The National tribune., 1910-10-13
TIE 4ith NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
A Remarl>nbas Session-The Relation
of the Sons Of Veterans.

Ol tne SONS OIL veterans.
Editor National Tribune: The Attain
tic CITY 44th, National Encampment
was oise of the most remarkable meet
ings FOR intellectual debates on the
salient questions that has ever occurred
in the history, of the Order The lead
ing speakersS seemed to have studied
their ,nnsiews and opinions that unless
remarkable Interesting yet the most
eloqusalt replS to the forceful speakers.
such rs ketaflam. of Indiana; Cole, OF
New Jersey, and Burrows, was the re-
/ ply from the delegates of the Southern
Departments on the question of wheth-
er the resolution from the Committee
on Resolutions on the Lee statue. which
is in Stautary Hall at the National Cap
!itol. should prevail or not. The comrade
from Virginia who in very able and
historic reply of eloquencce quoted Lin
coins first and second inaugural ad-
dresses, may his shade never grow less
nor his attendance at our National En-
campment never end. The report of
the Pension Committee as well as
the Judge e-Advocate-Gener reports
were strong, courageous. independent,
yet beneficial to the Order. There was
and ever will be a wide difference of
opinion on, the pension issue. Also on
the Lee statue. On the one side an
extreme radical view, while from the
generous comrades n hope that here
after there will not be placed by any
State the statue of anyone who was
leader in the war of the rebellion. Let
the Southern leaders of public affairs
not open the doors of hate, sectionalism
and defiance to the loyal patriotic opin-
ion and views of the comrades by
Haunting in their faces at the National
Capitol any more Southern leaders in
the civil war. The report of the Com
mittee on Rules and Regulations which
y.
to make such bylaws or rules as would
draw our Sons of Veterans closer to
our Order. 1t was serious mistake
to defeat this part of the report Here
are our successors appealing to our
love, Affection our patriotic devotion
ana wanting to closer assist us; yet
this part of the report that would, if
adopted, strengthen the Sons of Vet
Grams. and not weaken our 3rganiza-
ton, was rejected. We are told that
all that is holy. all that is sacred and
patriotic is contained within the minds
of few fathers. Can it be pos
sihle that simply because a few
leading delegates have an idea that
when the last day comes for the G..
\. r. as an organization that all the
loyal devotions for which we fought
Will be with US only? We should take
a broader view of the vital principles
of Republican form of Government.
a more generous one. and conceive the
fact that when We pass away, which
Will be in few years." these, our sons,
not boys any more, but young men,
will be as devotedly inspired for the
love our cause and our glorious, lib
eral, generous Republic. as We were in
1861. They must and will take our
places. Throw aside these prejudiced
opinions. and at the next National En-
campment at Rochester invite the Sons
of Veterans to- meet with us again and
again. for the years will come when
they will celebrate Memorial Day, then
strew flowers over the comrades graves
and in their z. addresses speak. of the
noble deeds of their departed fathers
who saved our Republic from disuniOn,
one half free. the other slave. In Gods
revelation of y laws. all people enjoy
them without reserve. Our ritual the
so-called secret work. every word of
which is patriotic, we can, do perform
part. the greater part of, and before
the public at installations, on Memorial
Day and burial services. All and every
line of. the se-called muster-in serv-
ices asn Well as the Post services con-
tain nothing but that makes an Ameri
can a better ieitiZen and lover Of our
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