Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-03


crowned king Of all our hearts anu
an outbufst OF enthusiasm. whicn nu9'
have rcpaid him for years OF sunc''ns'
10 "a said that seven cities claim .no
Hr,h OF Homer. dead; but seven s'ao,S
contested for the honor 70 be the pu',ai-
,ioco OF jefferson Davis. on the Gay
=, ~, funeral services were held for
t,m All over tho South. Grady sai';
"Covernmcnt will not render 10 MIN tne
,or,n ard Circumstance Of great death.
iyt bls people win give him tribute OF
iovo end tears. surprising all that gov
srrlncnt could do. and honoilns ms
memory as earthly parade could not 90
And so u was America never saw De
fo~e so wonderful a pageant "a tnat wnicn
,oese1 down the streets OF New orleans.
The funeral Of that generous soldier
General Grant. ! am told, cost more
than 10000 The even more Impressive
funeral OF Mr.. Davis cost nothing; all
bis came IN receipted. II was the spon-
,aneous oItnauring OF peoples love.
The people OF the South may not be ricn
On material things, but they are not poor
81 their hearts.
rreqent al HIS funeral. and also 10 ac-
,onnany his remains on the way 10 Rich
rnon1 ana ! shall never forget II. No
cooouororis march was ever half so
triumphant In tho capitals through
which n passed his body lay In state
v,-ltca by thousands, and everywhere
along the way. tho people. old and young'
thronged, and stood with uncovered heaus
day and night along the railroad as ire
train rolled by to testify their devouon
10 the dead. It was spontaneous; 1t was
sincere: N was universal.
- - 1900 49, .. dow 20 erect q
monument TO him. II IS for our sakes;
not for his His memory belongs 10 ths
ueos lis life will stand Ike q snowy
.eak amid the centuries. HIS reIhem-
trance viii abide In tho hearts OF men
when this stone has crumbied into o.st.
jefferson Daviss life teaches us that
character Is secure. Character was MS
buivvorly against an the SANDER, ridicule,
insult. which the wit OF man could de-
wise. ana that defence STANDS sure lie
teaches US that love follows sacrihce. lie
who bore everything for his people re-
oeived a reward such as an emperor might
have envied-tleir unfeigned ana ABIDING
iove lie teaches us that life offers some
vi, Ter than success. 1t is when
moral worth is defeated that humanity
becomes sublime.
Aaa soldier his brilliant and promising
.oreer wnS cut short. He had no oppor-
tr0itios 10 develop the great qualities or
Lee. the prince OF commanders. AS
statesman he did not quite reach, per-
aaps the commanding stature Of Calhoun,
10 whose work he succeeded. As an
orator he may have lacked the impetuous
fervor OF Yancey. the splendid deolama-
ton Of Lamar. He surpassed them all
IN his majestic strength the chaste
beauty Of his thoughts and his thrilling
Ip.tt TA.Nfa ura
Imam them all, IN that he combined them
all. lie was an accomplished soldier. a
goat statesman, and q consummate
orator. lie was the typical southerner Of
his day and Of all times.
STANDS ABOVE THEM ALL
Around him stood that marvellous
sroup--Lee. tho flower Of chivalry; Jack
son, the genius Of war; Toombs, the
thunderor Of debate; BENJAMIN. the jurist'
Campbell. tho Judge; Bledsoe. the scholar;
Hunter, the statosman-men fit TO mea-
sure with the knightliest Yet from the
vantage ground OF history his sublime
head lifts self above them all.
i 10 meet and fitting that the ashes Of
tho great souls rest IN Virginias soil.
Round him sleep the mighty ones who
have gone before-soldiers who won
American liberty, jurlsts who gave It per-
petual form. statesmen who filed its flag
with stars, AMI made 1t honorable
throughout the world. Let Richmond be
odded 10 Mt. Vernon, Monticello. and
Lexington Tho South has committed the
keeping OF his ashes to the mother Of
States and statesmen. Let him sleep in
Virginia. whore every river whispers Of
Confedc ate horoism, and every hill gas
crimsoned with the soldiers blood. Let
him rest in Richmond, his capital tho
city which he walled about with tho
breasts Of the bravest OF the bravo. His
memory Is safe with you You were
faithful to the living, you will not forgot
The dead.
In ealmer years. when tho last en-
Der OF sectional feeling has burned out,
and tho last chord Of love has gently
bound the hearts Of ali Americans TO-
Pether, fathers will bring their little
children TO this spot. and tell the story
OF pure. great man, who suTerea Tor
his people ana for tho right, as they
understood II; and how for this they loved
him as they loved no other. Long az
yon noble river shall roll its tide to the
sea n shall behold no man moro kingly.
He was a very perfect, gsntle knight"
May the story OF his life be sweet in days
20 come. and nc last all men come 10
understand Jefferson Davis.