Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-28

he OF the Cromwell mOulu, ne the Oiu
Testament Christian, the sword OF the
Lord and OF Gideon upon him. ready as
ever TO smlte hip and thigh; and he shall
stand there forever, a stonewall to me-
morialize the way In which Virginia and
her sisters should be defended.
There. upon a splendid boulevard, more
beautiful than the Elysian fields which
lead tor Napoleon's arch OF triumph, or
than the Llndens which shade the statue
OF Frederick the Great, stands martial
figure. ever alert to catch the last order
OF Jackson. which rang out Ike a clarion
Just before he crossed over the river TO
rest under the shade OF the trees; Let ~
p. Hill prepare for action"
Yonder In the west, In the regions OF the
setting sun, with magnificent polse OF
figure and face as OF soul. 1T, as always,
ia lead the hosts Of earth. IL Lee, riding
toward the jocund day. which stands tip
toe upon the peaks OF Paradise, when he
shall be better still-fit to marshal the
very hosts OF Heaven.
Anon will rise the smulacrum OF the
bold and fearless rider. the fiercest paladin
and the gentlest gentleman, the man
with the verve OF tho whirlwind. whether
he kept a dainty slipper. from the mud,
or held the common veal OF nation
upon the couch OF his lance, the smile Of
utmost Joy upon his face, whether he
listened 10 the strains OF Swinnys banjo.
or charged better than the Six Hundred
at Balakava, the very presentment. let
II be, OF our own darling, Jeb. Stuart.
But there Is a monument which shall
be. but which, God save the mark is yet
unbuilded which most Of all orders you
to come. Did / say yet TO be builded?
Again. say. God save the mark BY
the side OF Hendrick Hudson's flowing
river Just away from the busiest hum
of the most mult!tudinous city, just on the
skirts OF a progress. seemingly the most
splendid while 1t is the most selfish, rises
apace an erection. the free gift, without
cleaning from the public store, of free
people. lifted above their progress, steal
ing away from their hum, 10 be grateful
to the savior Of the peoples union. An
illustrious soldier and president is TO be
canonized in the affections OF a people.
every way composite, and the expression
of that affection 1t to be a Heayen-kissing
monument. Let Grants monument rise,
the higher the better, the sooner the
more fitting. He deserved IT, He was
not composite; he was genuine, unadul-
terated, unlimited Saxon pluck and per-
tlnacty, fighting always I'm the splendid
way in which God gave him 10 fight for
the thing he believed in and loved. He
hAHfA Nfl IL even lIOill US II OILY DtE1uNt,
in the moment of his triumph, he mounted
no triumphal car, but said: LET us have
pesce?' But for him, and Lincoln dead,
God knows what would have become Of
the Union, even after the war.
THE DAVIS MONUMENT.
But shall his monument arise quicker
than our monument, the monument of us.
the homogeneous. as the best expression
of the all-subduing, the Anglo-Saxon race?
We, the most capable because the most
inspired: we, the most obligated. because
the most blessed; we, who love our pub
lie men, because we make them and they
are part Of us; we, who are inspired by
their example. because. like the south
wind upon a bank of violets." which
steals and gives Their odor, We teach them
what to inspire
What then, is our monument, and by
the name Of what one OF US shall it be
called? Although IL he the monument OF
every one Of US. 1t shall be a monument
TO Jefferson Davis, president of the Con-
federate States of America, in the capt.
tai OF the Confederate States OF Arnerl-
ca, and the prime duty Of this grand
in the spring OF 1886. when
mems hearts are budding like the flowers
and turning to love. 10 lay its corner
stone In Richmond Who. then. was JEFF
ferson Davis? Born in the north Of us,
in the land which Virginia gave to the
United States, he lived in the south OF
US. He knew US, on every side OF US in
every part Of US, inspiring and inspired
by US impregnated by US, and filing US
in turn, he became the very type and
father Of us. He had known every Joy
which can nil the human heart Blessed
in his store, thrice blessed in his home,
he led that happiest OF all lives-the
life Of a cultured country gentleman.
First found I'm public, he was leading
his Mississipplans TO immortal fame upon
the plains of Buena Vista. He became
in turn Representative, Senator, Cabi-
net-ofiicer, President-his name blown
about the world as the chief OF estsb-
llshed order as the lead r Of a new essSy'
Of the Anglo-Saxon race in freer govern
ment; as the commander-in-chief of an
army the like of which for valor and
for forUtude the world had never seen.
BY and by the shadows came. AT the
very pinnacle OF his freedom the gives
were put upon his legs. At the moment
when he had learned TO mount with the
eagle, and to look with eagles eyes upon
the sun, the sun went down, and bulls
eye lantern scorched his very eyeballs.
In the very nick of his truth to his peo-
pie, TO liberty, and TO law, he was dubbed !
a traitor, and commended 10 brand and |
penalty as a felon. He was the vicar OF |
your manacles, Of your tortured eyesight, |
Of your imputed treason and felony. lie !
bore his suiferings with all the pluck of |
Confederate armiss. with all the grace |
and sweetness and dignity OF Lee He |
was worthy OF you. But there were |
righteous judges in those days. The |
charger skunk away, ashamed to, pollute |
his presence, and his sufferings ended |
Once more he is the inmate Of a country /
home; once more blessed by the woman |
who eXalts and who consoles, In the per-
son Of his noble wife, In the person Of |
MS noble daughter who has become a
laughter of every one OF us, because she |
was born In our Confederacy, because she /
was his daughter, because she Is one OF |
the noblest Of all noble women. There he |
lived, in peace and dignity ana honor. |
still worthy TO us. until he was gathered |
10 our other dead, and was brought to
be buried on the banks of that river
which brought the first of the Saxons
10 our shores, and which murmurs its |
sweet requiem to one of the best and last |
IF them. 1t is his monument that shall be
)ur monument. whose cornerstone YOU
shall lay in 1896. win you, can you re-
use? | think not.