Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-17
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An0tner ADofHAchs
A great deal Of capital is sought 10
be made over evidences Of disloyal
spirit in the South. A Republican
member OF Congress has introduced
resolution Of inquiry which assumes
that Union inscriptions have been
removed from captured cannon In
Virginia nayy-yards and that various
other horrible things have been done,
recitals OF which are expected to fire
the Northern heart. Our esteemed
contemporary, the San francisco
Chronicle, makes this resolution the
text OF an editorial in which II assails
the memory OF Charles Summer on
account Of his battle flag resolution
and his speech in support Of 1t. The
Chronicle desires TO have the memo
ries OF the war perpetuated, and be-
lieyes that inscriptions and trophies
commemorative Of its leading Incl
dents ought to abound ON every hand.
In this respect II differs from the Old
Romans, who decreed that no tri-
nmph should be accorded TO u man
who was victorious over bis own
conntrymen. Mr.. Sumner reminded
the Senate and people Of that illustri-
Gus precedent Of the grand Republic
of old, and he was right, within GER
tain reasonable limits, in his demand
The spirit OF the war at that time,
however, ran too high TO admit OF the
adoption Of Summers temperate and
patriotic recommendation OF late
years a tacit understanding has been
reached which admits Of anybody and
everybody celebrating the heroes who
please him best, and this plan has
resulted in an uncommon degree OF
good humor. DR.. Coggswell is even
allowed to build monuments to him
self. As to the alleged DETACHMENT Of
any national inscriptions by the peo-
pie of the South, we do not believe a
word OF it. Happily the success Of
the Democratic party al the late cleo
ton has shown how sincerely and
warmly the people Of the Sonth have
accepted the results Of the war. To
put il on no higher ground, they are
entirely too shrewd to jeopardize their
hold ON power and place by any such
nonsense. A Norfolk Naval Officer
would understand only too well that
he could never hope for confirmation
from Republican Senate II he were
to give any decided evidences OF re-
dictionary tendencies. II would ut
once be case OF "0ff with his head /,
30 much for Buckingham" The only
drawback to these lies about Southern
men IL that they are SO easily and
quickly exposed. Even the Eliza
Pinkston roorbacks we're exploded in
side Of month, and this last batch
will probably not last week. OF
course 1t is possible that some indi-
vidual may have defaced Union in
scription in Virginia. There have
been, for instance, three separate
attempts Of individuals to blow up
Cyrus w. Fields monument to Major
Andre, right in the heart Of the most
p,pulous portion of the American
continent, and nobody knows who the
patriotic men were whose modesty led
to the concealment Of their identity.
But If there have been such
defacements in Virginia they
were undoubtedly perpetratcd by
followers of Malone, who de-
sired to give their masters in the
North little cheap and iinicky stage
thunder. No man in official position
in the South will be found guilty oi
having committed, ordered or coun-
tenanced such an egregious act OF
folly.