| Show CONFEDERATE MONUMENT Erected Through the Efforts of Southern South-ern Women 4 EDloU OD IRoron Bell OJ she only Orvill9 hmo or III cabinet DALLAS Tex April 29Tbo Con federate moollwot erected through be tHorti of the Daughters of the Confederacy DAIIAP woo uovallJ his morulnit It li Texas granite the halt being fllly feet high At Ibo lop 01 Ibo o luinu Blauda a private At tbe bass DO four pedestals are litesited statute of Jcflerson Dvli 11 E Leo Stonewall Jackson and Bldney Johns ion JiHeraon Davie pulled the cord that uielled the form of his grandfather Lucy Hays did I Ibe suns Ir Klbert E Let A little roddullIler 01 Broad wall Jackson completed the uovlllog by pulling the ojrJs which removed velkvrom i the atatuea of Jaokiou ificslJoblistou After the young ItdlOl representing the Southern Butts had uecoraied The monument wllh flowers John 11 Began the only turvlvlnii member or the Conferdeate cabinet delivered a eulujy 01 1itaiaeut Davit JUDOE ItEQAlSS ADDRESS Hon John H Reagan the last our i Ivlug member of the Coufede tbluet Bald In pan To me has been assigned the duty of aylriu lu a brief way something of ho uiaiacler and services ol I he Iluildont of the Confederate stale Ibo beloved J Jefleriou Davie My association with Mr Davis during Ibo great struggle atil she very high 0110100 I rrmeol et life dllolortod and patriotic devollon lo tile cause of the Coodoroyold 01 hie unvarying nitaucy and outage makes I tie duty most agreeable except that I reCJiolo my lubll1l7 10 slits Such a 0 accouul oC his survices and porlrallur 01 his character aa Is I due to his mm ory To say thai lie was sn honiBt Do a bravo soldiers au able States moo a lOcoro polrlo aud all earnest Christ to does not give The lull Idea ot his character Iu one respect there was to Mom ex 1001 ruilappre LAO odious of his oharac Ir It west sometimes alleged he was illwilled Imperious ana stubborn Tacon 10 01010 contact nd association With him did not so regard him 1 have heretofore expressed the view and flow repeat II that practically practi-cally he bad two obstaclere or rather Iwo methods oC thoughtefuj itlon While In bit private reJaUou ewaa geulleLBM and klodllneu In the dlicbarge of bis publlo duties lio seemed to be guided billions wholly by a i sense of duty And he seemed lo xpect those who conferred with him a trials publlo matters address them olves directly to Ibe mailer uuocr consideration nn was not at all times patient with such persons as Bought to occupy hill time 10 general couverem ilea or as to matters about which they could give him no Iniurmatiou It will be readily understood that one oocupylog position In which his wbol lime was mceisarlly given to the dlicbaiBU of Important publlo duties could Dot permit that lime 10 boor wasted In commonplace colavorgation or In the Ililenlng to men who cOUld give him uo real 1 Information This douutkts created the Idea with such tenons that be was tolfwllled And Imperious Another mlstaae as to his character iede by some persons was that lie would uot t listen to advice about matters of Importance More Ibo fouryearb 01 constant Contact With him as a member of his cabinet en tiles me to say that this Is a great mistake Ills habit waa when he Iok ul a public question 00 tabs Ch ho had to missil to exhaust all available sources 01 Information and before cowloK 10 a conclusion always 1 rou aultlug freely with tile members of his cabinet anti With Others who might Iss able to five Dim Information After doing this and teaching his con elusion the matter was settled with him unlets the preeenlalldn 01 uw facts required further oldra Hoc He hud not time lo consider Ihe quisllom upon the same facts And In the position be Occupied Teals lotion would have been about as bad us ak erroneous declslou ol a public lineation I say this much au these pjlnls beuiuis think some Injustice Oil been done to Ill memory The Bollcltude rtealdeut Davis for ha success oC the Confederate army caused film 10 rUt himself under the ttte ot tile Pedestals Ulll At the bJttleoflbe r > vtn Ilnet Fair Oks I I saw him Oats Lie anu Oer Mag castor Ufalor a heavy lire of musketry still 1 remonstrated against his eo expo 110C hluiiel when them WBB no special ncc alty lor II DurlnB the first seven days ol llclillni near Ulcii mon J he was exposed to the enemys fire and Dec Lou ordered him to quit the llelJ Sane days afterward vrhn ion Lien aputared In the cabinet Mr Davis jk ocularly I said be had supposed ho was o miuuudurItoilier but that Gun Lee had ordered him from the Meld and on lust day of Iho batllo between lleiiraond Suit retonburit I saw Mr Davis In company with Gen Btaure uard under a nrlik lire of oan I Iron Still sharp shooters for a I considerable lime during which several Portion wore lilt and one soldier boy standing near the president tad his arm snot cO by a earls At the request of borne of too ctllcerB I urged HIM to leave I tile field as till oxpukure lo Ibe fire of Ibo enemy was unnecessary lu the cabinet next morning referring lo my aJvlce that bo should quit the field the evening before he said he tell as I did that he could do no service there but addld Writ II would have bond nn unpleasant unpleas-ant tiling to ride IT under fire President Davis bad the chivalric courne ul a Richard Ccuer dLeou and the Umo virtue ol consistency and the love of liberty ot a Calc Unit blabs his memory OIJIBH KUIX1U1U3 Other eulogies were n roniuniod as follows Ou Jan It E Luc by Hon Ueu N Aldrldge ton Ulouewll Jack ion by Judne it W Llgbtloui ou Ueu Albert Bldney Jonnstoi b > Hall Noiuiati U Kltlreli on the private by Hon A 1 Wall Tho crmooln ended with a battle of fljwera participated lu by all the blue 01 tile monumool 01 the uu being covered With a mans of lowers |
