Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-30

general Of Mississippi troops. by the de-
cisive vote, Lightweight out of q total of
ninety votes. and 1T was anticipated that he
would become commander-in-chief Of the
armies of the confederncy. His election,
however. to the chief magfstracy of the
confederate states removed him from this
sphere Of action, and thus 1t was that in
his exalted position he became the vicarious
1t Is that he, the last single captive to
millions in war Is exposed to the charge
of cowardice without proof and without
proyocationi
Il trust that Mr. Keefer will not, to
prove his assertions, resurrect the charge
that Jefferson Davis, surviving the fall of
the confederacy. was captured in female
attire baSer caIumny was never uttered.
Thirty years have failed to produce one
iota of proof. and with the exception of &.
few political vampires. who have done
more than treason and anarCh by combined
to disrupt this government. human lips
Fave never given this fabrication currency.
mississippi Is proud of the military fame
Of Jefferson Davis, and 1t Is but just that
she should speak when her son, who led
the soldiers Of the republic upon many
stricken field. Is stigmatized as a traitor
and coward; and when it Is thereby
sought to make all her sons and their
achievements od;ous, well may she retort
that 1t was on the decisive plains of Chal-
nette that Andrew Jackson proclaimed
that the daring of Mississippi soldiers, un-
der Thomas Kinds was the admiration
OF one army and the establishment of the
other, and that it was a Mississippi major
general, Jno. A. Quitnlan, who gave in the
city OF Mexico the order to fling to the
breeze the first American flag that ever
f1oated from the ramparts of q conquered
capital, and that he was the first American
governor in the palaces of the Montezu-
mas
Wear the Stars and Stripes.
On the other side "a True Blue writes to
make the following suggestion: .
AS the Grand Army of the Republic the
Union Veteran Legion and the Ladies' Aux
.iiaries have spoken in no uncertain words
i propose that all truly loyal people, and es-
peciaily all members Of Union soldier or
CARNATIONS and all ex-Union soldiers gen.
orally, wear upon their left breasts a minia-
ture United States flag during the time of
all the ceremonies of the rebel love feast, to
show our detestation and condemnation Of
the act of clarifying treason and perpetual
ing the memory of the traitor of all trail
tors. 1t appears there Is little If any room
for old glory in Richmond Just now. There
fore. comrades all and loyal people every
@here, keep old glory to the front as sug-
gested.''
FOrgiving View.
The father Of one Of the cadets writes
as follows:
1 wish to express the Indignation 1 feel
at the spirit manifested In certain resol1-
ions coming from q. A. r. posts and
others condomning the trip of the High
School Cadets to Richmond These resolu-
IONS, while seeming to profess extreme
loyalty to the Union, are really very dis
loyal The ex-confederates have all been
fully pardoned by the Congress. To be par
doned is to be entirely freed from the dis
pleasure CT the offended party, and one
who is pardoned has the right to be treat
ed just as If the offense had never been
committed.
jefferson Davis was loyal to the Union
when he helped fight her battle in Mex
leo: disloyal when he rebeled Were he
living tie full pardon granted to all the
rebels would cover his sin.
The G. A. r. men who have published res
buttons running over with the spirit of
unforgiveness, bitterness and hate were
undoubtedly loyal to the Union in 1851 and
are Just as undoubtedly disloyal now, in
that they repudiate the action of their
government and seek to nullify the pardon
the Congress has granted, and stand just
as mucn in need of pardon as the rebels
did in 1851.
Their position is that of the elder son in
the parable of the prOdigal. He was loyal
to his father when the younger son took
his share of goods and went into far
country; he was d. sloya1 when he refused
10 welcome the boy whom his father had
forgiven and reStoI ed.
Prnise for Richard Bryan