The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-07-18

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II. T. HICKS, MAYOR
COMMISSIONERS.

Charles Dana the very able scholarly editor of the New
York took occasion last week make very kind and
audatory reflections the life character public
of the Hon. Jefferson Davis Words of commentator from such
indeed gratifying comforting and they inspire the
hope that before noble old Chen shall through the Sun
set Gate of Life and receive his of Immortality that the bet
and the nobe portion of the people of the North with
Dana and will eagerly gladly pull back with willing the
dark of prejudice that has long shut from their
spec ard and admiration this noble mould of knghty
cha and the finest type loest patriotism that dazzled
the world with the mitabe sunbur of splendid conservation
the object of its Devotion And would be grateful the
Southern people the entire North without dissenting opinion
would old chosen eaderhe and
exponent of Southern sentiment and eelngin his light
they then regal spirit knghty mould and roy
ally robed that awes and seamless and unadng fabric
alone the loom of mpershabe patriotism, and with the woof
and warp of that heom which enabled him to maintain that
conquerab that conscious rectude of bearing which
power could not bend danger appall.
hope for such universal approval of heroic
little spirits, with little shortsghed that
the beauty and the true bancy of the Of nobility
and PATRIOTISM when full abae with the God knded fires of their
eulgent sendors and expect that some will still con-
spit his glory extinguish its
brightness with the futile expectations of their mpoent hate and
passions proof of which will that only short
time that paper North the
wish that he would from the illness under which he
could soop ow and rake filth foul, should
surprised daboca evidences of such henctud
vice has always been at bitter enm with virtue and her
been low ve and singing only the of
the deesabe filth Expedency always desped states
manshp cowadce always fling the mud of detracon
upon the brilliant escucheon of bravery and there
minded down. hell chosen wetches who will always hug
their and with malignant ondnes the dirty oprings
of the o conceptions that degraded human character
thank Heaven these filings hurt the nvunerabe character
of Jefferson Davis He high above their reach Lks
grand towering mountain which lifts its snowcapped head
the Skies and stands gSening the sunlight above
and vapors and clouds which settle around its base
does Jefferson Davis stand the granite of
shaken record and looms urouy upward the glory of work
faithfully and conscenosy done The noble eagle, when his
grand flight heavenwad he looks through the
the home the further removed from the which
drag their Shiny lengths through the mirey than Jefferson
DAVIS from those low drivees the dust of depaviy who would
his reputation with the filth of their vile
desi The distance between the malgned and the
gner great the Comparison sagge, for
called upon Hyperion and then stoop and look
with disgust upon Satyr
thing low and revolving, and again
nobler loveer beautiful emotionthe adverted to
which catch the agrace Of the
beautiful flowers of reconciliation and good feeling And
glad that flowers blooming many hearts, and
their delicious ode counteactng and destroying the
that occasionally from the rank weeds Of
hate and prejudice Yes the better people at the North
fling darts Davis They recognize the purity OF his
the oness of his patriotism and the sublmy OF the devo
which he consecrated his towering intellect and matches
he deemed and right And he approach
the Sunset he from the music OF good will
breaking pples upon his and ung him with
that soothing spell that brings peaceful sumbe glorious
the close, antidote for worst of woes