The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-10-16
VAIL OF A COWARD.
Says RocssVsit is Sectional,
Fsvorirg 'hc Soush.
pENoUucEs sourHssNERS
AS Traitors, and Thinks that tho
Pr1sidsnt Should No b.
Proud OF His Confsd-
crate Unciex.
syats Urcies.

The Baltimore Sun Of Monday pub
li,hes ,he following special frou Msu-
chester, N, H.:
An editorial in the Baltimore Sun Of
OJtober /, deplor:ng the attacks On
President Roosevelt at tho Mckinley
memorial service Of Louis Boil Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, this city,
On Santeu5sr 81, together with
Washington dispatch in the Same issue
of tho Suu in which President Roose
welt was quoted ss assuring Private"
j. NJ. Daizoll OF Oaio OF his impsr tisl
| loyalty 10 both North and South, has
| brought out another public stack on
the President and the S)uIh from Capt.
Frank II Uhslli5, former oommandsr
of the New England division, Sons o.
| Votesns.
1t was Capt. Odallis who irst criti
cisod President Roosevelt for his friend
illness toward the South, at the meeting
Of Louis Bell Post.
Marked clippings from tho Sun of the
two articles mentioned were received
by Ospt. ChSliis In an envelope bear
ing the name of J. NJ. Dalzsll The
osptsin, taking it for granted that
Private Dalzeli had Eent them In reply
to his anti. Roosevelt speech, promptly
sprang to the attack. Iu an open let
ter to Private Dslxsll. cory of which
h. has forwarded, ho not only repeats
his attack on the President and the
South with increased bitterness, bus
! also sssails the Rough Riders as con
glomeration OF cowboy ruffiaus and
Broadway rounders," and intimstes
that the Presidents Confederate uucles
would have been hanged if they had re-
ceived their deserts.
Capt. Chsllis' letter is, in part, as
follows:
- had no idea that my words would
attract the attention thoy hava done,
and fear that they were only too much
deserved, for 1t is the struck bird that
tGtters, generally speaking or, to use
more expressive phrase, the CALLED
de wipces.
"Hou were, l believe, soldier OF
the civil var and, | assume won't into
1t imqe!led by soma patriotic principle
and not beeause of big bounty or lay
iah pro aises. If you believed in tie
cause | would like TO know your feeS-
ings when you read the following slIHg.
ed letter OF Theodore Roosevelt, If Aou
ever did read it, which / quote fISu
Ska Hartford Times, in whigu read y:
Cuhis letter, the paper stated, was wriq
Icn 20 gentleman IN Atlanta, Ca, un
der { ste Of June 10, 1901 }:
j am extremely proud Of the fact
that one Of my unoles was sn admiral
IN the Confederate navy and that ant
other fired the las. gua aboard the Ala
bSma. think the time mas now cone
when we can ell be proud Of the valor
shown on both sides OF the oivil war
lu my regiment L had more meu whose
fathers fought in the Confederate army
than | had men Ehose fathers fought
for the Union"
Tho fact that tho President felt
called upon 20 attempt TO answer the
so called criticism Sud thsC you felt it
| necessary 20 attempt TO square things
IS evIdenco enough 80 Inc thRt there
gas justice IL he mid Q. ..ticism that ]
| made, tie whole OF which was CON
| ,siued In tho statement that [ had
'mizgiyings' IS to tho fu,ure conduol
Of nsn VINO could writo such letter.
| La all my remarks did Dot cover ten
minutes, and iJ wSs far from my do
! sire TO achieve no,oriety O. mar the
sarmony Of the meeting by expressing
ultra sentiments.
As for myself, | 5aVc 10 ooqasi ION
/ sor ezTeme Pride In Tho fast .hat sny
| of my unclel EcTe traitHrs either in the
! OWL war Or 81 any other tine. Aud
| 0ht!e ] may respect q Southern solaier
as such, sud would cot 10 auythiay ID
! hurt oiJ feelings, would still believe,
a. You do yourself, Private ID zeli,
that IN bearing s:ms sgstlst the UGlt5d
| Stalcs 10 was traitor WaeJ0er bis
namo was Robert E. Ice or John
| W-tEe' BOON, and ii be was like some
| Ot those named "A the ouG's editorial
orc wRO violated his oatn rs West
| P0intor--theu b. Wks douoiy damned
traitor. No emount Of soft soldier
scout the valor Of tho Southern soldier
vii change the rock ribbed facts OF his
tory.
President Roosevelt was not called
upon 10 apologize for his unoles wh.
were rebels las they were), and on the
oontray he WAS not required to say q.
vas extremity proud Of the fact thst If
they had received their deserts t1oy
would have been hung, which is tho
duo and appropriate punishment to
such as they. Still less was he bound
10 say that his oorglomerGtion Of coz
boy Iufisns and Broadway FOUNDERS
contained more sons Of rebels than sons
o, Union men for there was no other
purpose IN such an observation than to
cast discredit upon the patriotism of
the sons Of the Northern soldier.
Since September 9th | hSVo been
Iold that New York newspaper has
contained 8 purporttd interview with
the President IN which he made much
OF the fact that ne recommended more
Southerner5 than NOrtherners for com
missions in the army. If that be q
true statement, 1t must follow that in
Theodore Roosevelt we have = bona ide
sectional President and the section he
represents is south Of Mason u Dixon'f
line.
In my humble estimation wo have
gone quite far enough In hiring South.
erners to be patriots. Joe Wheeler
Fitzhugh B3e and Massacre Butler
havo been made generals and have Cop
pld their brief day in the public eye
| think it is fully time for Presidentl
elected by Republican and Northern
votes to recall the fact that there is
considerable constituency which doe,
not fnd it necessary to loft itself int
} prominence on the sole recommerda
tiOn that it. has been disloyal. "a
D | Won soem To havN con stiIuted yOuva al