The National tribune., 1910-09-08

and asks that ifsfhe Confederate uni
form is to be publicly displayed in our
National halls in spite of our protest,
that it be So marked that visitors may
know that il represents the Shroud OF
treason. and marks the death of that
'allacious doctrine that part of any
body can be greater than the whole.
The Post protests against the recogni-
ton of any part of the so-called Con-
federate uniform or flag, and the reso-
lutions were published broadcast and
sent to the Representatives in Congress
of Vermont They are signed by ]. o.
Wright, Commander, and o. III. Mac
kenzie. Adjutant.rs
Reul Post. 95, ;Delphos. O., adopted
resolutions declaring it slur to all
Union soldiers and disgrace to the
country 10 place the statue of Lee un-
der the dome of the Capitol 1t de-
clares that Lee was not a citizen of the
United States when he wore that uni
form, and one of the notices of the G.
a. X. is: That the penalty of treason
is DEATH And the Post asks why, If
Virginia wanted a statue to represent
her State. she did not set up statue of
some loyal Virginian, and not set up
that of n man who. if he had been
tried for that of which he was guilty,
the penalty Of death would have been
inflicted, and the members of the Post
feel that if the recognition of the rebel
flag and rebel statues goes on much
longer. that the comrades who wore
the blue will be found in the wrong and
the South in the right. G.. E. Harts-
horn, Commander.
Jacob f. Reed Post, $50. Newton, ILL.,,
objects to the Lee statue in its Confed-
crate uniform being placed beside those
of Washington, Grant, Lincoln and 9TH
Il C-fnn Il
with the same degree of consistency
place the statue of Benedict Arnold in
the same hall Reed Post also protests
against the Daughters of the Confeder-
acy, who hold meetings and faunt the
Confederate flag in the faces of Grand
Army veterans in place of carrying Old
| Glory, the only Flag that this country
or foreign Nations recognize, and they
want the rebel statue and the rebel flag
abolished. James A. Wilson, Chairman
of the Committee.
]. B. Mcpherson Post, SO, Hacken-
sack, y. J., believing that it is a dis
grace and peril to the spirit of patriot
ism of our grand Republic and an in
suit and dishonor to the memory of our
fallen comrades who suffered and died
to preserve it, protest against the statue
of Lee in the National Capitol. They
stigmatize Lee as a traitor in rebellion
against the country which had honored
him far above his merit, and the Post
further declared that it's members ad-
mire noble character in religious or
social life. They do not believe it can
ever be cloak to cover dishonor and
disoyalty in time of the country's
greatest peril. The Post also requests
that all loyal members of Congress use
! all lawful means possible to remove the
statue of this disloyal Southerner, so
that our children and grandchildren, as
well as the adopted children of the
United States of America, may see ard
know it is not treason that we glory to
honor. but patriotism and love of coun-
try. J. l.. Marsh, Adjutant.
Charles T.. Grisscm Post, 156, st.
Johns. Mich, most earnestly protests
against the acceptance of the statue of
| Robert F. Lee or that of any other
| enemy of the Flag and the Constitution,
and the Post demands the immediate
removal of the statue, and petitions its
members of Congress and United States
Senators TO act in accordance with these
, resolutions. w. NJ. Stocker, Adjutant.