The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-08-14

sented the case OF the south in an impas-
stoned address. He said that the idea that
there was disposition to drive out colored
men was erroneous.
Negroes have been heard TO say: "Why
should we thank the whites when IT, was
by our own brawny arms that we have
won freedom" That was the temper
shown. IHisses.l Perhaps he (the spcakcr)
mad imperiled his life for some of those
that were now Kissing him. Applause. |
The whites had made their home in the
south, and 1t was their right to conform
to the social rules around them. When
the first application was made for n colored
post 1t was refused Then certain posts
were organized in fraud. The speaker
said that while he had no objection to
colored soldiers, II was necessary to insist
that the social aspect of affairs in the
south demanded change. The whites. II
permitted, would be willing to withdraw
and organize department to themselves.
Tho SouthsrH Men Defeated.
A score Of delegates rose as he sat down,
but hundreds Of voices clamored for a
vote. The scene was . bedlam. In the
midst OF the uproar Veazey put the ques-
tion OF adopting the minority report.
There were u good many ayes, but an
avalanche of noes" the veterans In the
gallery making as much noise as the dele
gates on the floor. Then the majority report
was put and carried in the same way.
while white and colorcd men jumped upon
chairs, waving hats. canes and handker-
chiefs and creating pandemonium. The
southern delegates took their defeat very
much to heart.
The Mount McGregor Cottage.
The committee approved the recon-
mendation of the commander In chief that
the Grant cottage ON Mount McGrevor
should be preserved with national moneys,
and that the decorating of soldiers graves
be done by an appropriation from the gen.
cral government, and that the pledges of
the country to the soldiers and sailors
should be strictly carried out SO long as a
single one survives.
The Color Question Not Dead.
According to some of the most intelli-
gent southerners in the city, the recent ac-
tion Of the encampment in declaring that
color line should not be drawn in the
G. A. X. will prove the death blow instead
of the salvation of the colored veterans
south of Mason and Dixon's line.
Alleged Inconsistency.
Commander Hodges, Of the department
of Louisiana and Mississippi, speaking for
his comrades, says: Now, we are the men
who wish to give the colored veterans a
representation In the G. A. II. by having
provisional departments established. and
1t is the National encampment which has
refused them this right by declining to
authorize the establishment of such u de-
partment.
"These colored men claim to be members
of the G.. A. r., but they can't be admitted
to the floor of the encampment and were
refused admission here.
They Can Frame Them.
"The opponents Of our plan say that
what we propose would open the door for
30, GOO or ~, 900 negroes In the south, but the
only thing the colored men can do now Is
to go home and frame their so called char
ters, hang them up and look at them. As
the matter stands they can't get any char
ters from our department.. and our depart
ment is the only body with authority to
grant charters In our jurisdiction.
1--WE don't want the colored men in our
posts and we won't have them; SO thcy
won't get into the G. A. r."