Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-01-26
LET US HAVE PEACE"

\ Illinois, the remark tina, Such express
sions had ruined the Democratic par
ty, having a tendency or effect to con-
solidate the North.
Last Friday evening Mr.. Jones re-
| turned to the attack and was met by
Mr.. Cooper, of Indiana, also Demo
cfat, with
Il question the motives of the gen
tleman from Virginia. His oppo-
sition to these pension bills, l believe.
is actuated by the sentiment expressed
by him last Friday night, when he
said he was proud of the cause he had
fought for in the trenches. Although
he has taken an oath now to support
the flag that floats above your head,
Mr.. Speaker pointing to the Stars
and Stripes above the desk), he now
displays toward it the same spirit OF
opposition as when he fought against
it so years ago. ! say only what he
himself says.
Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas, Mr. Cox,
OF Tennessee, and Mr.. Moses, of Geor-
gia, took part i'll the colloquy Epi-
thets were banded about, and for
little time it looked as if a personal
conflict might ensue. Mr.. Simpson
said he was not only surprised bat
ashamed that a man from the South
should come here and say, as Mr..
Jones had said, that he still believed
in the lost cause-a cause founded on
slavery.
| Getting the floor, ostensibly to ask
Mr. Simpson question, Mr. Talbot, of
South Carolina, made violent speech.
despite the utmost endeavors of the
chair (Mr. Bretz, of Indiana) to rap
him to order He walked up and
down the center aisle, wildly gesticu-
lating, and shouting loudly. He de-
precated, he said, the continual ap-
peal to sectional passions, but he no.
ticed that they usually came from
those who were invisible in war and
invincible i'll peace.
Gas to the lost cause, p" he said, at
is the everlasting cause, and cannot
be lost. because it is the cause of liber
ty. Under the same circumstances,
he continued, shaking his fist in de-
iiant manner at the Republican side,
land for the same reasons the men
who fought then would again. You
can like that or You can lump it.
love the cause today as much as l did
when boy barred my bosom on the
battlefelds OF Virginia"
Mr.. Jones was accorded the floor for a
few minutes at the close of the session,
and denounced Mr. Cooper's language
toward him as being unworthy of a
gentleman. Referring to the lost
cause" he said he would say every
where, as he had then, that he was
proud Of it. land when a gentleman
says believe it to be right he ISLANDERS
me. know it was right.
1t was family row, all being Dem
ocrats except Mr. Simpson who was a
Democrat until he became disguised
with the party and left it. The fact
that none but Democrats participated
makes it much more significant. The
magnanimouS terms accorded Lee and
his army, so eloquently portrayed by
Gen. Gordon in his recent lecture in
this city, appear to have been lost
sight Of The cause" which cost so
much blood and treasure to suppress
in order that the Union might stand,
one and indivisible, is, according to
men occupying seats in the Congress
of the United States, not lost cause,
for, if it was right, it must yet pre-
vail
We mention these things not be-
cause we have any fears of the resur-
rection of the effort 10 destroy the
Union on the lines laid down thirty
years ago, but rather to emphasize the
ingratitude of men who owe all they
have or hope to be to the success of
the Union armies.
1t is rather singular in this connec-
tion 10 note the fact II at these violent
outbreaks are of recent occurrence.
Not much was heard of the lost
cause" so long as the votaries of the
cause" were i'll power in the Nation.
/ Just so soon as they behold a Solid
North and broken and dismembered
South, the old sore breaks out and the
worst enemies the South ever had
vent their spleen in such manner as
to give the lie to all professions of 10y
atty to the Union by men who were
and are sincere when they declare that
they accept in good faith the arbitra-
lnent of the sword.