Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-27

sand light boats skimming the waters,
and landing at a consecrated spot where
stands the chapel Of William Tell the
day is spent in festooniDg with fresh
flowers the broken column that perpetu-
ates his memory and records his daring
deeds. SO let us come annually here TO
call up the memories Of our brave Con-
federate dead, and wreathe around their
lowly graves flowers that shall syllable:
. Regrets eternal regrets eternall =
The memory of the brave shall never.
never die. -fs,. atrl
ADDRESS OF REV. DIR. ROGERS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN cannot be
unmindful that many of you are stand.
ing and must therefore (although invited
by committee of ladies to deliver an
address) avoid systematic discourse
and be briaf-very brief.
The ladies propose the erection of a
shaft in honor Of our unrsturning braves,
on which the names, not only Of Mem
phians, but of all buried in this cemetery
may be inscribed. This | am to advo-
cate, and can see nothing wrong in pay
ing such tribute to the dead.
The eloquent gentleman who has pre-
ceded me, spoke of honors that have been
paid to Louis Philippe, and could not
but remember while he was speaking OF
this great sovereign, that although Ma
poleon had been unfortunate in war
although he was considered usurper by
all the crowned heads IN Europe--Lonis
Philippe caused his remains to be re-
moved from St. Helena, and laid down IN
the Hotel des Mpdldes, among his old
soldiers, whose hayoRe.s had startled
Europe and held the world in awe Ma
poleon himself was ever generous to his
fallen foes, and remember that when
wagons of wounded Ausirians passed by
him after the battle of Eylau, reigning
his steed, and lifting his marshal hat, he
exclaimed, Honour an courage mar
heureur Honor to unfortunate cour-
age SO, after his scepter and robes OF
royalty were laid aside, he had the re-
ward of his own magnanimity My elo-
quent friend has suggested that " we may,
at least be permitted to place flow
ers on the graves of our fallen
heroes" Yes, and more than that
Who can consider the respect now
paid to CromwelPs memory, even
by Royaists, or the statues rising every
where in England to Hampden, without
acknowledging that all civilized nations
honor brave men-however unfortunate
the cause for which they fought or died ?
Then, why not raise shaft to your brave
private soldiers 2--to your Appersons,
your Wicks, your Battles, and the long
list of such already given by DR.. Ford /;
to your own Mcdonald, your Donalsons
and Walkers, your Haskells, your brave
and generous Kit Williams, and to the
bravest of the brave OF the old l54th, Gen
Preston Smith, whose remains the ladies
of this association propose removing
here, and to lay them down among the
brave boys who followed him so often to
victory. o, bright will be that spot with
beams of unfading gloryl So bright,
and dear, and beautiful, that the soft
Establishments of each returning spring
the songs of birds and laughing flowers
touched and breathed upon by the genius
of the place-will give forth sweeter fra
GRANGE aud more enchanting melody.
For the fairest bloom of earth--ilrr sweet
est music and grandest Immortality is
that of a fallen patriots name Aye,
Immortality the patriot cannot die.
His mortal remains impart kind OF VI
tally to the land in whose bosom he
sleeps---to the plain, to the valley, even
to his native skies, his own blue ma
ternal skies. He lives in every rising
sun that gilds the scenes of his achieve
ments, and in the gorgeous splendors
of departing day The war-worn soldier
beholds him in the midst of those sun
set glories, weltering in his blood, and
renders to him the tribute of sigh
often, of soldiers tears He sees him
long after his enemies supposed him
dead, moving under the shade of his own
native forests, or descending the shadowy
mountain side; the free, unfettered
breezes whisper his name, and his voice
is heard in every storm that sweeps
athwart his native land How often,
through the powers Of memory and
Imagination, does he return to earth.
When childhood must be exalted, in
structed and purified, how often does
the patriot return to the social circle and
Join it around the evening hearth The
mother there presents him to her boy,
who lay unconscious upon her bosom
when his brave father fell; for maternal
love and conjugal affection can conjure
up his spirit, and often under twilight
shades he enters again the cot Of in
nocence and sorrow Not only is he
thus presented to childhood, but old
age, despairing Of the future, and
looking to the melancholy past beholds
him standing, like a monument in the
midst of shadowy ruins and desolation-
and Youthful love, gathering flowers in his
native valleys, whispers his enchanting
name TO the heart of Beauty, while she,
in all the ardor of her soul, aye, of
Southern tcOmdR' s soul exclaims, 70, l
could almost worship such man and
then the pulseless heart of the patriot
beats again in the lovers bosom, gives
lightning to the eye, and lifts him up
to lofty dreams, for he catches iRspira-
ton not only from the magic Of his name,
but from his conscious presence and pow
er For think We that the spirit of liber-
~ can ever be crushed in woman's hearth
Though she may have fled from the
scenes Of her nuptial joys, with her boy
in her arms; though she dwell in poverty
and obscurity, will she not tell him that
his brave father sleeps with, Preston
Smith aud then his heart will boat to
the music Of the drum, and his spirit rise
TO the stirring Of the martial life. I'm
derstand what / say. see on my right
hand an apostle Of freedom-conservative
and true to the country, Col Gala
way. and in such a presence would
small as becomes a loyal citi- ]