Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-29
MILITARY DISABILITIES.
Gen. Roynton Thinks 1t Time They Were
Removed, in View of Recent Events

Editor Washington Post: In view Of
the patriotic speeches OF Senators Cor
don and Daniel and the enthusiastic re-
sponses 10 them from all parts Of the
South. does II not seem as If the time
had fully come for removing the legal
disabilities which still prevent those who
served the COniederacy In military ca
pacity from so serving the country now
when cX-Confeierdte officers Of such
distinguished military service rise in the
Senate and pledge their former comrades
in arms, and their whole section TO the
support Of the one flag against all do
nestle enemies; and when the press Of
that section rings with applause AT such
uttcrances. the least that can be done
So recognition would seem - hc - make
il legally possible for such men 10 aid
their country, II need be- under its flag.
Their universal approving response IN
Congress and throughout the North
clearly indicates that the action here
proposed would be deemed timely and
ii,tiu.
70 what depth Of shame do such
.spoechc5 from southern senators-veter1ns
OF many notable nclds-cOns IN Senator's
Kyle and PETER, The lightning flashes
Of Senator Davis's scorn and scoring We're
quite sufficient to paralyze them; but the
speeches OF these eX-C0ntederates should
cause them to hide their fdcls from pa
tTIOtic men.
In case instruction ana anarchy had
gained such Roadway as 10 require the
service of the volunteers. ana the qUes-
tion could have come before the veterans
who carried the Stars ana stripes % VIC
tory whether they Woul serve under
Senator Gordon or under Senator's Kyle
and PETER, does any one doubt where
the boys IN bluo Of thrty-thrca years ago
would have ranged themselves? Does
any one believe that these last named
senators could have mustered from among
Union veterans an army which would
have exceeded Coxey's either In numbers
or character?
The joint resolution for the repeal az
that section of The statutes which pre-
vents eX-Confederate officers from enter
ing the military service should come
from the Republican side in the Senate
and the House. and from some OF the
many most distinguished ex-Union officers
which each body contains.
That the recent disorders verged I'M
pleasantly near a general instruction
few Will doubt. II seems plain that or
Sauizrd labor, under INSCRIPTIONS and ir
responsible leaders. who were misleading
and misusing labor for their personal
a igrandizemrnt. was rapidly drifting into
rebellion against law, and all legally con-
stituted authority.
The prompt, courageous. and patriotic
action of President Cleveland and his
Cabinet. which all patriotic citizens have
endorsed. has established precedent un-
der which in the future all the powers
of the government. civil and military. can
be set in instant motion To suppress such
strikes as defy the laws. and 10 put down
as well the accompanying demonstrations
Of anarchy.
The uuanimity with which the Republi-
can press turned from its concentrated
fire of criticism on various features
of the Presidents political policy 10
warmost praise and support OF his deal
ings with grave disorder. and the resound-
ing approval from ali parts OF the South.
OF Senator GOrdOn's patriotic utterances.
show that hereafter party and sectional
lines Will disappear during such time as
the stability and perpetuty OF the Re
public may be threatened by organized
defiance of its laws. The Presidents
course, and its universal approval By the
aw-abiding have dealt a blow at anarchy
In this land from which 1t will not re-
cover.
IL was the flashing OF the fiery cross
of patriotism which Senators Davis and
Gordon sent through the land TO its ut
most borders. The response was the up
rising Of nation To the support OF the
President and In that quiet uprising
which the country nevertheless strongly
felt, anarchy In all its grades, In or out
of Congress. may read its doom.
IL V H.