The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-01

careless courage and simple faith OF the
true soldier; and they will feel honorcd
that they have been permitted with their
own hands to pay the last tribute OF respect
10 those heroic men, the remembrance oi
whose deeds must live forever.
The long ranks OF graves at Hollywood
Cemetery, the long files Of the dead, will
constantly recall to our minds those soldiers
who were stricken down by the rude hand
of war; while the long lines Of earth
works, the bastion and the trench, the
abattis and the cher0llr de fri&e, will long
remain monument to the memory of the
living. But sooner or later the time will
come when, despite all our care, the graves
in our cemeteries will have fallen partially
TO decay: and the day will yet arrive
when the thistle and dock shall climb upon
the cmbraSurc where the cannon frowncd,
and when the plough and the harrow shall
pass over the spot once conSccrated 10y
the step of armed men and turrowcd by
the warlike missiles OF charging battallons
All the material marks of the last toul
years must be ultimately ctlaccd from the
bosom of Eirginia's soil and it remains tol
us to ask whether it is not in our power t.
such as shall be lasting as the world and
eternal as the Universe itself.
The name of one man or thousand oi
men NAV bc lost and forgotten, but we can
separate the individual from the principles
which he represented, and so give to him q
permanent and lasting existence. Our sol
dicrS who fell in the war were the lncarna-
tons of unsellishncsS, purity, and devotion.
They did not stop to reason or argue, but
did their duty honestly and tcarlcSSly
The scanty ration, the tattcrcd uniform,
the shoeleSS feet. and the imperfect equip
ment, did not daunt their hearts they
were as modest when fortune smiled upon
their labors as when the future was dark
uHth doubt and uncertainty. In remember
ing, then. our fallen soldiers, we can by
our own actions and our own conduct show
that we appreciated their suiicringS and
their endurance and we can prove by the
manner of our living that the sacrifice OF
their lives has not been in vain. Who can
remember the fallen Confederate soldier
and be willing to trihe away his time i'll
folies or ndiScrctions who will be willing
to he rcproach to that south for winch So
many thousands died Will not the pale,
still face of the dead rise to rcbuke Us Ill
the time of Encouragement, teaching lis
patience and tortitudc, honor and truth ;
will not the mounds under which they
sleep rise before our sight whenever we
are tempted to do aught that is unbecom-
ing to them or to ourselves!
The trueSt monument that can he raised
to our dead will be to stamp indelibly their
virtues and their conStancy upon the souls
of the southern people! There is already
enough of chivalrous feeling and inStinc-
tive honor in the south, but our young
men especially need those qualities which
the southern soldier so cminently pos
sesscd. and which are now, if possible, more
venerable and more near than ever before
TO every southern heart. Let us guide our
selves bv the quiet trust, the conscien-
tious attention to duty, the undoubting
sense of right, and the answering belief i'll
the eternal principles OF truth and justice,
which were the salient points in the
character of the southern soldier, and the
minds7of our people will become so forti-
fled and strengthened that they will await
calmly what troubles may yet be before
them, and a>surcdly in the end win their
way back to an era of happiness, peace,
and general goodwill. And when the
southern States shall be admired and
honorcd for the virtue and patriotism OF
their people when they shall stand ont
unsullied and undegenerate among the cor
ruptions of the age when they shall he
steadiast while all else of good and true is
lettering to its base, men will ask /" ,rhence
this corStoacy, this truth, this derotion p
Then will be the moment of triumph for
our fallen soldiers; then will an impcrish-
able monument have been erected to their
memory, as the reply is shouted forth with
eyultation, mingled with sadness: The
merit is not oars are hare bit enaidted
and Str;ren to make our O,o,, the virtues Of
those brdre and noble men ,rho, long, tong
0qo, feV IN battle for the cause Of their natire
south.
MORNING IN THE CITY.
The morning Of yesterday, the 3lst OF
May,-the day set apart by the ladies OF the
Memorial Association for general com
memoration of the Confederate dead i'll
tered at Hollywood Cemetcry-was bright
and unclouded as were once the tondest
hopes of those who now sleep beneath the
sod. In the atmosphere there was a feel
ing of calm and stiffness the face Of Ma
turc itself seemed silent and sad ; and as
the hours drew on when the city is usually
murmuring with the din and hustle of
trade, and all still remained noiselcss and
serene, even the most Indifferent would
have acknowledged that a moment of gene
raj and deep-seated sorrow was near at
hand. All the stores were closed, and
before many of them hung portraits OF
Confederate generals draped in Grape.
There were no clerks hurrying to their
stores; no merchants Fastening to their
counting-rooms the keen look of the eager
trader had disappeared, and the counte-
nance OF the most acute Spectator seemed
sOmbre and subdued. For one day all was
changed--for one day the living were for
gotten and the heroic dead reigned supreme.
AT the street-corners were clusters of
young men, most of them wearing the we'll
known grey, and many Of them bearing still
that uniform and which, although button
less and without ornament, is dearer still
to their hearts than all the gauds and poinp
of tinsel and embroidery which had pass
cd with them through many battle, snd
was mute witness Of that sad day at APP
pomsttox. The express wagons, instead
Of containing their customary !sdins OF