The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-03
Spirit of the Press.
THE CITY OF BROTHERLY HATE.

THE CITY OF BROTHERLY HATE.
Baltimore Sun.
The latest outbreak of sectionalism has
occurred in Philadelphia. They are so
loyal in the Quaker City that they go
into a fury of patriotic indignation when
Southern women propose to erect in the
church of which they are members
memorial tablet to Miss Winnie Davis.
treason" cry the stern and uncom-
promising enemies of disloyalty. Miss
Davis was the daughter OF the Confed-
crate President. She was rebel by
birth and instinct. Let no honors be
paid in the city of the loyal to the men,
DRY of this daughter OF the South. To
erect a memorial tablet to her outrages
the sensibiities of every hero who fought
for the preservation of the Union" 1t is
almost superf1uous to add that there will
be no Winnie Davis memorial in any
Philadelphia church. The Southern wo-
men who proposed it have abandoned
the movement. They have learned to
their regret that Philadelphia is not the
place in which to suggest recognition OF
the Christian virtues of a woman who
was an ornament to her sex, but was born
on the wrong side of Mason and Dixon's
line. The good people of Dixieland must
not expect any honors, either in life or
in death from the City of Brotherly
Love. Philadelphia draws the line on
them, and reserves it's respect and adj
miration for the sanity politicians who
stuff ballot boxes, despoil their thrifty
fellow citizens and engage in other d.
versions characteristic of pure minded
vi .ioI1f
there is no disposition on the part of the
fastidious and patriotic Philadelphans to
discourage trade relations with the South.
They will condescend to sell their wares
to the misguided citizens of Dixieland.
But Southerners must bear in mind that
the Quaker City, while willing to do
business with them, will never forgive
them for their conduct during the slate
unpleasantness." Nothing that they can
do now will be accepted as an extenua-
ton of their rebdllious performances
then.
Southern women residing in Philadel-
phia must be meek and retiring They
should in all respects be considerate of
the feelings of sensitive patriots in the
City of Brotherly Love, and do nothing
to disturb their serenity. For these bat
tle-ScarreQ heroes are leIIIUlS nICh
aroused. Not long ago a few daughters
of Dixie who live in Philadelphia had
the whole Loyal-Legion in fearful state
of mind over a proposed monument to
Confederate dead. There were threats
of dynamiting the monument. Johnny
was so angry that he talked about get
ting his gun and qualifying himself to
draw another pension. These experiences
should convince Southern women OF the
wisdom of offending the unreconstructed
Philadelphia. Half million men, the
chivalry of Pennsylvania, may be mobi-
lized in an emergency to crush the women
from Dixie. The ladies from the Sunny
South who live in the City of Brotherly
Love will find it advisable to cultivate
prudence and reserve in the future. III
they want to endear themselves to the
community and propitiate the loyal, let
them raise a fund to erect monuments
and memorial tablets, to the gifted fran
chse- grabbers and ballot-box manipula-
tors who have brought unenviable fame
upon the Quaker City.