The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-30
A Friendly Controversy.

/ N AAAChdAy OOhtLoFOAoys
A short time ago the Confed-
crate Ladies Memorial Associa-
ton addressed to President
Roosevelt q petition asking that
the name of jefferson Davis be
restored to the Cabin John bridge
near Washington where it had
been chiseled out by somebody's
order during tho civil war, 1T
having been placed on a stone of
arch because Mr.. Davis was the
Secretary of War who approved
the plan for the bridge and under
whose supervision it was con-
structed. .
The Charleston News and
Courier. it seems, protested
against the action of the memo
rial association on the ground
that it was not the affair of tue
Southern people but of those who
were responsible for the mutila-
ton of the stone. Our Charles
ton contemporary took the po-
sition that the stone should be
left as it is, and in the event that
the name of Mr.. Davis is restored
it should be done at the instance
of and "by those who represent
the vandals that mutilated it."
In tins connection the News and
Courier said:
"The mutilated stone on Cabin
John bridge, as our Indiana con-
temporary says, reflects on US as
a people; not upon the people of
the South, nor upon the interests
represented by any Confederate
association, but upon the people
of the North. They mutilated
the stone; let them restore it. 1t
does not make the least difference
to Mr.. Davis people whether
they do or not, but as long as
it remains in its present con-
Idition it will continue to reflect
on us as a people. We think.
says our contemporary, the
name is better there for us than
the tlank space-far better.
Doubtless that is true, but it is
not a matter in which Mr.. Davis
people should interfere. That is
ALL"
The Indianapolis News thinks
the argument of the News and
Courier is offered in revengefuI
spirit and declares that the mu-
tilation of the stone bearing the
name of jefferson Davis-an act
done in the heat of war time
reflected ION us as a people and
ought to be oblitersted by q
restoration of the name." In
quite a kindly spirit the Indianap-
oils paper argues that mr..
Davis, people are our people,
that "they are part and parcel of
the American people and their
opinion Is part of the public
opinion that guides the country"
II Mr.. Davis people would like to
think so, but there are so many
things that prove the contrary
that they are unable to do it..
They are in the union, but not in
its councils, therefore their
opinion does not amount to
| anything at all and does not
guide the country in any sense.
The Southern people, however,
are not depioring such situation,
and we would not refer to the
matter were it not for the sake of
keeping the record straight.
So far Is tho rather agreeable
controversy between the News
and Courier and indianapolis
H News is concerned it is q very
trihing matter. The place Of
jefferson Davis in history is per-
4 fectly secure, and it does not
interest his people in the least
whether or not his name is
restored to the mutilated stone of
Cabin John bridge.-N. 0. States.
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