The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-18
Row. j. L. GIRAnDEAu, one Of tho orators of the dsy
then delivered tho following address

Rov. j. L. GRAnDEAU, of tho orators of the dav
| then delivered the following address
ADDRESS OF THE REV. j. L. aIRARDEAu.
We have come my friends, to this sacred epot In o,e
irresistible instinct Of the human heart. Mon OF all
religion unite In doing honor to tho memory of tbojr
aSsn Ths @ and the he tho
In tho indulgence Of tho sentiment which dictates the
discharge Of those mournfu oces tho last which Il ia
competent affection to render in behalf Of Endrcd
countrymen and friends.
to this burial ground to minge the tears of common
SORROW and that tribute OF respect to our
war The act which we are assembled a'h to
perform Is suegested not by acrimony towards tho
tive in its character it has covert political compex
ion and latent and insons reference to the future
the ashes of departed heroes but of our
ration for their character and our love for their
GUS spirit. even among those who vctors In the
great and sangnlnsry struggle through which have
ping tear and OF laying our chaples of cypress upon
losses 61t also as Of the scon
debarred by distance from psrcpsps With r
sad rites; Of fathers and mothers sent forth their
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unwound their arms OF affection from the necks hus
to look in i WoSld G'oG Of e oT
phaned children who chung to their departing sres
Of war. toyed with their gtterng sword chains. and
smiled at the nodding Of their plumes. Alas their
were doomed never TO be realized and now in paea os
the joyous greetings of father. husband brother.
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nausht but the divine consolations of religion
Whether they were right wrong in the
Of the contest which cost them their lives, the men
whose Bunken graves we repair and whose memories
honor died for u.s. We can never forget that
ng % sao,S @ v9% on an altar which
water In defence Of principles which we avowed, and
the last extremity For that cause which we as well AZ
they regarded as the Of liberty
for With n@sS
which words expression that cause the sc men
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sock the sweet felcities OF home and bade last fare
Encouraged by the blessings of those whose hearts
at their own eIhoraons to them to go forward
gon and the prayers OF the pious and stimulated BY
the applause Of whole people, they won't forth cheer
which even the sorrowiu annals Of warfare ean 70
scarcely Furnish parallel Engaged in conflict with
heard with respect by the occupants Of EurOpean s
thrones. eIcommuuicated from the Fellowship and SYM
barred OF from with the rest of man
kind sustained by resources at homo which barely
ties yet conceiving thoy were struggling to Uphold
the great principles Of civil and religious liberty for
which their fathers before them had bled they manuy
endured every trial. and heroically confronted evory
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Of Virginia winters amid the deadly malaria of Carolina
Shore amid burning heats Of mississippi amid the
bayous and wds Of the far West labors and watch
trenches on eIhausng march. and on the red eS
Of carnage and OF DEATH they attested their fidelity to
FORTH not as tIumphal procession with floating ban
ners and olashing oymbas, but q community
Of stricken mourners-who of US can forget the
little handful OF heroes tina. this day four
CITY, and met and broke the thunder which burst
Of %s n 9oS the M
compost OF nfs, an and h, OF IRON at Wagner and at
With their blood ed Of s
and, Pocotaligo and Coosswhatche7 Noble old city
Torn afflicted Impoverished she may BE- but none can
wrest from her the inheritance Of that legacy
has fallen from her queeny brow and she sits n
dust and ashes but there are still left her. her dead
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fondness to her breast Our brethren fought and bled
foundest gratitude is therefore, due them and every
generous emotion Of natures mpes us to do what
duties to their memories and to consecrate their
Names Their spirits have passed from amongst u.s. but
upon them the laurel garands Of the victor We would
reve:enty place upon them the tokens OF undying
gratitude, and our quenchless love-
would be as idle as it would be uncandid to deny
that IN performing this office In memory Of dead
we offer silent protest which, however and use.
less may appear is stu. soemnly render against the
Judgment which would consign them to infamy as the
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others what they Is not in natures to re-
gard aB criminals those whom revered loved as
our fathers husbands brothers and sons,
y yielded their lives for principles which deemed
worthy even OF such sacrifice. We would be guilty OF
grossest with ourselves deepest
Justice to them, did refuse to do than honor
az 1t s possble In circumstances to pay. cannot
frame our speech to pronounce aught but blessinga
upon their names; and palsed would be our tongues
proach upon their memories We're It that we were
required to do It, our answer must needs be- by 6ods
help cannot Better far better In that CASE would
Il be for to Of dead countrymen as the great
Roman poet makes his hero exolaim Of his 'Happy
thrice happy they to whom It allotted to die
the faces Of the fathers and to look forward to the
hope Of sharng their the last the only
ati6n that would bo left The world which has mis-
understood us in the past and which misunderstanda
country the need Of praise for the Of
deeds It Is ours-we cannot help It, It is ours to re-
peat their names with aectionate veneraton-to cher
tth them In our hearts, and to hold them in ever
lasting remembrance as the symbos Of every QUALITY
which We ale wont to honour noble, brave and
true Tho great and good Jackson never could
have been leader OF conspirators outlaws and
bandith. His lfe-and It was Of those bright
and glorious Visions, which once behed are never ior
gotten picture OF truth, purity and sublime virtue
which stamped itself at onoe and forever upon the
hearts Of mankind; his death-as serene and peaceful
the evening which closes In upon some day OF
mighty conflict; the life and the death of such q man
cannot but redeem from reproach the
they were devoted and shed a hallowng iustre upon
even defeated cause. which now but for such lumi
nous illustrations. would in the Judgment Of the world
60 down into the night Of perpetual oblivion MOI
there wanting kindred spirits of lower ranl
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