The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-02

lNeIutAy OF lueAI lhiieh NNthi 'i"'~f ~
Danish from our public schools the insid-
ious histories which our conquerors seem
20 have fastened upon us and 20 teach
the rising generation OF Virginians that
| their fathers fell while struggling 70
| 'u.aintslin their inherited liberties. 1t
| was for this purpose that the camps or
| ganized their history committees. For
! five years Colonel Stubs has been the
official head OF this movement and his
| comrades. not satisfied with the results
| obtained, have from time 20 time been
adding new members 10 his committee
/ and hoping for better things At last
/ they are startled by a disclosure Of the
| fact that he has been receiving bank
| checks from the agent OF the publishing
house which Is supplying those false his
! tories, and an investigation locates him.
| by his own testimony, at private gam
| ing table. winning money from the agent
OF the publishing house in question.
| Under these circumstances he Is simply
asked TO resign his posts. There is no
word OF condemnation pronounced
against him. He IS merely told that In
the light Of his own evidence It is deemed
] inexpedient 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 from the
standpoint of General Hundley. For
! his client now. n he will yield 10 the re-
| quest Of his comrades. will be relieved
| from the irksomeness of official care. and
will have leisure TO give fuller scope 10
! those convival features which embody
according 10 General Hundley. the whole
duty of a Confederate veteran Let ms
have one weight and one measure IL
there IS any reproach attaching 10 Gene
raj Hundeys client, that reproach can
come orly from the assumption tha- he
has neglected some obligation which is
not enioned by the written law. And
obligations Of that description are de-
nounced end reviled by General Hundley
as the "quintessence Of the higher law
| doctrine" and 1T only for the guidance OF
"savages who hide in ambush for their
| enemies and butcher them without
| mercy"
HERE THEY DIFFER.
But. thank God. hat is just where Cen
eral Hundley and myself differ in opin-
ion. and that difference Of opinion Is radi-
cal and irreconcilable to the worlds end.
1 believe that there are obligations which
are loftier and nObier and holer than
any which are set down in the books;
while General Hundey insists that the
written law Of civilized peoples is the only
chart and guide of civilized men. Ii is on
this point that General Iiundley most Sc
ferely criticizes me. and / will, therefore.
cite the whole Of the sentence which he
so virulently assals but which he quotes
only partially ard in mutilated fragments.
Here are my words:
"No one has accused Colonel Stubs OF
any infraction OF the written law. But
there are other duties and other obliga-
lions which deyolve upon us-obllgatlons
which are mere commanding and more
sacred than those which are Inscribed on
any statute book: obligations which Meth
or congresses nor courts can define and
which neither fleets nor armies can on
force: obligations which began 10 emerge
wheu men ceased 10 be savages; obli-
cations which a man may ignore or betray
and yet 20 unwhipped Of human justice;
obligations which are as certain 20 inclte
derision in the pettfogger as they are 20
awaken all that IS roblest In the man;
obligations watch Rave neither sanctuary
nor citadel save I'm that sense Of honor
which is the ciovnlng glory OF the moral
sentiments OF mankind. And II is 70
those sentiments that n soldier appeals
when he asks the judgment OF his com
rades OIL any question which may seem
70 touch his personal honor. ! know how
prevalent IS the cynic scorn which sneers
- any mention OF mere sentiment And
I'm that scorn we may well descry one OF
the darkest porterts OF the times. For
II f. neither moro nor less than true
that-sentiment apart-there remains
nothing but AFFECT fear 90 restrain the
statesman from bartering his ballot or
the soldier from selling his flag"
And u IS now sen that this simple as
serton OF an important moral principle
so arouses the ire OF General Iundley
that he does not scruple 10 denounce me
as n breaker Of the laws an ignoramus,
and n savage.
"a BROW-BEATING ATTORNEY
have sought no controversy with Cen
eral Hundley Personally, I have never
met him. and have never wronged him
bv thought word. or deed. I maintained
absolute silence IN regard 10 his client
until the highest Confederate authority IN
the state requested me 70 speak. I have
accorded 70 General Hundlsy's unruly nen
license which no other gen.
tleman has ever required OF me: and
70 nj. unprovoked and recklessly Intern
perate assaults have replied with
courtesy and forbearance which he seems
most strangely 70 have miscons.rued.
But now viii say 20 him that the re-
spect and reverence which abe the Sos.