The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-15

ment of the south to prevent the erec-
tion of a monument to his memory. The
words Of the resolution were strong, but
appeared mild and tame when compared
with the comments which followed in
the general discussion. g.. .,.'..'
~ Veterans Indignant. .,.a
.,tIf the Daughters Of the, Confed.
disclosed Ma to " ask ask an anv favor Of T any INV
southern Organization .r.'|If the south
wants to honor Wirz, let it, do it. It
saes i only dishenoEing itself BY erestlng
SKUNK Those were some of the pas
sionate denunciations uttered by men
who still bore marks of their suffer
ings at the hands Of .Wirz. 49,.
, When the discussion was at white
heat Henry Palmer Of California turned
it into more dignifed channels with
notable speech. ,--< =. ..s.. ..t...s <...
f the soqthlsnd II wants sssa t erect
"my purse is open to aid the plan. If
it wants to honor. Stonewall Jackson.
Fitzhugh Lee, Longstreet, Gordon or
any other Of the southern heroes who
are the pride Of our united country
let them do it, and let us aid them If
we may. These men were soldiers.
y
rob them Of the honor which is their
due, you rob the south Of honor. We
must not charge the whole order of
the Daughters of tho Confederacy with
the mistake Of the branch, or charge
the error Of the Daughters against the
south. .-s-<. = -
Ghosts OF Dead VIII Rise.
"But I say that il they do, place
such monument at Andersonville the
ghosts of the union dead who sleep
there will, God permitting, vise from
their graves and rend it to fragments.
We don 4 believe that the south wants
such monument, and we don It want to
insult the south by passing these reso-
1utions. thereby implying that 1t does
want to honor this WRETCH L
After a protracted discussion tho fol-
lowing resolutions, first adopted by the
Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, asso"
citation, and offered in It's behalf by
General White, were adopted by vote
of 21 to 10: ..,y... a.. &
s. Resolution Passed. 1.
Whereas, It has been published in
many papers in the south and, indeed,
thruout the country, that the Daugh-
| ters Of the Confederacy Of Savannah,
Ca, are soliciting funds to erect a
monument to the memory Of Captain
Henry Wirz, who, in the years Of 1864
and 1866, was commandant. OF the An
dersonville prison in Georgia, and
whose administration. management and
control Of such prison, 1t has been by
overwhelming testimony established,
was so cruel, tyrannical and severe
that in less than one year more than
| $4,000 Of the union soldiers imprisoned
died and are buried in the cemetery
there; and who, for his conduct and
acts in the management Of the prison
with his harsh, cruel and barbarous
treatment of unarmed and unofending
| prisoners, under his CHARGE was judi.
cially tried, convicted and executed
for his great inhuman crimes; there
"Resolved, That the National Asso
citation of Ex-Union Prisoners Of War
| many of whose members were confnee
4 in Andersonville prison for period!
varying from three TO nine months, an(
q cruelties Of Captain Wirz, which causet
| the death of so many Of their com
1 rades in prison there, and years havin3
! elapsed without any reversal form, fac
I or sentiment Of the justice Of the con
| viction, sentence and execution of thi
great criminal for his inhuman barbar
tiles, appeal to the good sense and in
telligent patriotism Of the soldiers VIII
wore the gray in the brave fight the,
made for their convictions against tn
men who wore the blue, to use their IN
fuenc against the movement to erect
monument to perpetuate the memory
Or what some of his Jealous admirer
called the heroic deeds, Of Captain W1r
as the late commandant Of Anderson
Vile prison: The men Of gray and tn h
OF 3tH - Har freen ths t;me % ~ t;m
meet for social and friendly greetln
indeed, often upon some Of the grea
battlefelds Of that angry time. IN
patriotic utterances that come on sue
occasions from the men Of the sout
and the men: Of the north are echoe
and .re-echoed thruoutt the country, helI
;. ing to allay the .asperities Of the pas
, and renew devotion to the, flag anon
:. The questions that brought the mort
and the south to war have been settle
BY. the blood of thousands Of brave mel
Every state Of our once disturbed unlo
is now in peaceful harmony in it's prof
er place represented in all department
! Of the government, and the erection q
monument to honor the memory 9
Captain Wlrz, whose 1nhumanltles
lis career Of brief authority shock 'ou
, American civilization, because unPlea
! ant discussions and irritations della
the restoration Of that love OF countr
and devotion to the flag everywhere
our land all men who wore the blue
: much desire. This association, thell
many of whom are survivors Of Captai
Wirz's hated administration OF Ande
sonville prison, deprecate the bulld1n
Of 8 monument to his memory and al
: peal to all late confederate soldiers I
discourage and prevent by their inH'
ence it's erection.
= Resolved further; that this associ
, !; ;tion of men who wore the blue in ths
; anxious time Of war, with charity
all and malice to none, and with a
: respect, reminds the fair daughters
Georgia, that we are citizens OF COZ
/ mon country; the crucial questions th'
: .n>noo, 1;v;Hnd tho north and the SOl1