Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
100000 DOLLARS
Donated Yesterday For The
jeff. Davis Monument.
The Speech Of Hon JOS 4. Washington
One of the Best Efforts of His
Life.
ECHOES OF THE LONG PAST.

Yesterday was glorious day. The
community was fired by the patriot
ism and enthusiasm of other days.
The old vets charged calamity, the
children aft" nobly, and the ladies'
God bless them-brought up the re-
serve. Col. Bufford was the right
man in the right place. We will not
mar its beauty and its powerful
effects by undertaking to give
synopsis of it. His speech was elO
quent, chaste and beautiful. 1t fired
the souls of the old men, stirred the
enthusiasm of the children, warmed
the hearts of the ladies, and turned
the whole affair into a glorious love
feast.
The contributions at this meeting
were only expected in small mites
and free will offerings, and but few
expected that the fund raised would
exceed 5000, but it reached $500. II
sufficient money was not raised yes
terday to complete the work, the
spirit of this meeting indicates that
the South can and will if necessary
raise a million of dollars to build it.
The community returns thanks to
Col. Buff0rd for his great speech,
to the ladies for their inspiring music,
to the GAINESVILLE Silver COrnet Band
for the part they took, and to the
ladies who arranged the splendid
lunch.
MR.. WAsHINGToN's SPEECH.
Hon. j. e. Washington's speech
yesterday was one of the greatest
efforts of his life. He spoke one hour
and a quarter, and although under
the disadvantage of being out OF
voice, he held the audience and fired
it with patriotism, evinced by vOcif-
erous cheering throughout the
speech. 1t was delivered after
dinner, succeeding the stirring speech
of Col. BuffOrd and after the enthusi
asm of that hour had passed off, when
the contributions had been taken
with nothing to plead for in that line,
when the people naturally were in a
better condition for INDUCING in It
nap on the grass than anything else.
But "Our, Joe" was equal to the
emergency. He works with free
will wherever you put him, and that
is what he did yesterday. He Went
all the gaits, so to speak took in the
field and made speech that was not
only appropriate to the occasion,
but would have won national fame
if it had been made in the halls
of congress. He drew a contrast be,
tween Northern and Southern pa
triOtism and craftsmanship. He
cited the incident of the "tea chest, y
which our fathers cast into the ocean
rather than pay unjust tribute to the
British government, which led to n
successful revolution and demon
strated the patriotism of our fathers
The same principle actuated the
Southern people in the rebellion
against the government.
The orator terminated his speech
with this peroration: "That great,
est of all American citizens, grandest
of all military geniuses, wisest states
man, most devoted patriot, who by
his contemporaries was denominated
first in peace, first in war, first in the
hearts of his CONFERENCE.-THE peer.
less, the immortal Westinghouse
coupled a seat in the realms Of light
high above all in a solitude absolute.
ly unbroken until that second great
est of all the worlds military lead
ers, the greatest and best of men, the
purest of patriots, Robt. e. Lee,
passed to his eternal reward"