The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-07
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In the Characteristics Of, Henry W. Grady
and jefferson Davis w ,aat, Encl, Repre-.
ssnted and why ,tiis soath Loved SDsth.
Special Correspondence cf tho In.ellfgsnoer, n
81 ATLANTA, GA, Jan. s.-Twice in the
last tewsweeks the South has put Grape
on It's doors, and It was put on in abund,
ance, too. The people down here never
do anything by halves, as many a North
ern man can testify from tho way they
fought during t'the late unpleasantness."s
+Davis dnd Grady are no more the two
most conspicuous characters Of the South.
Yet. they. were as unlike as two men
With like surroundings could DC. Jeffer.
son Davis did not have a political idea
MHf than Calhoun. Henry w. Grady
lived and acted in the present. y The
former represented the '..'Old 8 South.
with It's slavery, states rights, and exclu.
siyeness; the latter the New South"
with its new ereeds and energy. Davis
WIS methodical and calculating, and
never forgot u kindness nor tforgave an
injury;s Graaynwas twarm.hearted, i'm.
puisive, and cheeredl everything into
sunshine about him. One was gathered
to his fathers at a ripe old age; the
other was cut down like a plant out OF
season. And 80 70 biography Of each
might DO written, and tho two would
present q contrast at every point. [13. 4
NJ Such demonstrations OF sorrow have
not been seen In the South for years, II
ever, as OH the death Of each. Was there
genuine sorrow7 The writer witnessed
one OF the largest memorial demonstr4-
tons In tho South on tho funeral day OF
Mr.. Davis. lie studied 1t In a Careful
and dispassionate manner. At There were
men Of rank, and men OF no rank, school
children and adults, and a great throng
without regard to race, color, or previ.
Gus condition OF servitude. There were
many confederate veterans, some in the
old "rebel gray" They marched with
bowed heads, and wore the look OF real
mourncrs. 10 all 2others the occasion
seemed much like a big holiday. VI II
brought back Tccollections Of privationa
on the tented field, loss OF limbs and
friends, and final defeat, and those who
fought under Davis were sorrowlul. / No
one could doubt 1t, or blame them. MIR.
Davis was tho hero OF the lost cause, and
It was hut natural for his people who
gave him such undivided support In war
to celebrate his death in what they 70
garded a fitting manner. Tho Southern
heart was loyal to the cause which Davis
espoused, SO the people remain loyal Ia
his memory, That is ALL He was not
regarded the greatest man, nor was he
the most loved. 1--WE, as a nation, are
hero worshippers. The South regarded
Davis as a hero, and as such, Worshipped
him. The difference is we divide North
and South on who are the heros.
But the sorrow for Mr.. Grady is deep
and sincere. He was loved 4 by the
South, not for his greatness so much as
for his kindness and goodness. He was
great man, but more; as editor Of the
atlanta Consultation he was the ack.
nowledged leades Of southern editors
His utterances would not BIO endorsed
by every reader ut the North, bat they
were always able, and worth reading
His oratory was equally able. He was
inpulsive, and his utterances might mol
always bear the test Of harmony, but SO
it is with all big hearted, impulsive men
Hc was popular with all classes. He
adopted himself to every class and con.
dition, equally ut home with the Boston
merchants, or playing marbles with the
boys OF Atlanta. lie took an interest in
everything, and everybody. 4. ssl.s b !.
~ m, i a -,
ing friend remarked that hs never
knew Henry Grady, to be wrong on any
public OF moral question. Another gen.
tleman present replied that he was
always on the winning side, and SO was
always regarded right. Soft was. What
he favored succeeded, and Opposition
ceased. He was the best organizer aud
leader in the South. But a young man
at his death he was coneulted by the
Oldest. 4, /, His paper led the expression o.
Southern sentiment. He lived in and
for the present. The South did love
him, and worthily, too. CRAcKxh. i
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