The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-01

ia detan the provisions or the new Battle
! Abbey plan.
Opening the letter Colonel Dickinson
! explains that he addresses 10 10 COiOnc,
/ KOuSs so that tie latter may approve o.
/ the text ard plan. Continuing. he says:
Il communicated 10 you my views upon
this subject, and you ASKED me to pia-e
/ before you my conception or sieA-
Battle ALtcy. that would be - memorial
OF our great war, ana monumeh- 10
/ the memory OF those who deserved 10
lie enshrined IN tho hearts OF tncir
COuntrymon. 1 did so both by word ana
letter. and this Is about the plan that
suggested.
Ine place should be so grand yet COM
prohe.-.te as to be the iayorlte deposit
tory OF distinguished families OF the por-
traits OF their distinguished dead. and
relics innumerable should flow into 1t
from all parts of the south. where they
could be seen and studied by the living
'as well as by those who Will come
/ aiter US. From contributions AMI not
from purchase, should come The majority
| OF tho most available memeutOes. And
the depository must be- a grand one
which is selected 10 hold these dist.n-
guished evidences OF our peoples anec-
/ lions. With more poetic imagination,
| 4 might describe the feeling that such
a place would produce upon the Southern
mind. 10 would bee "a snrin4 To which
our people would come, as 10 a Mecca
ol C-y0uOn, and the location OK sgcn
shrine should be accessible 10 an the
people oil thc earth. ID should bc "a grand
national memorial 20 the patriotism OF
the South. ani should he worthy OF the
admiration of every American. as being
country. AMI although erected Ia love and
devotion by the men and women OF the
South. it would reflect az the same time
the genius OF America.
From the summit OF this idea, / must
now descend 90 Tine common plane OF the
ways and means Of producing this
g.cat memorial. COZ. in general terms. 10
the dollars aud-cent5 consideration. You
have asked mc what ] thought such
memorial building would cost. and then
how much more money would be neces-
slrv Go cudOw such au institution. 1 VIII
answer. in general terms. $4,000 would
Doe necessary for the great work, its
contents, and its omamntation and In
this do not include gin of the grounds
upon which 10 Is located from the city or
the inhabitants of The city who may OBJ
tain This great prize.
Without caatius amy reflections. I could
h'l 'ei7D'n.' '""'4-'i "Nl 'ity "olu'y
oI TOE SCUM great bti'Ie-Aopty th-t
was NOT "Iil"a 'o give q" i"r Ero~nd
h'.. '-@' anu eve" handsome uoHa-
90"
'-, '' " "''lD DE- "o- ."''77 unless
''' N"''s WAS '".''l'e'"iiy en-
''' "'' ''.' sum "- money H0''as-.y
'''.' '.l'''.'' i''ii''I''-' lil
.'' ''9 I'D come '"''"H
'.'- ". res ''i-" f-.'''''' making ''lhl
oi ''it'" OH collars NOT incildins tAe
grounds.
N""' sIi' VIII an ihe Southern States
concentrate iheir money ana thc.r sup-
port upon elmer Atlanta, Nashville, Rich
mona, or New Orleans, if selected as the
location Tor tAe hatte-Abbey, and give
lHe assistance necessary to make 10 suc-
ceaslul. Already some OF the States
nave o--llNe4 To- contribute unless the
I'liie-Ap"ey ls located in the city of
'NeF seI'cNon. oihcr states have taken
yer! niue interest DO d. and did not
IeeI inclined 10 enter into any movement
from ""DH '"ty would Dee unable 20 reap
d a'il'7'i "ntahtate. some ot thc
''''-s nave aDDacii'Dl the money that
"-a expected OK tnem, with an unsclnsh
u'.ite To- see Tie aatIe-ADbey er-ctcl
'.'''' '' -'.t' national memorial.
.'.- D.. ,''''''"7 '' l.e seen now much
i..'.', ..," '''''' 4n TIE south 10
4",..,.....', .'. 70 30 pace TO Dee
.,' "i." 'f ,'e committee Mnlch
a.. -Di ''.l purpose.
-i'''', from colonel Rob-