The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-06-13
Pres'd' jefferson Davis
People Of the South Honor Memory
Of President Of the Confederacy
Imposing Memorial Just Un-
veiied in Richmond Signifies
More Than a Tribute in Granite
and Bronze to One Who Served
Them Faithfully.
Richmond Times Dispatch, June 3rd.

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Richmond Times Dispatch June srd
Today the people of the South,
gathered here from all parts of what
was once hopeful Confederacy, will
funveil monument to President JEFF
ferson Davis, which signifies more
than a tribute in granite and bronze
to one who served them faithfully
and suffered much in war and peace.
1t signifies the vindication OF their
dead president and of the South 1t
stands here in the old capital to bear
everlasting proof Of their loyalty to
principle and undying evidence OF
their belief that President Davis war
red in a patriotic cause. 1t stands
here to resent and disprove the cal
umny that Jefferson Davis was guilty
OF high treason. 1t stands here as a
rebuke to those who indicted him
and would have tried him, had they
dared, for an Infamous crime alleged.
1t stands here as our testimonial to
his greatness, his courage, his fidelity,
and to remind Gen. Nelson A. Miles
that when he put the cruel shackles
on the feet of his helpless prisoner he
stung every Southern heart; and to-
day they rejoice, as citizens Of re-
united country, that they may honor
their president and put the final
blessing on his name and deeds.
Mr.. Davis was not a "dashing fig
ure" of the war. 1t was not his to
lead the charge, to win victories on
the field, and to receive the shouts OF
praise for gallant conduct in battle.
His part was to endure at home, to
direct the course OF events, to pro-
vide the sinews of war-aye, and to
BEAR THE BLAME. Never man
bore it with more courage and better
grace during the war and after the
war, even to the end of his eyentful
life. We have sometimes thought
that here lies the secret of the de-
vOtiOn of the Confederate women to
Mr.. Davis. They, better than all,
understood how and what he suffered
and so patiently endured in the OPP
pressive dullness at home, while the
men at the front were reveling in the
excitement ofwar. But God Almighty
alone fully knew what such confine-
ment meant to Jefferson Davis, who
was educated soldier, and who had
seen active service on the frontier
and in Mexico. No man made great
er sacrifice than he for the Southern
COnfederacy, and none more richly
deserves q monument.
When the first rumbling OF war was
heard, Mr.. Davis was a member of
the United States senate from Mis-
sissippi, knowing no other allegiance
than that to his native state. With
the disruption of the Union and the
call to arms, the only thing left for
him to do, as one loyal to his oath,
was to walk out of that senate cham
ber and back to his people as a vol
unteer in arms. His act was not
even technically reasonable. At
that time there was no such thing
in law as a "citizen of the United
States," as Mr.. Justice Brewer has
delivered. The "citizen of the United
States" was created by the four
teenth amendment, and not until
that amendment was adopted When
Mississippi seeded, Mr.. Davis was a
citizen of that State, and she had his
sworn allegiance. There was no hon
orable course to him but to follow
the flag of his State. Had ne done
otherwise he would have been a trai-
tor in fact, as well as in law, to Mis-
sissippi. The declaration. of Justice
Brewer alone was sufficient vindica
ton of the course of Jefferson Davis
and Robert E. Lee.
But the war is over, and there is
peace in all the land. In building
these monuments we do not seek to
rekindle hostility or revive bitterness.
The old soldiers who are limping in
camp and nerving themselves for the
final march would enlist under the
Stars and Stripes today and fight
by the side of those against whom
they fought in 1S61-'65 if foreign foe
invaded. They have not come i'm the
evening of life with malice OF heart.
They have come on the anniversary
of their presidents birth to pledge
anew their loyalty to his memory
and the principle for which they
fought. In this year of grace and
peace the South will vindicate its
State are here to take part in the
glorious ceremony.
"He that dies in earnest pursuit is
like one that is wounded in hot blood,
who. for the time, scarce feels tho
hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and
bent upon somewhat that is good
doth avert the dolours Of death. But
above all, believe it, the sweetest can
ticle is Nunc dimittis; when a man
hath obtained worthy ends and ex-
pectations. Death hath this also;
that it openeth the gate to good
fame and extinguisheth envy"
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