The Sunday globe., 1901-06-16
HONEST INJUN q"
Pays His Respects to Mr.. PreuSSer
on G. A. R. Mat erS.

Sundays Globe / came pretty nearly
overlooking what was intended to
have been a reply to the article of
Honest Tnjun" in The Globe of the
previous Sunday. Fortunately, how
ever, my attention was called to it by
a person to whom had loaned the pa
per. Otherwise | should never have
forgiven myself had | allowed that
priceless gem to have gone unreck-
oned among the princely jewels which
were placed before hungry, thirsty,
yeBrning, eXpectant and exultant pub
lie in the columns of the Globe on the
Sunday | have mentioned. 1t was a
beautiful Sunday, too. Nature seemed
to be in a joyous mood. The indica-
tious were that the sun was shining
in every part Of the Globe" except in
China and Greenland. Our unpaid
biils were forgotten for the time, and
opr corns had ceased to burn and tor
ment us. Our wife was singing in the
Kitchen, and so was the canary. while
we were diving down into the col
umns of The Globe, entirely oblivious
to all surroundings. Everything was
eagerly devoured that came in our
pathway advertisements included
and just how the insignificant little
shamrock of our German friend Preus-
ser escaped the mastery sweep of our
powerfully constructed optical magni-
fer is an enigma beyond our power
to solve at the present writing. After
our attention had been directed to the
Preusserian waif we focused the most
powerful lens in our laboratory on its
anatomy, but discovered nothing new
nor strange in its construction or spe.
cies which reflected credit on its par.
entage.
After having scanned it's shape and
contour for a few moments with a
"criCkets eye, we gave out a horse
laugh that nearly raised the dead and
wakened the baby, and came pretty
near raising h-ll in the house, which
is about all the damage that was done
by the article aforesaid. The whole
thing was such a variegated coglomer.
alton OF humps and warts, and Lideous
deformities, that we cast it aside, with
the remark that "any man who has
been a Union soldier-under fire-be-
longs to soldier organization lere-
is a yot1r-and a RepUJAcaA-.a4u IS
holding loWn a seat in the Govern.
ment departments, and cant see any
further along the official horizon than
is evidenced in that article-is indeed,
worthy and welcome to be called its
paternal scion, as like parent like
child. But there is no consolation in
the fact that the mongrel breed will
never thrive in the land of the free
and the home of the brave; and God
be thanked for the assurance"
If there is any human being on the
face of Gods footstOol for which we
have supreme contempt, and utter
adherence it is one of these depart.
mental sycophants and lickspittle
toad-fish that abound in every Granny
and crook i'm each bureau of the pub.
lie departments of the Government,
and who feast and fatten on the offal
that follows a cringing, crouching,
fawning, tlattering subserviency TO
those who are above them in official
rank. This hypocritical placating ex-
preston, from long experience, has be-
come so indelibly stamped on their
smirking mugs that a reasonably fair
expert can pick one Of them out of
crowd of a thousand people
Mr.. Preusser no doubt thought he
had made a great hit and tickled his
fellow COnfederates when he
"slurred" the brave old soldier boys
Cof which PRESIDENT Mckinley is one),
and praised the eX-rebel in his stead.
Nobody disputes the fact that there
are quite a number of reconstructed old
Johnnies in the public service through
grace of HOke Smith, Lamar, Her.
bert, German, Richardson, and Cleve.
land, but the great majority cling to
their war preiudices, and despise in
their hearts the boys who saved the
nation, and will combine with any
clique to down them whenever they
can do so without being found out.
Everybody knows that between the
twenty G. A. r. Posts and the ex-Con-
federate army camp In Washington
city there is no affliation whatever.
On the floor Of the G. A. R. Posts the
Johnnie is still called reb, and on the
Confederate floor the uniOn soldier Is
called a Yank-and so 1t will be while
both organizations continue to exist.
South Of the Mason and Dixon's line
there Is no observance Of our national
flag-day-no demonstration on the 4th
Of July. The reb reunions are set for
the 2Sth. 29th and 3Oth of May to off.
set our Memorial Day; and yet they
think we are so green as not to OBJ
serve It.
Yet in our hearts We mean them no
harm, and will second every effort to
get them in better reconstructed
shape. Preusser says all the mean
dogs in the public strvice are not ex-
rebs Democrats nor niggers. That's
| true. Preusser has had some expert
ence with them it seems, and we low
to our certain knowledge that there
are some OF the mos ooWardly apollo
gists for Republican Union soldiers
in the public service to be met with in
days journey. They have their
bone to chew, and hey ont care
d-n for a Oomrade Who has none but
| the point we tried b make was, that
that bone was in serious danger OF
| being forcibly taken away from them
| as their power wealens daily to hold
| it; and the cowardy cur that will
allow himself to be licked and cuffsd,
| and robbed of that lone without max
ing a fight for ii, deserves to lose 1t
entirely. Yet somehow or other we
! frequently find amolg us a few yellow
hound purps who will stand a Z *
and a cuff and will kiss the hand Of
| the slapper, and lick the boots Of the
kicker. They are he way flies, the
mosquitoes, and lict OF our soldier Or
ganizations. "Honst Injun" holds
down a fat Government Job, and don't
belong to Preusserf contingent OF dis
appointed outs. Sohe's off his base
there. Wen bet dollars to doughnuts
that Preusser dare not give the name
of his G. A. r. Post company, and reg
iment bureau chic, voting precinct,
and State organization.
Until we hear ddnitely from him
we will ask him to )eruse our letter in
last Sunday weeks Globe, again, and
digest it. That later has not been
answered.