Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-02
The Blue and the Gray.
To the Editor Of The Alerandria Gazett

| To the Editor OF The Alerandria Gazette:
WASHINGTON, D. C, hay 81 S90-Tbe
scenes and incidents attending the unveil-
Ing of the statue OF GsneEa! LIE IL Rich
mond, has served to develope tie l@tes.
hatred that still !urke in G. a r. Circles
towards tbs people Of the South. a feg
extracts from eddre:sss by e. 4. r mon On
Decoration Day, will dispel the illusion that
there is any true reconciliation possible be-
tween the Gray and the Blue Capt. Farms
worth sounded the lowest note In the dap
ason Of hate: "Al through the South the
flag of trenson wgyes to dey aad faunls
itself in the fece Of Inen Who etrovs to pre-
serve the Union"
Representative Mason, o! Illinois, tock up
the refrain: ~ most earnestly protest
against occurrences iu that lair Southern
city at the unveiling Of Genera! Lees statue
yesterday" He was wiling 10 "lat them
honor the memory Of 6 ttus and viriucua
man." but that honor must not ba given Sc
cording to the prompting Of thar own af-
fection, but should have bean atTained
through the sieve OF G. a. r. respect.
Representative Morse sGw thu breakers"
shead in Ignorant and disqualified spf-
fiage"-psrhaps negro votes, bat ''iu that
bastard rebe rag hung the rogoiting sead
ows OF slavery" which his Massachusetts
ancestors brought to this country in ex.
change for New England rum. Pray ia
what couutry," he asked, "weye sraitorssver
allowed 20 erect monuments to perDstuate
and glorily treason and trait0rs?'
Representative Boutele closed tbs an
them: rebellion was conspiracy 10 theinter-
est of human slavery" with which Mr.. Lin
coin protested he had no purpose or power
to interfere.
While we of the South are taxed 60 pey
pensions to every soldier Of the Union army
Including deser.ars and disbouorably dis
charged soldiers, and pay those tsxas. and
even Representatives vote ableG-oo0led
loefers upon the pension !cls-untl! forty
nine DER cent. of the revenues Ct tb9 Govern
ment hes become piizs money ioT TepGbh-
cen voters, yet We may uos out OF our OVID
means erect monument to the bighest
type of manhood, without being designated
traitors and ono monument represented ns
being erected to treason.
know full we'll that the rapid slarg OF
tbesa 6. 4 + cyanks disturb rot the squHn-
unity of the South, but that extracts mey
make the checks burn Of come Southern men
who since the war have taken upou their
p0litlcai e5Cutcueon tuo sstsite onuSS9 ga
obedience to the republican party. u |as
bad enough to serve wiih negroes
In the ranks of that party bus that
association was honor itsei! 20 companion
ship with such slauderous sentiments as
those above mentioned.
By singularly inappropriate iuxtaposi--
ton these sentiments o! malice and hatred
we're lulled 20 sleep by the bard PLAYING
''Ssfe in the Arme Of Jesus," and Capt. York
asked an eloquent blessing" upon them. |
ehou;d think that The farms ofJesus" you'd
he the most uncomfortable place of repose
that such men could find; end that Gods
| blessing would burn worse than hell the
raw places where such unchristen senti-
ments festered. Yours ip the hope OF re-
| pentence, a 0RAH.