The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-25
SUNDAY. MAY -, 1890.
rur VIPER GNAws A FILE

Under the caPPit,h92p paid, S6loSeYY and elder
hypocrite and alleged journalist, has issued
the following BIZ Of cXclamation-polnteo
vulgarity in his paper, the Mail and TX
press:
"Our Washington dispatches to-day con
tain the outline Of bill that has been pre-
ma red hy an old soldier m Congress prOhlDll-
Inc The erection Of statues to dead rebels OF
TO the Lost Cause. and the display % 'h'
.stars and bars anywhere
.sThis bill should be promptly introduced
and passed. There is no room for TWO iiass
i'm this country. and ought 10 be no room iOi
statues to traitors. Down win lne Iepoi i"s
uurrah for the stars ana stripes
The dispatch referred TO is ms follows:
..rhe great amount OF talk and brag here in
regard 10 what the rebels are going 10 DO ncNl
THURSDAY In Richmond M the unNeillhs oil
the Lee statue. has caused "a feeilhg Hllone
The old soldiers and lovers OF the fepupllc
which bodies 10 good for such unpatrlollc
displays Tho boast that rebel flags ana
rebel wells will make Richmond heu WIN
war time scenes is freely made, ana many
think II high time % stop az once an suSh
gatherings or assemblies when leaC 10 ,llV
sights and dOlngs contemplated next week.
..Ihe editorial in the Mail and Express oil
Tuesday in regard 10 a bill 10y congress pro
nibiting the exhibition OF me rag or the Grey
ton Of monuments and statues 10 the lsnels
has had Its effect. Even At the Time Whcn
IL appeared a well known ohio member WIS
contemplating the Introduction OF such blIl
He il "A soldier and wears a button, anu sucii
talk and exhibitions fire his patriotic blood
Last night the ohio Representative htd az
important consultation with several old sol
dieTs and members as 10 the adNlsaoilliy Oh
introducing the bilis.
"The measure prohibits the erection OF
statues 10 dead rebels or 10 the cause. IL Tor
bids the display Of the rebel rag ana IN gene
raj follows the outline OF Inc Dill sueses'cu
f.Af NIL I
ence last night one OF the soldiers remarked
that II was n crying shame that nrm ia w"
North manufactured the rebel rag ana Were
shipping 1t in great quantities TO llchmohd'
We don't like to change the metaphor at
the head OF this article, but really such
efiusions are characteristic Of those who
would undertake the bombardment of Glib
ralter with boiled peas.
We are tired Of telling the miserable
hypOcrte. who hopes 20 hide ignorance
under Scripture quotations. that he is way
behind the times.
Ifhe could be but convinced of this he
would not be trying TO get the news by mail
and express. hut would avail himself Of the
modern inventions, telegraph and telephone.
The war ended twenty-five years ago.
This fact is known TO everybody but i'm
beetles. Shepard hasn't learned it yet.
The doughty colonel could not have been
at the front during those four years. Why
is he colonel;
lie must have rather shaky confidence in
the cause, he represents, when he essays
such puerle filings at the memory Of him
whom the world honors and reyeres.
Let Shepard come down here next Thurs
day, and he will see sights and hear sounds
which will open his deaf ears and cause
the scales to fall iIom his eyes.
He will learn how men despise hypocrisy,
and perhaps return to his samctum with
slight knowledge of how to edit decent.
respectable newspaper.