The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-22

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 2l.-TSpeciall-
Tho monument to the late Henry w.
Grady was unveiled in Atlanta to-day
at 1870 o'clock. The streets Of Atlanta
were thronged with visitors from every
State in tho South, and when the veil
fell from the bronze statute which
stands on Marietta street, between the
Government building and the old capt.
toll, 10000 people joined in cheers as the
familiar figure OF tho beloved Georgian
stood in bold relief above the great sea
of human faces. The monument was
unveiled b. Miss Gussie Grady.
Never in the history of Atlanta has n
more imposing procession passed
through its streets than tho parade
which passed from tho capitol to tho
monument. Every civil and military
organization in the city and many or
CARNATIONS from surrounding cities
participated in the procession, which
was not less than mile and half long.
Confederate Veterans and members OF
the Grand Army of the Republic
marched together, and were greeted
with applause all along the line.
Gov. David d. Hill, of New York, the
rage, drawn by four white horses. BY
his side was Gov. Northern, Of Georgia..
When everything was in readiness at
the monument the band struck up Dixie
and the great throng went wild with
enthusiasm. Col. Charles s. Northern,
president of the Grady Monument As
ISOLATION, presided. Prayer was offered
by Rev. j. w. Lee, of this city, after
which Fulton Colville, in behalf of tho
monument association, told the story of
its construction.
The monument originated in a call
by the young men of Atlanta tho day
after Grady died Tho association was
organized in Grady's old room in the
Constitution Office, and it at once re-
solved to make an appeal for friends
with which to build monument, stat
ing that it would ask for contributions
to this fund for only one month, after
which time it would build a monument
with whatever amount it had succeeded
in collecting in that time, whether
large or small. Contributions came
from every hamlet in Georgia and from
every State in the Union. Subscrip-
tions were received varying from five
cents to thousand dollars. In thirty
days twenty thousand dollars had been
raised and designs for the monument
asked for.
Alex Doyle, of New York. was So
lected as sculptor and shortly afterward
the contract was signed for the monu-
ment to be completed in the fall of
1899. This, in brief, was the work of
the association and the history of the
monument.
Clark Howell, Grady's successor as
managing editor of the Constitution, and
speaker of the Georgia house of repre-.
sentat-ves, then introduced Governor
Hill, who was greeted with great en-
thusiasm. He spoke as follows:
This is an unaccustomed spectacle.
The scene which we are now witnessing
scarcely finds e parallel in all the his
tory of the world. 1t is an occurrence
upon which tho earnest attention of the
whole American people is riveted at this
hour. because of its peculiar signif1-
canoe. Not to the memory of u great
soldier or q famous statesman is this
statue unveiled to-day, but to a plain
citizen of the Republic-a Journalist,
orator, patriot"
Journeying so far, intermitting for a
season official routine and political
duties in order to be present with you
beside this dedicated monument of your
enduring and proud memory, l have
questioned whether the act might not
speak more acceptably thar any word
of mine.
To pay the duo tribute of personal
friendship, it is enough to come hit er
in silence, and amid this throng of
Georgia's sons, and of Southern men
from sister States attesting common
heritage of grief and pride, here cast
my leaf among your laurels, and pass
ing to my Northern home,
Sand bid fair peace be to his sable shroud"
To com memorate the mark he made,
tho prizes he won in high ca ling,
there needs no enlogy from me. His ac-
quirements, his gifts, his genius, the
outlines of his manly character, the
circumstances of his career, are best
known to you among whom he lived and
did his work, until for him-too soon,
alas tho night came, which ends all
our brief days and work.
Yet beside this tomb, before this
silent token Of nations mingled grief
and homage, no greater tribute could l
pay to Henry w. Gradys memory and
public services, than 20 repeat the story
of his brave life. That life-so brief
and yet so full-is the history OF noble
purpose born in the generous impulses
of warm and patriotic heart, stirred by
the sufferings and despair of his stricken
countrymen, sustained by his confidence
in tho South's resources and the South's
manhood, aided By his own great genius
and practical energy, and accomplish
ing within his lifetime its great end
the restoration of the South's prosperity
and the plete reconciliation of North