Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
Bin Arp Describes Then and Gives
Their History.
Generai BeasrrEnrS DestEssd the
-nassieaaE- SD n Beea5s the
DfstIaetfxe Embfsm of fhe
ssuth-A Mar TabieRa.

Distiaetive EmbIsm 0f fhs
sssth-A War Tabieau.
b G0manyygung people who are thirst
ing for historical knowledge write TO
me Cor help. that feel encouraged. and
will answer their Inquiries as far as |
can. These young people in the eoun-
try towns have schools to 60 20, but
they lack books-reading books, cyclic
PsdiasS biographies. and II / was as
rich a. Carnegie. ! would plant a u
brary Of such books in every commu-
nifty. I would have a million sets Of
some standard cyelopedia printed for
every school, even II they cost
S50,000,O00. That would diffuse
knowledge among the young peo-
pie, and do more good than ali
be Is doing in the big cities.
Bot what We most need in the south are
historical books that viii be stand
ard with as and relate the truth about
the south and secession and the CON
federacy and slavery and the war and
reconstruction. had eyelopedia
that gave whole column Of apology
for old John Brown and the pedigree Of
every norihernraceLo Lorse, andnomen-
tion Of John y. Gordon or Forrest or
any OF our southern poets or authors or
orators. snapped 1t of az half price
for the international, by Dodd, Meade
& Co. The tributes in that work to Mr..
Davis aud Lee and Jackson are all that
could be desired, and more than was
expected.
] wonder what has become OF that
great southern publishing house that
was projected in Atlanta some time
ago. That Is what we want and must
have 70 perpetuate southern history
and defend our fathers and grandfa-
theirs from ISLANDERS of northern foes.
In Missouri paper | saw where
Yankee troupe were playing Uncle
Toms Cabin" And now fool fell
low from Wisconsin wants to get our
governors to appoint delegates to a
convention in Atlanta TO determine
the race problem, and it is said that
that man Spooner is at the bottom Of
II 10 get up presidential boom for
himself. i suspected there was mig
ger IN the woodpile, for these north
ern politicians never do anything from
patriotic, unsclfish motives. Hanna's
scheme fell through and Spooner
thought be could patch II up But the
south never was more aroused and
united on the negro question, and will
resent all interference, whether IL
comes from Washington or Wisconsin.
Wisconsin, What lmpudencel Astate
whose foreign population is 62 per cent.
OF the whole, and Of these there are ss.-
0O0 who can't speak English, and only
100 negfoes In the state, and three times
as many Indians. What does Wiscon-
sin know or care about our race prob
lem? In the last few days have re-
ceived three letters from young people
wanting to know something about the
confederate flags, what were the de-
signs and who designed them. wish
that ! could sketch them and paint
them in This letter. but all can do is
10 describe them and give their his
tory,
No. l. or the "stars and bars was
adopted by the confederate congress
at Montgomery. It's stars were on q
blue field, and its red and white bars
made ii look somewhat like the stars
and stripes, and sometimes was mis-
taken for the United States flag, and 50
Gen. Beauregard designed No. 2, "the
battle flag" aud Gen. Joe f. Johnston
adopted it. and ii was never changed
II was a blue cross, or, rather, an Y
studded with stars, aud set on red
field.
No. 3. In May, 1868, the confederate
congress adopted national flag. II
was miniature battle flag set on q
white field that had white border al
the side and at the bottom. But II
proved to be mistake. for 1t had toe
much white. aud afar of was mistaken
for flag Of truce.
And 50, on March. 1865. congress
adopted No as the natio- IL flag. Thi.
had the same battle flag on blus
field. but the white border was small
er, and red one put on she ontside oi
that. This flag did not wave very long
only about month, but, nevertheless
Il remained as the national flag of the
confederate states.
But the dear Old battle flag No. :
was the lighting banner OF every com
,pany Our wives and our daughter
made them for the boys in gray. ant
many Of them were smuggled bacl
homo again after the surrender, anS
still kept as household treasures. ON
boys. the Rome light guards, had one
and one night the young people gave
tabIeanx performance in the cit,
hall 20 raise a little money 10 pu
some benches in the desecrate,
churches, for all the pews had beer
taken out and converted into hors,
troughs far the staff horses. One seen,
IN The tableaux represented battle
field where women were ministerin.
10 the wounded and The dying. an,
enc dying soldier. the ensign, had thi
old tattsred and war-stained IA,
grasped in his hand, Just as he held /
when he fell. The Spanish command
an, Of the post was there with his wife
and when he discovered the flag, got fu
riousiy mad. He jumped up on hi
seat and yelled Take dat ting avay
dat Is treason--dat Is an insult to M
and de United States. send 70
my soldiers and arrest the who'll
party He ran wildly down the stair
and across the street 10 his quarter
and came hack quickly with half
dozen Dutchmen ia arms to make tn
arrest. He marched the young mel
over to his office, but pnroled In
Young ladies until he could hear frou
| Gen. Thomas. whose headquarser
were In Louisville. | was mayor the