South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-11-08

EVEN THE DEAD ARE HATED STILL.
The intensely bitter feeling which
prevails in SD many quarters in the
Ncr'h against the COME derate sol.
diers has again manifested itself, and
In 20 offensive foim tiat it is diff
cult to conceive Of such unGying and
devilish hate as seems 10 prompt il.
Abe Patterson Post, Of III tsturg,
iart of the Grand Army Of the Re.
public, has unanimously passed reso.
lulions stating that the Second Ma.
rylabd rebel regiment have erected
on the Gettysburg battle-G field, within
four feet OF tue monument erected by
loyal Maryland regiment. monu.
melt conmemCratiTg g the disloy al
deeds OF said rebel regiment thus
undertaking to make reason honor.
able. Therefore, they resolve that
the Abe Patterson POST enter their
solemn prote against this sacrilege
anu most eDphatically denounce such
intrusion by traitors upon sacred soil,
and ask that the Gettysburg Battle.
Field Assoc ion, OF which Governor
Beaver is chairman cause the rebel
monum, mt to be removed and express
orders liven that no more Of that Ia.
iure he ,r,cted.' Governor Beaver
has said, in response, that these res
olutlons show the right spirit he
further states for himself, L am and
always will be opposed to any rebel
organization erecting its own monu.
ments within the grounds Of the as.
ISOLATION Governor Beaver, how.
ever, thinks The government should
erect markers on the positions occu-
pied by the Confederates as q matter
OF history and TO give perfect idea
oil the fight so that the poor Con-
federntes entcmbed at Getty sburg,
while his mouldering clay may be VAL
liable as marker TO show where
his more heroic brother of the North
fought and diedJ shall have no stone
placed above him to tell that he
too fell on the field of honor.
We have hitherto been told
that those Who participated in that
bloody struggle lave forgotten its
bitter mt mCries, and have c.asped
hands across the bloody chasm ;
that only the politicians continue to
ian the embeTs Of lie strife, which
every suggestion OF patriotism and
manhood required should be buried
with The pas'. But here we have an
army post composed Of veteran SOL
diers, and the Governor Of a State,
who is also president Of the Battle
field Association, giving utterance TO
sentiments that ought To- crimson the
cheek of n Comanche or a Zulu.
Not long ago number of old Con.
fedcTate officers met those who faced
them In tue thick Of battle at Gettys.
burg to locate points OF interest on
that historic field. They were told
the achievements Of the bloody days
they remembered so we'll we're com.
mon heritage and glory. Had they
dreamed OF the petty spite that seems
willing to wrcak its vengeance on the
dead they would have stayed at
home. Had they supposed the gal.
liant band they led 10 the jaws Of
death and who foremost fighting
fell were only TT TO figure as mar
kera' at the foot Of The chiseled stone
which tells where others stood, but
tha; DO record Of their deeds could
be placed above them, they would
have turned away from the spot Nth
disgust and contempt. II is we'll the
history OF that struggle 1oes not de.
piend upon Governor Beaver and the
Abe Patterson Post. They may fg'
nre rs vullures over the battIe.G Id,