The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-05
FROM RALEIGH.

Dsdfcatiou Of the Monumcnt!TheH m
scriptisn-Dr. swuync's AddfcsA =
Y RAEErGH, June 4.-The ceremony at
the city cemetery, in connection Win
the dedication of the monument 10 the
father of President johnson, COM
menced to-day ut noon. Inc monu-
mani ia a single shaft of red limestone,
ten feet high. with ornamented cap.A 1t
hears the following inscription:
On memory of Jacob johnson, an
honast man., beloved and respected by
All who knew him. Died Janury, 1912,
from disease caused by q noble effort in
saving the life of his friend.n
The President and party, accompa-
MED BY Governor Worth, General Sick.
les and others, reached the cemetery in
carriages and were conducted to the
platform near the monument. A very
large number of spectators were present.
An appeared deeply interested IN we
ceremonies. ~
q After the preliminary religious exer-
cises. Hon. d. L. Swayne, l.. Il. D., Pres-
dam If the State University, delivered
: = adSress. in which he traced the his
tory of the city of Raleigh, and In this
connection alluded to Jacob johnson
Who, BY q deed of noble. daring saved
from drowning Henderson and Callian,
at the ultimate cost of his own life,
passing away eyQtually, martyr to
humanity. The orator among other
things said that three natives Of
the State of North Carolina, Jack
son, Polk and johnson had passed from
obscurity and poverty in North Car
DINA to comparative Opulence in Ten.
nessee and then to the highest point OF
honor in the Union and world.
DIR. Swayne concluded his very elab-
crate and eloquent address as follows:
OF the history of the son OF JACOB
johnson, who commenced life under
comparatively unfavorable auspices,
this is net the time to speak; Of the COM
papion of his bOyhood, Leonidas Polk,
whose character have attempted to
portray, has passed the portals Of the
grave. The President of the United
States is before you. His case in life
thus far is one of the most remarkable
of any age or nation. His country and
the world have decided between two
parties which divided North Carolina
and the South. He who achieved such
results SO patriotic, was as brave, as
disinterested and wiser than his COM
peers. The monuments OF these slres
are before you; the crossed swords sus-
pended above Us q momento OF the past
and warning for the future blood Of the
noblest : heroes on both sides of
the conflict will form q union
of the hearts of their descendants
of those who meet in deadly strife on
many we'll fought fields. The most
patriotic hearts, North and South, East
and West, already beat in unison. The
time has arrived when patriotism, not
less than christianity, requires forgive
ness of all that we cannot forget. Let
the crossed swords of monument sur
mounted by the Stars and Stripes form
appropriate memorial associations for
Confederate and Union dead and in
strife be forgotten above their graves,
but patriotic and generous emulation
to be first and foremost to promote
harmony and good will and restore
unison, that more perfect unison desig-
mated by the constitution of our COM
mon country. -HgL .
f, The ceremonies closed by a benedic
ton, when two young colored girls
came forward and tenderly'laid punches
of the choicest flowers on the grave of
Jacob johnson. .,
The President accompanied by Secro-
tary Seward, Postmaster General Ran
dali and others were escorted to the
Capital at 10 o'clock this morning, by
Gov. Worth, Gen. Sickles and staff and
a number of prominent military officers
and civilians, including the Mayor. The
reception took place in the ball of the
house of commerce. The visitors, after
salu ing the President, were severally
introduced to Secretary Seward, the
Postmaster General, and Gen. Sickles.
A deaf mute from the State asylum was
among the many who paid their respects
to the President, and whites and blacks
We'd with each other in passing the
President every attention and courtesy,
and all were received in the most kind
~ manner. -ss.--t n