Telegram-herald., 1886-05-02
TH[REDEL YELL AGAIN
JEFF Davis at the dwelling OF
the Hill Monument.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM At ATLANTA
TIE President OF the eeco.,federacv
Makes Another Spesch--lmmenss
Crowds Prsseat--Aa Ora
ton 81 General Black

ATLANTA. Ga. May The unseIiins ol
the moEamens crested - the memory and
in honor Of the late senator Benjamin II.
Hill, Was originally set for IA earlier day,
bat when there came prospect Of securing,
the presence here Of jefferson Davis. and
when. subsequently,. bis dsfinile PROMISE q,
attend was reeejved, IL Vas decided 70 con.
solidale TIE two syeats and today Mas tia,
date Axed apon. The prssAraiiaas E,r exsrt
eises we're carried out on grand scale. Tha
city pat on iis gayest attire and today il ~
perfect blaze Of eoiors. The presence, ia,
The city. Of Davss drsw ore OF toe greatest
thronss ever gathered IN Atlantis. Fol,
several days past the people have ben con
iaz. hliing tae hotels and boarding houses.
The city wss practically full last hight 5u,
when this morniDg fully thirty thousand
people throneed N through is gates the
result may DC imagined Afier the reception
rendered Mr. DAVIS yesterday, he retired
early aud aw0ke this morning greaIiy re-
freshest The grees In front Of the Hill
MANSION sas very early thronged with ali
eager and expecf AIT er0wc. bur 1t was not
uatil 93O that they obtained a glimpse of
the distinguished visitor. Al that hour 4
large military and police escort reached the
house and. accompanied by j e. G. Blacs,
ogat0s "a the day: Henry W. Grady. master
0f ceremonies: and DR.. r W Spalilns,
president Of the monument association.
Davis Emerged from the house and entering
carriage drawn by four gray horses moved
dosn to the city. His appearance was a
signal Tor an oGfbnrst OF cheers. which
was taken up and prolonged by thronss
aloog the route, Davis bosing and smiling
upon every hand. Upon reaching Marietta
S.. Confederate veterans one thousand
strong. were found drawn up in line in
front Of the State House. As the ex-tori-
feterate presidents carriage passed down
the line the veterans gave vent 10 snca a
yell as bad not hard in this city before
since early in The SIaties. The assem- blsd
mefntnde took Il up and tor several
moments the noise vas deafening. The
procession proper was then formed and
with veterans as guard OF honor, il moved
and Broad and Peach Tree-s;s 20 Monument
st- we're packed with people.
The police with difficulty keep an open
space sufficiently wide foe the prooessi IN 10
pass. Yards. h0use-tops and windows wete
also tisfongssi. and such an ovation wis
rendered Davis ss has never been eQualtd
IN the South. When the head Of the pro
cession reached the monument. the vet
erans opened ranks and the carriages
passed through and the veterans again ia
cuiged in the rebel yell" for which thay
were famous during the war. Davis and
his escort then took seats upon the plat
form and the exercises opened with brief
explanatory remarks BY Grady. after which
prs yers were offered by Gen. c. A. Evans.
The statue was then presented to the state
0y Or. K. u. Spaiding. president OF the as
sociation. and amidst great cheering it was
unveiled. Governor Mcdaniel accepted the
statue in the name of the COMMON
wealth. J. Z. G. Black then delivered the
Grafton, which was a mastery effort. At
the conclusion Of the Grafton Grady intro
duced Davis. As be arose from his seat and
stepped forward ne multitude broke forth
into CHEERS which lasted several minutsss
When silence was restored, Davis spoke as
follows
IL believe ycu have been generally ap.
praised that that no address has been expert
ed from me. I came as one who vans 10
show hts respect 10 the man Who. whether
IN victory or defeat was ever the same. If
I weS asked "a select from Georgias history
I Wouli take Oglethorpe henevolent TrOnp.
dannties<. and Hill faithful. II IL was ex-
pected OF me and fels able 20 speak I feel
that could ssy nothing % add 70 the great
ovation you nave rendered me. but | will
say something about my dead friend. His
voice wts raised first and last for Georgia
When paraiyzed by aefeAt and poverty and
cur people seeIncd 70 shrink back il was his
eternal devotion % the cause Of truth ard
justice Nhich gained Oeorgians the iDce-
pendence yOn nov enjoy. But dare not
sueaS of Hsil personality. From beginniag
70 end he was enc on whom / c0ald place
my bands with confidence. RE bad moth
ing O. ask. but much % give. You see
what We bavr suffered and What it beCopses
Georgia 10 resent but my friends. ours ia a
dag "a peace A. well "a resistance. urxe
upon al present % observe fealty 10 the
enemy Tie promise and loyalty 90 the
rights guaranteed 20 you under the conski-
tuition. May freedom sni independ sr,ce
such as your fathers gave you be yours and
Your childr-ns forever.
Davis words were received with lorg-
continued applause and he vas forcsd sew
erai times O. bow his Acknowledgements
Miss Winnie Davis was then introduced
and was gwen a very warm greeting Tae
exercises concluded With prayer and The
benesiicfion BY Rev. Dr. Barnett. At the
close cf the exercises Davis returned 10 the
Hill r-snsion where many called 10 pay
their respects. bnt. owing TO his hsbIs
beaith. they were not admitted. Tonight
he ard bis daughter will be rendered a re-
cept.on ~ the Capitsi City Club. The vie
itors leave AZ I o'clock tomorrov morning
for savannah. stopping at Macon for thirty
minutes, where Davis gill undouhsly be
teadered an ovation.