The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-08

Roman born out OF time. II was i'm
possible for him to ask pardon SO long
as he felt ne had done bis duty con
scientiously, as he saw it, and he w&s
nexec forgiven. One after another
his great comrades catered the beyonc
until ne stood alone, but he never
wave:ed. He passed from us stern
and majestic figure, broken but never
bent.
Gen. Lee quoted from a speech de
I;yered by Mr.. Davis IN the Senate IL
December, 1860, IL which ne declared
that the union was dear to him as 9
union OF fraternal states. He argued
from this that Mr.. Davis was opposed
to disunicn. and that at the conference
called by Governor Pettis of Mississ
lppi, OF the representatives. in Congress
from that State 10 1860, Mr.. Davis de
ciared himself opposed 10 secession as
long as the nope OF peaceful remedy
remained.
As a president, the speaker though
Mr.. Davis may have made mistakes
He was q constitutional ruler, not {
revolutionary chief, but when tbs
night Of defeat was darkening and the
dismantled ship Of the Confederacy
was sinking beneath the waters, he
stood at the helm TO the last.
a TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION.
He referred to the popular dem on
stration of affection which always at
tended Mr.. Davis appearance in pub
lie, and referred with deep feeling tc
the occasion when his remains were
en- route to Richmond for final burial
No couquerer's march was ever half
so triumphant. In the capitals through
which it passed, his body lay in state,
visited by thousands, aud everywhere
along the way the people, old and
young, thronged and stood with IN.
covered head day and night along the
railroads as The train rolled By, to tes'
tify their devotion to the dead. 1t was
spontaneous; it was universal.
\ TYPICAL soUTHERNER.
General Lees peroration was mag
niicent tribute to Mr.. Davis as the
typical southerner
AS a soldier, his brilliant and
promising career was cut short. He
haa no opportunity to develop the
great qualities of Lee, the prince OF
commanders AS \ Statemau, he
did not quite reach, perhaps, the
commanding Stau8 Of Calhoun, to
whose work he hesucceeded. As an Ora.
tor, he may have lacked the in oetu
Gus ferver Of Yancey, the splendid de,
ciaimatiou of Lamar-ne surpassed
them ali IN his majestic strength, The
chaste beauty Of his thought, and his
thrilling earnestness. But Davis was
greater than them all in that he com
blned them ali. He was an accom-
plished soldier, a great stateman, and
consumate orator. He was the typi.
Cal southerner OF his day and Of all
time.
Around him stood that marvellous
group-Lea the flower OF cnivarlry !;
Jackson, the genius of war; Toomos,
the thunderer Of debate; BENZ
the jurist; Campbell, the judge; Bled-
soc, the scholar; Hunter, the states
man-men fl to measure With the
knightfiest. Yet, from the vantage
ground OF history his sublime head
lifts itself above them all.
IN yIRGINLA's s SOIL.
''lt is mete and fttlog that the
ashes OF the great should rest in Flr-
ginia's soil Round him sleep the
mighty ones who have gone before
soldiers who won American liberty;
jurists who gave it perpetual form
STATESMEN who filled its flag with stars
and made 1t honorable throu ghout
the world. Let Richmond be added
to Mount Vernon. Monticello aud
Lexington. TIE south has com nitted
tne keeping OF his ashes to the mother
OF States and statesmen. Let him
sleep IN Virginia, where every river
whispers of Confederate heroism, and
aud every hill was crimsoned with the
soldiers blood. Let him rest in Rich
moud, his capital. the city which he
walled around with the breasts Of the
oraVest Of the brave. His memory is
safe with you. You were faithful to
the living, you will not forget be dead.
In caLmer years, whea the last
emoer OF sectional feeling has burned
out, and the last cord Of love has gent
ly bound the hearts Of all Americans
together, fathers will bring their little
children to this spot and tell OF a pure
great man, who altered for his people
and for the right, as they under
stood 1t, aad now for this they
loved him as they loved no
Other Long as yonder river shall roll
its tide to the sea, it shall behold no
man more knigktly.
''He was a very perfect gentle
knight. May the story o. his life be
sweet in days to coma, and, at last all
men come to understand jefferson
Davis.
The be1edictior closed the exercises,
and the great and weary, but still en-
thusiastic crowd began to leave Mon
roe park for places to quence thirst, to
appease hunger and to obtain needed
rest
THE RETREAT BEGINS.
Tonight the city is resonant with
the sounds of departing camps and
their bands playing thealrs OF f"Dlxie.
The serenade to Mrs. Jefferson Davis
at the Jefferson ho.el by residents and
visiting Marylanders, accompanied by
the band OF the Fifth Maryland regl'
ment, consisting Of 40 pieces, was one
Of the notable events Of the night, and
was attended by all the celebrities at
the reunion.
THE GOvER:::GR's RECEPTION.
Governor O'Farrcll gavea reception
AT the executive mansion tonight at
which visitors from every State IN the
south called to pay their respects to
Nlrginia's distinguished governor.
Wnen the reception to Mrs. Davis al
the Jefferson had concluded earl Y TO-
night, the lady way taken to the Ma
sonic temple, where she was greeted
by large assemblage OF the sons and
daughters of the Confederate veterans.