The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-29
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
senator DanielS Address Oh His
Life ana Character.

III
r RICHMOND, Va, January oG.-Moza,
/. Academy OF Music, the largest hall in /
; city, was crowded last night with ladi,
and distinguished citizens of the State I
| hear Senator John W. Daniel deliver n
} orntion upon the life and character c
) Jefferson Davis. upon invitation of tn
legislature. Gov. Mckinney and Gc,
.lub"l a. Early were the prominent citi
zens present. Mr.. Caldwell, speaker O
the house of delegates, introduced Scna
tor Daniel. who said:
Noble are the words of Cicero wbe,
he tells us that it is the first and fundn
mental law of history that it should
ne't her dare to say anything that is falls,
or fear to say anything that is true, no,
give any just suspicious of favor or dis.
affection
NO less higher standard must be in.
voked in considering the life character
ana services of Jefferson Davis, a grca,
man ot great epoch. whose name i.
blended with the renown of American
arms and with the civil glorics of TN,
cabinet and congress hall; a son of the
south, who became the head of a Con.
ledcracy more populous and more cx.
tensivc than that for which Jefferson
wrote the Declaration of Independence
and Commandcr-in-Ch hicf of armies
greater than those of which Washington
was the general He swaycd senntcs
and led the soldiers of the Union, and
he stood accused of treason in a court
OF justice. He saw victory sweep il.
lustrious battlcfclds, and became n na.
tive; ruling millions. and was M, in |
rnrtnS' Ia, tnl l.
us bier and he died disranchis,d citizen
l'nt though great in many things. hc was
greatest IN that fortune. which, lifting
nm first to the greatest height, and cast.
ng him thence to the depth Of disappnin,.
ncnt, found him everywhere the cree,
md constant friend of truth. lie con.
lucred himself and lorgavc his enemies
'ut he bent to none but Cod Sever,
OF his life and clirlctcr--no pub
&c man was ever subjected to stcrncr or.
eals ot character or closer scrutiny ol
onduct. He was in the public gazc ioi
early hall century. and in the fat,
'hich at last overwhelmed the Southern ,,
.oniederacr and its president, official
ecords ard private papers fell into tn,
ands of his enemies. Wary ewes now
,hrchcd To See il he had ovcrstcppcd the /
ounds which the laws of war have 81, I
action, and could such evidence b Il
'und wrathiil hearts would have cried !,
" vengeance; but though every hiding Il
lace was opened and reward was ready
n any who would bctray the secrets oi
IL captive chief, whose armies wcr,
altered and whose hands were chaincG
though the sea gave up its dead in tn, r. =
'hvulsion of his country-thcre could h,
md no guilty fact. and accusing y
ngucs were silcnccd.
Whatever record lcaped to li.ht, his a
lnc would not bc slamcd n
II could not. indeed, nor would dives, II
yscli of those identities aud partialities in
li'ch u."hv ne one with the p,uplr OF n
hom he was the chief in their supreme
nilict.
But, surely. il records were stainless ~
d enemies were dumb and if the prin. o'
'alS pronounce now favorable judr. ,,
mt upon the agent, Notwithstanding ~
at he failed, there can he no suspicion .I
undue favor on the par, OF those who w
him honor, and the contrary in.
nation could only spring from disai. "
ton. ~,
The people of tie South knew Icticr. i'r
Davis. lie mingled his daily life with OF
'irs, under The eager ken of those who II
i bound up with him all that life can ~.
IRISH. n,
To his hands they consigned their dcs.
les and under his guidance they com.
ted the land they loved with hus. Le
IDS. fathers, sons and brothers to III, he'
] Of Battles. In
Kuhn, wounds and death became their va
ton, and yet they do declare tina, ,h'
rrson Davis was an unscliish patriot. no
u noble gentleman, that as he trustee s"'
lie highest trust that man can place w
nan, he was true and faithful, and pe'
II iis office he exhibited those grand {
bic attributes which were worthy OF En
iignitr and of their struggles for in. pr,
endcncc. Thus II was that when the on,
$ came that lie was no more, tlcr, res
no Southern home hat did not pass III,
cr the shadow of aiiliction. Thus /, WL
that the Governors of Common. th,
''"s noie MS oodS 10 the tomb and lad
multi,udcs gathered from aiar to eyi,
~ '''','''s' nus u was thnt saw
'ughuut the South the SCARED sol.
5, the widowed wives, the kindred OF Z
'c who had died IN the battle which he \
'crcd, met to give uttcraucc to their Bru
Get and sorrow. Thus II was that con
General Assembly of Virginia is now cns,
'cned tn pay their tribute. Com. III.
testimony 10 human worth was of q
r given, and thus il will bc that the pr;s
II. will build a monument to record sn,,
verdict that he was true To his pco. thi
his conscience aud his God. and NO and
{ that covers the dead will br viii
Iher OF the Roman legend: 'Clarus nm,
r iortissimus. =" nrn,
iator Daniels speech consumed about vat,
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