The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-17
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MORNING. AUG. II. 1859
THE RICHMOND eRAYs AT THE NORTH.
Church Attendance oa Sunday--Scrmon by
Rev. y. IL. Weston.


The Richmond Grays attended divine SER
vice in New York. Sunday. The Eighth and
Fourth companies Of the 1th Regiment with
i ont arms, attended the hotel to escort them to
ST. Johns Church, in St. Johns park. The
firginians wore fatigue jackets and caps, and
white pants. The Herald says;
Although the companies had shown their
/ gooo taste and sense of propriety by dispens-
t ing with the seryi ices of their bands yet their
/ excellent marching and neat and soldieriy ap-
pearanee as they passed along the streets, eici-
ted universal admiration from the crowds
who thronged along the line of march. Seats
were reserved for the military in the body OF
the church, which was crowded elsewhere by
the ordinary congregation. the scene in the
church was of highly picturesque charac-
ter. After the regular (Episcopaiian) morn
ing service in which the military decorously
joined, the pastor Rev. Sullivan ii. Weston,
/ who is also chaplain of the Seventh regiment,
preached sermon from the following text
/ ''W hatsOeyer a man soweth, that shall he
| also reap."-Gala;ioDs, 6 Z.
ADDRESS TO THE MILITARY.
| Mr.. Weston concluded his discourse with
/ these words:
/ Nor do feel that invade the sanctty of
| this pulpit by addressing few words to the
/ honored guests whom see before me. l am
/ reminded by the presence of these respected
/ guests this morning, that L am speaking 10
! some that may never address again. 1t be-
! comes me, therefore to speak wisely while
/ add my voice TO the general greeting that vel
/ comes You to our grateful metropolis. Citizen
/ soldiers of Virginia, New York will know how
+ To requite the hospitality you prodigally
/ lavished upon her sons, when, n year since
+ they bore back to its native soil the ashes OF
! your mighty dead. We We're then received
/ with open arms, with that large-hearted cor
diaiity that always characterizes the sunny
South, which fulfills the divine in junction, and
has made her name throughout the world a
hnStN tsa1t ixp1 q "a
time that it was good for us to be there--that
the cords of our Union We're streps ihened
when we Srasped hands over the ashes OF the
/ bOnored Monroe. The tear-dimmed eyes then
saw no North, no South; party lines unsettled,
and wayered and faded away like dissolsi ing
view. We saw only the stars and stripes as
they fioaied over our heads; we heard only
the voice of our great leader that once shou ted
in the van of liberty, as he gathered and led
our armies to victory, and i'll the delicious
intoxication OF that holy embrace we realized
that We We're indeed Observation-Disclosures Of
those heroic sircs who fought shoulder 10
shoulder Il Concord, Lexington, Bunker Hill
and Y Yorktown, for our common country and
for our liberty and independence. And the
memory of that hour will never be efaced. If
we ever had doubted the stability of our glo-
rous Union, we were skeptics no longer. The
illustrous dead before Us seemed to awaken
from his long 81, sp, and with well known elo-
quence counsel Union.
Fen from the tomb the voice of Nature cries;
Fen in their ashes live their wonted fires.
A year has passed; but have not forgot
ten. And in return We bid You welcome. with
hearts fervid as our summer skies. We
grateful, for We remember not only personal
courtesies, but we recall the names of Jefier-
son, of Madison, of Monroe, and above ALL of
Washington, and we thank you as the past has
thanked you, and as posterity will thank you
ever more, for Your priceless legacy To human
lty.
Fortunate State! enyiable Virginia. that
can boast among her many noble sons the fore
most man, not only of his age, but of any age
and of all times. But let II chaSten yonr pride
to know that every State claims share in that
great heritage that Nature, never prodigal
Of illustrlous men, gave her choicest gift, not
10 your State alone not to America alone but
to the world, and that henceforth the down
troddcn in every age and CLINE viii cry out for
n Washington when they burst their chains
and strike home for liberty. Our feeble words
of welcome Will soon be pronounced; we must
give way to other aspirants eager to do yon
honor. What can be said more fitting than to
exhort you as soldiers to initiate the great man
upon whose arm all leaned in the hour that
tried mems souls Happy the people that can
boast such an example. He was a Christian
soldier. He was not ashamed to bend that
knee 10 his Maker that could never learn to
bow to an annoin ted king-to raise that august
voice in supplication TO Heaven that never sued
for mercy 10 mortal man. He prayed as we'll
rs fought for his beloved country.
The etiectual, fervid prayer of the righ teous
man avaleth much and who dare say that
Captain at Valley Forge was not rs eflectual
in heavens high chancery above as his NIGH
~ arm was terrible i'll the onset below! And
what an example has he left to the world -
What Il flaming beacon to guide the oppressed
of all coming time! What a tower is ne in the
great field OF life. Let the past boast of its pa
triots and heroes: he trod proudly over all
Greek and Roman glory. He has made past
fame contemplate and future superiority i'm
possible. and we now reap where he and his
gallant coadiutors scattered the seed We reap
golden harvest that they planted with their
swords. and fenced with their bodies and wa
tered with their blood. What had been our
fate to-day had our dauntless forefathers and
their leader been ambitious, INSCRIPTIONS and
ungodly men We had reaped tares instead
of wheat. Merely brave men in every age
have sowed i'll the broad field of liberty; but
alas too often the seeds have been dragons
teeth that nave sprung up fierce, mail-clad
warriors, swift to destroy each other The
hope OF liberty which has been cloven down
in a thousand disastrous battle fields is here
to be realized at last. Here is TO be solved the
mighty problem of elf-government Accept,
then your high destiny. DO your part, citizen
soldiers, and initiate him as your great exem-
par.
The soldier ought especially to be A Chris
tian, ever ready to die, ever ready to so into
battle like him of DID, with the prayer on his
lips, If this day l forget thee, Oh Lord do
thou not forget me- True the Temple of
Janus is now Shut we are at peace with all
the world; our swords are ploughshares and
our spears pruning hooks But who can tell
how soon our country may demand your
swords 1t seems improbable now that you
will he summoned TO the tented field but So
no doubt thought, few months since, those
martyrs to liberty, those fifty thousand un-
returning braves" who sleep in their bloody
graves on the plains of Italy. But come the
struggle sooner or later, the State must rely
mainly upon her volunteers. We have no
such standing armies as the hoary despotisms
of the East can boast--no over -tasked peasant
curses the heavy impost that makes him a
slave and robs his wife and children of their
bread or tears him from his family. Our hope
is in our volunteers-in the voluntary service
of her sons-which costs the State nothing
This is our 'cheap defence of nations" Now.
when the danger comes, (Which may God
avert,) will they be found wanting
The sons of the North and of the South
will stand together, shoulder to shoulder, as
did their sires on the battle-felds of the Rev
oiution. Our recent conflicts show that as
soldiers we have not deteriorated. They
have been more sangninary than those of
Alma, lnkermann, Magenta or Solferino, in
proportion 10 the numbers engaged Our
losses were much severer in proportion. But
war, at best, is u fearful trade, and we repeat
the petition we have this morning uttered in
our litany, From battle and murder good
Lord, deliver us" War! 1t is game says
The poet, which, were their subjects wise,
kings would not play at. May your blades,
then, never be drawn save in holy cause.
and then let it be 1.-THE sword of the Lord and
of Gideon" Let tIt be said of you, as of that
great VI we all proud.
Liberty unsheathed his sword, Necessity
stained il, victory returned it.''
At the close of the services the Grays and
their escort formed in line in ST. Johns park.
in front of the fountain, which was seuding
up joyous stream, and marched in an order
ly manner back TO their q uart ters at The Brand
reth House.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK, Aug. l6.--festerday, the Grays
spent in visiting the public institutions and
sights about the city. Mayor Mayo was pre-