The National tribune., 1910-05-26
FLAG DEAD WITH THE CAUSE.
Gen. NJ. +. Force Post Declines to March
Under or in Line With Confederate
Emblem

Gen. NJ. +. Force Post Declines TO March
Under or in Line With Confederate
Emblem.
The following resolutions really carry
their own explanation. The veterans
of the war of the rebellion have for
gotten much and forgiven more. They
would probably share their last quarter
with their one time foe, and the bitter
ness of that fratricidal strife has been
much ahated between the men who
fought against each other; and be it
said to their credit thousands of the old
| gTay-clad veterans are emphatiCally op-
| posed to the insult offered the North
| by trying to perpetuate the old rebel
uniform on the statue of Gen. Lee.
| while they really deplore the attempt
| to again substitute the flag of treason
| for the Flag of the Union. The rebel
! flag means to The men who fought un-
! der 1t only defeat and dreadful loss
But the women of the South. with small
| judgment and less sense, dcify the rebel
flag and grow hySterical over the Hit
crate little beast who was the keeper of
Andersonville and his ilk. and teach
rank treason against a reunited coun-
try and its institutions every time they
raise the flag, which is nothing if not
cmblematic of disunion. The veterans
of Force Post have level, loyal heads.
Read the resolutions and see:
ITO the Officers and Members of Gen.
NJ. f. Force Post, 12i, G.. A. r.:
Having lost a beloved uncle and
two splendid cousins by starvation in
that maelstrom of death. the prison
pen at AndersonvilIe. as a veteran of
the civil war ] must protest against
the carrying of that emblem of treason,
the Confederate flag, in any procession
in our reunited country. Surely such
action on the part of our former enc
mics now our friends we hope, is an
open insult to the memory of our fallen
comrades and the survivors of that ter
ribe struggle The carrying of this
emblem OF tle Lost Cause, instead of
establishing harmony and good will be-
tween the North and South, only re-
wives the old bitter issues. Let there
be no flag seen in any procession, eX-
cepting the Stars and Stripes, the only
flag recognized under the Constitution
of this country or of foreign Nation;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we as a Post earn
estly protest, not only against the car
rying of this emblem of treason, but
against the action of the State of Nir-
ginil in forcing upon us the statue OF
the man who. under this So-calied Con-
fcderate flag, sought to destroy the
Government which made him all he
was as military man. If the State of
Virginia desires to honor Robert +.
Lee as a man of their own State,
great citizen, scholar and educator,
a gentleman of the old school, then let
the State place his statue anywhere
else than in the Hall of Fame, for If
placed there surely it puts premium
upon treason and says to the world
that the man whol used his splendid
talent to destroy the Union is now to
be equally honored with that other
splendid Nirginian who, from out the
loyalty of his heart, exclaimed in lam
guage never to be forgotten while there
lives loyal man or woman, AS goes
my Flag, so go L. grand old Pap
Thomas. the Rock of Chickamauga;
and be it
Resolved. That while we try to for
get the deeds of man who so wilfully
dishonored his Flag. we can never for
give him for knowingly bctrayinS his
trust and violating his oath of office,
for surely in declining the lamented
fincoin's offer of the command of the
Union army he did violate his oath and
give his allegiance to the State OF Nir-
ginia. and not to the Nation he was
sworn to protect. and in so doing, de-
spite his claim of honesty and sincerity,
he committed a crime none the less; be
it further
Resolved. That we send a copy Of
these resolutions to our Representative
in Congress, Hon. Carl G. Anderson,
cure the passage of such provisions as
will forever block the placing of the
statue of any man tainted with treason
in the Hall of Fame and the removal
therefrom of Robert f. Lees statue.
Respectfully submitted by VIM. p.
Thomson and unanimously adopted by
Gen. NJ. +. Force Post 124, G. A. r.,
Department of Ohio, at the Ohio Sol
diers and Sailors Home, Erie County,
Ohio"