The weekly picket. (Canton, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-21
HARVEY SCOUTS.
THE MONUMENT UNVEILED
"A Day OF Great Joy for All.
The addresses Poems, Song, Etc, Desi0ered.
ADDRESS OF HON. W. N. NASH

ADDRESS OF HON. W. N. NASH
Ladies and gentlemen; members 9
i HarveY's Scouts; your wives
/ your children and your friends
/ we gladly greet you all.
This day brings joy to the heart
ana homes Of every survivor of ou
command, and doubtless give
pleasure to friends in this and othel
Southern States. Our monument
is fact. II stands completed
ready to be unveiled; for which We
are sincerely thankful to the Great
Ruler of the Universe, and the gen.
erous contributions Ut comrades
and friends.
This duty this nonor, allotted to
me could well have been assigned
to an abler mind. ! could talk to
the s Soouts, companions in arms II
know you well and love you all ;
but TO meet the expectation Of this
assemblage, mostly strangers, con-
Germs me greatly. This is not SO
much for myself as for those and
the cause I am expected in part to
represent. You need not expect,
respected auditors, 10 listen TO the
smooth-fowing language Of the
polished scholar. My'life has been
cast N. a .ropeher mould. Many .of
my school boy days, then q beard
less youth, were spent as 9 private
soldier in the Confederate Army,
being numbered with those who
were figating the battles Of the land
we love. II T
A short statement of the origin
ard progress OF our monument en-
terprise can but prove Interesting.
Harvey's Scouts Memorial Assocla-
ton was formed at our reunion here
in August. 1886, to give shape to q
desire and determination to remove
the remains of Captain Addison
Harvey, the Commander of Har-
vey's Scouts, from Georgia and
renter them IN Canton, Mississippi,
and over his grave erect a suitable
structure. Since 1885 eight years
have passed, many years OF disaster
and depression still we never dis
paired, we never lost sight Of our
object, until success crowned our
efforts.
1t took much of our means to
remove and renter the remains of
our chieftain. This was done De-
cember 9th, 1886. Captain Har-
vey being Mason, this time-hon-
ore1 fraternity conducted the cere-
A large concourse OF peo.
pie attended the funeral, Fragrant
llowers, rich and rare, deckee his
casket.. He was escorted to this
last resting place by troopers who
had often followed his gallant lead
In battle.
The consecrated circle in which
stands our monument was donated
TO Harvey's Scouts Memorial As
sociatlon by the stockholders of the
ce metery. A resolution was passed
them for this eligible and
most appropriate site. The burial
of Captain Harvey here assured the
How could we accept
the gift and then fail to put forth
every effort necessary to success!
This monument may not be clas-
sic, but III form and general appear
ance we believe it will be the more
admired by those who will likely
.ook upon it. IL is a Confederate
Monument, erected by cav
airy men and their friends. 1t Is not
for the stare OF the unfriendly critic,
the object being that it should
speak to the tender feelings Of the
Southern people, to the hearts Of
hose who wore the gray, and to
their descendants. Yet for beauty
Of shape, for style and proportion,
Tor suitable designs and appropri-
ate inscriptions, the committee be-
Iieve il will meet the hearty ap-
proval of every lover Of the Lost
Cause.
To make some ailusion IN the
designs and inscriptions placed up
On the monument, then stating some
suggested thereby, shall
how be the purpose Of your humble
speaker.
On the front. near The top, is the
C. S. A. On the die Is
/ representation. in bronze, Of the
zeal Of the Southern Coufederacy,
iank ed by cavalry sabres.
Prominent on the front Of the
will be seen two Confed-
crate Battle Flags, carved 10 relief,