Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-02-08

Letter From Mr.. Cavett.

netu AFRAID lIlaL some OF my Old soldier
friends, who are so unfortunate as to
have to be pensioned and are forced bv
the present law to divide their small
pittance with the negro servants of
their fellow-soldiers may have thought
that mad not tried hard enough to get
the servants off of the pension roll. |
have told them it was impossible to
fight against sentiment, and that when
one Of the young legislators made this
kind Of argument on the floor of the
House, that it swept the members off
their feet, and made them vote against
their better Judgment, and am free to
confess that such eloquent and power
full appeals as this article has a Won
dertuI effect, even upon fmysef, and
and We're | to take counsel of my sen
timent, rather than my judgment
might not vote to drop the servants
from the roll Of Confederate pension
ers. 1t is not that love the old negro
less, but | love the soldiers more. So
let us look at this matter from the cold
standpoint Of reason.
First. Section PIP of the CoDstitu
ton provides who shall be eligible io
pnDeiD,,s aud a COW, ,s+b, ! o,,;.l,4,,,.,.
Shall nroyido IN, ls,, rsIgio,,s fa ,,'i NH
cont 5oll;a,s ,G5 go;rdrs ,,,bo o,,list.,
and bonorablv sc,,yo3 In tho Corfo5or.
ate army and navy ln the late Civil
war, and q pension shall be allowed to
the INDECENT widow of such soldiers
and sailors now dead, when, from age
or disease, they cannot earn a support
CONSTITUTION had M i5a9 of tbore oven
beino . negro an tba roll b,t Whom tLl
frame, of tbe nreeant law went f.,
draw mn the lin r. nnf This section inf,
effect he unfortun5telv conied tba olr
limited States Inv which nrovides that
soldiers sailors and servants shan h.
nensioned because servants in IN,
limited States army wore enlisted men
and this ie how tha narrons ava,. OFT M.
The nension roll and no other SoTtbe,n
state so am informed has tben, IN
the roll with fbe mon who did the fobt.
mo and bore tbe heat and bnrden of tbp
day claim that we have no rigbt "a
divert one dollar Of this money from
the Confederate soldiers and tben
wives If is their money annronriated
for them and I would never erfb a9a ' been
nnronriated If asked for The servant
alone Every old Confederate who Is
an tbis roll Of nrasent when another
rood,, Co,,foJo,5+o o,,nI;os 20, d;,,;s
On Of This fund and asks r. hs nIaced
on The roll viii saw eyes =. fake a
little from INV niftance and Give if to
INV needy brother . Rnt 7 know NOT
one who woulJ he WILLING 70 divide This
small nension with anv Servant g and We
onpht 10 think Of this and that every
one we mt On The roIi who ;s not anti
tiad to he on there fakes That mnc(
from The worthy oid Confadarste sol.
d;er and his vita Do not a dvr SJ
this because I do NOT " an mr. oN fb(
snry;ces rondoroJ nc b, fba P, ,, ~.o' d y
inc tbe way. bnt do cav that fbe GOOD
ni5 nnGroes wS S etoyo3 " bon o,e Ell y,tI
onr n5otbere and dsngb+a y HO anJ t H.Vi
care Of them daserTe . ne neno;o ,r1 , rNyH
than The cav roIiicklng gambI;r% 'o sat
wa had VIII ms +o,, ~ fr ~' set ' o
mon saw dnrinc fba wyor yoro t5osl
same servants e% we baJ NTH wv" ne '' tb
s,r r The co,,Id rro or,,,rba S - a my
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