The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-16
you In an unjust attitude before the.
ii.kl,c, tfonghSI amssure your zeal for


you In an unjust attitude before the
ilt.elic, thought am sure your zeal for
the Lost Cause, rather than intention,
us led to this result You are an
Imaginative eSegete to draw the florid /
sermon of your editorial or the 11th,
entitled Mr.. Turpin and his Memo
rails" FROM the Simple text of my re-
marks as presented with the utmost ac-
cufacS by your reporter In your issue
of tie 10Th, | beg leave. therefore,
TO say that ! oppose the ernblazoningi
upon the city flag of any memorial OF
the Lost Cause simply because 1t Isl
lost cause. The flags oftthe nations
rof the earth Will be sciutinizcd in vain
ito find anything therein Indicative Of
defeat. They are replete with cmbelrls
Of hope, of buoSancy of life and Of
growth. Flags are not historical file
racks and the consensus of enlightened
opinion does not commend them as
archives of any sort. oppose the stars
and Bars on the city flag because 1t is !
lincongruous and inappropriate to place
them there. This question of taste no
more Indicates lack Of affection for
lall the precious memories that the
GLORIOUS "furled banner" entwines than
the placing Of the United States flag,
and that alone, on every school build
4 lliS III niGlllllOnU SuEE eSlS UlSlOSaity
/ to the State of Virginia and tho Con-
| federacy whose flags are never thus
used. 1t would be quite cruel, but
4 strictly IN accordance With your way
| OF reasoning, to impute unfaithfulness
| on your part to the Lost Cause be-.
cause the flag pole of The Times-Ds-
| patch, which daily see from my Office
| window, has never flung to the breeze
| the stars and Bars, With the possible
exception of a veteran reunion once in
ten years.
y Rag design is q matter of taste
and proprietN, and being entrusted with
q vote In the premises, exercise my
4 right IN accordance With my best judg-
meht. considering as LIDO the ques-
4 tlon strictly from an aesthetic view-
4 point, l leave 1t to your sense of fair
4 play, II YOU do not practice an injustice
upon me in asking, why should Mr..
4 Turpn object to a. display of these
! .memorials?" | do not object; l enthu-
siastically approve their display in a
proper place, but I choose to ,ninA a
i city flag an inappropriate place. To
draw thence the conclusion that l am
4 hostile to such memorials is a non
sequitur and a patent wrong to me,
Finally. II thank God that we lost that
y for which we fought" I 80 said in the
Board of Aldermen, and there words
= l
as we'll acquainted with the causes of
the Civil War as you are and Of the
constitutional questions involving the
right, of secession. and am lust AS Iowa.
as you to the heroic and endearins
memories of that tremendous epoch
believe with Goodwin Smith. no enthu.
siastic admirer Of the South. that the
. invasion by the North was an irruntior
: by foreign foe bent upon cola.
biooded .subjugation Of those who hat
hit faster pace than this? Until
however, I read an editorial of yours
pupnsned Just AFTER the last reunion
estah,ish sanarata so,,arn,,a,, ~, ~, y !,
continent. / had not thoupht there wa
any man who seriously held such views
!, But there YOU are in cold TYNE choos,
to take a diametrically onposite view
: Of our cause is the very fact that anc
cess would have established two sucl
/, powers, nations bitterly. congenitall
and irreconcDably antaeonistic m
consequences YOU contemnlate Wit,
c0mposure give me pause they ar
a Gordon of bristling forts for 4 50
miles along the western and norther
'front.' the seahoard cities frowni,e
like Sebastopols and Gibraltars. q bug
:, navy and an Immense standing arm,
with the inevitable military conscrin
y ton, and, chiefest of all and most nor
rible, q mass of negro slaves whic
4 would now number 100000, fixed /
the belly OF the body polite. You wis
success and this, and I thank Cod r.
defeat. Come now. Mr.. Editor in
= cool moment. when the bubblina feryc
of the reunion has sizzled out: do VI
really wish thiso
}. WIN. NJ. TIjRPIN
:? In renly to The above. The Time,
DisPd Ill suoiIlls LIE loHoWluB iette
from MT. william n. Iurpln, OF Ne"
town. Va. and rests its case:
= Editor OF The Times Dispatch.
sir.-Hon, William NJ Tnrni
e, president OF Aldermen. said. ~ b,
'e lieved. indeed, knew. the cause 4
which the south fought was right
Now. IL he had stoned there. he Won
W have been all right. But he said. 4