Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-07-14

Senator John W. Daniel has writ
ten an excellent letter TO the editor
of the Alexandria Bulletin, extracts
from which are given below. Con-
trasting the safe and conservative
sentiment of the South with the
state OF unrest prevailing at the in
dustrial, manufacturing and COM
merical centres of the Northern and
Western States, the Senator rightly
concludes that the former does not
suffer by the comparison. The les
son taught Tom Reed by the Con-
federate Colonel is one by which all
like him might profit when the South
again would be villified by them.
With not single Southern man,
white oreblack in the Coxey army
with peace, law and order prevailing
in the South, while millions Of dol
lars of property are being destroyed
and scores of lives are being sacrificed
by strikes in the North-surely the
mouths OF our maligners should not
only be closed now but hereafter.
The conduct of the South is indeed
admirable as Senator Daniel states
and all of us have reason like the
Confederate Colonel to be proud of
our Southland.
The day that Coxey's army made
its demonstration at the Capitol the
Hon. Tom Reed stood side by side
on the portico of the Capitol with an
ex-Confederate colonel who is also a
member of the House. surveying the
scene. An immense concourse of
people were looking on, and the
police were guarding the approaches
of the building from the inroad OF
the surging masses, while Coxey and
Browne were making efforts to get
on the Capitol steps to make their
manifestoes. What do you think
of that? said Reed to the Southern
brigadier 1T is the proudest day
of nv life said the latter. i do
not see a single Southern man, white
or black, in that army-they are all
from the hot-beds of protection, and
the Coxeyites have marched here
from the Mckinley district in Ohio.
Reed had nothing more to say.
But what an object lesson it is
this scene of turmoil and confusion
in the sections where there is money
in abundance, and this sturdy, self
respecting, law-abiding conduct on
the part of the South. The South
ern people are to-day impressing the
world with their character. Labor
strikes stretch across the continent
from San Francisco to the East.
Great cities are in state of siege.
Mail communications are interrupt
ed. Mines are scenes of riot. Bands
are marching on the capitol from
various directions with vague no
tions and sky-scraping schemes.
Anarchy sounds its rattle in New
York and Chicago. Socialism lifts
its horrid head in the German Reich
stag and the English Parliament,
and assassins strike their fell blows
in Italy and France. But the South
stands like n stonewall orpeace, or
der and law"
Our press is great factor for good
in these times, says Major Daniel.
He then proceeds to counsel calm
ness, and adds that the American
people will never tolerate violence.
He predicts bett times as soon as
the new tariff law goes into full op-
Grafton. Major Daniel concludes as
ollows:
But the South has an abundance
to eat-it is learning economy more
and more; it is Injured to hardship: it
contains a Woodworking, self con.
tanned, quiet, noble neighborly peo-
pie, who help each other, and it can
bear the strain put upon it better
than any people on the globe Its
campaigns of education through the
war and reconstruction, have made
it hardy and self reliant, and have
stimulated its resources Of self-help.
and | have never felt that it was
worthier the love of all it's sons than
in witnessing its splendid morale
during these times that try mems
souls. It's solid, substantial charac-
ter will give it commanding influence,
and this great fact will attract to it's
borders the best elements of immi
grafton, and the largest investments
of capital-the fact that the South
is today the land where property
rights and personal rights are more
respected and more faithfully guard
ed than in any other portion of the
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