Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-12-13
Ex-PRESIDENT DAVIS DEAD.

died In the political faith In when
be had lived. He never asked for
pardon, and therefore he died
without restoration to citizenship.
Mr.. DAVIS did not want 1t other
wise, even up to the time of the
sensational request for voluntary
relief of his disabilities. Mr.. Davis
considered it his duty to spend the
remainder of his lite without ap.
plying for pardon. And 1t may be
stated just here, that at no time
since the war have Republicans or
Democrats of the North been pre-
pared to vote for the removal OF
those disabilities.
He died, as he wanted to die,
the representative head OF a "LOst
Cause."
He lived long enough to hear bis
enemies in war say, that if not a
good man from their stand point,
he was brave, honorable and a
statesman of a high order. One
General of the Union Army and
one Lieut.. Genl. of the Confederate
army made assaults, the first upon
his veracity, the second upon his
integrity in dealing with f0nds at
the surrender. Our bat lies at
Malvern Hill we're not more quickly
silenced than were these two Gen
erals. His circumstances at death
were those Of a man with land,
bat with debt and no money. Mr..
Davis family aud friends can well
afford the humiliation of with hold
ing his portrait from a certain book
of memoirs. Possibly it has not
occurred to some that General
Lees portrait does not appear in
its pages.
He lived long enough to hear it
officially denied that Secty. Stanton
ordered the erasure of his name
from the splendid arch structure
called "Cabin Johns Bridge"
He lived long enough to wither
the arrogant Wolsely as to his
views EXPIRE ssed IN cabinet at the
beginning of the war on the arms
and soldiers it would require.
He lived long enough to read in
the Nicolay and Hay History of
President Lincoln that the latter
did issue his emancipation procla-
nation as a "War Measure" and
not In virtue of the Constitution.
For the Union Mr.. Davis was
one OF its bray est defenders in the
"Indian Wars" aud he achieved |
great distinction at the battle of
Buena Vista, bis Mississippi Rdes
winning the highest hOnOrs. The
Archives show, that whatever Mr..
Davis would have taken out of the
Union, he helped bring into it that
territory from which we
have been digging gold and form
ing states from the Mexican War
10 the first week In Congress.
He lived long enough to vindi-
cate himself from every aspersion
On both sides of the Atlantic.
Well may he have slept away so
peacefully.
We commend the thoughtful
eadlng of the prayer of the "Blind
in the House of Repre-
to brave men OF the
COUNTRY as 1t 49,:
"Mr. Milburn, said: "Almighty
Tod, the land Is full Of sorrow
Rachael weeping for her children
nd will not be cOmforted, because I
hey are not; fathers for their first ,
'Orn, the pride and stay OF their
nture years children for their
and millions SIT in the '
old atmosphere of death mourn 4
ng the departure from earth OF a +
nan dear Of their hearts, who had
cached a term of four years. l
irant that the solemn mystery OF !
cath, a common heritage OF US all, i
be meaning of which all must
now ere long, may soften and y
OllOw our hearts and feelings in- =
D a noble gentleness of golden
ext uttered by the most consplcu- @
US man of the century, in whom
enderness of the heart made great
ess of station and character more
lustriOus "CharIty for all f.; NAL.
70 for none" a