The gold leaf., 1891-07-23
LIBELS ON THE SOUTH.
fRichmond Times. |

IL IS, IN Whatever aspect 1t may be
considered, entirely natural that South
ern men should strongly resent the re-
peatcd reflections upon Mr.. Davis that
appear with great regularity in at
least two of the leading periodicals.
of the North, namely, the Century and
the North american ReUiez0.
The action of the Powhatan Club
in striking the latter from the list of
periodicals to which they subscribe,
in consequence of the insulting refer
ence to the memory ofthe Confederate
President in the July number, to which
we called attention few days ago, is
worthy of the heartiest commentator.
The refusal of the club of further pat
ronize review that was guilty of so
gross an affront to the whole Southern
people was step demanded not only
by the honor and veneration in which
the memory of Mr.. Davis is held, but
also by the patriotic feeling inherent
IN an organization as distinctly South
ern in character as the Powhatan
Club.
The example which they have set
SO emphatically should be promptly
initiated by every organization in the
South, social, political or religious,
which has been subscribing to the
North american ReUie7U. 1t is a
matter of ordinary principle that our
Southern people should not contribute
to the prosperity of periodical that
deliberately, openly and Intentionally
outrages their regard for the character
and gratitude for the services of the
late head of the Confederacy.
Under the editorship of the late
Throndyke Rice the North american
rarely omitted an opportunity to de-
fame and decry this section, and reflect
upon its history in the past. Mr.. Bryce,
the present editor, has not been SO
partisan in his management, but the
recent instance in which he has allowed
the association of the name of one of
the purest of men and noblest of
patriots, Jefferson Davis, with the
names oftraitor Judas, and the assassin,
Booth. as if they stood upon the same
footing, is SO fragrant an insult to
every Southern man that the North
Ae,1can ReOiezO is at once relegated
to the position which it occupied when
controlled by the calculating and un-
scrupulous Rice.
Since the completion of the Life of
Abraham Lincoln in its pages, in
which Mr.. Davis was made the victim
of the "dull ass hoof and the VOLTS
black jaw" the Century has made
itself, on more than one occasion, Of
fenSive to Southern sensibilities by its
reflections upon the character of Mr..
Davis, notably in an article by John
Blgelow on the foreign relations of
the Confederate Government, in which
article the members OF the Confederate
administration were referred to as the
"lunatics at the head of affairs in
Richmond"
\ more contemplate libel upon
the social life of this State was never
penned than the story which has been
running in the Century for several
months, entitled "Cononel Carter, of
Gainesville" A fair specimen of its
hbellous animus is republished in the
Contemporary Literature for Iune,
this extract being taken from the
story as issued in book from by Hough-
ton, Mlfflin & Co., of Boston.
1t is such gross and malicious carica
lures OF Southern character and life
as this which the Century is propag-
ating and scattering abroad through
every part of the North, and it is cause
for sincere regret to say, among the
Southern people also, who find them
selves in its pages exposed to the de
risive comments of penny-a-line who
1t is highly probable, in their visits tt
the South were never permitted to &c
beyond the kitchen.
All that the Southern people are il
position to do is to have their name
stricken from the list ofthe subscriber
to such periodicals as the Century ant
the North Ame,itaa Regfezo, and the
Powhatan Club in taking the initiative
IN this matter, has shown a BECOMING
spirit and an honorable pride.
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.