Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-28
RICHMOND THE PLACE.
General Acquiescence OF the South In Mrs.
Davis's Decision.
fCharleston Is. C.) News and Courier.l

charging tne UutY lulpsSeu oii h'i' .'aN
has given more than year to its conside-
ration. II has cost hor much anxious
thought. as she says. All the claims that
have been urged upon her in behalf OF
different places have touched her heart ana
contended together for the mastery. Her
own preference was plainly for Mississippi.
1t has been hard, she says, for her TO give
up the claims of her own home and the
hope of spending the remaining days OK
her life near her husbands last resting
place. She has sacrificed her own wishes
and feelings, however. IN deterence 10
those of the greater number OF the Con
federate soldiers who have written to her
on the subject, and she expresses the hope
that the several States of the Confederacy
will submit TO their judgment as she has
done.
There will be no appeal from the verdict
of these Confederate veterans and the de-
cision based on it. Richmond is the proper
place for the grave of him who loved
us all aud labored for our glory with all
his might during the heat and burthen OF
the days granted to him here. Inc
President of the Confederacy will be buried
in the capital of the Confederacy, where
every hillside in the landscape tells OF the
valorous resistance which he initiated and
directed with tireless vigilance as Chief
Magistrate" and where he received 80
generous and unwaverlng support IN the
darkest hour of our unfortunate countrys
defsat.n Ii was on the soil OF Virginia
that he was imprisoned and loaded with
chains in the dark days that followed de-
feat. II Is fit and proper that he should
rest for all time in the bosom or the great
State which was the scene OF his falthfui
service to the people he loved anu VINO
loved him. and where he suffered, as their
representative and for their sakes, the re-
vengeful wrath of their enemies.
THE MAUsoLEUM.
The next question ls in regard to the
choice OF site for the mausoleum which
will receive the body of the illus.rious pa
triot and for the monument which will be
erected TO his memory. 1t Is stated that
Mrs. Davis desires the mausoleum to be
placed in the grounds of the mansion
which was Mr. Davis's home while in Rich
mond. and this selection, we think, Will
also be generally approved. The mohu-
ment should be in the same place, and tho
best plan would be to have 1t cover or III
clude the mausoleum. BY combining the
two structures both can be made more
worthy of the purpose to which they arc
devoted and il is scarcely TO be doubted
that the efforts to provide means tor their
erection can be better directed and Will
meet with q more ready aud generous re-
sponse if the appeal is made for practically
one object.
"a WISE AND JUST CONCLUSION"
Montgomery (Ala.) Adyertiser.l
The decision of Mrs Davis TO give the
remains of her honored and beloved hus-
band 70 Richmond, Va, will be received
with some degree of disappointment to
several States, who asked the honor OF
having his sacred dust, but they will be
cheerfully acquiesced in and received in
the best of spirit. Mrs. Davis has taken
some time to decide the delicate question,
aud that she has come to wise and just
conclusion we will all be compelled to
admit IL was in Virginia and at
Richmond that the most exciting scenes OF
the war were planned and enacted. where
Sir. DAVIS won most of his fame, and 1t is
highly appropriate that there should be his
resting-place We would have been glad
10 have the remains of the great chIeftain
deposited under the Confederate monu-
ment on Capitol Hill, where he begun bis
work "a President OF the Confederacy. but
we weld to the superior claim Of Richmond
as recognized by Mrs. Davis. and hope 10
see Alabama contribute literally TO the pro-
posed monument TO his memory.
THE WHOLE SOUTH WILL AcoUEscE.
New Orleans New Delta.l
While other cities laid strong claims upon
his ashes none seemed so forcible as those
of the capital of the Contederacy. The
whole South VIII acquiesce IN the decision
aud applaud its wisdom. IL Is fitting that
he should sleep the long sleep in the city
around which cluster so many memories OF
the cause he served. 1t ls appropriate
that the monument which the South
shall build TO his memory should rear
its head amid the historic battle-fie!ds
of Virginia-in what was the heart
of the Confederacy. It's location at any
other point, while gratifying local pride,
would not have received the hearty en-
dOrsement of the whole South. And the
selection of Richmond as the site will
not abate one iota the efforts in behalf OF
the fund for the monument. On the con-
trary, it will give them an impetus. The
location makes it popular monument,
makes il at once tribute to the memory
of President Davis, and a grand CON-
memoration of the cause. 1t makes it q
monument to the dead Confederacy.
THE SELECTION APPROPRIATE"
New Orleans Tines Democrat.l
The history of Richmond during the war
was much Ike that of Mr. Davis himself.
1t was the capital and be was the President
Of new nation for the short period OF
D.
with his. The monument which il Is pro-
posed 10 erect over Mr.. Davis's remains Ii
monument 10 him as the only Presiden,
of the Confederate States. and all must
admit that the selection of Richmond il
appropriate, when it is remembered that
it was there that he lived throughout tbs
struggle. that it was from Richmond h.
directed the war, and in and aroundit thai
the most important events IN the histor,
of the Confederacy occurred. No one eau
deny that the capital of the Confederacy
Is good resting-place for the remains O
its only President.
RICHMOND THE PROPER PLACE"
memphis (Tenn.) Appeal-Avalanche.l
Richmond is the proper place for tn
memorial. From almost the beginning o
the war the northern cry was "On I,
Richmond" 1t was TO Richmond that tn
watching nations of the earth looked whel
the fierce conflict was raging. RichmOnt
was the focal point Around Richmon'
cluster the supreme traditions. The Who'll
South will concedc this, and the people O
Mississippi will not be less eager in contrl
buting To the erection of q monumen
there than they would have been ha
jackson been chosen.
RIcHMoNDs HIsroRIoAL FITNESS.
tGsiyeston Crex.) Newsl
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has decided wisel
in selecting Richmond. Va, as the fns
resting place for her illustrious husband
remains. The historical fitness Of the plac
selected can not bo questioned.
PLACE ron THE MONUMENT.
uynchburg vlrginian-I
We think Capitol Square is the prope
place, and we hope 1t will be selected
THIS we are sure will be the sentiment out
side OF Richmond at least.
WILL REJOzcR AT THE DEcyKoN."
Portsmouth Va.) Prosress.l
We believe that the people Of Virgini
paQis's decision.
TIE Dnc1sroS WISE.
lBristoi VA, Newkl
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