The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-25
ALEx. STEPHENS ~ SrOSE.
A Monument to the Memory Of the " Great
Commoner" Unveiled


/ TO the memory ot Alexander IT. Stephens.
/ the great cOmmoner" at the unyening
/ this afternoon OF "a beautiful monument
/ erected to his memory by the people of
/ Georgia.
About 1000 people were this afternoon
! present in the grove surrounding Liberty
/ Hail. for nearly hfty years the home Of
/ Alexander H.. STEPHENS. to witness the
! ceremonies attendant uyon the uuveiing
/ of tine monument,
The assemhlagc was called t0 order az
/ o'clock. Vice-president Patrick Walsh.
/ Of the stephens Monument Association.
/ presided. The exercises were opened with
/ prayer by Rev r.. T.. J.. Harris M. l..
/ Holden delivered the opening address. giv-
/ ing o. history of the Stephens Memorial
! Association. Hon. Patrick Walsh made ana
/ Introductory address. at the close OF which
/ the monument was unveiled by Miss Mary
| Cory. a grandniece Of Air. Stephens.
Hon. Thomas 81. Norwood delivered the
! Grafton lie spoke for am hour and a
/ quarter. presenting the principal points
/ in the line " Mr.. stephens.
Letters of regret for n0n-attendance
we're read from Governor W. j. Northcn.
/ ex-senator Brown. Senator Gordon. Cen
erl Henry R. Jackson. A. O. Bacon.
/ Clark Howell and others
chief Justice Bleckey composed q som
net ON Mr. stephens which was read
/ by Mr.. Walsh. who Dad 20 large wreath
! of flowers placed over the shoulders Of
/ the statue in remembrance of Mr.. Ste
| phens' lifelong devotion to the princi-
/ pies of civil and religious liberty.
The Monument
The monument consists of ped 'stal Of
! Georgia granite. quarieJ from the adj
| joining county of CgIcthorpe the polished
I portions being dark blue and the cut
surfaces lieht gray. an9 "a life-size statue
/ of AIr. Stphens I'm pure white marble.
/ The PEDESTAL is eleven feet four inches
/ lieh. and the statue itself six feet two.
/ the whole rising 20 a height n eishteen
/ feet.
TN. figure of Nr. Stephens VIII not
/ stril. those Wf0 knew him in his later
! years as true 90 life but it is pronounced
am admirable likeness hy tte friends of
/ his youth. IL represents han as be was
! in his physical prime, having been mod
/ cled after "a photograph taken by Brady,
/ in Washington, I'm 1856. just after his
! famous debate with Campbell OF Ohio.
! He stands with his left hand esung on
/ the Look on table ut bis side and the
! other half upraised as If i'm the act Of
! emphasizing point with one OF his
! Characteristic gestures. The statue was
! carved in Italy. the pedestal being the
! work of Mr. Thco. Marhwaltcr, an Au-
/ gIsta sculptor.
/ ON the front face Of the pedestal is
/ inscribed this cpitome OF stephens life:
| Born February n. 1872. Member OF
! the Georgia house of representatives 1870
/ TO 1870; member Georgia state Senate
/ 1872. member United States House OF
! Representatives 1873 90 1873; Nice-Presi-
/ dent of the Confederate States 1861 TO
| 1S01: United States senator-elect from
! Georgia 1896: member United States House
| of Representatives 1913 TO 1Ss2; Governor
| of Georgia 1SS2; died IN Atlanta Sunday
morning March 4. 1873. author ~ a Con-
! sttuti0nal View OF the War Between the
| states, and of a Compendium Of the
/ History Of the United States from their
| Earliest Settlement till lN,2.'
on another side is this extract from
! one of stephens famous speeches.
"I am afraid OF nothing on earth,
/ or about the earth. or under the earth
| except to do wrong-the path of duty
! / shall ever endeavOr 90 travel fearing
/ no evil and dreading no consequences;
/ also
Here sleep the remains of one who
! dared 10 tell the people when they were
/ wrong when he believed so. ana who
never Intentionally deceived friend or
! betrayed au enemy
! me lulINMllEs written Hl iAii.iAl'A -fittl-
/ com Johnson. is on another side:
throughout life a sufferer in body
! mind and spirit, he was signal example
! OF wisdom courage. forttude, patience
| f0rbearance and unwearying charity.
| "In the decrcpitude OF age called 10
! DE governor of the state, he died while
! I'm the performance OF the work of his
| Office. and it seemed ht that. having
survived parents. brethren sisters and
/ most of the dear companions Of youth
he should lay his dying head upon the
| bosom of Dis people
ON the side of the monument facing
| Liberty Hall is written
The Great COmmoncr.
The defender of civil and religious
liberty.
! He coveted and took from the republic
nothing save glory.
Non Sibi. Sed Aliisi
There Is an interesting story I'm con-
nectiOn with the raising Of the money
for this monument Soon after Mr.
stephens death a meeting was called In
CrawfordWlle which resulted in the or
ganization Of an association 20 erect
suitable memorial 10 his memory Like
most movements Of the kind. however.
this one did not progress rapidly. and
after the strength Of the initial impulse
had died away IL threatened 10 fail alto
gether. In this emergency Miss Mary
A. II Cay. Of Atlanta, was appointed
the agent Of the association. Miss Gay
is now about fifty years Of age. When
the war begun she was at the meridian
Of happy young wOmanhood. She was
engaged 10 be married Her betrothed
entered the AMY and was killed. From
the moment OF his death she determined
10 devote herself q a life Of celiDacy
and good works. First she started the
movement 20 gather together the bones
Of the scattered Confederate dead into
Confederate cemeteries. and afterwards
when she was made the agent OF the
Stephens Monument Association. threw
her whole soul into that work
One OF the interested spectators OF the
unveiling wss Aunt Liza" an aged
neeress. who was Mr.. Stephens house
keeper during his lifetime. and who now
lives I'm neat cottage nea- By. enjoying
the income from a fortune Of $4,000 left
her by her husband. Uncle Henry" Mr..
Stephens faithful and thrifty body-ser-
want.
Two Aurderers Executed.
BERLIN. May 2L-Rosalie Buntrock