Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23

pointing Sergeant Lewis w. Brander, oil
the Fourth Virginia Regiment, now or
duty at the headquarters OF General F1tz'
hugh Lee, a first Lieutenant of the Third
United States Regiment Of Immunes,
Lieutenant Brander received his commits
sion to-day, signed by the President. He
is assigned TO duty on the stan n Major
General Warren q. Keher, and ordered
to report to that officer at Savannah, Ca,
on Saturday next. General Keller ana
staff will sail the same day for Habana.
Major Brander and his son left by the
afternoon train for Richmond. very much
gratihed at the result Of their visit TO
the Capitol.
G.. A. r. CROAK AGAINST MKIN7
LEYS SPEECH.
The National Tribune. organ OF the
| Grand Army of the Republic, which is
| published weekly In this city. in it's issue
| of to-day contains a lengthy article on
the Presidents Atlanta speech. q The
organ Of the Grand Army OF Pensioners
does not take particularly kindly to the
| Presidents proposal that the government
| should care for the graves OF the Con-
federate dead, and In a rancorous manner
d%enounces the suggestion of opening the
national soldiers homes to Confederate
veterans, or Of penstoning them. For the
information and benefit Of your numerous
Confederate readers ! give TINS sectlohdi
TRADE in full, as follows:
THE PRESIDENTS ATLANTA
SPEECH.
editor National Tribune: President
Mckinley. I'm his Atlanta speech last We'd
nesday. suggested that the time had come
FOR the peOple of the whole country 10
united with those In the South IN caring
for the Confederate dead.
" 'On Friday Mr.. RiXey. Of Virginia, in
reduced a bin opening national soldiers
homes to disabled veterans OF the rebel
army of 1861 to 1865. Mr.. Lamb, OF Rich
mond. Va, followed this with a bill dl-
recting the Secretary Of war 10 permit
clerks appointed by the governors Oh inc
several States interested 10 copy the mus
ter-rolls OF the so-called Confederate
army as a part Of the records OF the re-
belliOn.
"iOn Saturday the chairman of the
House Committee on Appropriations IS
muoted as saving 10 a fellow-member-a
younger man: you will be voting,
early i'm your career. too, for pensions 10
the men on the Confederate rolls. MAJ
does the editor of the National Tribune
think Of the matter? We are waiting Tor
this next number in this grandstand
plays. A. Mcneil, Thirty-iirst OHIO, Co
'aThe editor of the National Tribune has !
not EUhlEtu his Oilillbn a. lhA 49, NA.N
has seen absolutely no reason Tor such
a change. The history OF the war, us
causes. the methods of It's prosecution,
the motives of those who Wantonly IN
augurated It. and prosecuted It with per-
verse stubbOruness, the perniciOuS endS
aimed at. have undergone no change by
the lapse Of years, or the intervention OF
new incidents and feelings. That was all
settled years ago. III any
thing. public opinion is far more indu-
afaf -, Tho gphfppt than ever for every |
year shows more clearly the causetess-
ness Of the rebellion. the s~eliShness or
those who precipitated II, the horror OF
plunging a peaceful land into such a
devastating struggle, and the wickedness
)f the impelling reasons. Untll men SO
,hange that the will believe that this
country can be happier disJected ana torn
peaceful and united, ana that nu-
manity and civilization can be promoted
making men slaves rather than Tree,
hey annot change their present OPINION
the rebellion, It's authors, and support
,rs.
"ERRING BRETHREN"
But a firm belief of this kind need not,
not, deter a President or the united
,tates. when present among the people
yho were deluded and deceived into join
the rebellion, and giving II u gallant,
arrest. though sadly mistaken support,
rom making a graceful aIIusiOn 10 lnelr
cad and extending them the sympathy
Z the whole people. Why not? They are
americans and our c~Ountrymen. We
the deepest sorrow that they squan-
cred such splendid courage and devotion
n such a sadly wrongful cause. Ihey
'ere always our brethren. though erring, ~
nd never for a moment did We think of
the relationship. In the hour
supreme victory there was no sugges-
on of driving a single one Of them into
Xile. We asked them all TO stay wlthrus ,
our fathers home, on exactly the same
rms as ourselves. We mOurned sim
arely with them for those who were
ain. for every household in the nation !
adj drained TO the dregs the bitter cup OF
ercaVement. {
To-day. when we are fully reunited and .
re- rejoicing together over victories in ,
.hich all sections Joined alike, we can !
>p4tSS that sympdtny more earnestly ~
ian ever before. The President says that !
ire for the places where their fallen ones /
eep. certainly, that IS an act Of brother
sympathy. This does not mean for an T
that we shall know no distinction :
tween the graves of q Union and a .
soldier. and approach both with the J.
feeling. By no means. When we p
y a wreath on a B ZION soldiers grave ;
goes into the act not merely the
ibutc of respect 90 a man who lived his Y
e wOrthily. but there Is the far higher ;
nsiderati0n OF specially hOnOring the ,
al for virtues Of the utmost value TO =
e safety and well-being Of the country. !
q Is hOnOred not for having been brave Il
Ia self-sacriicing. but that his courage y
al sslf-sacrlice we're for the sake Of a r.
inciple dear and vital 10 all of US, and q
at he fought our battles for US and r.
scued us from evils that we shudder !,
" TO think OF. We honor him for what -
did and dared. and also TO Instruct and q,
courage our youth 20 be ready to imi- y
he his example whenever the public veal ;
all require il. a
obviously there must be n lack Of this I
cling I'm laying a wreath upOn a rebels c,
The farthes we can go IS TO fully 81
that III fought bravely and tried ~
do his duty according TO his lights, but =
p overpowering feeling is that Of sor- :,
v that his lights We're so misleading. ~
d that his heroism and fortitude went d.
the support OF a cause that every year 81
ks lower I'm the worlds esteem. a.
'NFEDERACY WITHOUT LEGAL oI
STATUS. |
Is another thing that seems lost
ut OF. Judging by the southern COM d,
on the Presidents speech. 1t Is ri
II the late so-called Southern COnfede- .,
y never had any more legal status in =,
eyes OF IN. United states than a riot +"
the Chicago railroad strike il is pret-' -.
late now to give 1t a standing in court az
the strength of a Presidents symDa- "
tic words 70 his hOspitable hosts. The IA
pie or the country may care for the !e
lfederate cemeteries by popular sub
Congress may even pass laws
king certain plots Of grounds in which
nbers OF rebel dead are buried public T.,
leteries. IL would be proper TO do this b
here were anywhere extensive burial a,
OF those who died from yellow ~
er or were drowned by an inundation. -
doing cannot In any way legalize the 10
elton. or give IL a different status from
I which IL has held since A~ppomattOx.
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