The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-15
BOTH ARE H0N0RED.
A Historical Event in the City
of Richmond.
A LARGE CROWD PRESENT.

OngelllnS OF WsmOfidiS TO EX'
President jefferson DAVIS
and the daughter of
the confsderacy."
Thursday vas another great Confed-
crate day 10 Richmond, the occasion
being the unveiling in Hollywood GENE,
terry, under the aus spices Of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy, nov in
convention here, of the memorials to
President Jefferson Davis and Miss
Winnie Davis.
The Daughters held biief business
session Thursday rnorning, during which
various reports were read, and Mrs.
Davis was made honorary president of
the State chapter of the Daughters.
Thursday afternoon the Dlugh hters, in
carriages, were escorted to Hollywood
by az imposing procession consisting of
Confederate camps and military, Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee riding at the head cf the
column
A vast crowd had assembled on the
hill overlooking the Davis plot in the
cemetery and Immediately upon the
arrival of the parade the ceremonies
we're opened with prayer by the Rev.
James P. Smith, D. D., who was on
StonewalI Jackson's staff, and who
threw himself between his general and
the line Of FIRE while Jackson, mortally
wounded, was being borne from the
field.
In the Davis plot an easy chair had
been provided for Mrs. Davis SO that
as the drapery fell she would face the
statue over her daughters tomb. Over
the grave Of President Davis was a
beautiful floral Confederate flag, the
blue and red being worked in immor-
telles and the white in chrysanthe-
NUNS The staff rested on base,
around which smilax was wound.
After the prayer Gov. J. Hoge Tay-
lor gracefully introduced the Hon. B.
B. Munford, the principal orator Of the
occasion who paid beautiful tribute
t. Miss Winnie Davis. Mrs. Davis,
President Davis and the Lost Cause. F"
In conclusion Mr.. Munford said:
'Nor can I forbear allusion to the
grateful fact that something in the
character Of Winnie Davis, in the un-
timely ending of her gentle life, has
served to hush the note of sectional
discord and strengthen the influences
that make for peace. Old time hatre6s
were forgotten in the sorrow which
made US all akin. Union veterans
stood as a guard of honor around her
bier, and generous contributions Of
sympathy and help came from both
side of the Potomac to erect this mon1-
ment
The next speaker was the Hon.
John H. Reagan, postmaster general
Of the Confederate States, and the
only surviving member Of Mr. Davis
cabinet. He was introduced by the
Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson. Judge Rea-
gan spoke very briefly, his remarks
being confined to eulogy Of his chief.
He said in part:
"Mr. Davis possessed combination
of great qualities, rarely equal!ed and
never surpassed. And in addition to
these great qualities he possessed the
most unsel6sh character l have ever
known, and the most humane and
merciful disposition, with a gentle
ness in domestic and social life, which
commanded the admiration and re-
spect CT all who knew him. And to
all these he added the character Of a
devout Christian.
My estimate of his character has
be N formed from a personal acquaint-
abce Of good many years and from
close personal and official relations
with him during the four years of the
war between the States.
"N hile the cause of which he was
the highest and truest representative
failed Of success, he carried to his
grave a sincerity of respect, an enthu-
siastic devotion of the people he served
and represented, unsurpassed by any
ever shown to any successful hero or
conqueror. The future will show,
when the clouds Of passion and prejudice
shall have passed away, that the cause
and the principles which he represented
were just and based on the true princl-
pies of constitutional government, local
self-government and civil liberty. God
bless his memory.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was then intro
duced by Mr. Ellysoa and delivered
an eloquent and touching address, in
which he made beautiful illusions to
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie.
| Following Gen. Lees speech. DR.. Il.
NJ. Clarkson rec;ted an ode. The
Daughter of the Confederacy."
Jefferson Davis Hayes then drew the
veil from the monuments TO Mr. Davis
and Miss Winnie. The former is a
bronze statue Of the Confederate pres
ident. The latter is marble figure of
the Angel of Grief, the hand extending
a wreath which she is about to place
on the grave. 1t is over life-size and
the pedestal is suitably inscribed. 1t
was erected by the Daus shters. Both
works are by Zolany.
After these ceremonies, monument
to jefferson Davis, Jr., aas uaveiled.