The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-27

Knew. and we have only gathered up
Z some of this testimony IN support of the
Justice OF our cause and OF the course
pursued by us to maintain 1t. Surely
the Nortl, cannot complain Il I'VE rest
d our case upon their testimony. We have
done this, almost exclusively, both in
this and in our former reports. The his
tory contained IN these reports. then, is
not only that made, but also that written
by Northern men.
AS we have said, many Of these We're
brave and true men, and one Of them
said that the acts committed by some of
their commanders and some of their
comrades made him ASHAMED OF the
flag that waved over him as he went
into BATTLE Is anyone surprised that
such is the case2
It is said that General Hunter had to
deprive forty Oh his commissioned ofii-
GERS OF their commands before he could
find one to carry into execution his IN
famous orders.
WARRED NOT ON WOMEN.
We have, drawn this contrast. then. be-
tween the way the war was conducted by
the North and the way it was conducted
by the South, for many good reasons, but
especially to show that the Confederate.
soldier never made war on defenseless NO
men and children, whilst the Federal
soldiers did. and that this was done With
the sanction OF some Of their most noteu
leaders, some Of whom, as we have seen.
shared in the fruits Of the depredatlons
committed on these defenseless people.
In doing this we believe we have done
only what was Just to ourselves and our
children.
1t must be remembered, too. that a
large number Of persons at the North
!o1;-rl l. nf hot a a
'.rebellion,'' and OF us as "Rebels," and
TRAITORS We have shown by the
testimony of their own people, not only
that they rebelled against but over
threw the Constitution to make war on
US, and that when they did go to war,
they violated every rule they had laid
down for the government OF their ar
mics; and waged it with savage cruel
ty unknown in the history of civilization
The late conlmander-in-chief of the
British armies has recently written Of
our great leader that sin a long and va
ried life of wandering l have ne says.
Gel. met two men whom ] prize as be-
ing above all the world have ever
known, and the greater of these two
was General Lee, Americas greatest
man, as understand history
The present Chief Magistrate of this
country wrote twelve years ago, that
The world has never seen better SOL
diers than those who followed Lee, and
that their leader will undoubtedly rank
as. without any exception, the very
greatest of all great captains that the
Ensiish-speaking peoples have brought
forth See Life of Benton, page IS.
Is it matter of surprise. then. that
the same hand should have recently writ
ten:
Il am extremely proud of the fact that
one of my uncles was an admiral in the
Confederate Navy, and that another
fired the last gun aboard the AiaI,a'na.
Think he says. the time has now come
when we can, all of US, be proud OF the
valor shown on both sides in the Civil
War
NOT a REBELLION.
If President Roosevelt really beitered
that his uncles were ever 'rebeis ard
traitors would he be extremely proud
of that fact? Would he be p-oui to he
the nephew of Benedict Arm Did? No;
and no man at the North, who knows
anything of the foundation of this GOV
eminent, believes for Il moment that any
Confederate soldier was 'rabel or
TRAITOR or that the war on our part
was rebellion" Even Golowin Smith,
the larshest and most unjust historian to
the South who has ever written ahout TIE
WAL, DIS helllCliSlihlSSh NY = -
tnguished Past Grand Commander, Cap
tain Cussons. says:
1.-The Southern leaders ought not TO
have been treated as rebels; for" says
he. secession was not rebaiiion."
And so we say the time has com. when
these intended opprobrious epithets
should ceased to be used. But whether
called 'rebels" Or not. the Confederate
soldier has nothing to be ashamed OF. Can
~ he aJO1i
this record ana say the same?
Yes, our comrades. let them call us
"rebels," if they will; we are proud oi
the title and with good reason. Nor"
than q hundred years ago, when, as TIT
said .even the chimney sweeps in Lon
don streets talked boastingly of their
subjects in America" rebel was the uni
form title of those despised subjects. AnG,
as your own eloquent Kelley once SAID:
This sheer was the substitute for argu-
nent, which Camden and Chatham inst
in the Lords, and Burke and Barre in the
Commons, as their eloquent VOICES were
raised for justice to the Americans of the
last century. 'Disperse rebels, was tf e
opening gun at Lexington. 'RsoelS Wts
the sheer Of General Gage addressed to
the brave lads of Boston Ccmm'nn. lt
was the title by which Ddnmora at
tempted to stigmatize ,he i5urGeSSes cl
"
ately denounced the patriotic Womer OF
New York AT the base of every statue
which gratitude has erected to PATRIOTISM
in America, you will find rebel written.
The springing shaft at Bunker Hill, the
modest shaft which tells where Warren
fell, the fortresses which line our
coasts, the name of our countrys capt.
tai, the very streets of our cities-all
proclaim Americas boundless debt to
rebels; not only to rebels Who like Ham
ilton and Warren, gave their first love
and service to the young republic, but
rebels who, like Franklin and Washing
ton, broke their oath of allegiance to be-
come rebels
SHAFT IS IN THE STONE.
And so we say, let them call US what
they may, the justice of our cause IRE
cludes fear on our part as to the final
verdict of history. We can commit the
principles for which we fought; we can
confide the story of our deeus; we can
consign the heritage of heroism we have
beoueat he6 the world, to pesterity with
the confident expectation of justice at
the hands of the coming historian.
I'm seeds of laurel in the earth