The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-12-12

Jul ooPiS u ACicS diN vi s-.i tiipss-
thy and Coincidence Sent to the Be
reaved Acknowledgement Speeches
Manifestations Adopted. sc.
When the news of the death of Hon.
Jefferson Davis came to US by wire
Friday morning a call was at once is
sued by Mayor Hicks for meeting to
be held at the court house at 3 O'Clock
p. M, for the purpose of taking suita-
BILE action expressive of the sorrow and
sympathy of our people at the death of
the beloved leader Of the s'Lost Cause"
At the appointed hour a large number
of people had assembled and DR.. J. III.
Tucker was called to the chair, Thad
4. Manning being requested to act as
secretary. On motion of L. Nj. Pitt
man committee of five was appointed
to draft suitable resolutions to be re-
ported at an adjourned meeting to be
held at O'Clock Monday AFTERNOON.
The chairman appointed as said COM
mittee T. NJ. Fittman. chairman, DIR.
w. T. Cheatham, E. G. Butler, J. Fl.
Dunn and w. r. Henry.
On motion of A. J. Harris a COM
mittee of three was appointed to send
a telegram of sympathy and coincidence
to Mrs. Davis. A. J. Harris, r. Perry
and T. r. Manning were named by the
chairman and the following telegram
was sent to the bereaved widow:
HENDERSON. N. c., Dec. 6. 1889.
To Mrs. Jefferson Dauis,
Care Mayor, New Orleans, La. ::
The citizens of Henderson, n. g., in
public meeting assembled, extend to you
their sympathies in your sad bereavement
entire South noble chief May the God
of all grace comfort and bless you and
yours.
EE sssS; Cor"
Mr.. W. r. Henry was called upon to
address the meeting and paid touch
ing and eloquent tribute to the memory
of the noble dead. Those who have
heard Mr.. Henry know what manner
of speaker he is, and with such theme
and such an occasion he did credit to
himself and reflected honor upon our
people in the beautiful and tender Offer
ing laid upon the bier of the great Con-
federate leader. On motion of DIR.
Cheatham it was voted that the re-
marks of Mr.. Henry be printed in the
GOLD LEAF together with the resolu-
tons. [This will be done next week,
the crowded condition Of our columns
precluding it at this time.l
Mr.. H. Z. Watkins spoke also, his
remarks being short but to the point.
Touching upon the life and character
of Jefferson Davis he was quite felici-
tous.
Mr.. A. B. Persse was called on
and responded in a few appropriate and
happy remarks, after which the meet
ing adjourned to meet again at O'Clock
Monday afternoon in Burwell Hall Mr..
H. H. Burwell having kindly offered
it's use for that purpose.
Pursuant to adjournment there was
a large gathering of citizens Of the town
and surrounding country in Burwell
Hall Monday Afternoon. The meeting
was called to order by DR.. J. H. Tuck
Ell who asked that Col. W: II. Cheek.
the ranking confederate officer present
should preside. The motion was put
to the house and Col. Cheek was called
to the chair. A. Ratchet was requested
to act as assistant secretary. T. NJ
! Pittman for the committee on reso.
! lntiOns submitted the following:
The citizens of Vance county. Nortl
| Carolina, assembled in mass meeting a
| Henderson, upon the announcement o
the death of the Hon. Jefferson Davis
| President Of the late Confederacy:
DO Resolve, That we learn with profoun(
sorrow of the decease of this ilustriou
man, who, grander in peace than in war
and equally distinguished in retiremen
and in public service, by the purity OF hi
life, the dignity of his character, his pa
thence in suffering-even when an Outcas
from citizenship in the land OF his fathers
has furnished the strongest example tt
urge our Southern manhood to noble Ell
deavor and honorable action.
That we recognize his sincerity and in
tegrity of purpose as a leader in tn
Southern Confederacy. his inviolable faith
his unfeigned zeal, and his fidelity to tn
principles of civil and constitutions
liberty as held by the founders OF thi
Republic.
That he is entitled to honor and respec
for his nice appreciation of the relation
of confidence existing between himself an
the people of the South land for that hlg
sense of honor which caused him to clos
against himself the avenues of wealth, b
withholding his name from every cOrpC
rate and individual interest seeking t
make traffic of that confidence.
| That his genius never shOne more n
splendently, than when, with earnestnes
of conviction and matchless power {
logic, he sought to stay the tide of affair
and avert the calamities of civil war, b
appeals to that Constitution which d
clared the rights-both of men and {
States. And no lessin his efforts for peat
than in the activities of war, was his Ii
wrought into the history of the America
people.
Ellis greatness stands confessed in
+ peoples tears"
No country eer had truer son,
No cause nobler champion;
No people bolder defender,
3 Than the great chieftain just dead.
That we tender our warmest symp
thies to the stricken family upon who
has fallen most heavily this dispensatic
of Gods Providence.
/ Respectfully submitted,
f THos NJ PITTMAN,)
n James II. Dunn,
W. r. Henry, fCom.
f e. Butler,
n W. T. Chatham,
e DR.. Tucker moved that pending the di
4 position ofthe resolutions any gentlemi
present be invited to address the meetin
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