The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-08
VIRGINIA'S TRIBUTE.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE
I.EGI9I4ATURE.
General ROsser Heads a MOnu-
ment Fund with a Thousand
DOIIars-HOn. John w. Daniel
to Deliver AN Grafton.


to Deliver an Grafton.
RICHMOND, Va, December 1.-THE fol-
lowing was presented in the legislature
to-day;
"a special joint committee appointed
to prepare suitable and appropriate res
olutions upon the death of the Hon. Jef-
ferson Davis, late President of the Con-
federate States of America, would re-
spectfully submit the following:
"Resolved first, the house Of delegates
concurring, That the people of this com.
monwealth having heard with profound
sorrow of the death of the Hon. Jefferson
Davis, ex-President of the Confederate
States of America. We recognize in the
death of Mr.. Davis the loss of distin-
guished soldier, statesman and patriot.
In every position of life, whether on the
field Of battle, in the councils Of the ma
tion, or as chief of the Southern Confed-
eracy, Mr.. Davis was distinguished for
his fidelity to principles, lofty patriotism,
and loyalty to the trusts imposed upon
HIM by the people of the Southern States.
of whom he was chosen chief magistrate,
and honored in his past record and STAIN
less life. His name is inseparably con-
nected with the history of our country,
and historians of the future, when pas
sion and strife have cleared away, will
assign to this hero of the lost cause a
place among the wise and good men OF
all ages.
Second, That the general assembly re-
spectfully tenders its sympathy to his
family in their bereavement.
Third. That these resolutions be spread
upon the journals of each house and be
communicated to the Governor with the
request that he impart them to the
family of the deceased.
Fourth, AS further mark of respect
to his memory, upon the passage of these
resolutions the general assembly ad-
journs for the day"
The report was made the special order
of the day for Monday next, at ~
o'clock.
The chamber of commerce at a largely
attended meeting adopted lengthy pre-
amble and resolutions, highly eulogistic
of the life and character of Mr.. Davis,
from which the following is an extract
This event calls for unusual notice
from the chief commercial organization
of the city where he spent the four most
eventful and illustrious years of his life.
Singled out at the close of the war as the
victim of malignant hate and persecu-
ton, he bore himself with such high
courage and lofty consciousness Of right
as to win III even greater degree than
before the esteem and affection of the
people whom he had in other years so
faithfully served. These vicarious suffer
ingS for the deeds OF the Southern people
doubly endear him to our hearts as rep
resentatives of that section of the coun-
try.
That, as a mark of respect to his mem
ory, this chamber requests that the pub,
lie and private buildings of the city be
draped i'll mourning, and that the mer
chants close their laces of business upon
the day appointed tor the funeral.
That a mass meeting be held in this
city at some future day when a memorial
address will be delivered.
That we earnestly request the family
of the deceased to permit his honored re,
mains to be buried at Richmond, the
capital of the late Confederate States OF
America"
The Stuart Horse Guards of this city
will send delegation to the funeral OF
Mr.. Davis.
General Thomas L. Rosser has opened
a subscription with 81 900 for monu.
ment to Mr.. Davis memory.
Senator John w. Daniel has been re,
quested by the legislature to deliver an
address on the life and character OF
Davis.