La Junta tribune., 1913-07-12

dered Their white officers shared q
like fate \ part OF the white com
panies were also murdered for being
found in the company OF negro sold.
iers and only a few OF them we're
made prisoners.
4 fun account Of this mas ssacre
may be found in Harper's Pictorial
History OF the Ciyil War In the la
Iunta Library II a monument or sta
tue Nas erected 10 any other Con-
federate general in a Southern city.
| would not say word against It.
General Forrest who massacred the
garrison at Fort Pillow. and werz.
keeper OF the Andersonville prison.
who starved to death thirteen thou
sand Union prisoners. We're the Two
wors, men developed ON either side
in the Ciyu War There was no
hope for the Southern Confederacy
after this slaughter. for IL pr.Judiced
an foreign nations against her II
vas the last expiring kick OF the de-
mon Of human slavery Beside what
have said Of General Forrest he
was very ignorant man. He could
not spell correctly words OF one
syllable In his report of this mas
EaCrr TO his superior officer. which is
stiU preserved. he said:
We busted the fort at O'Clock
and cilcd killed all the niger"
The men who served under Forrest
at Fort Pillow are gradually b-com-
I ing ashamed OF that affair. and |
doub, II any inrelligen, soldier OF the
South can be- found today who will
admit that he was there at that
time.
| had an hours interview with an
l Intelligent banker at Helena. Arkan-
sAs. last week. and he said he served
under General Forrest In the Civil
War. but when asked him II he
was attn General Forrest at Fort Pm
low. he said. NO. was off on de-
tached service" | think all the 9th
crs were off on detached service"
likewise
II the city OF Memphis expects to
perpetual. the memories Of such a
man. or devil. it will prove fail.
ure
Northern ideas and sediments are
gradually penetrating and percoiating
through the late slave statcs. When
Senator Charles Sumner of Mzssaehu.
setts In tn. United Statss Senate Vas
asked what he proposed TO do to
the South he said.
we propose to desiroy the Old
South and put New south In its
stead
That work T. nov an established
fact. aud new South lie coming to
the front There arr hundreds OF
~ linton soldiers and tens OF thou
sands nf Northern people Ia Memphis
today and they are the l-nyen. the
loyal Ieaycu that viii lrayen the
whole lump
The sigh, OF this Forrest Monument
made me mad. and 10 a trE persons
standing BY. expressed my self quite
freely \ citizen Of Memphis answer
ed me and said I'VE SO not honor
General Forrest AZ man hut as u
military hero Then ! aid. THAT
is simply splitting hairs Il the dew
+ II gets the man. what becomes Of the
military hero 4"
Many OF tn. bys,anders aushcd. and
fho~ed that they disspproTed Of that
statue My prediction l. hat before
another ff,y years roll around that
statue vii b. quietly removed. or
dumped into the Mississippi river.
where 1, ough, to be nov
had a very amusing rHpericnce at
M.mphi. which Is too good TO omit;
pu, up a, the Peabody Hotel.
which 10 In the center OF the city and
on. of the finest and most expensive
In III. city. ! paid 8? day for my
room. bath extra. electric fan extra.
and some other extras which made
the room cos, nearly 8 per day.
without meals. After entering the
room called for a pitcher ot Ice
water Soon color-d saif-r. q sort
~ smart .l.e entered and sfs"S
placing the pitcher on the tabi~. he
stood up before me and .l,hosh ut'
,erins = word held M one finger. Not
knowing What he meant and not wtes
lns To he ou'done. | held up tvo tn.
gers Then had him. and he ssid.
"a sandwich. a sandwich " ThiNktna
that perhaps he wished To scii ne
ssnd ~tch. 7 said. NO. | don, waat .