The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-27
ioolsod Virginia, IL not known. Reed
gives no reasons to anybody ana from
him there Is no appeal.
. WORLDS MONUMENT 10 THE CON
FEDERATE PRIVATE.


Tho Atlanta Journal had a recent edi-
torial article, which contained the iollow-
ing:
Tho Jefferson Davis monument at Rich
- =. an assured fact. and will be one
of the most splendid memorials ii 'iiiS
country. ,..,..
II Is also certain that in the near future
n monument will be erected TO the "o-
men Of the Confederacy. -.
Another monument must be DUH ny
the people Of the South, and IL cahiot po
made grand enough. We must nav .
monument to the private Cohieu,l" az
soldier. Nearly all the great generals OF
tho Confederacy who are dead have thcr
monuments but what could these ohi.o
have done against the terrihc ouus tnoS
faced but for the intelligence ana cou
age Of the finest soldiers VINO ever iOi-
lowed leaders to battle?
In his speech TO the assembled veterans
M Nashville. General Gordon, their com
mander-in-chief, said:
"Sir ~ had the power I would erect
N nrivate soldiers the most splendid me-
mortal that gratitude could suggest,
genius could PLAN or money build.
Nothing that General Gordon said IN
that splendid speech deserves higher COM
mendaton.
The private soldier Of the Confederacy
Is now recognized throughout the worlh
as the embodiment Of herosm ms hieh
az has ever been developed by war. Ills
deeds. his endurance. and his suherlngs
will I'll many Of history's brightest pages
His fame and his Immortality are secure;
but there IS n debt which the people Tor
whom ne fought and suffered and died.
mi =
and which must he paid.
Somewhere I'm the South n monument
we would have II the greatest and most
beautiful I'm the world-shOuld be raised
10 commemorate thoheroism Of the men
who wore tho gray without the insignia
NJ office. the hope Of reward, or the desire
for fame.
when the United Confederate Veterans
meet In Atlanta next wear the movement
for this monument should be put into
practical shape
The Richmond Dispatch quotes this. and
remarks upon the fact that there IS
monument here to the private soldier,
and it deprecates any further movement
in that direction until a sufficient fund
has been raised 10 erect q monument 20
Mr. Davis. There Is undoubtedly. n most
fitting and most beautiful monument in
this city to the Confederate private and
yet It hardly meets the suggestions Of the
Journal. The fund for that monument
was raised before the world had come TO
look dispassionately NJ our great struggle.
and before IT had begun TO realize the IN
credible part the private soldier Of the
Confederate army played in that struggle.
1t was contributed by those loving ones
who had seen him endure his privations
without murmur. with his poor, starved
and hslf-clad body always willingly offer
ed TO the enemys shot and shell. But
the idea suggested by the Journal IS that
proclamation should be made to the
whole world that a monument is TO be
built by contributions from all lovers OF
heroism and patriotism everywhere, 70
the matchless patriot who served IN the
ranks OF the Confederate armies. and
that monument to him Shall be built
up that will overshadow all other monu-
ments that the world has ever seen, just
as his sacrifices and heroism eclipse all
other performances Of any other people
anywhere. That IS the Journals idea,
and that idea we want TO see put into
practical effect. We want to see that
monument erected. however long we may
be in collecting money for It. and we
want to see it erected at the nations
capital. Our people are broad enough
now to welcome such a monument at
Washington city, for the Confederate SOL
dier's part in our civil war has shed
an undying lustre upon the name, "Ameri-
can" and it is one in which a Northern
man or a Western man can now take as
much pride as a Southern man.
Let the work OF raising money for Mr..
Davis monument go on. by all means.
But the monument which the Journal
suggests IS something that belongs TO
mankind, and it is time mankind was
given an opportunity TO do its duty TO
the private soldier Of the Confederate