Sorry, the link is dead, apparently. Here is another site with the article in it's entirety.
http://www.texasls.org/reading_room/minorities/black_leader_defends.shtml
and that a red cross on a white field is symbolic of the cross of St. Patrick
neither of which are directly related to the Confederate flag except that they were used bassackwards or corrupted to suit the needs of the leaders of the confederacy.
When anyone tells you that the confederate flag consists of the flags of St. Andrew and St. Patrick joined as one they are ignorant of the truth The southern cross is a corruption of religious symbols, inverted to do the devil's work.