Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-30
OCTOBER 80, 1866,
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THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Impressive dedication OF the Stone
wall Cemetery at Winchester-Ad- :
dress of Gen. Henry A. Wise.
[By Telegraph t., the New York Tribune.l
raj WINCHESTER, VA, Oct. %, 1866,

The occasion was taken advantage of to
; transfer and bury the remains of Gen. Il.
Ashby and Capt Dick Ashby, and also
those of Coils. Marshall and ThOmpson-all
late Of the rebel army, and killed in battle.
This was done under the auspicesHOf the
Masonic Lodges of the Valley, w. G. NJ.
Carson and G. NJ. Marshall officiating. The
Ashby brothers were buried with one coffin
in one grave. Their only relative present
was an aged aunt, their sister being con-
fined at home of typhoid fever. .a'gq
Immediately after these services the
crowd gathered around the stand erected
for the speakers, and the affair of the day
began, Governor Henry A. Wise delivering
the following oration: a.. If ...u.giIrI
FELLW- CIIIZENs:-A mourning people
meet in the midst Of graves, the dust of
which Is more sacred than chat of kindred,
TO do homage to the virtues, to commemo-
rate the deeds of their heroes. / came to
cOndOle with aud comfort the living
Search among the ashes of the dead for ex-
ample how to survive their DEATH how to
live after them, how to nOurish the seed of
indestructible truth. Alas! who are the dead?
The buried, or rather the bruised and brOk-
en- survivors? The bles ed buried are past
the fear of future tempest or a wreck on
shore. Those who escaped are still expos
Gu W UOJl. 1u6 are IOW ltDllOEJdl,
while we survive to honor their names and
deeds. They need no monument, or mau-
soeums of iearth. No hostile hand can
strike them now. Eternity has sealed their
testimony to the truth. Po,terity 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 are ourselves
alive again to brave misfOrtunes 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
places where they lie all around them
Their enemies are gathering the whitening
bones of those they repulSed and slew tO
raise mounds 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 we
want their examples more than during the
war, and need to heed them more than if
, we needed Gideon to bear us through the
flaming of the red hot war. We need more
than Moses now to bear US up in dun
geons of defeat, and lead us out by ways,
to prove us worthy of the great trials with
which our honor is entrusted. i invoke
then the mighty Confederate dead, and
: To-! instantly the valiant clay of this
consecrated Valley of Virginia becomes
. inspired with motion in every atom.
A grave in Lexington, trembling, quickly
gives up breathing spirit in a great
eXample-the saDctiied Stonewall Jackson!
A very Michael of deliverance his example
speaks to us of the intrinsic sterling stam-
4 ina of his moral greatness. His Christian
hnrniCn1- aH1mnnf n al ~ r.
acter and nature, his supreme faith in God,
faith in immutable moral laws and princi-
3 Piles, and in their might to prevail in the end
! against all opposing power-these made
him stOneaCdH. From this example, which
rises up before us with its immortal fact, l
? reverently ask council here, amid these
Confederate braves. Here the speaker
apostrOphized the character of Jackson and
continued.l The Stonewall example is not
only admOnishing, but is cheering and
full of hope. 1t puts to shame not only the
dead Machiavellian dogma that faith, the
truth of moral principle, can ever, or
could ever be submitted to the arbitrament
of arms, to be conquered by the mere force
of numbers, but it 'scoutsthut to0rSe than I'M
morality ,chicI mdlignS cause aoortlr StonewaV
JGeks0n'S fighting JOr and toOrth his dying for
by calling IL a lost cause, II cruCtfEtOn could
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IosG nrsC VICTORIES cahnot De terlneo Ilnal
results. 1nere were many errors IN our
Ways 0a goIng ouI 10 war Inose errors
fn' hne Gruths loE Wnlcn we lought yet
TVe; nlist WaislhE lor InelI resurrectloll
vi SueIr conlluS III tnis hour oI aarkness
auu Vi uoeotIIo al who, IecreanC, woulu
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Az IlIs polhC Ine speaker auuresSea ule
gu NirSlhiais, assuring Ineli Chaea9la
thinSs must pass away even Ine glories
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anu 'aiI1a? ny ~ Sl9 ttltu y. eNtry nali
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anu sa,u CnaO tney nluso sIrVe 70 pear 'tnelr
loC WlCuouC IePloacll or gum InaG lhey
LlusG naye paClenEei anu IilaC notiItllg coui1
He WORST Cllan u!snonor or uesertlon.' : II
tney answer CnaG !hey are poor--GnaI JACK
son IaleuIthac MS lalth was linpractiea9le
anu al I 3psIru uGti9En-tney H Ec lnaue agreat ms
Iahe. tere vlie uoveIuoE ,IIaue IIs long ap-
Peai 10 tue young men oI Vlrglnla not 10
ehiStaIe, W sahe tneli fortunes as lucy are,
anu lLom, tne pLesenG snlal, peRlhnilRs
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