The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-06-27
MRS. BEHAN PLANS RETURN
OF $780, OO, 900 TO SOUTH
Claim Is Based on Money from Cap
tured Property, Cotton Tax
and Confiscation

tional sentiment and a cOmmemor-
alton of the fiftIeth anniversary Of
the battle of Gettysburg, celebrat-
Ing q half century OF peace and
good Will in the notion, a PROPOSE
ton las been made by Mrs. w. J.
Behan, president of the Confeder-
sted Southern Memorial Associa-
lions, to give a lasting testimonial
TO the world of the Confederate SOL
der. This IL to be held in the |
shape OF congressional action where |
by the fund OF 81 900, OOO, 900 now held
IN the federal treasury under the |
three funds of captured and aband.
oned property copfiscated property |
aud collection of cotton taxes from |
1868 to 1868, be turned over to the
Southern states for distribution III
the shape of pensions TO the Con-
federate veterans and their widou's
and orphans.
This action was taken In the form
of resolutions adopted at the snnu-
al convention of the Southern Con-
federated Memorial Association
held at Chattanooga last week as
the first Off cisi step in a campaign
to obtain froEa Congress this recog-
milton for the COntederaee soldiers
and their widows. Mrs, Behan has
already taken up the matter WITH
the patriotic organizations of the
North and has received strong in
dorsements In her campaign. The
resolutfo memOrialIze Congress
to appropriate the sum NOW re-
naming in the United States treas
ury 90 the credit Of the three funds,
witheut detrimene to any legally
proven claims, for the use aad bene-
At of'Confederate veterans and the
WIDOWS of Confederate veterans, as
they are the nataral heirs of those
from whom this money Yves deriv-
ed.''
In the language of the resolutions
5his is TO be deGe at the Dece mbeI
session of Congress Ito crystalline
the great aud glorious peace move
Iiment of Gettysburg"
Mrs. Behan has prepared a circu-
lar letter, wti4eh is being sent to or
CARNATIONS uhrough@u; the North
and from which it is said she has
had great success in promoting th<
peace movement. Referring ia tine
fiftieth anniversary ST GettysbSrg
the circular says, III pRrt:
does it not seem most fitting tina
this peace gathering should have
a more lasting and SUIT stantiai me2n
ing than mere claSping of hand e.
Durtng the four years of war th'
Confederate soldier fought bravely
for what he believed was right
The close Ge the wer\ found hin
homeless and peRnikess but 30 hi
credit tet it be said that whea h4
laid dawn kas arms he swore sllegi
ance to the United Estates Govern
mept, and he has boon true to ha'
oath. When the late lamente4
Prerident Mckinley issued his cal
for volunteers for the SPANISH
American war, Confederate veted
ans aud their sons were found vie
ing with men from the North as t
who sh0lld be the first and VIII
should go furtherest in defense q
the stars and stripes.
with eomRaendabie magnamIt
the national government has apprO
priated q SUM of money for the pet
petual care and maintenance of tia
graves OF the Confederate prise
dead, who died IN the Norther
prisons. This nc Of hEotherly Low
has se,ved to cement the bond q
unity and fraternity between ia
= North and the South. Having hon
.Ored the memory of the Confederat
dead, does it not seem most filth
that fifty years after the close G
hostilitieS, a reunited people shOul
, turn their attention to the Twin
Confederate veteran.
There are at present about 1900
Confederate veterans, and perhap
$1,000 widows OF veterans. Fhes
persons nave struggled bravel
through adversitIes unknown
} their more fortunate bretherD O
other parts of the country. Afte
half century has passed all sec
tIonal prejudice should be Obliterat
ed. The Gettysburg celebratiO
will open an era of peace and goo
will. Some few years ago there wa
in the United States Treasury a
Washington $40 100000 TO the credl
of captured aud abandoned prOpert,
IA the South, ana s6S, 10000 collect
ed by the Omitted States Govern
ment as q tax on cotton. From
these two vast sums, amoau ting b
$50 .o0QQN, ss.E:.S 5Ie.SI-4isi, :