The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-07

ne belonged, and when his name WAS called
It was answered from the ranks; Mort sur
would be the list which would con.
tain the names of Alabama's sons whose
valor and fidelity would justify she
unjust to the many. They are all, there
fore, left where they securely repose In the
will rest upon the land for which they died,
and point upward to the Father W no knows
the motives as well as the deeds of his chill.
dren, and to them at least resting in the land
where that Justice may be rendered which
may have been denied them here
In conclusion, permit me Co say, SAae
though the memory of our glorious past
must ever be dear TO us, duty points co the
resumed her place in the Union, be is yours
70 fulfill all the obligations devolving upon
all good citizens seeking to restore the GEN.
eraI Government to It's pristine purity, and
as best yOu may to promote the welfare and
happiness of your common country. tLong
Citizens of Alabama and ladies (turnIng TO
the ladies on the platform), for to whatever
side you may belong, it is your sex that has
been true always in war and desolRtion. We
hear of the valor, and virtues, and enduring
name of the Spartan mothers but tell ms
when in all the history of nations was ever
she IaIiav of the Sbenandoah? How the eide
of war ebbed and flowed. Sometimes the
Confederates retreated and sometimes they
pursued. Those people who claimed to be
our brethren had burned every thing except
our fences.
Ex-Governor Watts-And they would have
burned them naQ they not DeGn stone.
Mr.. Davis turned smilin giy and repeated
to the crowd "and why do you suppose
they did not burn the fences? because they
were stone loud applause ; and yet there
never was time when Confederate body
of troops marched down that valley thas
the ladies did not wave Confederate nags
from their windows, and give bread TO the
hungry soldiers Tremendous Applausel
have promised that would not speak
xtemporaneously, and 1 will not do it.
God bless you one and all. love you all
from the bottom OF my heart, and give you
thanks now for your kindness. lGreat and
prolonged cheering.1
The ceremony of laying the corner
stone was participated in by the Mason
ic fraternity, the Monument Association
consisting of ColonelS Reece, Bragg, W.
B. Johnson and Screws, Governor O'Neil,
General w. w. Allen, Grand Master Har-
ris of the Knights of PYthias, and veter-
ans of the late war. Mr.. Davis and Gem
eral Gordon then proceeded to the Gov
ernor's room in the Capitol, where they
received the veterans. After dinner, at
the Exchange Hotel, they joined the Mill
tary Ladies' Memorial Association, this
being their Decoration Day, in q grand
parade to the cemetery, where the sol
diers' graves were decorated.
Captain A. A. Wiley delivered the ora
tion. The graves of Yancey, General
Lomax and other distinguished dead were
handsomely ornamented. Mr.. Davis goes
to Atlanta tomorrow on a special train
rendered by General Manager Abbott OF
the Western railroad of Alabama. After
the unwilling of the Hill monument, he
will go to Savannah. This city is alive
with strangers, and bunting decorations
are abundant