Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-05-06
IN MEMORlAM.


An immense Crowd a ttend the Confederate
Monument Ceremonies at Montgomery,
Ala.-Jensrson Davis and General Gordon
Address the People.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. April 29.-Yestet.
day will ever be memorable in the history
OF Alabama. Every locality was repre-
scented and many adjacent towns and VIII
lagos poured I'm their entire population into
the streets and at an early hour the side
walks were SO den,eIy packed that locomp-
ton was difficult. 1t had fained all night
anu poured down until Leh o'clock and the
hour for delivering the address by Jefferson
Davis and tieneral Gordon was changed to
two p. m. Instead OF goilig to the park
it was decided that the speeches should be
made ferin the very spot where MI. Davis
took the oath of Office as President of
the Confederate States. This change was
made because OF the muddy condition
OF the park. The entire city was gaily
decorated and the city hall had the United
States flags fluttering ont Of every window.
Pictures OF Confederate Generals were
fastened to the outside walls, while the
names ef X. f. Lee, ''StonewalI' jackson,
Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert E. RUdes
peared Oh streaniers. More Federal flags
flpated In Montgomery than at any time
since $780, The private houses and bust
ness houses all had liberal supply of deco
raiiOns and devices and words of welcome
to Mr.. Davis
When the procession arrived at the Capt.
tol gate the way was cleared for Mr.. Davis,
the military being formed so as to prevent
overrunning the bu lding and grounds be-
fore he had reached the place. He was
seated near the historic spot he occupied
Fcbrn,ry 8, 1861. Arranged in front was
place for the press and on the sides aud in
the rear were members of various organiZa.
lions interested i'm the building of the mon.
umcnt VIII Oh it is proposed to erect on the
hill Immediately north Of the Capitol.
The people, men, women and chill
dren, were packed from the steps to
the front gate, and while it was impossible
for n great part of them to hear they
stood in their places out of respect for Mr.
Davis and desire to see him. Being in-
troduced by Mayor Breeze, MIR. Davis APP.
peared, leaning upon his cane, and in Il
clear voice spoke briefly of war times and
the satsfc.icl it gave him to be present
on this occasion.
General Gordon was then introduced and
after reviewing the stirring scenes of the
war and praising The conduct of the South.
ern people during and since that time, con-
ciUded as fOliowss
And now, let the manly virtues of tho
fathers and the stainless purity of the
mothers dwell richly in their sons and their
daughters; let personal and public honor
be the commanding law, both of your
thought and your action; let your represen-
tatves, State and Federal, still maintain
untarnshed regulations for incOrruptibility
in Office; let your fidelity to the whole coun-
try be as conspicuous in peace as was your
devotion to the South during devastating
war; let the Souths plighted faith
to the permanent union of the
States and the legitimate results
of the war be forever unIuesti0nei;
let all Constitutional policies that tend to
unite more closely the sections and people,
and at the same time to promote simplicity
and economy of administration, find among
you their sincerest and most enlightened
champions. Then, in the march of the Re-
public to its high destiny, the South will
resume her place with the ranks at the head
OF the column, and the names of Southern
statesmen and Southern soldiers will live
among the most conspicuous and hOnOred in
our country's history"
To-day vii! be another big day. Tho
corner stone OF the monument is to be laid
with impressive ceremonies, in which MIR.
Davis, General Gordon and other diStim-
guished COnfederates will be present and
take part. The Masonic fraternity will lay
the corner stone and Mr.. Davis will put it
in Mace