The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-11-28
President Davis.

Nothing that has been chroui-
,led during the past twenty years
in our dcilies has caused such an /
0 ltburst of sympathy among
people as the intelligence of the Sc
rious illness and financial troubles
of President mot ex -President)
Davis, for he is still regnant in the
near of every true southerner as
the personification OF all those
CHI ivalric, kn.ghtly and kingiy viz
tues which make man that may
well be likened unto god. Un1
born generations in our southland
will do his memory loving homage
when the brave hearts who fol-
lowed him have mouldered and re-
TUNED to the elements and their
spirits have flown to the source
from which they came.
Jefferson Davis, in the opinion
of the young editor, stands forth
to-day as the grandest figure in the
worlds history. Napoleon's pres
ence upon the field OF battle never
inspired the soldiery with more
desperate valor than did our re-
vered and aged chieftain. The
great heart of the sonth goes out
to him from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande and we see from our
exchanges that a company is being
formed TO purchase some land
owned by him in Arkansas to re-
lieve his present embarrassment.
fNot only thousands but millions
would be forthcoming If they were
necessary to contribute.to the com
fort of this heroic old patriot now
approaching the sunset of life.
A meeting was held by the
Frank Cheatham Bivouac Saturday
night and resolution passed by
which that organization will assist
in raising subscriptions to the
Davis Land Company which will
purchase the Arkansas lands. Dur
ing the meeting several eloquent
orations were delivered, Mr.. Geo
II. Armistead spoke in behalf OF
the young men as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, / ain confident
that though the contributions from
young men would be lar less i'm
posing than those from their elders
they would be fra ght with a not
less strong meaning Of regard fol
him who is to be their benefary.
1t must be, sir, that the closing
days Of this knightly man who
stands among US upon the TIRES
hold OF eternity could have no so
lace so sweet as the sweet and re
peaten kno Wedge that the land be
has loved and served still cherishes
his honor and his valor; the fading
horizon of his earthly existen ce
could reflect amid the gathering
shadows Of the grave, no sligo SC
bright as that the generation which
has followed bis active manhood
respects the memory of it's deeds.
This faith, sir, be must have; this
assurance he must know, and
though act and speech, eloquent
with tenderness, from those he once
led have not beoa lacking since be
retired from their marshaled pres
ence to the solitude of patriot
hermit, yet it must be, that the
sons and grandsons OF the men who
followed the cause he gallantly
championed stand ready to be.
speak their pride in his manhood
a1d their praise for his virtue.
Young men of Mississippi, Ala
bama and Louisiana have already
rendered their cordial support OIL
this honorable movement, while
those of our sister city Of Memphis
have emphasized their identity with
its purposes. am sue. sir, that
the younger generation In Tennes.
sees capital would gladly avail
themselves OF the opportunity to
declare through their humble con
tributions to this enterprise, tha,
though they did not witness the
valor of him to whose benefit it is
directed, they have learned to adj
mire it; that though they did not
see his splendid intellectually and
courageous craftsmanship in the
glow of manhood's ripe estate,
they have respect for Their worth ;
that though strange to relate, n
this common country, there still. be
men who 1t seems, cannot sleep
easily till Jefferson Davis been con.
signed TO his grave, there be even
young sons of Tennessee who will
not be content for themselves, with
less than acts of reverence and
bright esteem for him even while he
fingers among them and before he
shall cross over the river and rest
under the shade of the trees be-
side one he loved and trusted.