The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-15

: in her behalf during those dark day
when she most needed friends abroad
AT no time during the struggle did Mi;
sissippi or the Confederacy look TO hin
: in vain. His princely fortune was trit
{ utarY to their necessities, and more thai
/ once his active support received tn
grateful recognition of the State ant
! Confederate authorities. The depose,
J Chief of the Confederacy was his friend
and he permits no opportunity to pas
to manifest his attachment TO his persoI
and to the cause which was foreye
eclipsed in his fall. During long life
and even before fortune had so gener
ously smiled upon and blessed his efforts
he has been noted for his deeds of chari
! ty. His private benefactions are only
equaled by his public philanthropy
When / received, in November last, 8
letter from him informing me that dur
ing his visit to this country the June
previous he had purchased spot of the
! field of action here and would erect q
great "stone as an imperishable mark
of the place of sacrifice and within
the very massive inclosure to be built
any who are interested in the dead of
that battlefield from Mississippi were
invited to deposit their remains, all the
/ better impulses of my nature went out
across the broad Atlantic to the home of
this good man, who in hon0ring the
memory of his dead brother did not
forget TO honor Mississippi.
Sensible of the gratitude Mississip-
plans would feel for this exhibit of pa
triotism and crowning act of generosity,
prepared and introduced in the Senate
of my State the following joint resolu-
ton, which passed both branches of the
Legislature and became a law by the
prompt and cordial approval of the
Governor, February Z, 1884:
WHEREAS, In the fatal and unfor-
tunate battle of Munfordyille, on Green
river, KY, on the 18th of September,
1862, quite a number of soldiers from
Mississippi, belonging to the Seventh,
Ninth, Tenth, Twenty-ninth and Forty
fourth Mississippi Regiments, gave up
their lives in the service of the State,
and by their gallantry and unselfsh
devotion to the cause to which the State
had pledged its sacred honor reflected
new and enduring luster upon its name;
and
WHEREAS, Mr.. James Smith, of Glas-
gov, Scotland, once an LOnored citizen
of Mississippi, and now, as always, in
terested in everything that contributes
to the glory of her history, has purchased
a spot of the field of action prominent
in position near the railroad, which, at
his own expense, is now walled in, and
a cenotaph, some twenty feet high and
of fifteen to twenty tons weight, is being
firmly fixed on the site as an imperish-
able mark of the place of sacrifice, with
the simple inscription: Erected in
memory of the sacrifice of the Tenth |
Regiment, commanded by |
Col Robt. A. Smith," and has gener-
ously offered to any who are interested
in the remains of those of the Seventh,
Ninth, Tenth, Twenty-ninth and Forty
fourth Mississippi Regiments which lie
buried on or near the field of action, to
deposit their remains within the massive
inclosure; and,
WHEREAS, Individual enterprise on
the part of those who have relatives
among those fallen heroes may be made
quate to the task of properly transfer
ring their remains to the inclosure,
where they would forever rest under
the shadow of the monolith erected to
commemorate their valor and tragic
fate, and where their honored ashes
would be safe from intrusion or distur-
bance for all time; and,
WHEREAS, Their disinterment and re-
moval, if intrusted to the care of a safe,
reliable citizen in the vicinity, under
The supervision of the authorities of this
State, could be judiciously performed,
Ind at comparatively small expense
10 the State; therefore,
Be IL Resolved By the Legislature Of h
State Of Mississippi, That the sum of
I've hundred dollars, or as much thereof
IS may be necessary, be, and the same
IS hereby appropriated out of any money
in the State Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated, for the purposes recited In
the foregoing preamble; the Auditor to
ssue his warrant therefor on the requis-
tion of the Governor, and that the
Governor be requested to correspond
with Anthony L. Woodson, of Wood
Jonville, KY, and make such arrange
nents with him, or other suitable per
Ion as may be deemed advisable, for the
removal of the dead and erecting suit
lble white marble slabs, upon which
hall be engraven the names of such as
,an be ascertained, one each to the dead
# the several regiments so reinterred.
Be 1t further ResoIUed, That this resO
ution take effect from and after its
The labor of love which has cost the
loble giver much anxious thought has
It length been satisfactorily achieved,
md we have assembled here to-day to
witness and assist in the crowning act of
Is completion.
have to express the satisfaction that
lot only the remains of all Mississippi
ms lying on and near this battlefield,
those of the noble and ever
'allant little band-the Ninth Battalion
( Sharpshooters, that by inadvertence
Vere not mentioned, yet in spirit are
mbraced in the resolution of their
,tate Legislature-have been disinterred
nd their bones deposited within this
nclosure, but that suitable white mar
lie headstones which a grateful State
made provision for have been erected,
me each to the dead of the several COM
hands engaged in battle here.
With many acknowledgements for the
patriotism and public-spir-
t which are exhibited here, not for the
irst time, by our noble-hearted bene-
actor, and with profound regard and
everence for the sentiment to be COM
shall now, with the assist
nee of my young lady friend, daugh-
er of our noble host, and by birth a
proceed to the unvailing
# the monument, which / feel all will
ay crowns the giver of it with honor;
loes honor to the skilled sculptors of it,
md reflects imperishable honor upon
he State of Mississippi and her brave
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