New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-25


Lqdies, Knights ana Gentlemen The mani
sport ~ Eitneas and participate in which yo
nave THIS day assembled, has brought togefhe
8nlghM OF three venerable orders whose mem
n loEs lnree hundred years maintained il
Enr0pe and Asia, with battle-axe and lance tht
CLAIMS Qt beauty and of chiRalry. The order 81
nght1ood IL Of remote antiquity, but its highest
neyeiopmeAt Was attained during the Crnsades
and the period which succeeded them me
cnlvalfs ef t1arapei instructed in like exer.
slses ana mound " solemn oaths 10 protect the
hsipaesas saccor the distressed, and maintain in
open eombat the eause Of virtue ana III Tiphti
enforced the teaehings Of nigh moraty And
S,ssa ahe pure pEecepta of their Divine
Duf0g tie dark aud eyentfal ,erio5 II viaisn
RnloR sot Centuries after The wer III Rome ma
Deen bERlleHs ssttlai upon Europe leainIbst ! -
9sseg onl the gloisters and the orders 81 npbf
aogus 49, nfopPed the thrones Of rival prinees
courtesy and gaalantfV.g f5s6lST III
The end Of feuialisin th onglr marked Win, "A
.enoe Aaq pRressfons blessings in eIevatinq
Aaan Appresiatlon III Yalnanf The feudai lord
imntlre0 with hen iii iis e8ss ja8rIte5e ~ ai,
cate hef lofty devotion. Hsr s5otiiit5rS a5,S ~
aided bt tlle gii0ns efforts IF
~ egnlSssor ala 7lep her1o sailed from IIis
str0nG with his armed retaners Nh lrnls I'M
ms cause was Just for lie soilg fr III
love ct God ana the ladies. The nations which f
issued from the forests of and fe T,.tt
q EgFepes held woman In s,peIVliar
non, qnknQNn TO the Greeks ana Romans: mt H
delaaineq Ior The spirit Of chiyalfy to reeognze
nef
and fpreceive from her il return those e1nobIinGI
impulses M which constituted thechief merit II,
+, As l2H9 % ruth, hatred OF oppression love Of
lun Wig VI hls lady made the creed of the true
lallne; cut Fgelie he bowed before the shrine Of
neauty With blind id0atry even the Iadlv If his
AoYe WfssIof u time Abandoned when he VA ann
Gnsa Rg re blessed cross 70 make his marital
PAstltnase 70 the tomb of the Redeemer ioftv
courtesy, high courage nlapHafliflify and has,sy
ere theviEtaes which ehiyairv
Easssvsns ahe word q 2 knight, when pledged
" TevsSs wv eaptlRe was often permitted
~ NJ ssssas US trends end country to arrange for
nv a:sol1 Nlt no other security but his gtrd
anasi ne lalled hewonld return to cantivity
the pfeceIfs ~ praeteing IN seelusion
and teacheF OF The knight and thus thraFb aar
ness and gloom did the chs5rub 4Fass, " " u n
~ u LESSONS OF Shnstianiy to later ana more \
aYoIsq tnes me true knight bowed before tl,s H
tosy Gross with the trusting faith 81 ehildbaaS Y
anl ns 1ugte note never summoned his re{a;n sS =
70 lae Charge until mig cause had been eensecgate
W sae Ylcegerent Of tod, aHd his eonscienes5 4
pusIhed by the confession oil his sins The IarIr !
ness q ignorance and barbalism had NOT been 5is
Rsllea rom europe, when voice was heard cali.
lng It's chlvalry to resene the tomb AZ Ih,a4 fsn
the pointing tread Of the Inf5ei This IL ~
uccaslon nor IS there time, to repeat the story If
ss Srqsaues, but the wonderful influence witch /;
lrsagous sentiment exercised over the knights
y toIlecan ne estimated when we consider Il
s1 lor g hundred years they battetl Ia naqsess n
Tug seplchre Of their Savior until nearly dve nil X
Nj y Is IN, MeFe sacrificed the plains of Asia. 4
4fra1,-, lhc LION Heart, Fhflin of Ia
a - and Bohempnd Hneh the Great ~
iIe9 VII sey Waterea with their tears NH N
~ ~ VIC lllls and plains Of Palestine tro,i X
~ psnelts Wned their efforts thoy I
tle,ea z ytapter n the history Of Man, =,
hhllosepnic STUDENT will lave Ia wv ~ ~
lney snow what heroic efforts man cs s34 ~ r
cause. 9 50 s9astued his *
Inc crusader has passed to his i,,st Tq,,sa, "
paliadin knight and retainer no ot,se, WV v
battle cries around the heights Of a,ai,s ait "
naiied warrior and the peerless beanfys 10y y
charms ne maintained in the lists ~ n
,onlera, are ne longer seen. bus s;r3t iSag ~
minated TO high endeayor the loftv. earFfe ssa ~
potless honor which were worn a. = e,o,s 'i ~ NJ
ne oden time, is not deadf SO long AZ oaiiat " 4
dLaired upon eaFth SO long as honor la eo,, - y
nd tne strict observance of pightea faith sboil "
nnoble man so long will you, the children H. "
H. hTlgades be h0nored, The record Of yonr e,f ~
srings ana OF your achievements cannot Be hi55a,
oan coming ages, and your children robed with ~
% laonfn majesty with which nature crowns bsr \,
oples glll be proudly claimed as their fayere5 =;
y py tae posterity of those who defeated
ne time has passed when it was either protta bj
OF instructive to discuss the questions yyl.icl ~
Ause1 5als iand IN y .tiieidal war. They have all
~ sesAed py me aroitgament OF the sword and 70
a2Ay u discuss what reason vas powerless to he
psl. ne fuggie fer power has passed and III he
~ ~ gassYl WISDOM y aliay the bitterness Of to
''ls nhlea engendered 1T and to encourage a mo
e. - ptillee Of our new destiny, in The vot
r y eianshlp may yet supplant fanati ihe
lone