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Wby Such an
Invidious Distinction
Between Great Men.
A short communication from
an “Old Veteran,” in the Free
Press of laBt week, suggests to
my mind the propriety of telling
him that Gen. Longstreet is dead.
Yes; indeed he is, but it seems
that Old Veteran did not know it,
or has forgotten it.
The feelings of all the old Con*
federate soldiers are sacred to me,
and I would not offend one of
them for any consideration, but
it would have been well enough
for Old Veteran to have practiced
what he was preaching and told
his readers that General Long
street was dead.
I revere the memory of Gen.
Gordon and would not pluck a
star from his glittering diadem,
but insist that Hero Worship is
too sacred to canonize one and
malign the other. When Moses
approached the burning bush he
cast his shoes from off his feet;
for the ground whereon he trod
was holy. Lol now, I ci3t the
shoes off my feet. At the funer¬
al obsequies of Gen. Gordon the
“Dr. invoked the blessing of God
upon the dead hero and his de¬
voted wife.” This is ail right for
the wife, but how about the “dead
hero?”
If this is good Theology, let us
unite our prayers and pray Long
street out of purgatory; for it
seems that some of the Hero Wor¬
shippers have consigned him to
that place.
Pronounce all the flaming
panegyrics on Gen. Gordon you
may wish, but for the sake of
truth and justice, remember Gen.
Longstreet also. t
It was very nice in the writer
to say that “Gen. Gordon has
passed over the river and is tent¬
ing with Lee and Jackson.” One
tning is quite sure, and that is, if
a copy of “Reminiscences of the
War,” is over there, somebody
has been reprimanded before thiB
hour.
Gen. Longstreet responsible for
the defeat at Gettysburg? Let
the spirit of Lee come down and
reiterate what he said just after
the battle. “Its all my fault. Help
me out the best you can."
It is true that Longstreet op
dosed the charge made by Gen.
Picket’s command, but the order
was given in some way by Long¬
street or the charge would never
have been made. One thing is
very clear as the result of the
battle established—General Long¬
street was more accurate in his
calculations than any general an
the field.
The Confederate cause receiv¬
ed its defeat at Gettysburg.
Yes; that was very kind in the
correspondent to say that “Gen.
Gordon had passed over the riv¬
er and was resting under the
shade of the treesjwith matchless
Lee and Jackson.”
Why not some one say as much
for Longstreet?
If he is in that great and grand
company, he doubtless has gazed
upon the trees that stand on its
banks, and perhaps learned from
observation that the environments
are notindifferentto pity, and has
placed himself under the shade
of a weeping willow and is pen¬
sively ohanting:
“To the hills I lift mine eyes
Where my hopes and succor rise,
For fame expires at it’s earnest
breath;
No labor can hoard it, no cun¬
ning can save,
For the song of it’s life is the sigh
of it’s death
And the sense it has thrilled is
it’s shroud and it’s grave.”
Longstreet was cna of the bra¬
vest men in the Confederate ser-'
and what satisfaction can
be to anyone to rob him of hiB
The two most prec¬
things this side of the grave
are our reputation and our life.
“Who steals my purse steals
trash,
But he that filches from me my
good name
Robs me of that which does not
enrich him,
But makes me poor indeed.”
That Mrs. Longstreet should be
compelled to make a defense for
her husband while he was gently
and slowly approaching his grave
is a burning shame. The war is
gone, and why should we old vet¬
erans chide one another, when
all did the best we could.
To Mrs. Longstreet I would
say, “Pluck from the mind a
rooted sorrow.” This and future
generations will vindicate Gen.
Lee’s “Old War Horse,” as Long¬
street was familiarly known.
Could anyone believe that any cf
the “Daughters of the Confeder¬
acy” could refuse to send one
wreath to plaee upon his casket?
“Forgive them, they know not
what they do.” A muffled drum
was beating a funeral march, and
some of them did say, “No trib¬
ute from us.” God pity us all
but pity them most.
1 am an old Confederate soldier
spent nearly fouryearsin the
of Virginia with Lee, and
make this request, if there be
old soldier, though hoary and
With age, found in the land
let him bury me when I die, but
do not send to Savannah
a single withered leaf. Not
I love Gordon less, but that
now I love Longstreet more.
both of them I would say as
did over the dying body
Hamlet,
cracks a noble heart
flights of angels sing thee to
thy rest.”
Now let us erect a monument
each one of them and, “let the
past bury its dead.” Give
what attitude you may
but let Longstreet appear
he did the day he led General
to the rear and went back to
front, and led the charge that
the Federal lines.
they whisper, angels say
Brother spirits, cease thy strife,
’tis not all of life to live
Nor all of death to die.”
When I think of the great in¬
done to Longstieet, my
is suspended tremulously
the sheet before me, and I
“Life, thou art * but an
dream,”
Another Old Veteran.
after suffering 10 years,
F. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle
Mfg- Co. Middleton, O- suffer*
for ten years with dyspepsia
spent hundreds of dollars for
medicine and with doctors with¬
receiving any “One permanent
He says, night
feeling exceptionally bad
was about to throw down the
paper when I saw an
in the paper regarding the
ol Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
concluded faith to try it andjwhile I
no in it I felt better af¬
the second dose. After using
bottles I am stronger and
better than I have been for years
I recommend Kodol Dyspep¬
Cure to my friends and ac¬
suffering from
trouble.” Sold by the
Popularity often consists of
our troubles to ourselves.
“The nicest and pleasantest
I have used for indiges¬
and constipation is Chamber¬
Stopaeh and Liver Tablets,
Melard F. Craig, of Middle
N. Y. “They work £ke a
and do not gripe or have
unpleasant effect.” For sale
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Our Export Parra Products,
Secretary Wilson says that “It
i% the farmers who have paid the
foreign bondholders,” and to
make good the claim, he says
that during the last fourteen
years the balance of trade in
favor of the farm products of the
United States was $4,806,000,000
and the balance of trade in other
products during the same period
was against the United States to
the amount of $865,000, leaving a
net balance of trade in our favor
of $3,941,000,000. But the pro¬
ducts sent abroad from which
the enormous sum mentioned
was realized were only the sur¬
plus products of the farm.
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The postoffice department has
decided upon designs for the St.
Louis world’s fair stamps which
will be portraits as follows: One
cent, Robert R. Livingston, min¬
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negot>tions for the Louisiana pur¬
chase; two-cent, Thomas Jeffer¬
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who with Livingston concluded
the negotiation, five-oent, Presi¬
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United States showing the terri
tory purchased from France.
The designs are now being
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and printing. The colors will be
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