The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
THEY ACCEPT THE REFUSAL.
M'LAWS MONUMENT TRUSTEES IN
NO MOOD FOR CRITICISM.

They Acquiesce in the Decision of
Those Having in Charge the Erec-
ton of the Monument to the Dead
of the Second Georgia Not TO Sur
render the Plot of Ground in Lau-
rel GrOve-What One of the Truss
tees Has to Say on the subject-He
Hopes That Future Generations
VIII Better Appreciate the Great
ness of the Dead Savannahian--A
HnndsOmer Monument Will BE
Erected.
The members of the Board of Trustees
of the McLaws Memorial are disappoint-
ed a the refusal of those having in charge
the erection of the monument TO the dead
of the Second Georgia to surrender the
lot in Laurel Grove that has been grant
ed to the latter.
We have acquiesced as cheerfully as we
could in the decision of these ladies'" said
one of these gentlemen, and we have
no word of comment or objection to offer.
The services performed by the members
of the Confederate armies to this state
have been rendered, their deeds have pass
- ,
to demand or 10 request anything from
their fellow countrymen. Not even for
the dead, who, like McLaws, illustrated
Georgia on a hundred glorious fields"
Neither do we intend to minimize or
depreciate the services of the men of the
Second Georgia in the Spanish-Amercan
War. We would be glad to see erected
a monument 10 those of them who died
in service, who made their lives a willing
sacrifice to their country. All that we ask
is that we may be permitted to erect a
lifting memorial to the name and the deeds
of Lafayette McLaws who in the war
between the states, was the Butcher on a
dozen fields, and certainly the most illus
trious Savannahian in that notable and
deadly conflict"
The time has passed" said this mem
Der of the board of trustees, when sur
viving Confederates should ask anything
of their descendants towards clarifying
TIE name of the dead of their immortal
and matchless armies. Anything that is
to be ne should be done willingly; there
should be no effort at coercion nor cavill-
ing at the failure of those who have come
after us to honor httingy those who rem
dered up their lives in defense of the
South.
I'VE shall offer no objection to the
course these gentle women have decided
70 pursue. The choice was theirs, they
have made 1t and they know best. They
have said themselves that no STORED urn
OF animated bust can serve to increase
the store of glory that belongs to Gen.
McLaws, and they are altogether right
We shall permit the matter to rest for
time, but we shall not cease to hope that
We or our descendants, shall place the
remains of this one of our Southern gem
erals in a fitting sepulchre, marked by
fitting monument to his greatness. 1t is
certainly to be hoped that future genera
lions will have a better realization of
what he deserves at the hands of his
countrymen-and country women-than
seems to be the case at present"
1T has not yet been decided just where
the monument to Gen. McLaws will be
erected 1t may be in some other part of
Laurel Grove Cemetery, and it may be in
some public square of the city. 1t is prob
able that now the original plans will be
materially changed and that a very much
handsomer monument than was contcm-
Plated in the first instance will be placed
in position. Towards this end a move
ment to secure additional funds will be
begun at once.