Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-11-03
FUNERAL OBSEQUIES AT WIN,
CHESTER.

OF last week, in our last issue. The Go.
lowing is an extract of Gov. Wise. AID.
dsess delivered al that lime. ard cleo the
Poem read by d. B. Lucas, E Q Of ,bs
county -
ApDREss By GOV. WISE.
\ FELLos-CITlzENs: 4 mourning eeo.
pie meet IN The midst OF graves, the tu.,
oil which is more sacred Than that OF kin.
bred, 10 do homage 10 the vrluous, and
commemorate ,te deeds Of hsroe,.
came 10 condue with aud comfort Il.
living, 10 search among The ashes of N.
dead for examples how 10 survive ib.i,
death, how TO live after them, bow to
moorish The seeds Of understandable uu,h
Reason. in their sacred soil now sener,.
Ting in these graves, sssores u ,ha, III,
moral power OF the universe will fO,s,.,
overcome all evil and msIignsn, forcss.
Alas, who are the dead The buried. @,
rather the bruised and broken sur'i'ors
who are the blessed buried, are past The
fear Of future tompesIs or wreck on shore.
| Those who escaped are still exposed 10
both. Tho tLrled are now ImGo,s,
while we sur-lse 10 suffer. Their n3aes
and deeds need no mobGmehs o. nau,ve.
um Of ear ,; no hostile hand can sniks
them nov Eternity has sealed ;hrir les.
UmonJ 10 the truth, and times testimony
WI not permit human history 10 oe per.
verlsG 10 their shame. Their desIh only
proved that they were preferred Of heu.
en- " hon hey tell. Jhey are not dead.
We come no. to bury tie dssd, bus 70
touch their 'urIs, (Ihey have no iomes,)
and be ourselves alive again 10 brsve mis-.
fortune as they brsved death. and make
ourselves worthy Of their sacrl6cs.
Their mortal foes shall build !ber shrInss
--rheit friends are TOO dssPoiled 10 more
thsn mark The place where they lie. All
afnond theH their invaders are gathering
The whitening bones Of those 'hey re-
pulsed and slew. 10 raise mounds 10 deeds
made memorable, and TO memoirs mace
worthy OF mcnuon by their steel and
every ,rone shall Tell the story OF The war
10 every pssserby, and his day Of mon
iumen,s is one in which the hamleu Of
htrnism cannot he leh oui. We Gov
need ther examples more than during tie
war, ard have need 10 heed Them mors.
lr we nstded Gdeons 10 bear Us through
lhs hsmirg q! rcd hoi war, Ne need more
than Moses now 10 bear Ne up IN dun
geons ul defeat, and lead us out by ways
IhaI prove US ""r'hy CT The great trials
ilh which our honor 10 inhusled. | 10.
woke, then, he mighty Confederate dead,
and so lnsl-ntls tie Vaieni clay Of their
iconsrrrstd valley Of Virginia becomes
Ilnspled with XorI0n in every Atom. snd
q grave in Lexington, trembling, quickly
gives up Iitc.bfcs hang spri! IN gr'a.
exampie--Ihe sanc,l6sd St0newa'l jack.
son-a very Michael Of DeilVersncs
his example speaks TO Us. The Intrinsic
sterling stamina Of his moral srea'"e''.
hns ChHsIIsn heioIsm, the eternal ada.
mani Of be character snd nature, bIs se.
IRENE fai'h IN G"d-(siIh in immulsblo
morals and principles. and IN ,hslr nigh!
10 prevail in the end against all opposlDg
20 " cfS-ike.e made him "Sions"sIl.
From ms example rising up before US
with ,his immortal fact, rsversnIy com.
mence, md question il here amid The"
confederate braves. Here the speaker
apostrophized The chsrscter Of Jackson,
and continued. The Snns~sl sxsu'
pIe is not hdnonIshins, but II 10 cheering
End IuIl OF hope. II puD 10 shsms not
only The deceased Mschso'siisn osgma
that faith or he rrprn hal aorsi pfIret
pIes can ever or csnld ever Do sooUit'sd
I, ,ha srbitraHsal IT arms ssd be oon.
ouefed by ire mere force Of nombsr''
Bun i, SCOUTS that worse inan lmDofsliiy,
that disbnlrcal disP.r uhirb aaiIgns
cause worth SioneeII Jacsson's hghurg
for. and worth his dying for, by c.lIlIg It
/, lost c>use. "a II ,ruc.6xIon could lore
'sn,e. The Captain ol our Sal'snoa
conquered lie dItd hat the cau'e
rign, he and from rhal day to MS he
1lnnG Of the martyr has b,,n The secC. ri
lie church. SO win he ,seds OF hUii
IN earth. l. our canse IL 10 II w''
also # true 10 no, lost. FIRST victories
,arnot he rernsd hns results. There
were many rrrurs IN our ways OF gong
Dtt 10 war. Those eros fell. he
fplhs for which We (uughI yei 1--we.
" hile atIns for lhsr rs.u'ftcuOn OF
her Coming. 10 ~. hour OF aaTshs"
and o. duuh,. 20 al who. recrsanl. 'ooI1
atondon ioi.h 10 all sko, desp'nn.,
y Guild aGsndon hope 10 ell who. tempt
I'd, would retari /" infblJdsn Way; "
all who, iuId, wruId sEsnsiuliy 'ue'
cumb 'o Ill ~hn. "npsrrn'. csgehyF
uur. "~b.l brllsr caa 80 10 |" tie oiO~'