The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-04-13

tied the hillsldeS cried out the purity
of the life that had closed and spoke
of the new, unsullied youth upon which
he had entered.
MR.. GRADY SOON FOLLOWS.
Not many days thereafter another
spirit, after breathing the message OF
love, assumed the wings OF an angel
and swept beyond the glow Of the
sunset. Thus the welcome and thed
welcomer Of that great day met each
other in the beautiful Chrstmastide to
gather the morning glories of paradise
and TO celebrate the birthday OF the
Prince Of Peace.
ARE THEY FORGOTTEN.
Atlanta has not forgotten the sunny
face of Henry Grady nor the wIntry
locks of Mr. Davis.
When the old chieftain lay shrouded
in New Orleans each state in the south
disputed the right of treasure his dust,
and even before his ashes were laid
away in their tomb, they warred in
unseemly strife over his body. 1t was
only the ahectonate show, however,
that was made by those states to prove
which one of them loved him best
for there was not a state in the south
that would not gladly-nay, even
fondly-have opened her bosom and
given the old man a sepulchre in her
heart.
Scarcely three summers have now
trailed their blossoms over his tomb
and gilded with their beautiful sun
shine and marble sleep of the old hero,
and yet the question is asked, imply
ing a doubt, will the south build HIM
a monument
IT WILL BE ERECTED.
Build him a monument That she
will, and if love could be the architect
and was as imperial as affectlonate, 1t
would rise to a sculpture of pure gold
and would soar beyond the flight OF
the eagle.
She will build it if her women have
to immediate their jewels and her
children trudge barefooted to school
in the heart of midwinter. She will
build it out of her own marble and
she will employ her own builders.
Not man should touch it who does
not approach it as he would an altar,
and who does not build it with clean
hands and with spirit as pure as that
which turks in the kiss OF a mother.
VIRGINIA DESERVES IT.
There is no filter soil upon which
the monument could stand than the
soil of old Virginia-bathed in the
blood of every state and freighted with
the dust of every village, there is no
filter atmosphere in which it could lift
its head than the air of historic Rich
mond, sweetened by the exultant hopes
and saddened by the last despair of
the old confederacy. Along the
sweep of the Rappahannock and in
the solitudes of the forest through
which the autumn winds are to-day
signing, sleep the soldiers Of every
state, and among them are the
martyred children of Georgia.
No man, certainly no soldier nor
the son of soldier, should curb his
liberality because the monument will
be erected in Virginia. Virginia is
entitled to the monument because she
suffered the worst, and because, in
addition to Lee and Jackson, she gave
to the lost cause both its caadle and
its sepulchre.
A contribution that is even tainted
by envy of Richmond should not be
allowed to swell the fund that will
represent the free gift of the southern
people.
THERE IS NO DISLOYALTY.
The question may be asked is there
any disloyalty in such movement
There is none expressed and equally
there is none implied. 1t is only the
record of his life that his people desire
to preserve and that includes every
one of his battles in Mexico. 1t will
be conceded that had he fallen then a
nation would have mourned his loss
and the flowers of every section would
have mingled their fragrance over his
grave. Did providence spare such a
life for treason? Never! Nor is it
treason that the south intends to
reward? She merely seeks to honor
the courage, the fidelity and the
sufferings and who may have been
better, but was certainly no worse than
her people.
The south watches with pride the
growth of that pile that is rising in
honor Of General Grant. She not
only subscribes her good will but has
added by her contributions more than
a single inch to its height. She only
asks in return for the privilege,
unmolested, of doing honor to her
dead, and she pledges that as soon as
the column is high enough to cast a
shadow she will dedicate it with the
national anthem to the whole republic.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HELP.
The monument as now contemplated
will cost in the neighborhood OF
s25o,ooo.
If every man, woman and child in
the south subscribes copper cent the
aggregate will be sufficient to erect
the monument.
If everybody who is able to work
and to earn livelihood will contribute
a quarter towards the enterprise it will
be more than enough to build it.
The fame of Mr.. Davis is the com
mon property of his people, and the
enterprise of building the monument
should be SO directed that the poor as
we'll as the rich should aid in the con-