Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-11-01
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| lowing which is the fullest report of General
! Wise's address that we find
FeNo1C CITIZENS A mourning people meet in
| the midst Of graves, the dust of which is more
sacred than that of kindred, to do homage TO the
VI, lues to commeorate the deeds Of their heroes
i l came to condole with and comfort the living
Search among the ashes OF the dead for examples
how to survive their death, how to live after them
how to nourish the seed OF indestructi0e truth.
| Alas who are the dead? The buried. or rs her
| the bruised and broken survivors? The blessed
| buried are passed the fear of future tempest or
wreck on shore. Those who escaped are still ex-
posed to both The buried now immortal.
while survive to honor their names aud deeds.
They need no monument or mausoieuns of earth,
No hostile hand can strike them now. Eternity
has sealed their testimony to the truth. Posterity
will not permit human history to be perverted to
: their shame. Their death only proved that they
were preferred of Heaven When they fell, they
were not dead We come not to bury the dead
but to touch their turf. They have no tombs, and
| we ourselves alive again to brave miefortunes
! as they braved death, and make ourselves worthy
If their sacrifice. Their mortal foes shall build
| their shrines. Their friends too dcspoed 10
than mark the place where they lie all around
! them. Their enemies are gathering the whiten-
ing bones of those they repulsed and slew to raise
mOu DIS to 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 want their examples more
than during the war, and need to heed them more
! than II we needed Gideon TO bear Us through the
haming Of the red hot war. We need more than
| Moses now to bear us up in dungeons of defeat,
! and lead us ont b. ways, 10 prove worthy of
the great trials with which honor is entrn sted.
! | invoke, then, the mighty Confederate dead, and
| 10. instantly the valiant clay Of this consecrated
! Valley OF Virginia becomes Ins pred with motion
! in every atom.
\ grave in Lexington, trembling, quickly gives
up life-brea hing spirit III great cXample-thc
| SaDctItled StDneWail jackson y TerT Michael OF
| dcliverance his example speaks to Us OF the IN
| trinsic sterling stamina OF lis moral greatness
His Christian herois!i; the eternal adamant of his
! character and mature; Ills supreme faith III God,
! faith III imnptabe moral laws and principles, and
III their might 10 prevail III the end against ali OPP
! posing poWcr-these made lnnl sJ0HcmdA From
| this example, which rises up before with its
Immortal fact rCVercitIy ask council here amid
| these Confederate braves. Here the speaker
| apostrOplizcd the character OF jackson and con-
| tiuuedl Tho StOnewali example is not only adj
monishing, but Is cheering and full OF hope. 1T
puts to shame not only the dead Machiavelian
| dogma that faith, the truth of moral principle
can ever OF could ever be submitted to the arbi-
trament Of arms, to be conquered by the mere
force of numbers; but it scouts that worse than
| immortality which nallgns a cause worth Stone
wall JachBOu's fighting for, and worth his dying
for, by calling it lost cause. If crucihxion could
lose cause, the Captain OF our salvation was con-
| QuereU. He died that the cause might live, and
from that day the blood Of the martyr has been
the seed Of the church. If cur is lost it
false; If true, 1t is not lost; tirt victories cannot be
| termed dial results. There We're many errors III
| our ways Cf going ont to War. Those icjl.
! The truths for which We fought itct Ire. Whist
waiting tor their resurrection or their coming III
! tins hour OF darkness and OF GGNut--tO all who,
recreant, wOud abandon faith; to all who, despair
! ing would abandon hope; to all who, tempted,
would resort to forbidden ways to all who, tinid,
would shamefully succumb; to all who, impa-
| tient-
At this point the speaker addressed the old Viz
! glnlans, assuring them that old things must pass
away, even the glOries with the weakness of tho
| past. Then, turning to the young Nlrginlans, lie
promised them that day dawning bright be-
You'd any that gilded in the past the hills and val
| leys of the land Of every mans pride. He i'll
| qurGd If they, too, mpatiently exclaimed, "h hat
! better do?" and said that they must strive
to bear their lot without reproach OF guilt; that
| II have mar and ttat
| be worse than dlShonOr or desertlOn. If they an
sWer that they are pOOr-that Jackson falIed--that
his faith was lmpractlcable and an obstruction
| they made great mistake Here the Governor
made Il long appeal to the young men OF Virginia
not to emiSrate; to take their fortunes they
are and from the present small beginnings again
| work forward. He asked them where they would
! go If they leave Virginia? Would they leave the
| Uni ed States? And if they supposed the United
states not free, where else on earth did they
pect to find people as free? He exhorted them
to a life Of wOrk-of constant, unobtrusive, quiet
! labor Ii Virginia 5 sons will but serve her and
| save her, she shall indeed be and indivisi-
| bic; new Virginia; greater, stronger, Grander
| han was old Virginia.
The orator then stated his views as to the eau
| ses of the slow progress of Virginia compared
with the other States III brief, these causes We're
that slavery created a landed aristOcracy antagOn-
stlc to the progress and repeilant to Immigration
proceeding III his argument he stated at lei 9Th
| the advantage Of inviting immigration now that
| slavery destroyed. He spoke further of the
great mineral resources Of Virginia. The on direct
reference to the division OF the State and the crea
ton Of the State Of West Virginia the bastard
child of political rape" Nevertheless, he said,
there is sill substance enough left in Virginia to
| insure her honor and more than restore her pre-
emlnence He concluded as follows We catch,
then, the inspiration Of this faith, this hope, this
life and strength FROM the halo Of these heroes
| The great good that they have done lives after
| them. Blessed be their memories. [ would, If l
could call them back to me other than in their
example. l divine not why 1 or any were spared
when they taken, unless to bear testimony to
| their truth and excellence, their innocence and
invioabiity, and live worthy oftheir deaths
and to be the ready when Their Master calls
to meet them in Heaven. Bring, then, cypress
here! Bring laurels to these cOnsecrated graves.
May virtue, the only a1naranthlne flower on earth,
keep beautiful their turf. Truth, the only lasting
treasure, be their monument. Mourn with no
| funeral dirge, but with exutlng anthems swell
their note OF praise.
MANUFACTUREs OF THE SoUTH-The Co
lumbus (Ga.) Enquirer has the following
encouraging account of manufactures in
that State:
The Augusta factory Oh the LIST inst, de-
clared dividend of five per cent AS it
was declared at the end of the third quar-
ter of the year, we presume that it was the
third quarterly dividend of the year A
profit of only two cents yard on the cloth
manufactured by it for the year ending 31st
Augustlast, (6, 4lO, 900 yards, would amount
to about twenty-five per cent. on its capital
stock, $500, OOO,) and we may very reason
ably conclude that the profit is that much
per yard. The first prices for cloth of this
factory's weaving are lower than those of
the same description of goods made by
Northern factories, and a considerable pro-
portion of the cloth of the Augusta factory
is sold in the Northern markets. These
facts ought to satisfy every doubling Thorn
as of the profit there is in manufacturing
cotton at the South, where it is grown.
SIcNs OF A HARD WINTER phenom-
ena which usually presages, according to
the notions of the very observant in such
matters, the approach of hard winter, are
becoming very marked as the season pro-
crosses. Hives are overlooking with honey,
the husks of corn are declared to be of ex-
ira thickness, and the furs of animals are
pronounced exceedingly rich and heavy. 1t
is observed, too, that the rats are travelling
eastwardly in great numbers, and that the
squirrels are making arrangements on an
increased scale for the storage of nuts.