The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-09
NORTHERN NEWSPAPERS on THE
REINTERMENT OF MIR. DAVIS.

| reinterment here OF Mr.. Davis TO our
| Northern exchanges to see the spirit in
which that event would be accepted there.
and 1t is very gratifying to find, In the
II ain, that 1t is looked on in a kindly
and considerate way. We say "in the
main," because the venom Of those valor-
Gus warriors who did their fighting after
the war was over with pen and ink has
| not been all absorbed. Their ranks still
that show the people OF the South to be
| perfectly true and loyal TO the beliefs Of
| their past lives. that they may show q
rage that is unbounde0 in peace though
| It was mild CROUCH in war. The Burling-
ton Hawk Eye for instance says:
once more the President of the late
| Confederacy has made a triumphant jour
ney through the former rebel States. and
the occasion has been eagerly embraced
| by his former followers TO emphasize that
| they still adhere to the Lost Cause"
| The remains of Jefferson Davis have been
| brought from New Orleans TO Richmond.
and their transmission, all along the route.
| gave rise TO scenes which very clearly
| rescmbled a demonstration I'm favor OF
| the Stars and Bars as against the Stars
| and Stripes. OF course we can afford to
smile forgivingly al the sentiment that
| gave rise to these outbreaks of a mis-
| taken notion. But this may be as good
! a time as any to recall the fact that JEFF.
| Davis. the arch traitor, was included in
| the general amnesty of Christmas day
1868. and his sins against his country
wiped out; that IN a speech in Atlanta
nearly three years later he announced
with great Evolutionary effect that he still
adhered TO the principles for which the
South had fought, and confident I'm the
final triumph of truth, despaired not,
though for a time the power Of its enc
mics was too great to be resisted-and
more Of the same effect. There is album
I dant evidence that this spirit still goes
marching on in the South. and many Of
| the people there, like the unreDentant
"chieftain." over whose bones they have
| been shedding tears during the last few
days. still look forward to the final
triumph OF truth" They will keep on
looking.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says:
"The cause that Jefferson Davis repre-
| scented was false from the beginning, as
| we'll as lost in the end. In saying this
we use no harsh vnrds. The political
leaders Of the South wera incapables.
| There is no glory in their story"
The New York Mail and Express says:
"The South owes rothing TO Jefferson
| Davis but It's humiliation, defeat, desol-
| ton, ruin, tears and mourning. II would
| have been the part Of wisdom II 4 had
| permitted Jefferson Davis TO pass his
| later years IN absolute retirement, md
Lea 90 10,
| peace"
The Des Moines Register says:
1T is to be regretted that IN this day
| and age, when the treason Of Davis and
| the unnumbered woes into which his
| the South especially. have become mat
| ters of general knowledge and general
| conviction. that these honors should be
! paid to his remains.
It is, however, a very gratifying fact
that articles such as these are the ex-
ceptions and not the rule. The Northern
press generally has been silent in regard
| to the event, or has treated It as an occa-
| sion on which It was natural TO expect
the people OF the South to manifest SEN
! timents and feeling that all the world
| know them 10 possess; that all the world
honors them for POSSESSING. and that all
the world would despise them for not
| possessing.
The Philadelphia Telegraph is usually
a conservative and just paper. but It
has very absurdly allowed the Davis
| obsequies to upset its customary balance
| OF mind. Commenting upon a contro-
versy over the matter that 1t has had
with the Charleston News and Courier
| 1t says:
"a direct response to The Telegraph's
severe but just rebuke of the Jeff Davis
| mummery comes from a local CORES
| pendent, who impertinently points with
| pride to his service in the Rebel army
| and makes reference 10 the sentiments
| of loyal people in a manner quite too
| contemplate and aggravating for publ
| cation. Here is n man, too mighty glad
| OF the opportunity OF living In peace and
| prosperity alongside of those who suf-
| fered in consequence of the misdoings Of
| himself and his misguided fellows who
| Is IN nowise made 10 feel any measure Of
public or neighborly condemnation on
account of his past course. and VINO,
thirty years after the war, is still filled
with venom towards the defenders Of the
| Union, and Is ready TO take occasion TO
| glOrlfy even the man who was response
| BILE for Andersonville and all Of It's hoc-
| rors. TO say nothing OF his other monu-
| mental crimes against this country"
II Is not at all discouraging, but very
ridiculous, TO and a journal so sensible
as the Telegraph usually Is talking hum
| buggery and nonsense like this. Would
| the Telegraph really have this old soldier
| 10 abandon his pride in the record that
he made during the war? That soldier
| fought 10 preserve the sacredness OF his
home from the pillage OF an invading
army that aimed at conquest and the
overthrow Of justice and right. He was
animated by the highest purposes that
can take possession Of mans mind. lie
cheerfully offered his body upon the field
| OF battle whenever exposure of II was
asked for and with no reward whatever
but the approval OF his conscience. To
| do his duty he faced every danger and
endured every privation that man can be
subject TO. He proved himself thereby
| to be a man. Would the Telegraph have
this man 10 cease exalting In this glo-
rious record and fawn upon those he met
In open battle. with apologies and pre-
tended regrets for what he didf We