Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25
Richmond the Confederate CITY.

hlcluOnQ t0e OOulouoiaNc CAbFs
II il not difficult TO understand Mrs.
DAvIs's hesitation in making choice of the
place for the burial Of the body of her hus-
band.
Many cities are claiming that honor. and
and each one Of them deserves well. Be
tween Richmond and Jackson. however
she will find n particularly hard to de-
eide. Mississippi is the State to which Mr..
DAVIS acknowledged allegiance in that me
morable speech that he made in bidding
farewell 20 the United States Senate. IL is
the State which conferred upon him some
of tho highest Offices which she had to offer
any of her citizens. and he loved her and
abe loved him with all the ardor of noble
natures. So il is not strange that we find
the Legislature and people of Mississippi
urgent In their insistence that the final in-
terment Of the remains of the Confederate
eT-President shall be at Jackson, their
capital.
But Richmond has more than State
claim. II has what we may call national
title. and we believe that If tia vote Of
the people Of the southern States could be
taken it would be largely IN favor OF this
CITY. 1t Is the Confederate City and will
forever be so known. About US are great
battle-feids of the war. Here. too, IS
the building which was the Capitol of
the Confederate Government. Here Is the
house in which Mr. DAVIS lived for four
years Here are the graves OF $4,000 OF
our soldier dead. Here is monument TO
WASHINGTON and other Revolutionary pa
tuots another to X. +. LEE; another to
SroSEwALL Jackson, and another lin course
of erection) to the Confederate private sol
diers and sailors. Another is about TO be
commenced to A. +. HILL Here Is
Soldiers Home where aged and Infrm
Confederates from many States are assem-
bled and comfortably provided for out Of
State. CITY. and individual contributions.
Here every street aud road IS associated
with some phase of our struggle, and the
very river seems to murmur praise OF the
vaor and sacrifices of the armies that
gathered upon ITS banks in our defence.
Richmond is the city linked with Mr.
DAvIs's presidency. Here he made history.
How appropriate would il be TO show the
visitor who comes with reverence for our
cause, the Presidents wartime dwelling,
his ofice.rooms. and his grave and monu-
ment.
The chief strength, but not the only
strength. of our claim is that Richmond Is
the Confederate city.
The assurance is given by Mrs. DAVIS
that, Notwithstanding her residence was
here at "a time of extraordinary trial and
privation. the CITY is very dear to her.
Here one of her daughters was born. Here
o son is buried. Here her old home has
been set apart as Confederate library and
museum building. and will be sacred
spot TO the men, and the children of the
men. who fought with LEE and JOHNSTON.
If Mrs. DAVIS brings the body here we
shall expect her TO come to this city 10 live
amongst us and when she dies TO be buried
by her husbands side.
As for the monument, the proceedings
already taken all over the South assure 1t
if they do not our community will firmly
pledge itself to make 1T certain, and to make
it worthy of him.
jackson has great claim, but we think
Richmond has greater.