The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
|RIBUTES TO MISS DAVIS.
.,.ers Of the Confederacy Talk Of
the Daughtei.
nHN H REAGAN AND F. R. LUBBOCK
- ~ the child aud of the Wo-
,,nn, Loved by the Loyal of
the Southland.

Austin:
ladies and Gentlemen: The Daughters
the Confederacy, and others. have met
testify their sorrow on account OF the
..th Of Miss varlna Anne Jefferson Da-
IA whom we lovingly call Miss Winnie
kayis the Daughter OF the Confederacy."
II has not often occurred that so many
sople have mourned a death with grief
tender and impassioned as that which
Is gone out to this pure and brilliant
mpersonation of the living sentiments and
eyoton to a lost cause.
Born Of and reared by parents, both
kther and mother. distinguished alike for
her great intellectual capacities, their
arning, their patriotism and their plety.
rxelf endowed with remarkably bril-.
ant Intellect. and favored by the best
ducatonal advantages of this country and
lrope Miss Davis symbollzed, ia her
wn person and character. the highest
me OF American womanhood.
The youngest daughter of jefferson Da-
4, the president Of the late COME lerats
tates, she was adopted by the United
onfederate Veterans and by the Daugh-
krs Of the Confederacy as the Daughter
the Confederacy." Some of you who
|ere present will bear witness to the
blendd and triumphal reception rendered
Or at the reunion of the Confederate vet
rams at the City Of Houston little over
no years ago. And she was the recip-
mt Of like honors this year at Atlanta,
a., and whenever and wherever she has
ppeared before the Southern people. No
owned sovereign has ever received more
eartfelt homage, or stronger evidences OF
aspect, esteem and admiration than has
cen shown this Daughter OF the Con-
deracy' by thu Southern people. And sho
a. commanded the respect of the people
every part of the Union with whom sho
rs come in contact.
II was my fortune to have known her
vm her childhood. and to have held rela-
ons OF friendship and confidence with
er family AS a member of her fathers
olltical family, during his presidency OF
be Confederacy, and with our acqualnt-
nee somewhat intimate before AMI after
lat time. | came to regard him as a
IAN Of great learning and as a legislator
an executive officer and as a military
ban, as political philosopher and as q
christian gentleman, as combining more
the qualities of a great and grand char
cter than any other man | have known.
nd | think he was as purely unselfish as
uman nature can be; while his courage
nd patriotic fidelity to the people who's ,
buse he represented was unsurpassed by
by other character known to history His
History OF the Rise and Fall OF the Con-
Pderacy' and his Brief History of tho
onfederate Government. written during
be period OF his Acknowledgement, Will
Pman standards and landmarks OF the
isioilyAof his time, and OF the cause H.
presented. And Mrs. Davis memoirs OF
er husband, jefferson Davis. evidences
pr superior intellect and learning, and IL
arates features of the history OF her
ines not supplied by any other author.
nd which could only have been written by
fch woman, having such an experiences
she had gone through
Then the daughter. following the example
her father and mother, became an au-
Sor but in a different line OF literature
I'D gave to the world the >romanceS en-
tied, "The Yelled Doctor" and "a Ro-
anee OF Summer Seas" each OF which
d credit to her learning and good sense
I'D both OF which have been read with
easure by thousands OF her friends
have thought 1t not out of place to
AXE the references to the lives of the
lther and mother OF the deceased, who
far as a child could represent the quail
- OF parents, was a fit representative
their qualities of head and heart.
We mourn the death of the Daughter
the Codederacy" with a sorrow born o.
pch facts as | have stated with deptf
tica could only be awakened 10 such
em9rles as cluster around the name OF the
eloyed Wirnle Davis. And we mingle oul
am with those of her beloved mother anc
fectonate sister.
Governor Francis r. Lubbock, who wal
member OF the staff OF President Davis
80 acke on that occasion. saying:
God bless woman, thu last at the cross
flst at the sepulchre; bless the wo-
eh OF the Confederacy; bless those pat
sac and dear women, the Daughters
tae confedemcy." for TO them in a
eat Measure do we look to see that
eir Children and their childrau's chill
sa WI understand the justice OF the
we or the Southland in the Nineteenth
injury.
ly GEAR friends. We are here today tc
y sight tribute to one of thos,
SsI'ers' one especially named as such
lAt grand association, the United
u'eoeiate Veterans" the daughter o.
sfedt cheftain jefferson Davis, Win.
DAVIS. born amid the glories OF tht
s Confederacy and rocked in thS
s'.l days Of reconstruction, grew VI
heung companion for her father, The
AZ az IN the former period and a heroit
Ias.er IN the latter. During the time o.
"pn ald days of adversely ! watched
sIow'h from infancy to childhood anI
piaue and pleasure observed the grea
hiInia. &c she bore to her distinguished
uer Then / saw her In after wear
sslope1 into one of the most elegan
~ VI womanhood, intelligent, we'll in
ns. ana most graceful in her manners
nm .ne love and affection OF all viii
~ sne came in contact nor was he
smail extending North and South
n,.. .vh the Western to the Eastern
,hapae,e, She WAS particularly dea
,S soioiers In gray. She was with u
chr r same car from New Orleans L
nS,ses that conveyed the remains o
tan Davis for reinterment At ever.
cksS on the sntire route the peopl
20 see and shake hands with her
e,s. was exceedingly kind and con
70 all. 1t seemed TO me al time
hsa must break down, but she shool
"a ~ OF thousands and had pleasan
isi who spoke to her even to tn
10 Oh the Journey.
anS lovely as a daughter. comfort
,ssi aluing her father In the days o
~ vment aud his literary labor
pnsn;."as the affectionafs and lovin
Is, OF her dear mother whose los
"a neip and society In her old day
c,.sappYar irreparable. This mothe
oufy an accor, n,ie.,aj ,,o,,,, M, a.