Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-05
FROM RALEIGH,


Ceremonies at the Dedication of the
Monument to the Father of the
President. .-s fE..... grft .s
RALEIGH, N. c., June 4-The ceremonies
at the City Cemetery, in connection with
the dedication of the monument to the
father of President johnson, commenced
to-day at noon. The monument is single
shaft of red limestone, ten feet high, and
ornamented. The cut bears the following
inscription: "In memory of Jacob Johnson,
an honest man, beloved and respected by.
all who knew him. Born -. Died
January, 1872, from disease caused by an
over effort in saving the life of his friends"
The President and party, accompanied
by Gov. Worth. Gen. Sickles and others,
having reached the cemetery in carriages,
were conducted to the platform near the
monument. A very large number of spec
tators We're present, all apparently deeply
interested in the ceremonies.
After preliminary religious exercises,
Hon. d. J.. Swain, l.. l.. D., President of
the State University, delivered an address,
in which he traced the history OF the city
OF Raleigh, and in this connection alluded
to Jacob johnson, who by deed of noble
daring saved from drowning Henderson
and Callum, at the ultimate cost of his own
life, passing away eventually a martyr to
humanity. tr..s
The orator, among other things, alluded
to the fact that three natives of the State of
North Carolina, Jackson, Polk and John
son, had passed from obscurity and poverty
in North Carolina to comparative opulence
in Tennessee, and hence to the highest point
of honor in the Union and world. si
DIR. Swain concluded his very able and
eloquent address as follows:
OF the history of the son of Jacob john
son, who commenced life under compare
lively unfavorable auspices, this is not the
70 L 70 fhn of hic
hood. Leonidas Polk, whose character
have attempted to portray, has passed the
portals of the grave.
The President of the United States is be-
fore you, scarcely more time worn than the
Lieutenant General seemed at our last in
terview. His career in life thus far is one
of the most remarkable of any age or ma
ton. His country and the world have de-
cided between two parties which divided
North Carolina and the South. He who
achieved success, if not more pure and pat
riotic, was as brave as disinterested, and
wiser than his compeer.
The monuments of the sires are before
! you. The crossed swords may be suspend
ed as memento of the past and warning
for the future. The blood of the noblest
heroes on both sides of the conflict will
soon form a union in the veins of descend
ents of those who met in deadly strife on
many well fought field.
The most patriotic hearts North and
South, East and West, already beat in uni
son. The time has arrived when patriot
ism, not less than Christianity, requires for
giveness1of all that we cannot forget. Let
| the crossed swords of the monument, sur
mounted by the stars and stripes, form APP
propriate memorial associations for Con-
| federate and Union dead, and let no strife
be engendered above their graves, but pat
riotic and generous emulation to be first
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| good will; and resolve on that Union
that more perfect Union. designed by the
| Constitution of our common country.
The ceremonies closed by the benedic-
tiOn, when two young colored girls came
forward and tenderly laid punches of the
choicest flowers on the grave of Jacot
johnson. -i ss
The following paragraph was inadver
tently omitted in telegraphing the speech
of the President, yesterday:
| l have come to participate in the cere
monies of dedicating the monument to
man whom you respected, though of poo
and humble condition. He was my father
est and faithful friend, a character l priZ,
higher than all worldly fortune whicl
could have heen left me. 7 q
The President, accompanied by Secre
tary Seward, Postmaster General Randall
and others, was escorted to the capitol a
10 o'clock this morning, by Gov. Worth
Gen. Sickles and staff, and a number o
prominent I2kary officers and civilians
including D eyor.
A receA place in the hall of tn
House of bus. The visitors, afte
saluting the Yesident, were severally in
troduced to Secretary Seward, the Post
master General and General Sickles. Th'
deaf mutes from the State asylum wer,
among the many who paid their respects t.
the President. Whites and blacks vieC
with each other in paying the Presiden
every attention and courtesy, and all wer
received in the most kindly, manner.