Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-08
THE SOUTH'S HERO.
NEW YORK SOUTHERN SOCIETY ON
THE cONFEoERAcy'S PRESIDENT.
Addresses by Hon. John =. Wise. Secretary
Trenholm, and Others-Resoiu-
lions Adopted.
tBy ,slsrrsph 70 the Dlsps,ch.l

NEw York, January I'm response TO
call Of fOrty-three members the Southern
Society of this city held special meet
ing to- night TO pass the resolutions adopted
by the committee of nine in memory OF
Hon. Jefferson Davis. While the commit
tee was preparing the resolutions calls were
made for John :. Wise, of Virginia. and he
was loudly spplauded when he stood up TO
speak. He said among other things;
None of my hearers should be ashamed
Of Jefferson Davis's career or tho cause he
espoused so ardently. We have the right
20 weep at the bier of a leader whose
achievements were even considered by his
foes to have been great. The cause IL
dead, but it went TO its grave fighting and
with its face towards the conqueror. IL has
often been asserted that Jefferson Dayis's
cause was an individual one. 1t should be
resented when II is said of him that his
cause was different from ours. He should
bear no stigma that is not on Us. Every
blow Mt him is n blow Mt the southern pco-
pie. He was brave man and his equal was
not in the whole struggle. The universal
verdict of our foes is that we conducted an
honorable campaign and our struggle was
a CONSCIENTIOUS one"
Colonel A. II. III. Dawson, who was At
torney-General under the Confederacy,
dwelt with feeling on the career or the
leader Of secession. He said that many
were ashamed to acknowledge that they
participated in the rebellion. such per-
sons he characterized as "slinks."
The other speakers were ex-Assistant-
Secretary of-the-Treasury William J.. Iren-
holm. of Charleston: Colonel Hugh l..
Gardner. and Colonel n. l.. Cole.
The following resolution was then adopt
ed and m engraved copy ordered to be
sent to Mrs. DAVIS:
In cordial sympaty with abby whom he
is held in reverence and affection, the New
York Southern Society, at ITS first meeting
since the day that threw all the South into
mourning. brings It's tribute TO the memory
of the late Hon. Jefferson Davis, man
who was never afraid to stand alone. never
yielded q principal for policy, never sweryed
from right conviction, and who VIII be
esteemed heroic "a long as faith aud
courage are cherished among mankind.
As the chosen head of the southern people
his leadership will command the adlnlra-
tion of the future historian. As n soldier.
illustrating even knightly qualities; as
statesman, devOting all his powers TO the
DEVELOPMENT OF his countrv's prosperity
and greatness: and as an orator, welding \
magic influence alike on the hastings andin
the Senate he exhibited tothe world CON
spicuous example OF the southern gentle
man. moulded by institutions peculiar to
the south. lie will live forever in the af-
lection Of his people as type OF their an
cestry. and his lie will be an enduring
monument to truth, to honor, and to eX-
allied manhood.
"For he had horno in the forum and in the
ncld
crest that bowed not, knee that never
kneeled
To mortal man: and stainless was his shield
I'VE hereby extend our warmest sympo-
thes to her whose loving minlstratlons
and intellectual companionship through 50
many years enabled the great man we
honor to moro completely achieve that
career which has made his name immortal.
To the other members of the afflicted
family circle the Southern Society sends
the tcnderest expression Of their affection
and sympathy"