The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-29
WINoHRsrER. VA Ocl

4 Address by Governor Henry A. Wise
.s.Robt Virginia styled t9the BRStarSI
Child Ora Political Rape.''
II WINCHESTER, Va, Oct. 25.
The celebratiopiat Winchester to day
was an entire success, ifa large crowd
and lengthy Grafton ate elements.
The number in attendance were fully
5000, and iEx- -Gov.W Wise was the orator.
stone&all Cemetery already, CONTAINS
theremains of2, 900 rebel dead gathered
from around Winchester. -fsH 'a-s2i
The ceremonies to-day were Intended
as edieatory.s The funeral iand burial
Of the brothers Ashby was the main
feature of the morning, the procession
through, the streets rbafng large and inn
posing, and the burial being accom-
panied with Masonic honors. Ex-Goy.
Wise spoke for two hours. sAfter his
grafton poem was read, and the cere-
monies concluded latedn the day. The
number ofdrunken men in and about
Winchester waslvepy large; and, for an
occasion OF this kind, disgraceful.
90 ADDRESS BY GOV. WISE.
FRLLow-CTTIzENs: a mourning peo-
pie meet in the midst of graves, the
dust of which is more sacred than that
OF. kindred. to do homage to tho virtu-
Sa9t anu Ll6
heroes. i came to condole, withrand
comfort the living. to search among the
ashes OF the dead for examples how 10
survive their death, how to live after
themy how to nourfsh the seeds offfms
dhstrh ctable truth! Reason; IN their
| sacred soil now generating in these
graves, assures us that the moral power
OF, the universe will forever overcome
all evil and malignant forces. Alas
who are the dead? The buried. or
rather the bruised and broken survi.
Yors who are the blessed buried. are
past the fear OF future tempests or
wreck on shore. Those who escaped
are still exposed to both. The buried
are now immortal, while we survive to
suffer. Their names and deeds need no
monument ntorlmausoleum of earth sSno
hostile hand can strike them now |:
Eternity has sealed their testimony 10
the TRUTH aud; times Testimony will
not permit human history 70 be per-
Nerted to their shame. Their death only
proved that they were preferred Of
heaven when they fell. They are not
dead. We come not to bury the dead
but to touched their turfs, they have
no tombsO and be ourselves alive again
to brave misfortune as they braved
DEATH and make ourselves worthy of
their sacrifice: Their mortal foes shall
build their shrines their friends are
too despoiled TO more than mark the
place where they lie. All around them
their Invaders are gathering the white
ming bones of those they replused
and slew, to raise mounds to deeds made
memorable, and to memoitS made Vyorl
thy OF mention by their steel; and
every stone shall tell the story. of the
war to every passer-by, and this day of
monuments is one In which the hamIets
of herOism cannot be left out. We now
needtheir examplesmore than during
the war, and have need to heed them
more. If we needed Gideons to bear MS
through the flaming of the red-hot war
we need more, than a Noses now tobear
US up in dungeons OF, defeat, and lead
us out by ways that pfoVe-asstPO Of
the great trialsIVEith which; our honor Is
Entrusted. invoke, then, the mighty
Contede defatet dead, and sojnstantIy tie
lYalient clay of their consecrated Val
ley OF N1rgtnta becomes inspired with
motion tnsevefyJ atom, and a grave in
Lexington, trembling quickly gives up
a life breathing spirit in d nfeaE exaffi-
ple=t he aanctthed SteneWalI Jaayson-
a very Michael of DeliyerRuce, his ax..
amplei speaks to us. The .pintrinsic
sterling Stamina OF his moral great iass
his Christian heroisrn, the etefnal ada,
mant OF his character and nature, his
supreme faith in God-faith inrinimu-
table morals and principles, and in
their might to prevail in the end against.
All opposing p0Wers4these made him
sStohewall. From this example, fisinp
mp before MS with this immortal ifact. f,
reVerently commence, and question &c
here amid these confederate braves.
There the speaker apostrophized f6e
character OF Jackson, and Continued. 81
The StoneWalp example n is TTiot
niahingi but It is cheering and,
tuil of hope: II puts TO, shame not onIY.
the deceased AIachaeVelia dogna tbat,
faith or the truth that moral trIncf-
pies can ever or could ever be submit
tedto the arbttrament Of arms and be-
conquered BY the mere force Of NUNS
pers. But 1t scouts that worse than
tmmoraltsE, that diabolical despair
yh1ch naligns a cause worth StoneFall
Jaekson's lighting for, and worth his
dy1nE tors by calling e q lost cause; as.
u crucihxion could lose a cauSe. The
Captain ofouES ESalVa atinniH1S conquered;
de dtsd that the eause might live; and
from that day TO this the blood OF the
martyr has been the seed OF the church.
SO with The, ,eeetls of truth on earth. If
our cause IS lost, It was false; If true
ats not lost q itst victories cannot be
termed tiritl restiItsa There were many
errors In oltr ways of going ont TO War,
Those errors felE The truths. for which
we fought yet live. WhileWaiting for
their resurrection or their coming I'M
this hour Of darkness and of doubt. to
J AL who srecreant, would dabandonfAith :
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