the cxceptissn If some in
stances, have cgManeted,the whole
matter in ways,tisa.oagkt not to
offend the most'cwptious Northern
man. It wAA perhaps, peculiar
sight to see tile nattonaf Aag plac-
cd at half-mast im honor a 4 man
who IL not a citizen Of this coun-
try, and who fought to destroy
this Government, but-at the same
time all the foreign vessels in the
port half -masted their flags, drap-
I'D them in mourning, and the
British captains and officers took
part in the procession. We are
getting out Of the realm of hide
hound ideas, it is to be hoped, and
: the significance OF childish dis.
plars, and these things should be
Of little moment to the govern
ment and the people Of this great
republic. To-day, in the enorm-
GUS demonstration, our fellow;
citizens carried by the hundred
the fair flag Of our nation, and il
iioated from every window and
balcony along The line of march,
There seems to be little leftof the
war now except the negro vote
and the negro problem" 3.
1t is true as he says that oul
hero is buried. Our cause, Of
rather the cause of the confeder,
acy, was buried nearly twenty.
1--WE years ago, and no one in the
south has ever desired that j,
should be resurrected. We sub
mitted everything to the arbitra
ment of the sword. and il wal
decided against us. A question
which was left open by the fran
rrs Of the constitution was set
tied, and that settlements rs final
end the Union today kas n,
stronger supporters than thes,
who wore the. gray. Yet ",
would be unworthy Of ourselves
end of our fallen comrades, if ",