Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-06-07
The Davis Memorial.

nC LAWS
Tomorrow will witness the formal
dedication Of a memorial in Richmond
10 one of the most commanding fig
ures that ever played mighty part i'm
American history. Great was Jeffer
son Davis while living man who
won military renown in fighting for
his country's cause-One who was
subsequently honored in the halls
of our national Legislature for his
supreme fOrcefulneSS; once a shining
light i'm a Presidents cabinet coun-
ellis; th~L President himself of Il
nation newborn, .throbbing with hope
and courage, but beSet with mighty,
untiring and powerful foes that
sought TO struggle il in inception
prisoner afterwards, and finally n
brave, heart bruised, suffering, but
always gracious gentleman, with
soul unconquered and wearing still
the livery of an approving conscience,
living i'm the remote seclusiOn of his
Mississippi plantation, the object of
triumphant radicalSim's malignant
hatred, and going down To hold COM
muniOn with death, in heart faith
full, in honor unsullied, and with
name and fame that will live always
| aS stainless heritage. Such in brief
was Jefferson Davis. He was great,
we have said, while living-and the
record OF his life grows greater with
the years. Thus history is attesting.
1t has already taken up the pen of
truth to give him justice-and i'm the
task il will of necessity, too, write
the verdict of shame upon many who
have ruthleSsly traduced him, and
upon the policy of government that
sought TO degarde him and 10 de-
| grade his people-weak, helpless,
sickened men that he was-by shack
ling his limbs with iron letters. The
memory of that deed endure. 1t will
endure, but God be thanked-not
of the dishonor of Davis nor of the
South.
! Truly, said John w. Daniel AT
| Richmond day before yesterday i'm
his great Confederate Reunion speech
and with the grace of Verbiage and
witche ryof eloquence so characteristic
of his public utteTances-truly Vouch-
ed our great Virginia Senator, mo
matter what any Of his enemies have
said about him, Jefferson Davis was
aS pure and clean rs any white mar
bic that will bear his name. He did
all that he couII- -nnitbar annals M,
man can do more. lie has been much
misapprehended - much misrepre-
scented. He has encountered endless
abuse and prejudice because he was
50 faithful and uncompromising for
you and your cause. Fame is often
of slow birth and of slow growth.
That which grows the quickest is not
always the strongest or the most en-
during. His fame is young yet.
1t is growing slowly, compactly, and
40 we'll knitted together that when il
is in full bloom il will stay while
generations and generations pass
away"
And rs giving verify 10 this con
cluSiOn, the memorial which is about
To be unveiled on the beautiful mon
ument avenue in Richmond can here
after be pointed to. 1t mutely tells
that there in this great Southern
country at Il time when more than
four decades divide the present from
the days when jefferson Davis was
sought 10 be Inundated nj Fortress
| Monroe, the love for the man, the be-
lief in his grandeur OF character, the
confidence in the loftiness of his pur-
pose and aspirations - that these
things reign supreme in the hearts
of the people in whose behalf, and
whose great civil representative he
stood, a valiant chief-and that the
further removed the perspective, the
larger and greater grows his stature.
| And with the march Of time this con.
ception of them will spread far be-
You'd the borders of the South, anC
among vastly larger popultion than i,
represented by her children. Lynch.
burg News.