The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-31

her heroic struggle for constitutional
| freedom.
believe that this doctrine should be
| taught in all of our schools and to all Oh
| our children, and that parents shu!d IN
| sist upon having their children taught me
| truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
| the truth concerning the Confederate
cnuse
The leading lawyers of the North-with
Chief Justice Chase at their head-"con-
fessed Judgment and admitted that the
| South was right when they advised
agains. trying our President jefferson
i Davis, after the infamous Judge Under
wood had induced his BLACK nnd tan
grand jury to find indictment for
treason against him.
That arch traitor to his section, Andrew
Johnson had avowed his purpose to make
treason odous''-the North was clanorins
for "the hanging OF Jeff. Davis" General
Nelson A. Miles Cvhose only title to fame
is that he was the cruel jailer Of jefferson
Davis and married niece of the Sher-
manS) had shocked even Z. NJ. Stanton by
ironing the President OF the Confederacy,
and heapng other insults and cruelties
upon him. and there seemed nothing in the
way of a trial that should pronounce him
guilty of treason and his cause "a
wicked Shareholders rebellion But these
great tiNSeIS uScluetl titstL, u!iuel me SS!i-
Stitution, no treason had been COM
| mitted; that Mr.. Davis could not be con-
| victed, and that it would not be wise to
! bring lam to trial and give him the OPP
portunity, which he SO ardently coveted, Oh
| vindicating before the world the cause OF
| his people and proving beyond all contro.
| versy that there had been no rebeftioh,
| and that there We're no traitors TO punish.
! Accordingly the Indictment was dismiss
81 Of tho
| thus indicated by the ablest Jurlsss at
! the North
Since then such men as Senator Henry
Cabot lodge and James c. Garter, Esq.
i (sat5i 10 be the ablest lawyers at the New
| York Barr. and other Northern authorities
| have admitted the constitutional right OF
| the Southern States to secede, and it is too
late now for General Shaw TO mar frater-
| nal reunion by his senseless croaktnS.
| BY the way, as Shaw introduced the name
| of our great Commander, Robert Edward
| Lee. as approving OF his contention, it may
| be well to recall the fact that in a CONVEX
sation in 1869 with his great lieutenant,
Wade Hampton, about the war, its origin
! and it's results, Lee said: We could nave
| taken no other course without dlShoii0A.
| Ana il it were all to be gone over again |
| should act in precisely the same way.
| When Hampton related this incident at the
| great Confederate Reunion in Richmond, 1t
| was received by the veterans with the
most enthusiastic applause and vociierouS
| cheering In his beautiful farewell address
at Appomattox General Lee said to MS
soldiers: You will take with you the sat
| isfaction that proceeds from the conscious
ness of duty faithfully performed, and II
! is within my personal knowledge that up
to. the day of his death he never wayered
in mis- conviction that we We're right in our
| struggle for constitutional freedom.
| remember distinctly one occasion upon
| which, when talking TO me of the sad re-
| suits Of the war and the sufTerings OF our
| people, he said with an emphasis wAich
| can never forget: Yes, that Is all very
| sad. But since we have the proud con-
! seriousness that we have hunbly tried to do
| our duty, we may calmly trust in God ana
/ leave results With Hint!
we must. Of course, teach our children
that We are now citizens Of the United
| States. obligated 10 obey its laws and pro-
| mote its prosperity, that odd Glory IS
| our flag (by the way, if we should take
! away what Southern valor has added TO
its lister there would not be much glory
| lefD and we must rally around ana de-
| fend it.
And 50 1 hold myself ready at all times
to do everything in my power TO promote
the cause Of fraternity between the sec
! tons ard to touch elbows and touca
! hearts with men who wore the Blue IN
! advancing the interest of our common
country But I must not be asked to teach
| my children that our Confederate iei'is.
and the heroes OF the rank and me VINO
! followed them to an immortality Of fame,
| fought for an unjust cause" Nay
| must be allowed to teach them that their
| fathers were not rebels or traitors,
! but as true patriots as ever drew sword
in the cause of justice liberty and truth