The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

'clty Of New Orleans, the splrlt .
Jefferson Davis shook eff the morris J:
'coil, and took its returnIes8 fight in
TO tie regions of the great unknown
Ito join the innumerahle caravan of
'eartL'8 forgotten and unforgotten.
The metropolitan press Of thsI
.orntry both North and South, have
already laid their tributes at theI
newly erected SHRINE Of biz virtues I
and before this sheet 6hall have roll
/ ed from the press, the name Of thtI
leal hero will have been reverently
'prouOunced in hnsled whisI ers from,
bone end of this land 20 the Otler,
But perchance some whose custom
] 1t is to scan these columns weekly,
alal e rot yet rea the detailed &C
counts of his life and lis death. So
] far their sake8, together with the
jsad pleasure we fell in thus hO1Orin9
Slhe great chieftain Of great people.
we offer In these unpretcntious col
sumns O word If tribute to his name.
which, but a few hours ago, when
sthe last of its mortality was laid tc
srest, changed with twinkllng into
hat men cell memory.
8 'Twere an effort all too futile tt
sattempt even glance at his careel
sand the manly virtues of his noble
gcharacter. A whole natloa tread,
ssIowly to and fro in the habiliments
ssof mourning, The two great section:
sof tie country tie North and th'
South, clasp hands over the seal, [
sca eket where rests the mOulderin!
3duet Of the finest type of Amerlcal
SmanhoCd.
8 The sympathetic hearts Of Ii
.friends in the North mourn t. los'
ssof one so learned, so noble, SO pure
swhose motives were ever atOgt
ssuspic:On and whose integrity Wa!
atEe very soul Of ols own mobility
Ellis comrades, his con panlons, hi
COLLEAGUES, the entire soil
ESouth, with feelings OF nearest kin
g. hip, mourn with the North, the los:
zof the scholar, the philosopher, th'
STATESMAN ard the hero.
3 But with far deeper grief they
.wccp over the liFeIess form, til,
Npulscless heart and the silent tongue
ss?of father, brother ard friend, who's,
Flour score years of Southern devo
Etion are tie sllken thread that shall
Iborler his mantle forever.
s For the fadeless beauty of hi:
.own loved sunny South, his manlN
8 form hraved the storms Of war. Fol
j the love be bore to his home, hi.
acompanions and friends, indeed L
|. tine people Of tAe entire South whlcl
sswere his own peculiar heritage, hi
Ehcart beat steady and true till tn.
ss&nds of life ran through.
8 For It's protection in peril, its en-
. Encouragement in defeat, and its glorl
8regained. the accents from his clio
gQuent tongue and facile pen wer
scaught up and repeated from tit
SSenato halls in Washington. 1S47 t.
atho North Carolina Centennial 8
4tayettevllle, 1889.
3 A CREST spirit has gone from
aeaIth. A thousanl church bells to-
sfEom q Thousand steeples to day, an,
sthe last sad t. kens Of fond affection
aquietly rest DER his honored clay.
. Hero Of New Orleans7 may ais,
ab2 aptly spoken of him whose deaf
aand last resting place have thus mad
smomorable the last decade Of thi
ag iOrlOus nincteen.h centuTT.
8 Favored city !Hhou art highly honor
sed to bear in thy silent precincts tt
8 GENERATED ashes Of the hero of tt
SSouth Keep thy vigils well, L.
Sno unfriendly hand disturb the val
.Led urn that holds the honored dus
SOf the brave chiCftain of the "Los
ECause."
5 When the passions and prejudice
S of war shall have smouldered on
Rtheir last remaining spark, then, pei
shaps, the South. the North and th
.civilized world, can do Justice to on
Got the grandest statesmen who's
ssnames have graced the pages 0
& American history.
e Our Dead Chief.