The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-14
jefferson Davis Resting Place.

Quite number of states requested that |
the final resting place of the mortal remains |
Of Jefferson Davis should be within their
limits, and Mrs. Davis gave all Of the re-
quests very careful consideration. She de- |
cided in favor of Richmond, Va, and it is
probable that her decision will give more
general satisfaction than IL would had it
been in favor Of city in some other south |
ern state. There are very strong reasons in
favor Of Richmond, and Mrs. Davis calls
attention to them. That city was the CAPT.
tai of the confederaoy, and there Mr.. Davis
resided while he filed the office of
President. And it was in and about
that city that the greatest efforts in behalf
Of the confedracy were made AS the chief
magistrate he mainly inspired and directed
these efforts. The great work of his life
was done in Richmond.
The monument to his memory for which
money is now beng collected, will of course
be there. And because it Will there should
not be in any other part of the south any
less hberality in making contributions than
if it were to be elsewhere.
Let the monument be one that will be a
credit to the south, and of which any
southerner will be proud. And the monu-
ment will be such a one if all who respect
the memory of Jefferson Davis contribute
something, however small the amount
Philadelphia editors are making common
cause against Defaulter Bardsley since the
publication of his charges, which chiefly
consist in imputations and insinuations
version. Such inuendoes may be only the re-
suit of spite against the papers those gen.
tlemen control and they come with very
little force from a man who has been con-
victed of crime through the exposures of
the same newspapers. Still the duty Of the
courts is to find out if there is any truth in
his alleged charges. But they are likely to
have hard work proving anything since the
man has repudiated the statements aud
charged them to the inventive faculties Of
the city editor Of the rival Public Ledger,
from which paper no one would be
likely TO expect sensational charges OF an
unjust character.
It is Just triae amusing to hear that
"the counsellor of the French court of ap.
! peals, before which the Panama canal in.
Z
quiry is proceeding, has decided to request
the public prosecutor OF New York to in
struct American magistrates to inquire into
the agreements entered into between the
directors of the Panama Canal Company
aud certain contractors" Instruct is good.
/ Unfortunately for 1.-The counsellor of the
court of appeals, however, American magls-
trates would not be likely to tamely sub
NIT to any sort of instructions from a pub
lie prosecutor Of New York nor even Of
their own states. French IDEAS of Amer
lean law are amusing, to say the least.
OF all the sharks lately reported floating
around the country that alleged evangelist
from Indiana who was engaged to soften the
sordid souls Of the hard headed business men
of Birmingham is the worst. Threatening
TO sue for more money after being paid $500
| for two days work was positively hoggish
| But the lawyers refusal to take his cass was
| a fitting rebuke. Such men do no good by
preaching what they do not practice.
| Should the governor Of South Carolina DO
as successful everywhere as he has been in
his own county il establishing his views in
| opposition to the sub-treasury scheme he
will have pretty much his own way with
the alliance by the time the next election
| comes around.