Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-19
MRS. DAVIS DECISION
The FINAL REsTING-PLAcE OF THE
ASHES or JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Comments or the Press on tho Choice Of
Richmond-southern Sentiment
sentiment In General.
rpe,er,purr Va, raae..Appeal.l

1 fuI 10 MIS- D0fiS tOf Atk ocSASsDss 1890 -
ashes of her distinguished husband shall
finally rest in Richmond. Wherever may
have been his field of activity and what.
ever renown Mr.. Davis may have achieved
before 1861, it was his Identification with,
and his work for, the Southern Confed-
eracy as its first and only President that
has made him historic figure for all time.
All that work was done in Richmond; bis
| friumphs were enjoyed, his defeats de-
plored, his sufferings borne in or near that
city, and IL is cminently in harmony with
| the eternal fitness of things that IN the
capital of tho Confederacy his remains
should repose.
"xNuSkSTLY RIGHT AND PROPER" ~
[Lynchburg virginian.l
Mrs. Davis has decided IN favor of Rich
| mond as the proper place for the final
| sculpture of her illustrious husbands re-
mains. We have felt from the first that
| this would be her decision, notwithstand-
| ing the influences that were being brought
| to bear upon her in the interest OF other
| localities. In reality the claims OF but
one other -Mississippi-could be
considered as in competition with those OF
| Virginia and the only considerations that
| could have swsyed her decision in favor OF
the former would have been State pride
and affection. When the question OF his
| toric fitness came to be weighed. inde,,
pendentlv of local preferences. Richmond
had no rival in the matter, and we infer
| from the reasons set forth in her letter that
Mrs. Davis never once hesitated IN re-
cognizing it's pre-eminent claims.
| Now that the question is settled the peo-
! pie of the entire South will cheerfully &C
quiesce in and endorse her decision as emil;
nently right and proper: 1t VIII
be grand day for Richmond when the
great work shall be finally turned over to her
guardianship. No similar event in her his
| tory will be comparable to it in Importance
and significance, and the public pageant
| in which its celebration will eliminate. IN
| its magnifcence and impressiveness, Will
| recall that which greeted the return OF the
remains. of the great Napoleon from 81 ~
| Helena to Paris, or, as he himself expressed
| it, ito the banks of the Seine, among the
people whom loved so we'll"
vIRGINIANs GRATIFIED.
lLynchburg Va) Advanced
The people of Virginia and, we are fain
| to believe. a large majority OF the people
of the southern States will be gratified
| that Richmond has been chosen as the
| final resting place for the remains OF our
| honored ex-President Jefferson Davis. and
everybody will read with pleasure and APP
probation the admirable letter OF Mrs.
Davis in which she makes known her decl-
sion and the reason for that decision. III
seems TO us that those reasons are conclu-
sive and ought to be satisfactory, to the
citizens of every other state. Richmond
was the capital of the Confederacy. The
name and fame of Davis are 1ndissoluoly
| linked with the name of the Confederate
capital. In coming years visitors from
| distant lands will view with interest To-
| caIities made famous during the great
struggle by the presence and personal Ia
| bors OF the great Confederate Chieftaln.
| He lived and toiled IN Richmond during
| the most glorious and conspicuous period
| of his life, and It is eminently lifting that
he should find in the same city place OF
peaceful rest after the turmoil OF earthly
| existence is ended. 1t now remains for q
grateful and admiring people to erect IN
memory of their chosen representative q
monument which will worthily show 70
| the world their estimate OF his character
| and his service.
WILL Crafty THE SOUTH GENERALLY.
[Kichmond (Va.> STATED
The intelligence that Mrs. Jefferson
Davis has selected Richmond as the place
| for her husbands grave Will crafty the
Richmond as the capital of the Confede-
rate States of America should be the place
| for the last resting-place of the only Presi-
dent of the Confederate States OF America.
Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia
Kentucky and Virginia each asked tins
privilege and each had strong claims
What more heartfelt tribute could be paid
| 20 this great patriot than this contention
| II shows Tow he is venerated and how the
people for whom he suffered appreciate
his labors.
We know that in time monument,
| worthy of the man will rise in this city.
| In the erection of that let the whole South
| unite.
"EMINENTLY FrTTING."
Norfolk (ya) Public Ledger.l
Mrs. Davis, after carefully considering
| the numerous requests made OF her thai
the body of her husband, Jefferson DAVIS
might repose in Richmond, where lit
| buried so many of the gallant men who
| participated with him IL the. struggle
| which the southern States made for place
among the nations of the world. has con
sented TO the removal being made, and
Vircinia's capital will henceforth be the
| resting-place of his remains. 1t Is emil
nently fitting that his body should reposc
| in the capital of our State as 1t was in that
| city that the chief efforts of his life were
| made, and it is there that so many thou
1 u
Cause" sleep their last sleep.
| THE DECISION WISE.
| charlottesville (va.) Jeffersonian.l
We are glad to see that Mrs. Jefferson
Davis has settled the question as to the
I resting place of the remains of her late
husband. the Chief Executive of the Con
federacy, by selecting Richmond, the for.
mer capital of the Confederacy. We be-
lieye she acted wisely. and this we believe
| will be the verdict of those States which
composed this Confederacy. We hope
there will be a concentrated effort to
erect a monument over the remains OF
Mr.. Davis which will appropriately illus.
! trate the esteem in which the memory OF
the chiefta;n of the Lost Cause is held by
the people of the So. tn. Let not that
disgraceful hardness characterize our &C.
| ton in this matter which has marked that
! of the northerner in dong justice to the
memory of General Grant.
| will BE APPROVED BY ALL"
| fredericksburg (va.) Start
| Mrs. Jefferson Davis has after mature
| delibcration decided that Richmond shall
| be the permanent resting-place of the re-.
mains of her illustrious husband: This de.
| cision will doubtless give satisfaction to
| the entire South. The rivalry for the honor
was earnest yet friendly between several
| of the southern States, but now that Mrs.
Davis has spoken her wishes will receive
| the approval of all, and the work of erect
| ing q suitable monument in the city OF
Richmond to the memory of the distin:
guished President of the Confederacy will
receive the support and cooperation OF
every southern heart. We congratulate
Mrs. Davis upon her decision.
1T Is RIGHT"
Richmond Va.) Times.l
- 1t is right that the remains OF
| Jefferson Davis should rest in the State
and city with which the climax of his fame
| is so intimately associated, and it is graft.
fying that Mrs. Davis has recognized this
| fact. The whole South will heartily and
sincerely applaud her decision, and she
NAV rest assured that Virginia and Vir-
ginians will throughout the ages never
| fail to appreciate the responsibility con-
| fided to them of guarding the sacred dust
OF the great southern leader. nor ever
cease to appreciate the high trust with
| which they have been charged.
| TWILL BE GENERALLY SSpoRsKD."
| Norfolk virglnian.l
| The long-discussed. much-mooted ques.
| ton as to the permanent resting-place OF
I! the remains of ex.President Davis has been