Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-12-13
Proceedings of the Confederate Memo
rial Association.

At a late meeting of the Confederate
Memorial Association Of Shepherds
town a committee, composed of John
H. little, Rev. l.. r. Mason, Joseph
McMurran and Col. VIM. A. Morgan,
was appointed to draft memorial
and resolutions expressive OF the feel
ings of the old Confederate soldiers
in reference to the death of the Hon.
Jefferson Davis.
The report of the committee was
unanimously adopted, as follows;
We have heard with unfeigned sor-
row of the death of our late beloved
chief, ex-President Davis. Our grief
is natural, and it is right and proper
that we should feel deeply his death,
as he has been made vicarious sac
rifice for us in suffering for long years
for the acts of the whole people Of
the South. Hence, our mourning is
unreserved and comes full from our
hearts. AS soldier of undoubted
courage, he turned the tide Of battle
in our favor in the dark hour at
Buena Vista; as Secretary of War, he
honored that Office and made i'm
provements in that department that
rebound to his honor even to this day;
as statesman, he was pure, honest,
faithful to the interest of the whole
country, and as debater had few
EQUALS Called to the Presidency of
the Confederate States by the unani-
nous voice of the Southern people in
their struggle for the maintainance
of their rights guaranteed to them IN
the Constitution in the only way left
them, he showed that same firmness,
honesty and purity of purpose that
had always characterized his public
acts, and in the long years of suffer
ing and persecution which he has
since endured, and under the intense
hatred and Misrepresentation heaped
upon him. he has maintained that
same quiet dignity, noble manhood
and Christian spirit that always marks
| the true hero.
We gave him our ready obedience
when he was our President; we gave
him our heartfelt sympathy and
love when he was in prison and In
irons and exposed to all sorts of in
suit for our sakes; when in the re,
tirement of his private life, and still
prosecuted by his enemies, we gave
kiia .aqr sympathy at f lest from his
sorrows and sufferings, we would be
untrue to ourselves, did we not honor
his memory. Therefore:
ReSolUed, list, That we, the surviv-
ing soldiers of the Red Cross, will
ever cherish the memory of Jefferson
| Davis, as man of untarnished honor,
q statesman pure and honest, d true
hero and patriot, worthy of imitation
by all who would honor their country
or become worthy of the confidence
of their fellowmen.
Resolved Cd, That we display the
national flag at half mast furled and
draped in mourning, during Wednes-
day December II, 1889, the day of the
funeral of the great chieftain of the
South.
ReSolued, Sd, That we extend to Mrs.
Davis our heartfelt love and sympa-
thy in her sad bereavement, assuring
her that we, the old soldiers of the
South, unite and join with her in the
common sorrow that has fallen upon
our whole Southland.
Resolred, 4th, That copy of this
proceeding be forwarded to Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis, that it be put upon the
record of the Association, and the
papers of the county be requested to
publish it.
Resolred, 9Th, That Memorial Servi-
ces be held in the Episcopal Church
of this place on Wednesday, the 18th
of December, between the hours of
12 and o'clock, the Chaplain of the
Association, Rev. l.. R. Mason, oficiat-
ing. JOHN II. little,
l.. r. MASON,
JOSEPH MCMURRAN,
WILLIAM A. MORGAN,
Committee.