The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-30
WHAT THE LEADERS,
GLOWING TRIBUTES PAID TO THE
PRIVATE SOLDIERS ASDsxJLORs,
They Were Brave and True Men, Worthy
Of All the Honor Their Surviving Com
rades Can Bsstow Upon Them.

the gray and faced danger and even
death with a firm step. fixing their
thoughts only upon duty and the cause
Trey believed to be right, men. women
and even children all over this Iair
southland are thinking OF the PATRIOTISM
and reverence Of the surviving heroes
who devoted themselves TO the deIence
OF their country. Thousands who could
not be present TO assist in doing honor
10 file memory of the bravery and self
sacrifice Of the private soldier and sailor
offer their earnest sympathy and sincere
commentator to those who have erected
so beautiful and appropriate monument
10 commemorate the deeds Of them who
fell In battle. and they will read with
interest the reports that to-day so out
from the Confederacy's capital. Among
those who expressed keen regret at belns
unable 10 be present in person upon TINS
memorable occasion are many OF the mill
rary commanders who so often lead their
men on 70 glory and victory. while still
others whose sympathy for the move
ment is sincere and lasting have not for
gotten to send their best wishes and to
express their lofty admiration for the
men to whose memory the monument Is
erected.
orr HRHO rRrfDPNT.
General Joseph Wheeler, In sending
his regrets at being unable TO be present
SAYS: MY thoughts ever turned toward
Richmond during the war as the centre
Of our government, and since the war
Richmond has been associated In my
mind with memories Of our hero Presi-
dent, who lies there enshrined where the
loving hands of his countrymen nave
laid him. and our great COMMANDMENT
chief whose noble monument is one OF
the greatest ornaments OF the city
Says General T.. p. Alexander IN declln-
ing the invitation to be present:
regret that cannot be present and meet
once more the old comrades among whom
the bonds Of affection grow dearer and
stronger as our number dlminishes, and
10 tread once more the hills Of glorious
old Richmond. which l think would sure
" know our footsteps. and think TO
echo again 10 our cheers.
81 commission you" writes General
]. =. Gordan, ito greet my Old comrades
in my name. and 10 express my pro-
found sympathy with The purpose which
convenes them. No monument. however
costly or enduring. can ever sufficiently
indicate the gratitude Of the Southern
people to those brave men whose SER
vices that pillar is intended to COM
memorate."
-rOVrrNFVr ~ TAcu eTATv.
General George T. Anderson writes: II
am in hearty sympathy with this move
and I would rejoice to see such mon
ument in the capital OF every one OF
the Confederate States The memory Of
those gallant men who dared all and
gave all to their country must be pre-
served. and the rising generations taught
TO revere the memory Of their gallant
ancestors-whOse bones and whose blood
enrich the soil Of glorious old Virginia.
General Malone in reply 10 the invi-
tation SAYS: II rejoice in the honor when
It Is proposed to confer upon the private
soldier OF the Confederate Army. IL
was he who bore the brunt Of the bat
tie. the heat and burden OF the day, ana
he is the real hero OF that army
General James Longstreet sends his re-
grets at being unable 10 attend. and says:
"Offer flowers and tears, and build high
or the marble shaft for the unknown
fallen to saw at their coming they were
not forgot that the cause that went down
over their graves rises in its new condi-
ton TO erander proportions than their
sanguine offerings anticipated.
General LAFAYETTE McLaws paws a glow
ing tribute TO the manner in which Viz
Clnia struggled to uphold the hands OF
the Confederate soldier, and adds: THE
place was well chosen when Richmond.
the capital city OF Old Virginia, was
made the last restingplace of our Presi-
dent. Jefferson Davis, and there II is
that tho grandest monument TO the mem
orv Of the soldiers and sailors OF the Con-
federacy has properly been erected"
THE WOMEN TOO.
4 glowing tribute is paid to the private
soldier and sailor by General II Heth.
and he saws in addition: Dear old Rich
mond associated with so many pleasures
Of my boyhood. youth. and early man
hood-her hills and wales are all dear 10
,ne-and above all I recognize and feal
n pride in the virtue Of her women, md
the energy and worth " her men who
have from her ashes OF 1865. made her
what she now is. one Of the most beau
tifui and prosperous cities Of our beloved
South" General Heth sends regrets at
being unable to come. owing to other APP
pointments which conflict.
Governor Fishback. Of Arkansas. who
made so many friends in Richmond dur
ing the Convention Of Southern Governors
hold in this city. offers lofty praise to the
natience. endurance and heroic valor Of
the Confederate soldiers and sailors,
whose memory he says SHOULD be cher
ishe1 bv every lover Of his country upon
whatever side he fought, for they shed
glory unon American manhood
General Hamilton T. Bee IN MS praise
70 those whose record VIII be perpetuated
by the monument. says:
at will ever tell the story TO the pass
right
that their death in its defence shed
iustrc. ever 10 grow brighter, on the
chivalry and heroic virtues wnich charac-
terized the soldier OF the South.
Turtp ONLY MOTIVE WAS DUTY.
General r. r. Colston. speaking Of the
he-oism Of the private soldier and sailor
SAYS:
"r am especially glad 10 know that the
,-,or,,r,opt m he unveiled on the s0th is
dedicated 10 the soldiers and sailors OF
the confederacy. These were the main,
tho real though anonymous heroes OF he
var The worst herdships fell upon them.
r,,,a,. IA M homes OF reward or fame;
,hofr o,,,- motive was duty. and they
,o,,e,p. FOR the right and privilege or self
e,oye-nrnent inherited from their fathers.
And no soldiers IN all history fought with
moro heroic valor and fortitude- NO otner
arrnv could have been held together six
,,orths under the nrivations they under
went for the last two years OF the war
when they were neither paid nor ciothsd,
nor more than half fed. Yet how constant
" they did their duty 10 tne last WIN
q hsroism that has never been surpassed
General James VI. Lane writes:
Dear Old. historic Richmond mas cause
&c.