Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-14
Mr. Daus,s Resting-Place.

The letter OF Mrs. JEFFERSON DAVIS. pub
lished in our issue of Sunday. is as credita-
BILE TO her head az 10 her heart. 1t tells IN
o feeling manner of the struggle which she
had TO undergo in considering ana de-
Gliding the question IA TO where Mr.. DA-
vrs's remains were to find their final sepui-
ture. and states in the most forcible man
ner the reasons which influenced her con-
duct and controlled her judgment IN
coming to the conclusion which she reach
ed. II must indeed have been trying or
deal through which she passed. Family
considerations, or family sentiment, If we
NAV use this last word. and personal ties
and associations appealed to the widowed
heart in behalf of Mississippi But pubic
considerations, and southern sentiment,
and patriotic remembrances, convinced
her Judgment that Richmond was the
one place within the limits OF the late Con-
federacy which could prefers real claim to
the honor of being the last resting-place
of the one man whom the whole world ac-
cents as the representative man OF the
Confederate States Of America. When his
name is recalled we do not think CT MIS-
sissippi alone or of Louisiana alone, out
rather Of all the States which for four
wears recognized him as their head. TWAS
in the very nature Of things that the Presi-
dent of the Confederate States-the CON-
mander-in-chief of the army and navy
should be fixed upon as the victim OF the
worlds denunciations or the recipient OF
the worlds laudations. and a. the same
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above oil others his own people should
love and cherish, and whose good name
they should keep unsulled till the last
SYLLABLE of recorded time" The Lost Cause
demanded vicarious sufferer. Mr.. DAVIS
needed no pointing out as the man who
could and would best perform that pious
duty. He represented the Confederate
States and the Confederate people and the
Confederate Government. No other man
did or could do so.
Louisiana seems TO have asked only for
the privilege of guarding Mr.. DAvIs's body
until permanent resting-place could be
selected. This claim was indeed modest
one. The people of Louisiana might
have been much more exacting. Missls-
blSDpi Utt stiouk upou iSs Da'As
1t must have been difficult indeed for her
TO allow even 1.-The tender insistance" OF
Virginia TO overcome her desire to have
the remains of her beloved husband taken
away from Mississippi, where he had been
bonored for two generations, and given to
Virginia But n is evident she did not
hesitate. She states too clearly and COM
pactly and convincingly the reasons which
controlled her. She was guided by high
reasons. Mr.. DAVIS did not in the full
ness of his fame belong exclusively to any
part of the country. Every hillside about
Richmond tells of the valorous resistance
which as Chief Magistrate, he initiated and
directed" There he received generous
and unwavering support in the darkest
hour of our unfortunate country's defeat"
The fact stated by Mrs. DAVIS in regard
TO the threatened submergence of Beauvoir
Is an interesting one. Truly "a monument
for all time" should not be there placed.
But the patriotic tone and clear ring Of
Mrs. DAv1s's letter show that higher
motives influenced her final decision.
1.-THE veterans and people of the south
ern States" will. with one voice, applaud
Mrs. DAWES decision.