The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-13


I or the plan formulated by him 10 erect q
monument to the lamented jefferson Davis.
to which all the people Of the South are
asked 10 contribute.
RcSOlrcd, That committee Of ten. with
the president Of this association as chair
man cs-oBfcio. be appointed 30 draf q
memorial which each paper will print.
asking iof subscriptions and explaining the
purpOse of this association.
The president appointed the following
committee to draft memorial resolutions
Mr.. George W. Dupre. chairman, New Or
/ leans D1iiV lSfdfeS. Page VI. Baker. Times
/ DcmOcraf; John W. Fairfax Cng Item.
/ W. W, ecre'YB, 1dfcrfiseF, Montgomery.
Ala; ". G. Waller. Richmond. Va. TIMEs
! +. Davis. Pic0yuHe; X. VI. johnson. HOus-
/ ton Post; Mckissech, Ncus-COuricr; Mr..
/ Collier Memphis APpcoi The committee
afterwards met, and after consulting with
General Gordon. adopted the following me-
mortal;
DAVIS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION.
The Southern Press Davis Monument As
sOciatiOn, composed Of the representative
newspapers Of the South, was organized in
this city to-day. The object is 10 assist in
raising fund for the erection Of mOnu-
mcnt to Jefferson Davis. The undersigned
have been appointed committee 10 draft a
explaining the objects of the association.
The purpose of the people Of the south
10 build n grand monument 10 Jeiier.
son DAVIS was synchrOnDus with the last
breath of the dying hero Of the Confederate
causc. IL il not, therefore, 10 create new
enthusiasm. Ii Is TO centraliZc and direct
the course Of what already fills the minds Of
the patriotic south that the newspaper
press Of the South have organized to co-opc-
rate with the Association of United Con-
fpderate Veterans. whose cOmmander-in-
chief is General John B. Gordon. Of Geor-
gia. While the great soul OF Jefferson Davis,
freighted with that truth of the Southern
cause on constitutional liberty, has winged
It's flight. his earthly remains must be duly
hOnOrcd by those in whose named he suf-
farrd. and we should be dead 10
every sentiment Of duty, every prompt
ing of the gratitude and love. did
we net, now that he has been called
hence, seek i'm every fitting way 10 perpet-
uate his memory. and prove TO the world
and 10 pOsterity that we know how to appre-
ciate 80 pure. so noble, 40 exalted a charac-
ter. We need do no more than state the
object Of the association to secure the car
nest aud enthusiastic cooperation Of every
newspaper in the South. That object i'm il
self 80 noble, so patriotic, so suggestive that
the heart Of every man and woman in all
our broad fair land Will at once be resp0n-
siyeto it.
George W. Dupre, chairman; Page NJ.
Baker, Thomas i. Davis and John
W. Fairfax. New Orleans: W. G.
Waller, Richmond, Va; W. v. Screwes.
Montgomery, Ala; W. \. Collier,
Memphis, Tenn; +. W. Carmack. Nash
vile. Tenn; +. ID. i McKissick, Charles
ton. :. c.: X. VI. Johnston, Houston, Tex;
John Henderson. Meridian, Miss; Leon
Jastremski. Louisiana; John W.Childress,
cr-oNcio chairman.
PERMANENT INTERMENr.
Tonight the New Orleans City Council
adopted a resolution Offering any Of the
public squares Of the city 10 the family of
Mr.. Davis for his permanent interment.
Colonel Wright Schaumbcrg, private secre-
tary Of the Mayor, was interviewed this
evening, and in response TO 'the question
What do you think about the various
places proposed as the permanent buria'-
place Of Mr.. Dayis:' he said: "Of course
it isa matter 10 be decided by Mrs. Davis
and her children alone. What her feelings
will be no one can say. ! think Old soldiers.
when they have had time 10 reflect. will
agree, while leach would he proud 20 have
the soil Of his own State receive
the body Of his chief, that there are but two
places 10 DE cOl~lNcltu. IlNl. the Nttit Ni
Mississippi. which was his own state, and
Mr.. Davis whole career was shaped upon
the principle that TO his State he owed his
first allegiance. A very large part of all
the lustrc that was shed upon that states
cscutchcOn came from the intellectual and
moral triumphs of Mr.. Davis. The second
place 10 consider is Richmond. Not be-
cause il is in Virginia, but because it was
the capital of the nation Of which he was
the only President; because there he passed
the prOudcst and the saddest days of his
life; because his boy and the hopes OF apeo-
pie, nations cause, are buried there.
For all that happened after he left
Richmond was only the echo Of
the guns. The battle was fought and finally
lost AT Richmond, and within sound of the
church bells Of Richmond lie buried more
Of the glory. self sacrifice and her0ism than
i'm all the land besides. At no place could
the chief be buried where there would be so
many of his old soldiers to answer with him
at the final rcrcUie. Sacrificing all selfish
wishes for our State IN the interest of the
eternal fitness Ofthings. ! should say bury
our dead President at Richmond, and let all
men who admire true greatness contribute
to build monument 20 him. Let Rich
mOnd bp the Walballa Of the South. Mayor
EllVsOn had an interview with Mrs. Davis
on the subject this morning, and She was
very fayorably inclined towards Richmond
as the final alrestingp place of the distinguished