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DEDICATION VI THE sroxRwALI GENE
TERy Az WINCHESTER ADDRESS oE GEN. HENRY
a, WISE,
JBy TelesTaah to the NJ Z. TribuueI
WINCHESTER, Va, Thursday, oct. 25.-The
dedication Of the Stonewall cemetery at this place
today has been attended hy over five thousand
people, assemh ed from vaTioas points in the valley
of Virginia. The occasion was taken advantage
of to transfer and bury the remains Of Gen. I.
Ashby and Cant. Dick Ashhy, and also those of
Golollels Marshall and Thompsor--all late of the
Confederate army, and killed in battle. This was
done under tle auspices Of tfe MASONIC lodges of
the Valley. M ", NJ, Carson and q. M Marshall
officiating The AsIby brothers were buried with
one cotinin one grave Their anlyyrelatiye pres
ent was an aged aunt their sisters being confined
at home Of typhoid fever.
Inne nedlately after these services the crowd
gathered around the stand erected for the speak
9rs, and the aifair Of the day hegan, Gov. Henry
A. lfjse degiseFang t.f. HE following oratiene
+ Ee1totc- fze9s Al mourning people meet in the
anidstof graves, the dust Of which Is more sacred
than that Of kindred to do homage to the virtues,
to commemorate the deeds of their heroes 4
came " c9ndoie with and comfort the living,
Seafch anleng the ashes of the dead for example
how 10 survive their deati how live afterthem,
how to n0urish the seed Of inaestruetible truth
Alas! who are the dead2 The buried, or rather
the bruised and br1ke1 survivorsg The blessed
buried are past Tie fear of future tempest or a
wreck on shore. Nose who esGaped are still ex-
posed to beth. Ehe buried are nov immortal
while We survive to honor their names and deeds.
They need no monument; OF 1iausoIeunis on earth.
40 hostile hsnd can strike them now. Eternity
has seaad their testimony to the truth. Posterty
will not permit human history to5be perverted to-
their shanle. Their death only proved fhat they
were not dead.
We come not to bury the dead, but to touch
their tnri. They have no tombs, and We are our
selves ailye again to brave nlsfortnnes as they
braved DEATH and make ourselves worthy OF their
sacrifice. Their mortal foes shall build their
shrinez. Their friends are TOP despoiled to more
Than mark the places where theylie all around
Them Their enemies are gatherng the whitening
bones Of those they repuised and slew to raise
mounds tD deeds made memorable, to memoirs
made worthy of mention by their steel, and every
stone shall tell the story Of their woe to every
passer-by. Now do We want their examples
more than during the war, and need to heed them
more THANH we needed Gideon to bear Us through
1 fhe aaming Of the red hot war, We need more
than Moses now to bear rs up i'll Dungeons Of
defeat, and lead us out byways, To prove us Wor.
thy of the great trials with which our honor is
inIrusted. I Invoke, then, tie mighty Confeder-
ate dead, and 10! Instantly the valiant clay of this
consecrated Valley Of Virginia becomes inspired
with motion IN every atom. A grave in Ie8lng-
ton, trembling, quickly gives up as hse-bfeathlng
spirit in Egreat example-the sanetiied Stone
wall Jackson! A very Michael of deliyeraace
ms example speaks to Of the intrinsic sterling
stamina of his moral greatness
His Christian herolsm,sth eternal aaan1ant Of
his character agd nature; his supreme faith in
God, faith in imnutable laws aad principles, and
in their might to prevail in the end against alt
opposing power these made him astoneTall. y
From this example, which rises mp before MS with
its immortal TACT reyerently ask counsel here,
amid these Confederate braves. tEfere the
speaker apos1ophized the character of Jackson
and coniinued.3 The StoneRaH example is moi
only admDnshing, but il cheering and full oil
hope. II puts to shame not only the dead
Machiavellian dogma That faith, the Truth OF a
moral prlncipl can eVeE, or could ever, pc sub
miGtea to the arbitramenb sef arms, to be CON
quered by the mere force of numbers; but il
scouts that verse than INN lity which maligns
q cause worth StoneWall Jacksans fighting for,
and worth his dying for, by calling IL lost cause.
At crncid1ion could iose.a cause, The Captain Of
our Salvation was conquered. He died that the
cause might live and from that day the blood Of
the Inarlyr has been the saedsof the church, Ii
our cause is lost, il was false If trus, il is lost
First victories cannot ba termed final results.
There were many errors ia our ways ef going out
10 war. Those errors fell. The truths for which
we fought yet lies. Whilst waiting for9 their
resurrection or their coming ID this hour of dark
ness and of doubt--to dill who, recreant, would
abandon faith; to ai who, despairing, would
abandon hope; to all who. tempted would re-
sort TO forbidden ways to an who's timid, would
shamefully snccumb 70 all who, impatient,
At this point the speaker addressed the old Yir
giniaus, assuring them that old things must pass
away, sven the gfofies with the weakness of the
past Then turning to the Foung Virginians he
promised them that day was dawnng bright be-
yond any that gilded in the past the hiIlsand val
leya Of the land Of every maR's pride. He in
quired If they, too impatiently exclaimed
. What better caa we do2fiana said that they
must strive To bear their lot without reproach or
guilt; that they must have patience, and that
nothing could be worse than dislonor OF deserton.
II they answer that they are pnor-that Jackson
1ailed-that hisfaith was fuapraeticable and an OBJ
structon they made a great mistake. Here the
governor Inade long appeal tothe young men of
Virginia not 20 emgrate, to take their fortunes as
they are, and from the present small beginnings
again Wark forward. He asked them where they
would go il they would leave Virginia? Would
they leave the United States2 Ana Il they sup-
posed the United States not free where else on
earth did they expect To hnd a people as free {?
He exherted them to a life Of work-of constant,
unobtrusive, quiet labor III Yirginia3s sons will
but serve her and save her she shall, indeed, be
one and indiyisible a new Virginia; greater,
stronger grander than was old Virginia. The
orator then stated his views to the causes of the
slow progress of Virginia as compared with
the other States. In brief these causes were that
slavery created landed arist0cracy which was
autag0nistic to progress and repellant toimmigra-
ti0n. Proceeding Ia bus argument, he stated at
length the advantage of inviting immigration now
that slavery was destroyed. He spoke further of
the great mineral resources of Virginia, The only
direct allusionhe made to any political measure
was his reference to the division Of the State and
the creation of State Of West Virginia, as :. the
hastard 0f Political rapa.i1 Nevertheless he
said, there is still substance enough left in Viz
gina to insure her honor and more thsn restore
her presamiDance. HeeonclHded as follows. We
eAbc theI tne INSPIRATION OF this faith, this hope
this life and strength, from the halo Of these he
sToes. The great good they have done lives after
them Blessed be their memories. I would, if i
9could, call them back TO NE other than hi their
example, divine not why / or any were spared
when they were taken, unless to bear testimony
ITO their truth anaexc Hence theif Innocence and
abilitY, and tn try to live worthy Of their
deaths and to bottle more ready when their Mas
Ter calls to meet them in Heaven. Bring then no
cypress there Bring laHFels to these consecrated
graves. May xirsae, fEe only anlaranthine flower
4on earth, keep beautiful their turf, Truth, the
only lasting treasure, he their monument. Mourn
with no funeral dirge btIt with eKaIting anthems
sswell their note OF praise.
Az tha eenclusi0n Of this address, an original
poem, Of considerable length, bitterness and
tastIts commemorative be the occasion, was read
ggy Daniel Denny of JeEerkon county Every SEN
timent uttered by either speaker of character in
1andatioH Of the purposes Of the rebellion, was
greeted f9th expressions sf intense gatisfaetion
Tie crGsWd having dispersed the streets of the viz
lage were soon Tiled with scores Of drunken men
giving uterance to opinions better in keepinpwith
tbs past Gecord oi the town than ia harmony With
its FIXTURE good Several HmaIl rows occurred
about the railroad station, the eomhatapts heines
left to fight out their felds A. fair Il heinz heI9
this egAning in aid of tie cemetery assoe;ation.
Ihe utmost harmony prevails.
rlan man who lives about exclusively on lick
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