The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-19
DIXIE'S BELOVED DEAD.
RICHMOND PRESSES her CLAIMS
FOR TIE MONUMENT.

A Joint Meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Monument Asso-
ciation-A Belief That $4,000 Would
Have Been Raised at Richmond
Eighteen Months Ago Had MRS.
Davis Consented to Burial There.
RICHMOND, VA, June 1S.-A meeting of
the chamber of commerce and the Davis
Monument Association was held this even
ing, at.which the following preamble and
resolutions, prepared by Mayor Ellison and
Gen. Peyton Wise. were unanimously
adopted:
The chamber of commerce of Richmond, Va,
In meeting on June 49, 1901, to concert with
communities of the south a plan to erect q
monument to Jefferson Davis. late president of
the confederate states, and representing for
this purpose the people of Richmond, which
was once the capital Of those states and the
home Of jefferson Davis, doth
Resolve, l. That the indication of the place
OF final sepulture is the one thing lacking to
procure a monument TO the memory of our illus
trious chieftein such will alike befit his great
fame and be expressive of the love of those who
so gladly followed him in his patriotic and self
sacrificing career.
q That committee be appointed to at once
communicate in person or otherwise with Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and represent to her the ad-
vantages which would accrue from an immedi-
ate prosecution of the work which the people
of the south have shown so entire disposition
TO take to their hearts.
8. That as Richmond was the place where
the fame of jefferson Davis-as he is known in
the civilized world to-day-was won and as in
accordance with all custom and all appro-
priateness, monuments are reared to the heads
OF great governments at the seats of their gov
ernments, so Richmond should be the place
where these remains shall be guarded, and
where this monument shall rise to tell the
nf ifq of n md nf ifG i'm nfo
example.
4. That should Mrs Davis deem it proper to
consign the beloved remains to this people she
can do so with supreme confidence that every
promise made in the resolutions of the mass
meetings, in the official declarations of their
councils and in the edicts of the legisla-
ture of Virginia (all of which have
been communicated to herr will be
redeemed and that nowhere could those re-
mains be more tenderly treated than among
those who were not only his fellow citizens in
the bond of the confederate states but were his
townsmen and townswomen, daily sharing in a
peculiar and exclusive sense his Joys and sor-
rows which attached to the fortunes of those
states.
o. That the president of this chamber be re-
quested to at once formulate and cause to be
executed plan for collections for the purpose
of q monument to Jefferson Davis; and that
these collections be turued over to the Jeffer-
son Davis Monument Association, chartered by
the state OF Virginia should it be determined to
parties should 1t be decided to erect it else
where.
Mayor Ellison said when the matter was
agitated some eighteen months ago that the
committee in charge of the sub
scriptions few days raised
1000 for this purpose;
and had not Mrs. Davis announced that
she considered it inexpedient for her to de-
eide where the remains should be perma,
fr,ka n Ixxrtkb he aasd ha
quite sure that as much as $20, 900 could
have been secured for the construction of
the monument within q very short while
The speaker was heartily in favor Of begin
ming the work Of soliciting subscriptions
again with renewed vigor and was sanguine
in his expectations as to the manner in
which the people of Richmond will again
respond to the call for assistance.
The following committee was appointed
to wait upon and confer with Mrs. Davis
Gen. Joseph R. Anderson, Hon. J. Taylor
L. Christian and Col. John B. Cary.
CHATTANooGA's CONTRIBUTION.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 1S-Believ-
ing that more money could be raised in
Chattanooga and vicinity for the Jefferson
Davis monument early in the autumn than
to-day, no organized effort was made in
this city to-day in response to the sugges-
tion of the Southern Press Association.
However, In order that Chattanooga should
be heard from to-day, the commander of
N. B. Forrest camp of Confederate Vet-
erans and the publishers OF the Times tele-
graphed to Gen. J. B. Gordon to-day,
pledging at least 8 900 from Chattanooga,
and guaranteeing the money when needed.
THE MOVEMENT IN CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, s. G., June 16.-Meetings
were held in many towns and villages in
South Carolina to-day 10 raise funds for a
monument to ex-President Davis, and the
results are quite gratifying to ex-confed-
crates. No meeting was held in Charleston,
it having been determined to hold a big
entertainment at the beginning of the win
ter season to raise funds for monument.