The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05
JEFFERSON DAVIS, MoNUMENT.
TO BE Set Up over His Grave in HoI-
1ywood Cemetery, Richmond.

1ywOod Cemetery, Richmond.
From the Richmond CVa1 Times.
At meeting of Lee Camp, Confederate
Veterans, letter written by Elizabeth
Tyler Waller, from New York, and ad
dressed to Mr. Joseph Bryan, was read
as follows:
My aunt, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, being
too i'll to write to you herself, has asked
me to do So to tell you that on Nov. o
at the same time that the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy have arranged
for the unwilling of the monument to Win
ME, she has arranged to have the statue.
to be placed at the head of her husbands
grave, and the monument to her son, JEFF
ferson Davis, Jr., unveiled. She begs
that you viii, for her, inform the R. e.
Lee Camp, and especially the veterans
living in the home, and beg them to Off
cially inform all the Confederate veteran
camps of the unveiling of these monu-
ments, and extend an invitation to as
many as can TO be present. She wishes
the R. E. Lee Camp to take charge of
the ceremony. Mrs. Davis grandson, JEFF
ferson Hayes Davis, will unveil the mon
uments.
ION the morning of Nov s, at st. Paurs
Church, a tablet to Winnie Davis and one
to the children of MIR. and Mrs. jefferson
Davis, will be unveiled, and my aunt begs
me TO ask you to extend an invitation to
be present at that ceremony to the r. E.
Lee and all other Confederate veteran
camps. She expresses her regret at not
being abe to write 10 you on this subject
herself, and asks that as her friend you
viii undertake this for her."
The inscription on the base of the JEFF
ferson Davis statue, prepared by Mrs.
Davis herself, is as follows
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
At Rest.
An American Soldier and Defender
of the Constitution.
Born in Christian County, KY,
June g. 1903.
Died at New Orleans, La, De-
cember 6, 1889.
West Point Glass, 1928.
Member House of Representatives
From Mississippi, 1s45-1S46.
Colonel First Mississippi Rifles
Mexican War, 1861.
Brigadier General, United States
Army May II, 1877.
United States Senator, 1S47-1S51.
Secretary of War, 1S53-57.
United States Senator, 1S57-1S61.
The above inscription will be on the
front of the base, and on the rear will
be engraved:
of America, 1S6l-1S65,
Faithful to all trusts, martyr to
principle He lived and died the
most consistent of ali Ameri-
can Soldiers and
Statesmen.
BLESSED are they which are per-
secuted for righteousness sake, for
theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven"
Great interest is felt by the Daughters
of the Confederacy throughout the South
in the proposition that will be presented
to the United Daughters at their meeting
next month to the effect that the ladies
shall assume the task of raising money to
erect a monument to President jefferson
Davis. 1t seems to be almost a foregone
conclusion that the ladies viii undertake
this work, and 1t is equally a foregone
conclusion that they will be successful
1t win be remembered that this work
was authorized and undertaken some time
ago by the United Confederate Veterans.
committee was appointed, plans were
advertised for examined and accepted and
a site chosen. The work of raising money
was then begun, but though the most
strenuous efforts were made, only $4,000
could be accumulated. Since then the pro-
ject has slumbered