Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-02
Reply of Gen. Keifer.

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"Jt is used in the fourteenth amend
ment to the Constitution, said Gen.
] keifer.
Yes" Mr.. Bartlett retorted. but that
/ Amendment was adopted right after the
war, when sectional luminosity and hate
i were rife"
II do not see that anything is to be
accomplished by it, said the Oh.oan III
.Nothing to he accomplished by it.
! continued Mr.. Bartlett, except that IN
the legislation we have had for years the
war has not been referred to as the war
of the rebellion
That is what it was growled the
general
| People will differ about that, cried
Mr. Bartlett. Il am the son of Con-
/ fedarate officer who fought on the othef
side. and / mean no reflection on any one
when l say we differ from those who
/ would call it the rebellion 1t was no
more a rebellion than the revolutionary
! var was =.
| You called it rebellion at the lihe'
/ Gen. keifer persisted.
1T has been long enough after the ces-
| sation of hos,tlites,' said Mr.. Bartlett,
Ito join iii that spirit that now pervades
| the whole American people to endeaFoI' dS
far as we can. to forget the anlmosltles
| created by that struggle. 1t is not the
| part of a generous foe on the victorious
/ side to suggest that the words that were
used in the heat of that bloody CONNECT
| or the words that were used IN the days
/ following that fearful struggle should
! be kept up. For myself, have lived
| long enough to respect the views of peo-
pie on the other side who maintained
on the battlefield the cause for when
they fought Therefore. actuated purely
bv sentiment believing that it would
not meet any opposition from the other
side even from my friend from ONO. l
have offered this amendment. MT.
Bartletts words We're punctuated by APP
plause from both sides of the chamber.
Lectured Too Late.
IF that speech was intended as a lee
ture to me it comes about fifty years too
late" cried Gen. Keifer. That speech is
more likely to call up the differences that
arose from 1861 to 1860 than the use of
the language in this BILL l do not partic-
uIariy object to substituting the words
| civil war for 1.-The rebellion l asked
what was to be accomplished and the
gentlemen from Georgia seem to think
nat if would rave some tendency to get
those differences out of the minds of the
people of this country-Very Few would
| ever read it: more will read his speech
/! to help 10 bring about better feennS To-
| ward those who fought in the war or be-
| lteyed in the war, rebellion or civil war.
| when Lee surrendered at AppomattoX
some of us here, with open wounds still
running welcomed the soldiers on the
other side that We had been lighting
| against for four years, and laid down all
| our feelings as far as they were con-
| cerned. .
| ..If there is any Confederate soldier OF
| any rank. or without rank, that / have
| met since In any other spirit than mat
| of. kindness and forgiveness. II forgive
ness was necessary, | would like to know
| where he is to he found had III my
command in the Spanish war the sons or
Confederate veterans from many southern
etates and | 90 not believe YOU can find
| Quo of them that ever discovered any evil
| dence that | had any feeling toward
| them because they were from the south,
| or because they were the sons or Con-
] federate veterans This is the first time
| il has ever seemed to me that anybody
wanted to. critictSe me TO" my feelings
| growing out Of the ciVil war, especially
! toward the Confederate officers or sol
| Expression of Esteem.
/ Al this point Mr.. Bartlett assured Gen.
| Iejfer that he respected him greatly and
] had no intention of lecturlng him. Then
| Cen. keifer assured Mr.. Bartlett that he
| resnected him as friendly and kind-heart-
/ ed Then there were more mutual asSur-
| ances of love and esteem, after which
| the amendment was adopted by unani-
| nous vote.
| For an hour after the last gun had
| heen fired Gen. Keller and Mr.. Bartlett
/ sat side by side on sofa in the repub-
| lican cIoakroom, holding hands and eX
! changing mutual assurances of profound
and distinguished consideration.
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