The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-14
rur roRru AND MN. DAVIS BURIAL

The Chicago Herald. Northern Demo
cratic paper, and usually one OF the best
friends 10 the South In the Northwest.
sXrresses the belief that It will be bad
no,,cv for the South to inter the re-
r,.,n. NJ ex~president Davis with any
thing like enthusiasm or elaborate cere-
monies. II thinks that IL is time Tor the
Southern peopl. to lay aside their MOURN
a.. ,or ,he,r heroic dead, and that they
sho,,d NOT "perpetuate war recoliections'
and stinuIate the perishing animosiuer
of the war period. by extravaeant anu
u,,,rnely dirplays OF the un"hoieso'nc
s.,,,rrentalIsm which they may cherish
- the subject" Our Chicago contem-
v then goes on to say that 1t fears
that should there be any great exhipitioh
NJ Southern feeling on this OCCASION IL
,0,o,, rouse the bloody shirt sentiment
IN the North, and so lead to the defeat
OF the Democratic party.
There is a hard-hearted business tone
about this advice. and the way 1t Is gwen
nv the Herald, which shows at glance
that that paper does not understand the
South or her people. The idea Of politics
being mixed up with this interment OF
the remains of the great Southern leader
has never entered the mind OF any South
.rr man. All he thinks Of is that the
Southern ex-President Is to be given
Christian burial at the capital city OF the
South and that 1t Is his duty. as well
az IN accord with his inclinations. 10 90
his part towards honoring the disuh-
gu,shed dead to the extent Of his power.
And the widely diverse views which the
Chicago Herald and the Southern people
take of this matter strikingly shows the
difference between the North and South.
With the one. everything is business. and
even the burial Of the distinguished men
of that section is attended with an eye to
what can be made out Of It. With the
South this is entirely different. Here
the bodies OF our honored dead are rev.
erently placed in their last home In love
and sorrow, and the suggestion that pusi-
ness OF politics. or anything OF that ma
ture. was ever thought OF in connection
with the funeral ceremonies. would be
resented as an objectionable Insult. 1his
is why the North. in selecting day 10
place flowers on the graves OF thelr oeau
soldiers of the late war; calls II "Decora-
ton Day." because. with them, the graves
are simply decorated. while the South
calls It Memorial Day." because mere
flowers are placed on the graves OF thelr
dead heroes by Southern ladies In loving
and grateful memory OF their brave sur
render Of their lives for their beloved
Southland.
The South has as much right TO honor
her dead as the North has to honor hers,
and II. in removing the remains Of Hon.
Jefferson Davis from their temporary
resting-p In the vault Of the Army OF
Northern Virginia. In New Orleans, 10
their permanent home, In Richmond, the
peopIe choose to show their grief and
reverence for their old leader. they have as
much right to do so as the North would
have IL the bones OF Abraham Lincoln
were to be exhumed and taken from
where they now lie TO be buried else
where.
This reverence and honor OF the South
ern people shown the remains OF ex-
President Davis will not infame against
them the heart OF any true man In the
North. and as to her enemies, their hearts
are always in a chronic state OF infiam-
nation. But II the whole North should
become incensed at It, the South would
still do as her self-respect and sense OF
right dictate.