The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-30
Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS
AND THE DEDICATION OF THE
HILL MONUMENT.
The Ex-President Of the COnfederacy
VIII Attend the Dedication Ger
emonies at Atlanta.

Atlanta Constitution. The following
correspondence wilfbe read with pleas
ure by our people:
ATLANTA, Ca, March 10. 1886.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis. Beauyoir, Miss:
DKAR SIR-Learning that you are at an
early day 10 deliver an address at M0ntgom-
cry, Ala, the Ben Hill Monument Commit
tee rave instructed me 10 invite you 70 come
to Atlanta and address the people OF Georgia
on the occasion Of unwilling the statue Of the
late Senator Is. II Hill. We presume, in this
request, somewhat upon your well-knoWn
love and admiration Of GeOrgia's great son.
You need no assurance that il would, above
all things, delieht ara. Hi !, or that the peo--
pie Of this CITY and Of the whole State would
rejoice in the opportunity Of extending TO
you a cordial welcome. No date Is fixed for
the ceremonies, aud any day that might suit
you would be entirely convenient to US.
r. D. sPALDING. Chairman.
BEAUvoIR, Mss, March Is, 1886.
r. D. spalding. Esq.:
DEAR SRI have received your letter of
the 18th instsnt, and gratefully acknowledge
the kind terms in which you invite me TO
attend at the unyelling OF the .statu, OF the
late SenstOr Hill. You are quite right in at
tributing to me both love ana admiration for
Georgia's great son, who, rising with pres
sure, shOne brightest VIXEN weaker natures
were Overwhelmed with despair. II II be
practicable will be present &C he unwilling
of the statue. More than this / cannot say.
Please present my thanks to your associates
on the Monument Committee, and believe
me respectfully and faithfully yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The close personal friendship that
existed between Mr.. Davis and Mr..
Hill makes the request OF the COM
mittee especially appropriate and the
consent of Mr. Davis especially graft
flying The superb eloquence, the un-
hsgging energy and the unquailing
devotion with which Mr.. Hill sup
ported and defended in the Confeder-
ate Senate the administration OF Mr..
Davis; the nobility of soul with which
he 'rose under pressure and shone
brightest when weaker natures were
overwhelmed with despair" the lion
hearted counge with which he, up
right amid the clouds of failing
cause, his white face cleaning amid
the darkenilg storm and his clear
voice ringing above the din of battle =
these are known OF all men. But be-
yond this there was loving friend
ship between Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Davis
that, kind ed in the days that tried
mems souls, strengthened as the strug-
gle deepened, survived defeat and
was interrupted only when the
younger man, still a hero and
dauntless in the slow and terri
BILE approach Of death, went down
/ to his grave. 1t Is fit, therefore, that
Mr.. Davis should come and sit in the
shadow of this stltue OF bis friend
when it shall be unveiled to the peo-
pie that loves them both, and that did
all that people could do for the cause
in which they fought together. 1t is
needless to say that vast crowd OF
Georgians will welcome Mr.. Davis
The limit OF that crowd will be set by
the capacity of the trains that run in
to the city, 1t is probable that the
date will be set for the 2Sth, as he will
be in Montgomery on the Goth. In a
private letter TO Mr.. Ben Hill, jr., Mr..
Davis discusses the proposed visit
more fully, and it is deemed best to
make the date so that he can come
from Montgomery to Atlanta. Mr.
Davis states that he cannot make al
address, as his strength will not per.
nit. His wishes will he consulted in
this regard, and only few words
need be expected from him. 1t Ii
enough that he is coming.