Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-03-07
REBEL ROSSER.
Some Extracts From His Cele-
brated Speech Delivered on
Confederate Memorial Day.
Something for the Men Who
Fought for the Flag to
Think About.
ANOTHER REBEL YELL.

ANOTHER REBEL YELL.
The Association of the Maryland
Line Is an organization Of the citizens
OF Maryland In 1851 who went south
and served In the rebel army or navy
They held their annual reunion and
banquet at Baltimore on Washinton's
Birthday. and brought together no
BILE array Of adherents OF the Lost
Cause. Among them were Senators
Wade Hsmpton and NJ. G. Butler, Of
South Carolina, and A. H. Colquitt,
OF Georgia; T. L. Rosser, G. M. Will
cox, Geo. II. Steuart, Bradley T. John
son and d. @. Mcintosh, who were
major-generals In the rebel army; Rep
resentatives Charles G. Hooker, OF
Mississippi, and Chas. T. O'Farrell, of
Virginia, who were colonies, and Q
galaxy Of smaller lighte.
Among these there were seventeen
inmates Of the Maryland Confederate
Home at Pikesville. who marched IN
"sttired In neat suits Of Confederate
gray" and were given seats Of honor.
The orator of the day was one
Thomas L. Rosser, who made himself
quite conspicuous In the Shenandoah
Valley In 1854, until he unluckily at
tracted the attention OF another gen.
tleman, named Phil Sheridan. by
capturing . battery wagon, forge
and some other military trifles.
The result was that Sheridan went
cunning for him In earnest the
next morning. and o few hours later
the whole upper valley was filed with
dsmoralized rebel cavalrymen fleeing
from the wrath TO come.
The oration was identical In swsg-
ger and braggadocio with that deliv-
cred by Gen. Bradley T. johnson last
year at Baltimore on Confederate
Memorial day. IL exceeded that no.
BILE effort in rank misstatements of fact
and ELUSIVE insolence toward Union
soldiers and the Union cause. 1t was
also more notable from the prominence
Of the men who composed the au-
dienoe, and who by their presence aud
applause indorsed the orators senti-
ments tacitly IL not openly. Three
United States senators and two repre-
sentatives. high officers of the govern
ment. sworn to support and maintain
it. and receiving high salaries from IL,
listened unprotesting to q fulsome Gu
logy Of rebellion and denunciation OF
patriots and patriotism. An attempt
is being made by the sympathizers
with rebellion to break the force OF
Rosser's utteranoes by ssoribing them
to his too liberal drinking during the
banquet, but this will not do. The
Grafton was carefully prepared In ad-
vance, witha view TO expressing the
sentiments Of bis hearers and captur.
Ing their applause. 1t was published
In full in the Baltimore papers, which
say:
"Gen. Rosser was received With 9
cordial outburst of applause, and bis
speech was frequently interrupted BY
outbursts of clspping."
None of them mention that sylla
BILE Of dissent TO anything be said wa
uttered by anyone present. The ex
tracts from the speech which we shal
use are from the Baltimore Sun, whicl
IL the generally y-recognized organ q
rebel element In Maryland, and ma
be therefore considered ~ the "officis
report
Gen. Rosser began his speech a. fol
lows:
1 "The conflict between the state
Q styled In its inception the irrepress
BILE, when IL came was surprise TO al
and u found no one prepared for
Eleven states In the south withdra
from the Federation, whose encroacl
ments they were unwilling 10 bea
and organized ConfederAcy of the
own-but IL was without army. nav
manufactures Of war material,
credit In the society OF nations.
this helpless condition of orphanhoS
and inexperience they were assails
by their late associates with all d
force OF organization, equipment an
wealth, sharpened by malicious se'
tional hatred and morbid irration
r and puritanicAl fanaticisn, which o.
II mented them In . holy union for q
Y unholy crusade against us. How su,
of cesafully this little Confsdenoy Of onl
h Ave and one-half millions Of peop
is maintained this combat for four Ion
De weary yeAn against the united mort
of over 90, ,000. 900 In . rough-and. tun
BILE fight, ths north, In the meantim
resorSing 10 every device and means
win, foul more frequently than fair.
Is my purpose 10 chow. And l no
ASSERT that the re>son Why the soul
was able to maintain this apparent NJ
EQUAL combat, and why the south VI
Victorious battle In Virginia fsom al
10 lest, and finally yielded only 70 sss
. lvAtl0n, We The fhot, and y still q
4 Ifacf. hat the southern gentleman.