The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
HONORED DEAD HERO
VETERANS PAID TRIBUTE TO MEN,
DRY OF GEN. LONGSTREET.
AN INSULT TO HIS SOLDIERS
ACTION OF DAUGHTERS OF con-
FEDERACY. WAS CHARACTERIZED.


of Dead General Introduced ny
Gen. McGIashaR-COpy viii BE
sent Gen. LOngstreet's Family.
Action of Daughters of COnfeder-
acy should BE Most EmphaticalIY
Condemned. said MIR. j. p. Will
Iiams.
In contrast to the action Of the
Daughters of the Confederacy in re-
fusing to send laurel wreath TO Gen.
James Longstreet was that taken by
the Confederate veterans last night
when resolutions of respect to the dead
Confederate hero were passed unani-
mously by a rising vote. They were
introduced at the close of the meeting
by Gen. Peter McGlashan, who pre-
faced them with a fine tribute to
the dead general whom he had fol-
lowed. as he expressed it, from Seven
Pines to Appomattox.
Il was a member of Longstreets
corps for three years. said Gen. Nc
Glashan, in the preface TO his resolu-
lions. Il followed the fortunes of that
corps. served with it, saw its work,
saw its sufferings, its victories and its
grandeur of behavior on every battle
field from Seven Pines to Appomattox,
for I was fortunate enough to be
wounded at only one fight, and if any
one in so humble a position as l was
could say anything about his leader,
/ think l can.
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Longstreets corps; you know the glory
of its service and what II accomplished
on many battlefelds, and you can't
disassociate Gen. Longstreet from the
glory and reputation of his corps
Gen. McGlashan was here interrupted
by cheers. Continuing, he said; I'VE
are concerned with nothing that may
have been said of Gen. Longstreet
after the war; we are here to remem-
Der him as a great Confederate gen.
eral and leader.
when Gen. LOngstreet, in his old
gray coat, came to Atlanta in 1886.
jefferson Davis received him with
open arms; there was no lack of con-
fidence or acceptance there, and it is
not for any others to say what Lee
and Davis left unsaid."
Resolutions Introduced.
Gen. McGlashan then introduced the
LO-sOWln& IedOiullOilSs w neredS II
hath pleased our Almighty Father to
call to himself in the fulness of years,
our beloved comrade and leader. Gen
James LOngstreet,
BE it resolved, that in the death of
Gen. Longstreet, we have lost a true
and gallant comrade, an able and vic
torious leader of the Confederate hosts
in the past, whose deeds are among the
proudest memories of the South the
the nation a true citizen who reflected
honor on whatever cause he undertook,
and the world a great soldier whose
fame will survive with the annals OF
the Lost Cause.
Resolved. that we extend our deep
est sympathy to the family of our de-
ceased comIade in their great bereave-
ment, and that copy of these resolu-
tions be sent them. -
Cheers again greeted the reading of
the resolutions. and when quiet had
been restored Maj. ]. r. Sheldon sec
ended the motion that they be passed,
and stated that he, like Gen. Nicolas
han, had been with Longstreets corps,
and felt that Gen. McGlashan had
spoken truly when he said that the
men who served With Longstreet were
in position to know what he had done
as a soldier. Mr.. D. b. Morgan also
5CNOlitlGu llE lilOliOiis SldlltlB lIdL DIS a
young soldier of the Confederacy, he
had learned to revere Longstreet, and
that though the dead general may have
made mistakes after the war, it was no
more than others had done.
After the meeting many members of
the camp expressed regret that the
Daughters of the Confederacy had
taken the steps they did the day be-
fore. Mai. Sheldon said that their
Of lon, haI
member of Gen. Longstreet's corps.
j. Il. williams Views.
Mr.. j. P. Williams was unable to
be present at the meeting, but was
so much interested in such action as
might be taken relative to the death
of Gen. Longstreet that he made in
quiries after the meeting to find out
what had been done. He was most
gratified when he learned that a trib-
ute of love and respect had been paid
the dead nero, for he was a member
of his corps for eight months during
the campaign of the Army of North
ern Virginia and had and still has the
highest respect for him.
Mr.. Williams expressed his regret
that the veterans had not seen fit TO
pass resolutions condemning the ac-
ton of the Daughters of the Confeder-
acy in refusing to send a wreath of
laurel to express the esteem and af-
lection that the dead Confederate chief
tain so richly merited not only from
the veterans themselves, but all the
people of the Southland. Their ac-
ton" said Mr.. Williams, speaking of
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
'should have been condemned in the
most emphatic way. Personally 1 feel
saddened, Inundated and indignant
that such an action should have been
taken.
''Longstreet may have had his
faults, did have his faults. Long
street may have disobeyed orders at
Gettysburg, which was wrong for a
soldier to do, but Lee himself admit
ted after the battle that he had made
mistake, and Longstreet might have
still have obeyed his orders and been
a better soldier, but less of a general.
Again, l do not think that when Gen.
Longstreet became a Republican after
the war that he did so with any in
tention of humiliating the South, but
rather that he might be i'm position to
ameliorate the condition of his peo-
pie. That he was made collector of
customs at the port of New Orleans by
Gen. Grant is by no means remarka-
bic or to be construed as proof that he
was false TO the South. for Longstreet
and Grant had been friends before the
war was begun.
The trouble is that many of our peO-
pie are narrow minded, and not only
refuse to take broad view of events
but too often judge things by exparte
evidence"
Morgan Nude Vice President.
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