The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-10
LEE nTNIORIAL NEGOTIATION.
10 he SURVEYING Officers and Saldiers of
the Confederate AymU

The last sad rites are over. and aii chat
Was mortal OF our beloved and honorri
chieftain, Gen. Robert Edmund Lee. BIAS
been committed % iho grave. Now there
/ Il only len us the duty, 50 sacred % survlv-
ing Affection, Of building and decorating
his tomb. Admiration for his great quail
tee aud Tame, may prompt others io faiso
the loty column and imposing statue but
/ love Tor his person, reverence for hla virtuca
aud regard for his memory, dictate t0 hla
\ comrades tn arms aa their iraf care. az
properly enshrine hls remains.
Alter General Lee assumed che prosiden-
cy Of Washington College bis earlIpat ,eort
was the erection oi Chapel on thr Coiirgr
grounds. Beneath that ehasto and mnaslye
structure. la the room designed for u Ifbra.
ry, and adjoining the office filled with ma-
mentoes oMnis last unaclhsh, earnest lab0ra.
his ashes now repOso. And there. in che
temple reared by himself no che home oil
his adoption, win be hls nttlng aud we be-
! lleve, bis enduring rostlng-place. WohaII
THIS conviction because bis remains now
rest In the spot chosen by those who alone
had right % dcclde-beOause this anof
would most likely have been approved 'hv
the lllustrlous dead HIMSELF had his sef
forgetting mind ever dwelt for a moment
on such q questiOn-booauso Do holds bis
memory aiOOf from the possible contamina-
tons Of party pOlltics because it accord
with the custom observed by the rroat
Fathers and Servants Of the stato.sni al
whom preferred unostentatiouH resting
places-and because his tomb horo WIN 81
really more useful in connection With fba
last work OF his exemplary life in nornftu-
ating the good Influence OF the COLLEGE .f
Washington and Lee throughout the soutb
We therefore Invite his brethren and foI-
lowers In the momentOus struggle. which
has made his name and their own iulmorfai
TO unite ln constructing here "a Mausoiaum.
worthy the foremost man Of all ne tiuts
On the day succeeding the death OF Con
Ice, the Confederate soldiers who escorted
the body from his residence 90 the Chapel.
met at aud resolved az once 30 form "a AIe-
mortal Association; and no GA adjourned
meeting on the 10th Of Oct, when th6 funeral
obsequiee was concluded they ndunfaI
plan organization. An Executive Dom
mittee, q President and Vice Presidents Tor
the Southern States, have been nunaIutrH
and the Association will soon be- repuiariv
Incorporated. In order that che poorest n
our ranks may be enabled 20 iOiusunun au
equal footing with all Others in fho ploua
work Va view, " has been Determined tHat
any Confederate soldier may become "a mem
Der Of the Association upon the payment of
one dollar, and that the names OF AID fbr
members shall be enrolled in suitable h1aLs
10 be preserved In the Mem0r ChabI Tf
Is not proposed % limit subscriptions t0 tha
small sum already named, nor ~ confua
them toeoldiers nor do our wishra and uur-
poses stop with the Manaoloum Confirm.
tons will be gladly received FROM frleuda
everywhere and Of All classes. who VIII un-
der proper regulations be inscribed a. ffon-
orary members; and when sufficient som
has been secured, 10 Is contemplated to ereqf
special MONUMENT Ia connection with tho
Tomb.
Fellow Soldiers, we invoke you bv Clio
common memories OF the past 10 bo prompt
aud earnest In the noble undertaking lu
which you are now Invited. Iu the Gufff
churchyard OF Lexington, Lieut-GeaersI
"StOnewail Jackson lies Inferred and uou
bis great commander sleeps near at hand
What hOller spot can there BE- % ua, chan fhr
common home II these grand representa-
tive menf What more httlng monument
for the GREAT AnMr itself Of which Ian
was the head. the pride and glory, than one
raised here BY survivors, perpcfuatlnU alike
the memory Of his and their own great
deeds, the enduring witness 40 once OF their
devotion aud OF bis heroic qualities aa mHn.
his virtues a. a patriot and bis grace as 81
ChriATian-the remembrance OF which win
indeed outlive the marble and the broUJ.
which human hands may fashion in Dts hone
or.
W. N. PENDLEToN,
Gate Chief Of Artillery Army ". va.J
Chairman Of Executive Committee
The following officers have been selected
and requested ~ act rs President and Vices
Presidents Of the Association:
PREsIDESr
Gen. John G.. Brcckfnridfc date q. q.
Secretary Of War;
VICE PRESIDENT At LAhoE
Gen. Joseph r. Johnston.
VICE PuE8mENTa.
Gen. J. A. Early and Col. W. "a. Taylor.
Virginia
Gen. O.. 7. Beauregard Louisiana.
Gen. - II Hill North Carolina.
Gen. Wade Hampton, South Carolina.
Gen. John Is. Gordon, Georgia
Gen. WI. Hardee, Alabama.
Gen. stephen ID. Lee. Mississippi.
Gen. II. >. Ewell. Tennessee.
Gen. b. Hood, Texas.
Gen. Trimble, Maryland.
Gen. j. =. Marmaduke, Missouri.
Gen. VIM. Preston, Kentucky.
Gen. Tapham, Arkanaas.
The place selected for deposit of fund %
the Bank Of Lexington, Va, g.. M. FlRgat.
Cashier.
Circular Of the Wee Hsrcaidcnd uf
nhe lee Memorial AaHurlmdaBm