Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-04


| lions for the promotion of "brotherly love
| and comradeshlp," but he must permit
| one to say that he Is stating only one
| half OF a great truth. The Confederate
! veterans have been laboring for many
years. strenuously. with pathetic ear
| ncstncss. to rescue from infany the MEM
ory of their fallen comrades. to Danish
| from our public schools the insidious ms
| tories which our cOnquerOrS seem 10 nave
| fastened upon US. and to teach the rising
generation OF Nirginlans that their fainets
| fell while struggling To maintain their IN
hcrited liberties. 1t was for this purpose
| that The camps organized their history
committees. For five years Colonel STUDS
! has been the official head OF TINS move.
ment, and his comrades. not sausned WIN
| the results obtained have from Time 10
time been adding new nlembers 10 n.s
| committee and hoping for better Things
| At last they are startled BY disclosure
OF the fact that he has been receiving
bank checks from the agent OF the pun
fishing house which Is supplying these
| false histories. and an investigation To-
| Gates him. by his own testimony. az
private gaming-tabie. winning money from
the agent of the publishing house IN ques-
! ticn.
Under these circumstances ne Is simply
asked TO resign his posts. There Is no
word of condemnation pronounced
against him. He is merely tola thaI u,
the light of his own evidence IL Is deeIisu
ineXpedicnt and adverse TO the best IN
terests of the camps that he should any
longer continue in an official position
There Is surely no great hardship IN
this particularly as viewed IRON tue
standpoint of General Hundley. For his
client now. if he will yield TO the re-
quest Of his comrades Will De retrieved
from the irksomeness Of official care ana
will have leisure 10 give fuller scope 10
those cornwall features which emDody,
according to General Hundley. the whole
duty OF a Confederate veteran. bet US
have one weight and one measure: ii
there Is any reprOach attaching 10 peHe-
raj Hundley's client. that reproach can
come only from the assumption that he
has neglected some obligation Whlcn Is
not enjoned by the written law Ana
obligations Of that description are de-
nOunced and reviled by Genera HundIry
as the "quintessence of the higher law
doctrine" and fit only for the guidance Oh
"savages who hide i'm ambush for their
enemies and butcher them without
mercy"
HERE THEY DIFFER.
But. thank God. that Is just where Cen
eral Hundley and myself differ IN opin-
ion, and that difference of opinion IS radi-
cal and irreconciable TO the worlds end.
l believe that there are obligations "nlcn
are loftier and nobler and hQher IMAM IMAM
any which are set down in the BOOKS
while General Uundley insists that me
written law Of civilized people Is the only
chart and guide of civilized men. IL Is on
this point that General Hundley most Sc
verely criticises me. and VIII, thsretoIe,
cite the whole Of the sentence Wnlch ne
so virulently assails. but which ne quotes
only partially and I'm mutilated fragments
Here are my words:
mo one has accused Coionei StuppS y.
any infractiOn Of the written law. But
there are other duties and other obllga-
lions which devolve upon us-obligauons
which are more commanding anu H'ote
sacred than those which are INSCRIBED on
any statute book; obligations which nell
h.r
which neither fleets nor armies can en-
force: obligations which began to emerge
when mon ceased TO be savages oDilsa-
tions which man may ignore or betray
and yet go unwhpped OF human justice
obligations which are as certain 10 lhcite
derision I'm the petIfOgger as they are 10
awaken all that is noblest In the man.
obligations which have neither sanctuary
nor citadel save in that sense or honor
which IS the browning glory OF the moral
sentiments of mankind. And II Is 10
those sentiments that soldier appedis
when he asks the Judgment or MS com
rades on any question which may seem
to touch his personal honor / know how
prevalent Is the cynic scorn which sneers
at any mention Of mere sentiment Ana
i'm that scOrn we may wen ueScry one vi
the darkest portents or me times. TOT
IL Is neither more nor less than true
that-sentiment apart-there remains
nothing but AFFECT fear 10 restrain the
statesman from bartering his ballot or
the soldier from selling his flag.
And il is now seen that this simple as
sertion OF an important moral principle
so arOuses the ire Of General Hundiey
that he does not scruple TO denounce me
as a breaker Of the laws, an ignOramus'
and a savage
"a BROW BEATING ATTORNEY"
have sought no controversy with Gene
raj Hundey. Personally | have never
met him. and have never wronged him
by thought word, or deed. / maintained
absolute silence i'm regard TO his client
until the highest Confederate authority IN
the State requested me 70 sneak nave
accorded to General Hundley's unruly pen
a license which no other gentleman has
ever required OF me: and 10 his unpro-
vol<ed and rocklessly incorporate assaults
| have replied with a courtesy ana lot
bearance which he seems most strangely
10 have misconstrued. But now / will say
TO him that The respect and reverence
which are the Just due of a Confederate
general have yielded at last 10 the uucu'
lent insolence of Ow-beating attorney.
General Hundley could not commence
his letter without eXL- lining - ms eN-
pectant readers the cause of their cruel
disappointment. He had first to OBTAIN
from myself an explanation or the sense
i'm which | had used "a certain word, and
having secured from me that eXplana-
ton. which he describes as being eminent
lv satisfactory, he was ready to go on
with his work. 80 go
raj Uundley thus makes a public matter
out of a private one is beyond all praise.
And not less worthy of note Is the nicely
with which he divides the subject into two
CONTEMPLATING the one half and sup
pressing the other.
The word on which General Hundley de-
sired information was 'pettfogger,'
good enough word in its place. but Gene
raj Hundley seemed to have personal ms
givings about IT. / was little surprlseu
at that because | had always understood
that lawyers took the same delight IN the
gibbeting of pettifoggers that physicians
do in the gibbeting Of quacks. As matter
of fact was not thinking at all or Gene
raj Hundlcy when / used the Word. l
wanted a term which would Daidhce III
antithesis the word man. ana thlnK
..nettifogeer'' meets the need fairly wei.
AZ NAV be seen. used the word IN lts
broad and impersonal sense, ana should
have told General Hundley SO had not
his letter been little bit in the impera-
tive mood As il was, l determined 10
make a counter demand. ana so get rlu
~ The foolish matter by making my re-
ioinder an echo TO his reply. He gave
his exclamation, and | quoted 1t back al
him and that would have been the terml-
nation OF a private matter with any per-
son other than General Hundley.
THE CORRESPONDENCE
1have fished up the Generals letters from
tho 1vaste-basket. and will enclose them
70 Won. together with the replies, which L
copy from my letter-book c,,,se.o>,c
W. JOHN CUSSONS.
Glen Allen, Va, January /, 1898.
Richmond, va, December 90 1897.
Captain John Cussons:
Dear Sir-I notice in this mornings
Times your reply to my criticism OF the
Stubs investigation A..