Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-07
JEFFERSON DAVIS
STATUE UNVEILED,
Richmond, Va, in Honor of
Their Leader.

RICHMOND. Va, June San ever
lasting memorial of jefferson Davis. the
patriot and statesman who was the chos-
en- leader of The Lost Cause and the
first and only president of the Confed-
crate states of America was unveiled
here today as the browning feature of
the annual reunion of the confedera te
veterans.
The ceremony was made the occasion
Tor I grand military pageant i'll which
every veteran Ill gray who was physically
able: and many one who was not,
participated.
The first address was by Gov. Claude
y. Swanson of Virginia and he was fol-
lowed by Mayor Carlton Mccarthy of
Richmond, who introduced Gen. Evans
as orator of the day
AT the conclusion of this address, the
mayor spoke briefly accepting on behalf
OF Richmond the trust imposed upon it
by the whole south. Mrs. J. \. HAYES of
Colorado Springs. Colo, daughter of Mr.
Davis, then pulled gently the cord that
held the canvas shroud which covered
the bronze statue. Her two young sons.
the grandsons Of the Confederate presi-
dent. caught the two cords used to com
plete the unwilling.
Evans Tribute to Davis.
Gen. Evans discussed the issues which
led to the Civil war, mainly the right Of
secession and then paid this tribute to
Davis:
He outlived obloQuy; he saw detraction
die by its own sting; he saw vicious cen
SureS put to shame; he beheld resent
ments of south and north whitening in
stem and root leaving no seed. He was
not faultlesS IL Judgment, but he was
upright, brave. fair and absolutely IN
(.errJntIh Ip cd tp In
erOus American judgment of the present
sober age, which viii be rendered ON CON
Slderatlon of the facts of his whole ca
reer. History will surely give him an
honorable and distinguished place among
the noble characters of past times.
All the elements OF greatness were
components of his life and it cannot be
insisted that success in his last service of
his people was necessary to make him
truly great, although had the confederacy
established its independence his fame
would have flied the world as the father
OF the new American republic
Description of Monument.
The monument of Jefferson Davis is
the browning feature of Richmond's
great monument avenue; 1t is the
combined work Of Z. V. Valentine and
William G. holland of Richmond. The
memorial consists of semi-circular
cOlOnnade terminating at each end III Il
square pillar with a large column or
shaft rising from the inclosed space
The semi-circle is about fifty feet across
with a depth of thirty feet, and stands
siXtyseven feet in total height.
The monument typifed the vindication
of Mr.. Davis and the cause of the Con-
federacy for which he stood before the
world. The bronze figure of Mr.. Davis
stands on Il great block of granite. The
President is represented in a standing
position as though addressing an audi
ence, with his right hand resting on the
open book of history.
To Army and Navy.
On the points of the colonnade stand
bronze tablets, one to the navy and one
to the army of the Confederacy. The
army tablet is inscribed: From Sumter
to Appomattox, -Four Years of Unfinch-
ing Struggle Against Overwhelming
Odds" The navy tablet is inscribed:
Giving New Examples of Heroism,
Teaching New Methods of Warfare 1t
Carried the Flag of the South to the
Most Distant Seas"