Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-26
VOLUME XXXIII

as 10 its motives and the benihcent object OF
erecting a monument TO the Confederate
! dead. {AppIausc) Let it be a monument
durable as brass and lofty as the splendid
! pyramids, which the ravages of warsting
! time. the raging tempcsts of innumerable
wears. and the flight of seasons shall never
! DESTROY (Applause. Where is the man
so far beyond the sense of shame or pity who
would Indignantly grudge the marble col
umn in memorial Of the loved ones gone,
! whose memories nature demands like pc
rennial flowers shall bloom forever more in
! the summer Of the Southern heart? The
President Of the United States has magnan-
imously extended amnesty to the living, and
and will not heaven and earth conspire to
extend it to the memory Of the dead? APP
plause.l Where is there rufiian so hOrrid
in his nature "a TO deny TO parental and kim
bred affection the compassionate, mournful
and tender Office of guarding forever more
with monumental preservation the recollec-
ton Of the fallen, and Of ever recurring to
their solemn sepulchres, there to bedew
their sacred ashes with a tributary tear !;
Yes, We gallant knights, your friends are
gone; but You love them still They are
gone where their dOoms are fixed beyond
the mutabilities of feeting years. They are
gone where time plows no wrinkles on the
cheek Of beauty, and old age sets no more
her hoary hairs on the blooming head.
They have gone where the calumnies of
base minds, the wrongs of living forwards,
the missiles of hostile arms, the tumults Of
stern battle, and the wounds of unconquer-
able death shall reach them never more
CApplause.l They have gone where glory
draws bound in her shining chariot not less
the obscure than the nobly born. Gloria
traLi ,oastrictos JaigeHte eUr0u, non minus ig-
,,otos lenerosis. Their names are enrolled in
the peaceful ranks Of departed knigbthood,
while on the Campus Martius of eternal
fame thew have pitched their lucid tents.
Their names will shine with untarnished
honors, while men shall admire that virtue
which unbars heaven to the entrance of the
brave, and welcomes TO Immortality the
names of those who do not deserve 10 die
TApplause Their renown will visit the
shores OF the Indus, the plains of the Dan
ube, and fiji the cities and the civilized
world.
On then, with the splendid fcats of the
tournament. Ye knightly champions, mar
shall your fiery steeds to the concord Of
sounds sweet as ever crept into bride
TO marriage. Ye gallant knights, light the
lists with the equestrian skill and brilliant
chiyalrv of heroic times, and let the victori-
Gus champion, amid the applause Of admir-
ing thousands and the smiles Of beauty, re-
ceive the honors of his triumph, and in the
exercise of the franchise Of knighthood,
elect the proud Sovereign of Beauty and Of
Love Let him drop from the point Of his
triumphant lance the cOronet Of victory on
her spotless brow, and crown her Queen Of
the tournament.
But how shall he choose between these
crosses of Sharon and these lilies of the
valley% [Applause.l For here are a
thousand fair ladies, in whose persons stands
expressed the perfection of the beauty Of
form. Beauty moves in all their steps, If is
eloquent in all their actions, it flows in their
ringlets, il sits radiant on their cheeks in
heavenly smiles, it laughs in the dimples of
their chins, it throbs in the emotions of their
glowing bosoms and mingles with the
moral graces of their stainless lives. APP
plause
pause, gallant knights, to await that
thrilling moment which shall test not less
your taste, than the knightly conflict of
your skill and valor. On TO the contest,
ana let the pageant proceed ApplauseJ.