The National tribune., 1910-03-31

might live. and that the Stars and
Stripes might forever float over our
land that Robert T.. Lee tried TO de-
Stroy.
The 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Or
ganizatfou and the First German Amer
lean Volunteer Turner Regiment, Gin
cinnati, O.. adopted strong resolutions
against the placing of the Lee statue In
the National Capitol They also depre-
cate and regret that the portrait of the
leader of the rebellion was allowed to
be placed on the silver service of the
U. S. battleship Mississippi. and consid-
er that it would be but just and proper
to eNpunge the same.
Livingston Post. 425, Redwood, O..
believes that treason'S uniform should
not be placed upon Il pedestal in Stat
uary Hail. and appeals to our Senator's
and Representatives in Congress to vote
against its acceptance. The records IN
Washington show that Robert f. Lee
threw down his commission as Colonel
in the United States Army April 20,
1861, and before his resignation was
ac;sd upon by the War Department he
had accepted a commission in the rebel
army.
Merriam Post, s, Meriden, Conn, en-
ters a most vigorous protest against the
erection of a monument in Washington
to the memory of Lee. and tho it honors
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it cannot find words to express its alb
horrence of a man of his standing and
education and fine character, who
should so far forget himself as to turn
traitor to the country that had made
him what he was.
They had a rousng old time in Chi
cago at Memorial Hall recently when
Maj.-Gen. Frederick ID. Grant and other
high officers of the Grand Army were
present, and Comrade Gray championed
the placing of the Lee statue in the
Capitol at Washington. Scores of vet
Grams jumped to their feet and shouted
at DR.. Gray, 'Infamy,'' You are no
good soldier" and other similar re-
marks
a resolution had been introduced pro-
testing against the presence of Lees
statue in the Hall of Fame as against
the policy of the Republic, and DR..
Gray was the only member to vote
against it. Another exciting incident of
the day was an attack against the
Daughters of the Confederacy, made by
Col. Jasper T. Darling, to 1000 Veter-
ans in Memorial Hall. He declared that
it was enough when the Daughters of
vailed a monument to memorialize the
vilest murderer of the Western World,
and was roundIy applauded.
Gen. Burdett, Past Commander-in-
Chief, does not favor the removal of the
Lee statue from Statuary Hall. In a
speech in Boston the other night he
said: 1t would light a flame that would
set our whole armament on fire. Why
object to Lee, anyhow? He was the
second great figure in the greatest epoch
this country or the world has ever seen.
I have never believed that Lees heart
was in the fight on the side where he
offered himself. He was the victim of
a cult which had taught the Southern
people that there was not and should
not be Nation, but that to the State
the supreme allegiance belonged" -
Past Commander-in-Chi Tanner at
the same meeting said Of the placing of
the statue there: 1T is the law. and
we who imperiled our lives in defense
of law will do nothing but talk in oppO-
sition to its enforcement, whether we
agree to il or not. Lees statue makes
no motion; but as it stands there it is
an eternal witness of the power, the
magnanimity and glory of the great Ma
ton which he tried to destroy and
failed. And so l say, let it stand"
ITO be continued)