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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. A JOURNALDEV.OTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY. $ 1.00 CASH, $ 1.50 ON SPACE: AND WORTH IT. VOL. XIV. turn 6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder mfvuv varies. A marvel ol' purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot he sold in competition with the mul titude of low test, short weight alum oi phosphate powders. Sold only in cans Koval Bakinu I’owbkr Co., 106 Wall street. New York. novl.'t-ly (IKIKFJN I’oLTMUtV AND Machine Works. life announce to the Pubi’c that we are ?V prepared to manufacture Engine Boil ers ; will lake orders lor r.ll k'uds ot Boil ers. We are prepared to do all kinds ol repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin ery* generally. We keep in stock Brass fittings of all kinds; also Inspirators, In jectors, Safetv Valves, Steam Guages, Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass Castings of every Description. OS 114 Hi > Ac WAU OIT. FHOFESSIONA /- CA It OS. 11 it. a. r. iampbkMw DENTI ST. McDonoikih Ga. Any one desiring work done can he ac commodated either l.v calling on me in per son or addressing me through the mails. Perms cash, unless special arrangements are otherwise made. Gko W. Bryan J W.T. Dicks*. URYAA' A lllt’KUN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1 , McDonoikih, Ca. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit,*h« Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. a P r27 - lv | AN. 11. ’HIKNKB, attorney at law, McDonoikih, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing llie Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United Stales District Court. I>inrlli - | - v P .1. KII.UMN, J ' ATTORNEY at law. McDonoi'gh, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and other collections. Will attend all the Courts at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over Thk Weekly office. j V. H AM., attorney at law, McDonoikih, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to collections. oets- 79 A. IIKOH V * ATTORNEY AT LAW. McDonoikih , Ga. Will practice in all the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. -janl -!y lj A. I’MiPIiPA * * ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hampton, Ga, Will practice in all the counties composing the Flint J udieial Circuit, the Supreme Court ol Georgia and the District Court ot the United States. Special and prompt atteu tiongiven to Collections, Ovt H, ISSS Jno. D. Stewart. j U.T. Daniel. BTBWAST A lIA.MKI,, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Guirrix, Ga. j |H. R. J. AllAOl.il. Hamiton. Ga. 1 lierebv tender my professional service to the people of Hampton and surrounding country. Will attend all cal’s night and day. | Oil A In TI E ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Nation! Hank I’uilding, Atlanta. Ga. Practices in the State and Federal Courts. For Sale or Heut. ll'Ehavea splendid farm of 166 acres 11 lying 4 miles from Stockln idgc. Ga., near Flat Hock, known as the Nancy E. Orumbley place, for sale or rent. Will sell for one tenth cash, ami the balance in ten equal aunual installments, 8% Miter cst on deferred payments, payable annually; or will rent for third and fourth to good parties. Apply at once to C. M. Speke, McDonough.Ga. to in: ii i on*. All persons indebted to Dr. J C. Tcmip aeed, late deceased, will take notice that all the notes and accounts due him are placed in our hands for collect'on, and unless set tlements are made at once, we will be com pelled to institute legal proceeding* for col lection. B-RYAN k DICKEN. IN LEE. Thousands of Confederate Vet erans and Leaders GATHER ROUND THE SHRINE Gen. Joe Johnston Unveils the Grand Equestrian Statue. FITZHUQH LEE LEADS THE PARADE Richmond's Streets Smothered in Bunting stii Thronged with Strangers. COL. ANDERSON'S GREAT ORATION. A I .living Tribute to the I.oader of the Lust Cause. Richmond, Va., May 29.—Never in the history of this capital, which Ills been the scene of so many public dem onstrations and has witnessed, the pomp and circumstance and expo; i need grim war’s vicissitudes as no other American city ever lias, have the streets of Rich, inoud presented such an animated ap- QEN. ROBERT E, LEE. pearance as they do today. The strains of martial mnsic fill the air and once fnore the erstwhile quiet streets resound with the measured tread of marching hosts, resplenilant in brilliant uniforms, witli gorgeous banners and gleaming steel. Dense throngs of eager, enthusiastic humanity crowd the pavements, the buildings are smothered in red, white and blue hunting and the stars and stripes mingle harmoniously with the colors of the Confederacy. State colors are swung like banners across the prin cijial streets. Strangers Within the Gates. , Full 50,000 strangers are within the gates of Richmond today. From north, south, east and west they come to wit ness the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Gen. Rdbert E. Lee and to honor the memory of Virginia's famous son. For three days the incoming trains have been crowded, and all night long the streets were filled with the sound of fife and drum and the tramp of inarch ing men hs the visiting veterans and military organizations arrived and sought their quarters. Every southern state is represented by organizations. Maryland and North Car olina'particularly turning out in force, and from the Empire State come the New York camp of Confederate Veter ans and the Southern society. Among tite more famous organizations are the Fifth regiment,of Baltimore; the Wash ington Light Artillery, of New Orleans, and the Palmetto Guard, ol' South Caro lina. The Parade. At 12 o'clock the parade moved promptly down Broad street from the corner of Adams. Mounted police led the wav, followed by the Stonewall band. Then came the marshal of the duy, Gen. Fitzhugli Lee, mounted on a magnificent iron gray charger, followed by liis aides, with Gen. John R. Cooke, chief of staff. These were followed by a long line of carriages with invited guests and then came the veteran cavalry, Gen. Wade Hampton commanding. The Farmers’ THE LEE STATUE. Alliance, mounted, 300 strong, followed, preceding t'-» veteran infantry and the volunteer organizations. The military occupied positions in line in order as their state.-- seceded. South Carolina came first, followed by Mississippi. Alabama. Florida. Georgia, Louisiana. Texas. Virginia. Aiknn.s.us, North Carolina, Tennessee and Missouri. Historical Incidents. Many historical and sentimental inci dents were recalled by the parade of the Marylanders. Tlit-v carried lour his toric flags, which have Isvii in fifty pitched 1 sit ties and ninety engagements from first to last, from first Mauassa- to Appomatox. The William and Mary college stu dents carried a standard that was the flag of Virginia when she was a British colony. It greatly resembles the last adopted Confederate flag. The union is modeled after the British union jack, and the field is white, except I hat at the end are three red. white and blue bars On one side is •• Williamsburg, 1114." On the other "Raleigh: Cave.” The students of Washington and Lee McDONOCGTI, GA., FRIDAY. JUNE <l, 1800. unirersltv wore the university cap (white mul blue) anil carried reed canes with white and blue streamers. They c arried a h .ndsohie banner. It beat's the combined mat of arms of the fam ilies of Washington *aud Lee. It is made of university colors, and on* it are the following dates: 1798, in upper left hand corner, time when Washington’s name was tjiven the institution; 1870, in upper right corner, when Lee's name was tuhlcd: 1740, date of foundation. The Fifth Maryland regiment mus tered 4.70 muskets and made a tine ap* pearance. North Carolina turned out in force. She had alxmt I,o<H> men in line, headed by Governor Fowle and staff. Yet erau < >r*» ani/.at ions. Following is a partial list of the or ganizations of Confederate veterans par ticipating: A. N. V. Lrmisfcina division, 18 men, 11. ft. Murks New OrlMns. Rowan county, X. C., Veteran regiment*. liH) men, Os.pt. C. ii. Barkef'Kimmander, Salisbury, N. C. CHuton Hatcher bane “% mm, Col. E. V. White commander, Leesbjr*. Va. Pickett-Buchanan camp if*) men. ('ol. Samuel 11. Houses, commander, Norfolk. Va. S. Howie Strange camp, C. V., L'OO men, Ren. T. L. ltosser commander, Charlottesyme, Vu. Stone Wall Oamp, V., UK# men. Col. W. R. McDowell c< in t m iml or, Portsmouth, Va. Maury camp, C. V., 7.» men. Col. D. M. lose commander, Fredericksburg* Va. A. P. Hill camp, ('. V., 15) men. 001. H. K, Smith commander, Petersburg, Va. li. K. lithi c.-iiiip, (’. V., 80 men, (’ol. W. A. Smoot commander, Alexandria, Y T a. Army and Navy, U. S. of Maryland, 1,000 men, Gen. B. T. Johnson commander, Balti more, Md. Confederate Veterans camp, of New York, IHO men, (’til. A. U. Dickinson commander. New York cit v. Camp Garrett. C. V., 3) men,' Capt. C. L. Thompson commander, Huntington, Va. Ewell camp, C. V., 40 men. Col. .1. E. Harvill commander, Prince VV'illlam county, Virginia. Winchester camp, 70 men. Col. 15. Holmes Boyd commander. Winchester, Va. Louisa county, Virginia., C. V., (13 men. Col. T. Smith couimauder, Louisa county, Virginia. Frederick county (Md.) camp. 30 men. Rev. C. Randolph Pago commander, Frederic county, Maryland. Thirtieth Virginia infantry, 300 men, MaJ. It. O. Peafroes commander, Caroline county, Virginia. \\ asliington, D. (’., V., 10.) men, Alexan der Hunter, commander, Washington. Randolph 'l’liirtieth Virginia Infantry, ‘II men, Lieut. W. 11. Wilson eoinmander, Bev el ly. W. Va. Person co nnty (N. C,) Veteran Association* fiO men, J. A. Long Prescott commander, Rox- Ooro, N. (’. Cabell Graves (.’amp, C. V., 75 men* Cob George C. Cabell commander, Danville, Va. Ninth Vi lari uia Cavalry, JAN) men, (iou. R. JL». T. Beale commander, Westmoreland county, Va. Henderson, N. 0., C. V., 10 men, •mounted. Col. W. H. Check commander, Henderson, N. C. At the Monument, The line of march was down Broad street to Nineteenth, to Main, to Eighth, to Franklin, to the monument. At 2 o'clock the procession reached the mon ument and the organizations were massed around it. The distinguished guests were seated in a pavilion lacing the statue and the s]leaker's stand. The ceremonies of the unveiling will now proceed according to the pro gramme already detailed in these dis patches. Richmond is about as poorly pro vided with restaurants as any city of its size in the country and the problem of providing food for the multitude of vis itors is a difficult otic. A number of GEN. 1-TTZWIKIH I-EH. rating houses have l>een opened for the occasion, hut these proving wholly in adequate to the requirements of the oc casion, it has In-en necessary for the cit izens to exorcise their proverbial hospi tality. and a large number of strangers are finding acpoiiiinodations at private houses. Last night every public hall was filled with cots Nearly 5,000 Confederate veterans slept on cotton ticking spread over straw, the only bed that the com mittee on entertainment could provide. TI»« Military Ball. The formal, festivities were opened ..ist evening at, the Richmond theatre with a military ball. The theatre had bt .m decorated for the occasion with an elaborate ili-play of Hags and hunting. From tin center of the high ceiling was swung a canopy of streamers in the colors of Maryland and Virginia. Tin same colors prevailed in the plush drapery of the balconies. Along the Itorder of each of the balconies were the coats of arms of the Confederate states, while between th*-m hung banners of plush. In the center of the stage was a fountain half hidden from view in a bower of blossoming plants. Against the stage drop in the rear stood a lui.-t of Lee, <Jn either side was a stack ~i i 'onfederate colors and tieside them tlm coats of arms of Maryland and Virginia. The boxes on either side of the stage were dressed in the Confeder ate colors and the colors of Maryland and Virginia. Miss Mai Lee and Miss Mildred Lee, daughters of Gen. R. E. Lee, assisted in the reception of the guests. The Army of Northern Virginia met in tlic ha!l the house of delegates last night and h ard an address byVlen. E. M. Low of South Carolina. The election of officers for the ensuing year was then held attei which the laxly adjourned to Sanger Hal. . ami partook of a banquet, it was tin- l.irgi -t gathering of the asso ciation since the war. UNVEILING CEREMONIES. Col. Amiri -oil's Ora tioti —Gen. John ston l*u 11- i lie Cord. Richmond, Va., May 30.—With blare of trumpet.-, heating of drums and the booming of cannon the monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee, erected by the ladies of tli-south, was unveiled in the presence of a great multitude of people. ■ During the passage of the processional column through the principal streets of me city tiu-re was a continuous ovation. Its piogri-sj was much impeded by the crowd that filled tlie streets, and it was nearly 2 o'clock wh u the monument was rea. led,. An enormous crowd was in waiting then-. A large stand in front of the monu ment had betfii reserved for the distin guished gweSta. the orator of the day Saint ladies. It was well tUled when the procession ar rived, and the ottered his arm to j ston to eseort him served for him. VV hen Governor McKinney, 001. Anderson and the other distinguish . . e<l guests »ud ollt- OOV. X KtNNKV. ()f t ,„ ston hail taken |>osTiions ou the front of jHu: stand, tic procession piusse<l in 're view Before flieni, the vet Prim Infantry leading anil tile veteran cavalry and volunteer infantry bringing up tire rear. I'm Ii in iua ry f) * orrises. When the orgauizatiou was complete and something like quiet could lie had. Governor McKinney, as president Lee monument, arose and called the as semblage to order Governor McKinney said it was his desire not to perpetuate animosity or excite bitterness of feeling in any jior tion of this country, hut to express the love and adoration ol the people of the south for those who had fallen in their ltehalf. That feeling was tiuconiiuer able and eternal. Amid all the southern states there existed a feeling of love f a the Confederacy. “Which,” he said,“t.» now dead." Governor McKinney called attention to the fact that all of the Confederate states were represented in the gather ihg. He named each state and the chid representatives which it had sent to tin exercises. As he named in succession Reagan, Longstreet, Gordon, Holt, Hamilton and Johnston, each name was greeted with prolonged cheering. After a brief invocation by Rev. Charles Minnigerode, of the F.pisc<>|>al church. Governor McKinney introduced Gen. Early as chairman of llte un i ting. He was greeted with prolonged applaust COL. ARCHER ANDERSON. and cheering. Taking the gavel from Governor McKinney’s hand, (fen. Early announced in a few well chosen words the orator of the occasion, Col. Archer Anderson. Col. Anderson's Address. When thr applause hail subsided, Col. Anderson said: fellow i-ftisehs: A people carves Its own liiiuip in die monument. of its great men. Nol Virginians only, not only those win, dwell in the fair hthd stretching from tht Potomac to tin- Itto draiotc. tint all who best the American name, ina> proudly consent ttint jsi-ti city eli:,!I Judge tin-ill tiy tin-struc ture a lli.ll we are here to dedicate amt crown witli aii rod- ttgurc. For, ,c- tin- Latin poet said that wit rever the Roman name anil sway ex: in (led, t lure - boil i u Is. I lie srnulehfe of Pompeii, so to lay in every part of A iicrira the ebarurler and lame of Robert Edward l.ee are treasured as a “possession for all time.” And if this he true of that great nauie, wlint sliall l>e naid of the cimniiHtance>* which Hurroiind us on (hi* day of Holnruii conmicnionUion? Tiint h\ the end of the tlr*t quarter of a century after the clone of a stu pendous civil war. in which more than U**).- (MK) men Htruiaclcd for the muHtery during four years of tierce and bloody conflict, Wk should see the southern states in complete possession of their local self govern meiil, the federal count it ution unchanged. Have an re spects the threat issues submitted to the ar bitrament of war. and the defeated party, whilst in full and patriotic sympathy with all the present grandeur ami imperial promise of a reunited country, still not held to reuouuce any glorious memory, hut free to heai> honors upon their trusted leaders, living or dead - all this reveal* a character in wnich the American people may well he content to be handed down to history. All this and more will be the testimony of the solid fabric w« here complete. It will re call the generous Initiative ami unflagging zeal of those noble women of the south Ui whom in lurge measure we owe this auspi cious day. It will bear its lasting witness as the voluntary offering* of the people, not the governments, of the southern states; and. standing a* a perpetual memorial of our great leader, it will not less stand as an enduring record of what his fellow citizens deemed most worthy to be honored. Virginia's Honored Boi.ii. It is the singular felicity of this common* wealth of Virginia to have produced two stainless captains. The fame of the one. con* OK*. I.EES RICHMOND RESIDENCE, secrated by u century of universal reverence and the growth of a coltossal empire, the re sult of tos heroic labor*, has been commem orated in ttiis city by a monument in whose majestic presence no oia-i ever received the suggestion of a thought that did not exalt humanity. The f.one of the other, not yet a generation old. and won in a cause which was lost, is already establlslmd by that impartial judgment of foreign nations which antici pate- the verdict of the next age. upon an equal pinnacle, and millions of our country* men. present here with us in our thonghti and echoing hack from city and plain and mountain top the deep and reverent voiee of this vast multitude, will ibis Jay coudrm our solemn declaration that the monument to George Washington ha.- found its only fitting complement and companion in a tnin-intent lo Robert E. la*e. It is the recognition in I.ee of toe principal elements of high ideal —courage, will, energy, insight, authority—the organizing mind with its eagle glance and temperament for com mand, broad, based upon fortitude, hopeful- ncsH,*j > ii- imttle. ail exalted by heroic pur po’»c an t illed with t *ie glow of an uncon querable m .1; It is, beside- and ah >vc all, the uuitpi« combination in him of moral strength w itli ujo al iit*uuty; of all thut It meat in heroic action with all that is goo 1 in (•mimuii life, that will make of this pile of stones a sa cred shrine dear throughout the coming ages not lo sold t-rr only, hut I t all “helper-* and trismli' ut mankind.’' The orator then went into an Hlalsirale bio graphic i| review of the life and character of Gen. late. Hi>- marriage to the groat-grand daughter of Washington'* wife formed a tie which couu«M*iod him b) daily u-sociatton of family .-end place witli Waahiugtou’s fame ami character, and it may well bo ladieved tu a L*e muds Waeblngl .n bis model ut pub lic diil v. Lee’;. |MH'H<»naJ ap|H*arance. and moral übar acU rislics In his early bdiulumkl, and his ser vlt iri in Meiico, especially at the battle of <’onlreran, were sketchwd lightly. “Illslory,” said tb«- orator. **wiU riK'imi, as tirult bimsolf nobly ad in Rind, that l«ee was Scott’s right aim in Memo.“ After leading up to the period w I ten it )mt.nm« necessary |or (icq. Lee In make ItL cUnjcti of which aide In-should tight on in the .«wo lag conflict, (\»l. A tulafwoa ssld: No more'painfUl struggle ever tore UtK heart ot a pal riot, lie had served the wholr country in a gallant army which commanded ail his a (Ted ion. He hotter than most men knew the great resources of the north aud woml. He knew nor (hern men in their home*; ■ 1 1 • i MZJLZkiunrtmmmm TIIK kkcumbunt statue. [Over Ueu. Loa'a grava at lsexi melon, Va.] he knew the bravery of the northern kol<l tort who tilled our regular regiineuta in Mexico, flu wav übove the prejudices and taunts ot thuday whic h belittled northern virtue and courage. He knew that, with flight external diffTorotu'e*, there was a substantial identity o! the American race ill all the states north and south. . lice’s View* on ttlaverv. He equally above the weak and pas sionato view of slavery ah good iu It*-If. into which the lauatlsal and unconstitutional Agitation of the Abolition parly had driveu many strong minds iu the south, lie regarded slavery a* tin evil which the Mouth had In herit -d and must be left to mitigate, and. if jMMslble. extiri>ute by wise and gradual measures. He, if any man of that time, war caiiahle of wtdghlng with calmness the duty of the hour. With him the only question thou, as at every moment of his spotless life, was to tied out which way duty pointed. Agalust the urgent solicitations of (Jen. Scott. in defiance of tUo tempting! of am bition tor the evidence is complete that th« command of the United Mates army wa! of fered to him-in uwtiii f chi Macrittce of all kb pecuniary interest*, he determined that duty bade him side with his lieloved Virginia. He laid down fils commission and solemnly de clared his purpose never to draw his sword save iu behalf of his native state. The orator then carried his audienoe with him through the battles of the late war iu which Oen. l.ee's army participated. lit the attack on Cheat Mountain he laid his plans with skill and vigor, hut the attack ended with failurt and inortittcatkm. The verdict of the gen eral public on him an his time, the winter of ]m&, might have been summed up in lbs his torian's judgment of (iulha, who "by com mon consent would have been deemed fit to command had he never commanded." After tien. Johnston's retirement from se vere worlds, I**o assumed com maud of the Arury of Northern Virginia. The loss of Kichiuoud at auy time would proly.bly have been fatal to the Confederacy, and this fact will explain and justify iu Lee's conduct many apparent violations of souud principles of war. The various movements aud the re sultant bat ties by which he sought to effect tins object -tho protection of Uichuiond - were sketched with a bold Land. His cam paigns against McClellan and M< Ihiwell raised him in the minds of friend aud foe to the full stature of a groat ami daring loader. The advance to (he itapldaii. the invasion of Marylaud and the battle of Sharpiburg Were outlined. Here Loe. said the orator, gave the supreme proof of a great nees of soul as much above depression under reverses as elation in success. In such moments the army feel the lofty genius of their leaders. They acknowledge his royal right lo command. They recognise their proud privilege to follow and obey. Tc such leaders only is it given to form heroic soldiers. Much were the ragged, half starved men in gray who stood with Lee at Sharps burg. It is the Vision of some such moment, perhaps, that our sculptor. Mercie.has caught with his eve of genius and fixed iu imperish able bronze. The general has ridden up. it seem* to me. In souio pause of battle, to the swelling crest of the front Hue, and, while tbs eyes of the soldiers are fastened on him in keen expectauey, but unwavering trust, the great leader eileut aud uioue with his dread responsibility is wanning, calm and penetrating glance, the shifting phases and chances of the strickeu held. A Com him tiding Figure. Huch is the commanding figure which will presently lie umveiled to four view; dull indeed must be the iaiagination that doea not hence forth pc.npk» this plain with invisible hosts and compass Lee about, now aud forever, with the love aud devotion of embattled ranks of heroic men'in gray. The campaign of I*M, with the battles of Chancellorsvlll# which, in the • rator’s opinion, will rank with Blen heim, Austerlitx, and Jena as a model battle and Frederiefcsburg, resulting in forcing the Un on army behiud the Rappahannock, is next reviewed. Gettysburg aud (Jraut's cam pulgu in *a*4, in which he steadily beat back Lee, who crossed his path and confronted him at every turn, bring the orator up to the evacuation of lUchmoud. wheu nothing re mained to the Army of Northern Virginia, bat its stain lest bouor. Its unbroken courage. In the last soleuiu scenes, ooutiuued CoL Anderson, when strong menu losing all seif controi.ibroEs down aud sobbed like child ren, Lee stood forth as groat as in lbs days of victory and triumph. No disaster crushed his spirit; no extremity of danger ruffled his bearing. He looked the stubborn facts calmly in the face, and whea n » military re source remained, when he recognised the impossibility of making another march or fighting another battle he bowed his head in submission to Mat power which makes and unmakes nations. The surrender of theirag menu of the Army of Northern Virginia closed the i viper is liable record of bis military life. Wlfst a catastrophe! What a lhoving and pathetic contraat! Oar belief In ft rests upon the unanimous testimony of the men who Uveu and acted a fill him. among whom nothing U wore com mon than the declaration that Lee was the purest and beat man of action whose career history has recorded. In hie wind** life, laid bare to the gaxeof the world, the least friend ly criticism has never discovered one single deviation from the narrow path of rectitude and honor. What was strained eulogy when Montesquieu said of another great soldier. Tursnne. that *Hh» life was a hymn in praise of bum*uit)." I*. If applied to l**«, the lan guage «>/ sober truth. No man can consider bis life without a feeling of renewed hope and trust In mankind. On the one sole, complete and dea/.lmg tri umph after a long succession of humiliating disasters; eu the other, absolute ruin aud de feat a crown of thorna for that peerless army hitherto had known only th« victor's laurel. Hut the maguatiinitty of the conqueror, not lew* than the fortitude of the vanquished, shone out un the sol-mu sceue and softened its tragic outline** of fate and d«Mjm. The moderation aud good »eu*o of the northern peopia. brisiiiiii* l)g large aud proas air of our western world, quickly re sponds! to Grant's example, and though the north was afterward betrayed into fanatical and baleful excess on uiofe than one great subject, ak< tile iicrcer passion» of a bloody civil war were rapidly extinguiihed. There was to be no Boland, no Ireland in America. When the Holly wood pyraniid was rising over the Confederate dead soon after the close of the contest some one suggeAted for the inscrition for a classic verst* which may be rendered: “They died fo» their couuty their country perched with them,*' Thus would have spoken the voice of dr-pair. Far different were the thoughts of Lei* He ha I drawn hi*, sword in obedience only to the dictates of duty and honor. But, faiLig the duty of the hour, Lee saw now that i in* ques tion submitted to the great arbitraificut of war bail been llualjy answered. Hu| recog nl/od Unit the unity of the American people had beou irrevocably establlshi*!. lie felt that it would he iin pie tv and crimes to dis honor by putty strife of that dure and un*eilish struggle for constitution.il rights which, while a single hopo rcmaiib* I, had been loyally fought out by great armies, led by heroic captains and sustained hy the patriotic sacrifices of a noble and resolute people. The Uninitci! Country. He Iheictaro promptly counselled bin old MsMtrr*tob*ok «GM»itthsgre.it thus reunited by blood and iron os their own, and to live and InUtr for its honor and welfare. His own conduct was in accord witli these teachings. Day by day his example illustrated what his manly words declared, that “Hu man virtue should he equal to human ca lamity." After a brief reference to the re mainder of Lee’s life, passed in the dis charge of his duties as president of Wadiing ton college, the orator ended his address as follows: — A* th people saw him fulfilling those mod est, hut noble, functions; as they saw him with antique simplicity putting a*ide every temptation to use ids great fame for vulgar gain: aa they saw him in self respecting con* tontiueriL with the frugal earnings of Ids per aonal labor, refusing every offer of pecuniary assistance; as they realized his unselfish de votion of all that remained of strength aud life to the nurture of the southern youth iu knowledge and morals, a new conviction of his wisdom and virtue gathered lorce and spread abroad into all lands. The failure of the righteous pause for which he fought denied him that eminence of civil station in widt h ills great qualities in their happy mixture might \feil have h(forded a itarallci to the strength and the modera tion of Washington. But what failure could obscure that moral perfection which pluccA him as easily by the side of the best men that have ever lived, as Ids heroic actions make him the peer of the greatest. There are men whose influence on mankind neithev worldly success nor worldly failure can affect. “The greatest gift tin* hero leave* hlshUfiico Is to have been a hero." Tide moral perfection, breathing the very spirit of his Christian faith, is no Illusive legend of a succeeding generation, exaggerating the worth of the past. The Lesson* of His Idle. There is about this exhibition of moral ex cellence the saute quality of |n»wcr in reserve that marks him as a soldier. He never failed to come up to the full jjoqulreinont.s of any situation; his conduct communicated the im pression that nothing could arise to which lie would be found unequal. His every action went straight to the mark without affecta tion or display. It cost him no visible effort to be goo lor grunt. He was not conscious that he was exceptional cither way, and he died In the belief that, as he had liecit some times unjustly blamed, no ho had as often iieen too highly praised. Such Is the holy simplicity of the noblest minds. Such was the pure and lofty man in Whom we see the perfection of Christian virtue and old Roman manhood. His goodness makes iih iove hi* greatness. And the fascination which this THE STATUE OX TIIE PEDESTAL. matchless combination exert* I- |i I self n symptom ami a source In use of moralhealth. Ah lona an our people truly love ami venerate him: there will remain m them a principle of good. For all the stiipemlous wealth and power which In the last thirty years have llftwl these states hi the foremost rank among the nations of the earth, are leas a subject for pride than this oue hetoic man, this human product of our country and Its Institutions. Let this monument, then, teach to genera tions yet unborn these lesson* of his life. Let It stand, nut as a record of civil strife, hut as a perpatual protest against whatever Is low and sordid in our private and public objects. ISt it stand as a memorial of personal honor that never brooked a stain; nf knightly valor without thought of wolf: of far reaching mili tary genius unsoiled by ambition; of heroic constancy, from which no cloud of misfor tune could ever hid# the path of duty. left It stand for reproof ami ♦ensure. If our people shall ever sink below the standards of their fathers. Let it stand for patriotic hoj>e and cheer, if a day of national gloom ami dis aster shall ever dawn upon our country. Let it stand as the embodiment of a brave amt virtuous people's ideal leader. Lei ii stand as a great public act of thanksgiving and praise, for that it pleased almighty iiod to be stow upon these southern states a man so forme I to reflect his attributes of power, majesty and goodness. Johnston falls the t'onl. At the conclusion of his address « wave of applause swept over the crowd, until hands were tired and throats f were hoarse. M When, in a un-as nre, silence had been secured,Wen. -v ' JWM Joseph E. Johns- Ty v y'/ ton arose from his w l,l // seat behind the %-■ orator's awl, 'if leaving the iilat- V' t ■ form, walked tie \ ward the utonu- jff ment. ihi either side walked a vet Wh // * eran ex-Confeder- ” **** ate from the sol- ««»• JOHNSTON, diers’ home -Joseph Marion White and J. J. O'Neil. Reaching the foot of the monument he took in his hand the end of the long rope which held the groat white veil about the statue. A gentle pressure and the veil parted, and, falling on either side, disclosed the te-antiful out lines of the statue. i As they came into view a shout went ftp from the assemblage in volume so great that it almoet drowned the Issmi of the cannon. In a minute the whole crowd hud broken from the ranks and was dis king alsmt the base of tin- statue cheering and tossing hats and canes in the air. The crowd on the platform re- spoiufcA with chenrs anil writfn# of handkerchief* and fbigg. When the crowd had h*rd. partly cleared from th * iitdd a sham battle was inaugurated, infantry, bkv.vlry and ar tillery j»;irtici<Kiting.* in n cavalry charge a nogm was knocked down and badly in jure. 1. No other dam ig<» was done. The only other accident re ported dui in ; | lie day w«t» one in which Mai. T. M. (taker, a distinguished son of Charleston, S. 0., was badly hurt by a kick of it hors.*. The K,\rmng Festivities. Last night the city celebrat »d the un veiling of the monument with ban.piets, receptions and pyn>t;*y}mias. At the fCovertior’rt mansion a reception was given to the lUsHiigtlished guests from the other statog. At M.tj. K. M. Boy kin*’ a reception to visiting Marylanders was tendered. H. f§t At Sanger Hall there i » .military bamjuetnf giant Hon.-J. stub's slut. h»v» a dimw»r in h mor of his 01. lt o nmandcr, h iVing among his quests (iiivmior Gordon, of Georgia: Governor i',wK oi North Carolina: ex- Gm ruor I. •(•, Senators Reagan, Daniel, Carlisle in I I-i,not in, nn,i Hon. Robert McLaue. ot M iryfanil. The |v. 101. i lini • display was given in the fii-hi o|i|MMite to the inonuuient in view of .‘jil,00(1 p, HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT. Incepiion <>l* (lie Enterprise That Is Now Completed. Gen. Rot sir tE. Lee died on Oct. 13, 1870. Ou Oct. 24, 1870, a call was issued by (ion. Jubal A. Early, asking the sur vivors of the army of Northern Virginia to organize a Lee Monument associa tion. In pursuance of this call a repre sentative meeting was held in the First Presbyterian church in Richmond on the 2.7 th of Oetolier. It was failed to order by Oen. Bradley T. Johnson, who nominated Oen. Jubal A. Early us tem porary chairman. Hon Jefferson Davis was made |iermanent president, and the long list of vice presidents was headed by Maj. Oen. James 11. (Jordon. Tlie Association Formed. It was resolved to form an association to erect a monument at Richmond to the memory of Robert E. Lee as an en during testimonial of love and devotion to Ids fame, and for the purpose of se curing the requisite efficiency an ex ecutive committee of seven, with a president, etc., was appointed to invite and collect subscriptions, to procure de signs for the said monument, and to do whatever else is required in the prem ises. Thus tiie monument movement was formally inaugurated, with (Jen. Early ns president of the association. All portions of the stall' organized memo rial associations and proceeded to ac tive work. In a short time $20,000 bad been collected. It was necessary that this turn should Isi invested. It was sent to the late W. W. Corcoran, who invested it to very great advantage. The Lee Monument associations were merged into the State Monument asso ciation: the governor, the first auditor and the treasurer of the state were to represent the state Virginia and three lady members of the original ladies’ as sociation were to serve on the board of dire,'tins of the new organization. By this time the monument fund had reached 800,000, most of whjch had been coll,- ! ',l during tho administration of Governor Kemper. Crow ill of the Kuiiil. In the meantime, when Fitzhugh Lee came into the executive office the J.eo Monument fund hail suflleiantly in creased to Insure the success of the monument. The Lee inonuuient was indeed one of Governor Lee's |>et ideas. After many meetings of the board the present location at tlie head of Franklin street was decided upon. Merrie, of Pal is, was selected as the sculptor. (m the 27tb of October, 1887, tho cor n,-r■done of the monument was laid with splendid ceremonies, the United States Marine band lieiug conspicuous in the purade. On the 8,1 of April tlie statue was shipped from Havre on the steamer Othello, reaching New York on the Doth of April, and arriving in Richmond May It. (in the 7t.h it was unpacked and drawn through the streets from the dejiot to the pedestal, thousands of en thusiastic citizens men, women an childreu—having hold of the ropes. A beautiful and inspiriting recumbent figure of las- in murble. by Valentine, was unveiled at Lexington. This was not ordered by the Lee Monument as sociation. but was the enterprise of a Lexington association. Tlie Sculptor. Marins Jean Antoine Mercte is recog nized by all artists in EurojKt as a man of genius. Besides being a sculptor he is a painter of renown. He is associated with Falguiere in { ette statue which YpSfH is designed for Lu fayette square, op of age. ills bronze statue,if the y<>ung / 'TWfi.Oihk eiubourg palace / AM \p c f collection is often f J I \ / pointed out as his M. MKlclK. masterpiece. It was shown in 1872. Others call the Muse of Art on Pegasus—“ Gloria Vic tus,'’ 1877—the greatest of his achieve ments. He has, however, done no work more important, to his fame than the equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee. Pujol's S«|iei*b Pedestal. A word or two remains to be said of the pedestal, which is at the same time a strong and elegant piece of architec ture designed by Pujol, also a French man , wh,j is celebrated for his work all over Europe. As has been stilted, the pedestal is forty fret high, larger at the base tlian at the top. By itself it would stand a noble and impressive monument. The material is fine granite, which takes on a beautiful polish, and is much used for mortuary memorials. On the eastern and western panels is the simple word “Lee” in large raised block letters. The ends of the pedestal are rounded and beautifully carved. The whole stands like a magnificent altar, approached by many steps. per fectly in harmony with tne massive grandeur of the superincumbent bronze. The statue is unquestionably the finest equestrian statue in America. It im presses the beholder with awe by its magnificent beauty aud harmony. It conveys the impression of Lee's dignity of bearing. No picture can reproduce it. Like the great painting Beatrice Cenci, which no painter has succeeded in exactly copying, so is Mercies Lee NO- 42