The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-23

The South cannot forget Jeh. Davis.
and still takes delight In inveighing
against the North for not gloryfying
him also. Instead OF letting tho name
Df the arch traitor lapse into forgetful.
aess. they seem to be determined that
his name shall be deiiled and handed
down to Southern posterity with the
name Of Lincoln. Grant and other
heroes who saved the nation from be.
sominG the corner stone OF slavery
Tor all the earth. On next Sunday the
teromonies for the transfer OF the re.
mains Of the great traitor from New
Orleans to Richmond will com mence.
There will be addresses and process,
slons. and at every place along the
route where the funeral train will stop
antil the coffin is lowered into its
grave at Richmond.
These demonstrations are not so
much devoted to JEFF Davis himself as
man, for he was cold, austere, without
he elements Of popularity as they
will be devoted to the cause he repre-.
Dented. They will be expressions on
The part of the people OF the South OF
their unwillingness to have the world
believe that they were to blame in ad.
Tocating the principles they did and in
attempting to disrupt the Government
and found new nation. Very little
has been said about this affair In the
North. A few Dem ocratic newspapers
during the war and now sympathizers
with the Southern cause have referred
to 1t in terms OF commentator, but
Republican papers have preserved
generally very discreet and dignified
silence.
The chief feeling throughout the
North is net one of pity or bitterness
but one OF profound regret. as 1t Is ap
prehensive that the old Southern feel
ing given expression on such occasions
will yet crop out In the future ant
lead to another civil conflict. There
need, however, be no fears for such O
eoniiict nor for the safety OF the gov
ernment for at least generation OF
two yet to come. The memory of tn,
war is too recent and the enthusiasm
with which the people rallied to the
defence Of the nation Ia still too vivid
yimpressed upon all those who wit
messed it. ..-
But what may happen when tina
memory grows dim and other inter.
ests and prejudices grow stronger IL
quite another thing. These demon
STATIONS in honor Of the leading
traitor of the nation must inevitabl.
make deep impression upon thu
minds of the youth OF the South an,
confirm them in the belief that seces
sion was right, and as the Democrat
Richmond Times said the other day
that ''the war on the part OF the Mort
was an unholy one Of invasion an
coBquest-of pi,lage and suppressio
OF q peoples rights" This is Dol,
language to be used over thirty year,
nee the civil war commenced, an
Indicates that another civil war ma
bs expected in the future. but how Ia
that future is OF is hard to tell.
The government is undergoing
about the same process it did 10
twenty or thirty years before the lat
civil war. Free-trade is lifting Its hea
as it did then and general moyemen
Is noticed towards wild cat Stat
banks now as then. Congresses the
passed laws to strengthen slavery III,
compromises made being in favor O
tho South; Congresses. now are travel
ling In the same direction in favor 0
this South.
The federal election laws ere to b
repealed, and the franchises of th
muses. abrogated. With this done
manufactures broken down, the wage
Of labor reduced to basis wit
slave labor In antebellum times, an
with an unstable financial policy,
long step will have been taken In su,
iugating the North and Fastening @
another rebellion. The patrIotIs
that saved the nation over thirty yea
ago freshly aroused will only save
again.