The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-13
GREAT THRONG PRESENT
The Presentation of the Monument
Made by Honorable N. E.
Benton Of Missouri.
ACCEPTED BY GENERAL FIJZHUGH LEE
He Represents in tine Absence Of Governor TYLER
The Democracy Of Virginia. Addresses
by Ex- Governor Stone and
Others,
(By the Associated Press J

Richmond, Va, Oct. 1.-TWO hundred
and fifty members of the jefferson Club
of st. Louis, Mo-, together with a great
throng of citizens from Albemarle county
and other nearby points, assembled to-
day at Monticello, the historic home of
Thomas Jefferson, a few miles from
Charlottesville, Va, to lay their tribute
of devotion at the shrine of the great
statesman and patriot.
The occasion was primarily due to the
Missouri organization, which bears the
name of the sage of Monticello They
came TO the Old Dominion to do honors
to their great exemplar and to unveil
at the home of Jefferson a beautiful me-
moral shaft OF red Missouri granite.
which they brought with them. In years
gone by Virginia had contributed to the
Bullion State gray granite shaft, which
formerly marked the grave of Jefferson,
and now stands on the campus of the
Missouri State University at Columbus,
Mo. The new monument now offered as
graceful token of appreciation for this
priceless gift, bears the following inscrip-
ton:
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Citizen, Statesman, Patriot.
Ht SicdttSt auNOCdlC Ol nuIl1dn IlDCrLy,
opposing special privileges
He loved and trusted
the people.
Erected by
The jefferson Club
OF st. Louis, Missouri,
On their pilgrimage,
October II, 1901
To express their
Devotion to his principles.
The inscription on the shaft which now
stands on the Missouri University cam
pus has become world famous because it
was written by Thomas Jefferson himself,
and because therefore it shows the
achievements which he considered the
most meritoaious of his long resultful
life. The inscription reads:
Here was buried
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
author of the
Declaration of Independence
of
The statute OF Virginia
for
Religious freedom
and
Father of the University of Virginia.
The authenticity of the gravestone is
undoubted. When, on April is, 1882, Con-
gress appropriated $4,000 for monu-
ment over Jefferson's grave, the Misses
Randolph, residuary legatees of Thomas
Jefferson presented the original shaft to
the University of Missouri. 1t was un-
veiled July A, 1885, on the University
campus with ceremonies in which United
States Senator Vest, Thomas Bayard, then
Secretary of State; United States Senator
Elkins and other prominent Americans
participated.
in solid train of Pullmans on Thursday
night, reached Charlottesville early in
the morning and after breakfast on the
train were taken in hand by members of
the city council The formal exercises
at Monticello began at ten o'clock but
tho long line of carriages containing the
Missourians and others filed into the
grounds shortly after nine o'clock At
the head of the visitors was the club 8
famous drum and fife corps.
The visitors were welcomed to Mon
ticello by Hen. jefferson NJ Levy, who al
luded to Jefferson as 1.-The greatest states
man and profoundest thinker of any time
VI country. responses were MADE Dy
Harry B. Hawes, president of the club,
and by Lieutenant Governor Lee, of Mis-
souri,.
The presentation of the granite monu-
ment was made by Hon. M. E. Benton,
Congressman from the Fifteenth Missouri
district, and in the absence of Cover
nor Tyler, the monument was accepted by
General Fitzhugh Lee, representing the
Democracy Of Virginia. The following
addresses were also delvered:
The Declaration of Independence by
ex-GcverEor Wm. j. Stone; abolition Of
Law of ENTAIL by Congressman Chas. f..
Cochran: distinguished Sons of Albe-
marie" by Hon. r. T. w. Duke, and "1'he
University of Virginia." by the Hon.
Frank M. Estes.
The copper box put in the base OF tho
monument contained the constitution Of
the club, the names of the existing chief
officers of the United States and parch-
ment roll of the officers and members Sof
the Jefferson club.
At 230 the Wcsterners sat down 20 IN
excellent lunch, furnished by Mr.. Levy
and an hour later most of them drove
to the University to attend the Virginia.
Gallaudat font hall game