The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-06-06
JEFFERSON DAVIS
STATUE UNVEILED,
Confederate Veterans March IN Line at
Richmond, Va, in Honor Of
Their Leader.

| RICHMOND, Va, June 3.-An ever
| lasting memorial Of Jefferson Davis. the
! pa triot 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 tAc browning feature of
! the annual reunion of the confcderat e
veterans.
| The ceremony was made the occasion
! for grand military pageant i'll which
| every veteran III gray who was physically
able, and many one who was not,
| participated.
| y. Swanson OF Virginia and he was fol-
/ lowed by Mayor Carlton Mccarthy of
Richmond, who introduced Gen. Evans
! us orator of the day.
At the conclusion Of this address, the
mayor spoke briefly accepting on behalf
( OF Richmond the trust imposed upon il
! 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 grandsous of the Confederate presi-
dent, caught the two cords used to COM
pietc tie unvciling.
Evans Tribute te Davis.
Gen. Evans discussed the issues which
led to the Civil war, mainly the right Of
secession and then paid this tribute 10
Davis:
He outlived obloquy: he saw detractiou
die by its own sting; he saw vicious cen
Sures put to shame; he behold resent
mcntS of south and north whitening in
stem and root, leaving no seed. lie was
not faultless IL Judgment, but he was
upright, brave, talr and absolutely in
Corruptible. lie Is entitled to the gen
\ IN tf i,A
sober age, which viii be rendered on CON
Sidcr1tiun of the facts of his whole ca
rerr. History Will surely give him an
honorable and distinguished place among
the noble characters of past times.
'All the elements OF greatness were
compOnonts Of his life and it cannot hc
insisted that success in his last service of
his people was necessary to make him
truly great although had the cunfederacy
established its independence, his fame
would have tilicG the world as the father
of the new American republic.
Description of Monument.
The monument of jefferson Davis is
the GROWING feature of Richmoud's
great monument avenue. 1t is the
William G. holland of Richmond. The
memorial consists of Il scmi-circular
colonnade terminating at each end in
square pillar with Il large column or
Shaft rising from the inclosed space,
The semi-circle is about fifty feet across,
with Il depth of thirty feet, and stands
siXty-seveu feet in total height.
The monument typitied the vindicaton
of Mr. Davis and the cause of the Con
fedcracy for which he stood before the
world. The bronze figure of Mr.. Davis
stands on Il great block of granite. The
President is represented III 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 colonnadc stand
bronze tablets, one to the navy and one
to the army of the Confcderacy. The
army tablet is inscribed: From Sumter
to Appomattox, -Four Years Of Unhinch
ing Struggle Against Overwhelming
Odds" The navy tablet is inscribed;
Giving New Examples of Herosm,
Teaching New Methods of Warfare, 1t
Carried the Flag of the South to the
Most Distant Seas