The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-28

as We tell now of Thermopylae and o
bannockburne. WHAT prouder he'itag
can We eleave our children and our chill
dren'sschildren than the sabres we bore
''Information, observation and reflec
ton for twenty-four years have con
vinced me that the war would nevc
have been waged against the South e.:
ctpO for the profit there was in it, anc
that the agitation against us is carr
on since only for the pensions that are
to be got. The war was a contractors
war, and the agitation is bounty-pen
sion agitation. Let them write theil
own history, we have made ours!
',Mercenaries have enlisted in everv
war since the beginning of time, aud
they have their place. Foriitude, fidel-
ity, endurance, devotion to high ideals
Of truth aid honor have their place too.
And in the days of trial that will surely
come when belief in God, and truth,
and justice and right must stand against
worship Of Mammon, lust of gold,
greediness and materialism, in defense
of the rights of the people against the
power of the plutocracy, then the whole
world will turn for assistance and relief
to the men whose ancestors, on so many
battlefelds by so much blood and suf-
fering and power, testified their de-
votion to liberty, to order, to truth aud
right. Yours truly,
"BaAD ~ T. JoE i1oy.n
Is not this most remarkable sug-
gesl;ve incident? I leave it 10 sneak
! for itself. / would much lather be the
dead lions who this shaft was intended
to commemorate than the i've animals
practic cg their heels against the I'd
Maryland monument.
10 my mind itappears almost fiend-
ish. The hyena is the most cowardly
of all wild beasts, and yet the most
lferocious,in the graves of the dead. He
has counterpart, think, ia the "Abe
Patt erson Post" and Governor Beave"
is not far behind them iu invading the
graves Of the dead Marylanders. He
is strongly in favor of the Government
making an appropriation 10 erect mark
ers on the positions occupied by the
Confederate commands as matter of
history" A "Government appropri-
ation," you see, covers all the objections
to treason aud disloyalty," because
there is job in it for somebody in Peao-
svlvania.
How "treason aud disloyalty" is to
be "fostered" by accepting an invitation
i.om the truly loyal" to erect Inonu-
ment las matter of history" with an
inaaeriEptWleaee Il eae # R#aos REQUIRED 70 s
toned down lest the truth would wound
and shock the loyal heart, I cannot
comprehend. This incident is not with
out IFS value to us as aa object lesson.
l am happy 70 believe tbat the senti-
ments expressed in these resolutions
and concurred in by Governor Beave >
are not shared by many of the honoi
rable soldiers of the North, especially
those who distinguished themselves so
consp;cuously on the Gettysburg hattie
Geld. They are sufficiently we'll sauis-
fed with their own achievements as to
be free from apprehension that they
will be marled or tarnished by tno
proximity Of a monument of yheir
equally gallant opponents.
When we have monuments to erect
hereafter let's plant them on our own
soil. The presence Of monuments to
worthy and gallant Federal soldiers ia
our midst will not give US the night
mare, or detract f'om the sacredness of
our memorials, or the imperishable re-
nown of our dead. We might with
safety invite Federal commands" 10
erect monuments anywhere on the
fields of First and Second Manassas,
Murfreesboro' Fredericksburg or Chick-
amauga, without fear OF communicating
the record of Lees and Etagg's legions
on those terrific DattIefields. I believe
Oh each Of them we buried our own
dead, and the dead Of the enemy as
we'll. Ma. !:e!s e.ect>d rs matter of
n;s.orv" Dy an appropriation i.'om
Cons 'ess would not reveal many pos:-
ions on those fields within the Con-
fcderate lines ''captu.ed' by the Fede-
rails, o: even 'occu bed" II there are
any such, let them be marked in accord
ance with the 'uth OF ''i,istory." il
the record made by your gallant regi-
ment suould be consulted, no doubt
you could give valuable information as
TO The location o: some of the lines Of
battle on some OF those fields.
>~AAhat would be thought OF the r. Z.
ice nost 6f eGonfederales in Richmond
if they should pass sGch>aesosutjo-s in
regard 70 monuments erected, OTTO le
e.ected Oh any battlefield of Virginia,
by Federal soldiers, refusing tbs right
to commemorate the courage and valoi
of their dead, for the reason that il
would make vandalism and :1vasio
honorable, and thereby entering theil
p.oteat aoai Isl the sacrilege, and most
empha,icany deAounce such inlrus;o1
'Jv vandals and incend;a ;ar'es upon
sac:eu soil":
What would be thought o. The Gov
emo; Of that glo .ops Commonwealth
if he should adoru the resolutions witt
his endorsement, lest such monument:
would bear insc.' ptions likely TO TO,
ter" Invasion and wicked war u3on ;
sovereign ST.