The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-02
s0UTH's oELEsRATI0N.

A. k. Posts Pass Condemnatory Resolu- tions-The South's Capacity as Monu- ment Builders.
 Washington Correspondence of the Boston
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 While New Haven has been agog with the momentus question of wheth- CT ivy from the grave of the Confede- rate chieftain is the proper thing to plant by themonuments of Yale's illus trious men, Washington has come in for a discussion of the same sort. The olive branch of peace requires a good deal of pruning. The high school ca. dets here, who have achieved fame in many muster, want to go to Rich lnond to march in the Confederate pa- rade and take part in the encampment there, which will occupy three days, ending on the second of July. To this programme those who hold tenaciously the memories of the rebellion are vio- 1ently opposed, and Burnside Post "Wednesday evening adopted resolu- tions, declaring Jefferson Davis an arch enemy of the country and of man. kind .'whose teaching and example in fiuenced many to disregard their sa- cred paths of allegiance to the country, and to desert the flag they had sworn to protect" The resolutions also ex press amazement that the high school pupils can have read the history of their country to so little purpose. 9th CT Grand Army posts have voiced the same sentiment, and not a few inter- ested observers have written to the To- cal newspapers in protest. As for the boys, they are doubtless seeking a good time, a chance to appear in great pa rade and a little excursion, but the dis cussion which their proposed expedi- tion has aroused indicates that war feelings have not entirely passed away, and that the intense Union sentiment existing in this national capital on southern soil is by no means small.
 The chief feature of this years reun- ion of Confederate veterans will be the laying of the cornerstone of the monu- ment to Jefferson Davis, which will take place on the 2d of July at two o'clock. Over one hundred thousand dollars has been raised for this monu- ment, which is to cost two hundred and fifty thousand dollars When compile ted 1t will be the most costly structure of it's kind in the south, and be about one-fifth as expensive as the monu- ment to the Father of his Country in this city. This laying of the corner stone will be the occasion of the great est parades eyer seen in the south It will be made up of prominent citizens of Virginia and other states. which de- signation issupposed to include every man who can raise the funds to reach Richmond on that day; also veterans of the disunion movement to the num- Der of thirty thousand will be there and military organizations numbering ten thousand Sons of Veterans, school children, local organizations, and that historic body whose presence has never failed on any important occasion known as and others" Among the features of the parade will be the ne- gro cooks who served in Confederate camps, and for this detachment James Jones of this city, who was Jefferson Davis body servant, will go on to Richmond. General John B. Gordon will be chief marshal of the great pa rade, and his staff will be made up of the prominent -Confederates now living. General Stephen D. Lee of Mississippi will be the orator of the day, Bishop Cranberry will offer pray CT and the Richmond Howitzers will fire a salute.
 Excursion trains from this city and all the surrounding country are all ready advertised, and it is estimated that at least one hundred thousand people will visit Richmond for the oc- casion A mammoth auditorium has been built, capable of seating ten thou sand persons, and here business ses- sions of the reunion will be held morn ing and afternoon during the first two days Perhaps one of the most impor- tant questions to be settled at these meetings is the choice of 8 United States history suitable for use in the public schools of the south. To select this textbook ought not to be difficult task. since the requirements are so well known. All the battles described must be Confederate victories, the ratio of participants in every engagement must be four Unionists to one Confederate, and no other motive than consideration of humanity for the vanquished must be allowed to account for the with draWat rom Lfle Ieiu ol ally SHiFehiAouo southern soldiers.
 Another important question will be the selection of a location for the es- tablishment of the Battle Abbey of the South. MT Charles Broadway Rouss, a, wealthy merchant of New York city, who fought in the Confederate army, and who was reared near Winchester, Va. has given one hundred thousand dollars for the establishment of mammoth Confederate Memorial mu- scum. provided a like amount can ba raised in the south. The belief now prevails, although the returns are not vet in, that more than one hundred thousand dollars has thus been raised, and that the Battle Abbey will start of with an endowment of a quarter of d million Among the cities that will present claims for the location of th's great collection are Richmond, Nash vile, New Orleans, Charleston and possibly Washington.
 The activity of the southern people in laying corner-stones and dedicating monuments to the lost cause is one of the remarkable phenomena of the age. Little Alexandria, Virginia, even is to have a monument to the mother of Lee, Aust as Fredericksburg has nlonu- ment to the mother of Washington. The number of triumphal tours which the remains of Jefferson Davis have taken might well satisfy the most inor-