Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-05
southern Monuments.

IT.. ,o,,o.,ng ia from the New Orleans
Picayune:
The Picayune. In paying YESTERDAY =
iust compliment to Richmond as ~
monumental city OF the south. deepiy
grets that IL has wounded tne lo.an .,
~ a prominent Confederate veter"h "
this city. as appears from a
ton published elsewhere. u.
The Picayune yields TO none IN puote
sulrit and pride OF city; but ~ h.""
how 10 be lust. and because U.ichn'lPl ""s
attained the FIRST place ia tne ial'let "
raising monuments to ,nc siSAl so,S "
The south. Il Is no insult 20 New 'pl,"hs,
which has accomplished a hoo'e WIN ~
say that II ls second 10 kicf mona
Richmond. perhaps. may re eons'
az having taken a mario" W" Va a.,
srn greatness. when II Is observe ,na''
NJ ! dozen monuments, the sn0lects
honored were all virginiIns. vale sew
orleans has erected monuments "'tr"ut
REGARD TO State claimA, the cnIy
Louisianian represented IN 9,a'lhry Delhs
Colonel Walton, whose statue, a ~ haA
been given out.is hat presented on zoe oa.-
talon tomb Of the Washington Ar'iiIFFs III
honoring great men, He" ''lr'n' 20
opened her heart beyond state Hh,-' ""''
with an admirable generosity, mas Pier
qanIGi in DT0nZc anu ihi'N'
several OF the States. and surely htr
work * not vet finished; but u i LOOT
taste 10 disparage others In orier that
800 may glorify ourselves, ana IL u
oulta a. Objectionable TO suppose thdt, III
giving rraise 10 others, We are uhaer-
valuing and belittling our " meTlls' J."
the erection OF monuments 10 the Sou'" .
great men. New Orleans has notni"B 70
regret. certainly nothing TO b. ashaIheu
OF. Her zeal and devotion TO the sou'he'h
cause have gone into history. II Is I'M
possible TO mar her o~rliilih' IeSOiu.
Dut n other cities have done as well, or
better, there should be no envy OF Ies'st
about II. Let each have all the credIt II
deserves.
The Picayune does us injustice In say
Ing that the subjects honored' by our
were all Nirsinians. on
the contrary. the mos; impcrishable monu-
ment that We have erected Is that
In Hollywood cemetery-a great granite
pyramid. ninety feet high-dedicated 70 the
memory OF the 1900 soldiers from all the
Southern States who lie buried there. So
too. there Is a handsome monument IN
Oakwood cemetery u the 1900 or 1900
soldiers from All Nt
buried there. Both OF these monuments
were erected within a few years after
the close OF the war. before We undertook
TO honor any individual officer or sol
der. And lastly the Soldiers and Sailors
monument. which we have erected on
Libby Iiill. and which was unveiled last
Wednesday-by long odds the most conspi-
cuous monument in Richmond-is Gated
To the memory OF all the soldiers ana
sailors Of all the Southern States, and
there Is a distinct block Of stone in the
column for each State. Furthermore. we
are HOW engaged in a movement to raise
funds TO build a monument TO the me
mory Of the Hon. jefferson Davis; a step
resolved upon before his body was
brought to Richmond.
We appreciate the compliment nat
the PicayuBc has paid Richmond, and OF
course have no complaint to make Of the
auimus of its article, but we beg leave
to insist that It errs when it states that
the subjects honored in our monuments
were all Nirginians.'