Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-04

ma IL out hat HE rriri,i,ss nF His SH. III" taln
Of nur Saval"ii, were, his rY.j'" rTs' Iir Sn:
uf Righteousness diu,l that The vi r!ghtr"m.
MESS might Iiyr forever, Iir laid down His life
uul lis fnlnw"rs theirs that We nigh; Nil liva -
and f,n,u tia: day Ia this 'thr hod "r the mart: r,
las been Ia, seed of th. church If eternal lie md
liberty. the seed of truth may lie no larger than
grain Of ,nls,lard s,d, and like the natural sr,'l I"
grain, il Iir-i III srasOI, fall tu the ground and TT
buried and, apparently, die in order to slrnu' a"ai1
and cover The whole earth with crop ot new life
giving l"nnliIul harvest. rich and sweet nn7
! strengthening IN those who have abiding fh;Ii
and hope, and vino will wait III Faith and work u
hope. a Lust Cause" would have stcd and
hushcd to silence tn. sermon IN the mount, M;
have established I"1Vct"di' cross to crush nri
keep down its Ornni 'otent trutl, forever IA l'nS
Cn,s," 1t iost, it false; il true, ii Is not lost
Timid traitors to truth may easily lnsc it. but the
| are lost, not truth. 1t may seem ut times to t
! slow, ard to follow. nj long intervals, with =
| torches Ia light mp TIL wrecks which error has''
behind - but IL il sure i'll tho stately srpih"~
Of its march Providence itself and is cert o. u.
the pro- time, t. illuInnr the "grUss dat pe'S'
! because It's power aud movements nIe DpIe'-
! Time will shaw who hns lost md who h" ha'hcl
BY tho Of truth with error, rcgnrdla, o! "r:t
apparent victories or defeats. If first ,ctorles'
victories throughout the war down 10 Inc last
scenes of physical exhaustion, could VIII cause
then the Confederate cAusn was p'e man oie
rics were not the fna! result of'a''ics. lnere
wcro many egrors in our ways otS"ins ou' 70 war,
= and MoS; erS5rs fru---tho ershs LOT Nlnch " 2
fought vet livf and shall i'll ir might OF mofm
power, yell prevail. Whilst Wiling LOT 'hclr 'sS"f,
rcciiop--nut reconstruction, i3r 'ns! c"'Irio' W.
chaueri--whist waiting g iro''"ehco ioi '''o
season If thrir rcconng, lh'S Nn' VI .',' H".''
IA the doultinr--to all wi", rcrrean, would ANAL
don faith: TO all who, sspairing, would abandon
hnn,. f., NH tr,mtrd. sho would resort to forbid
den wavs; to all iihd, ~hn would sihinciui.'
succumb 10 all, im,.tieni, who eagerly cry oui
What better can 'e"o' 'lc ''"'te""'' ''""!''
stcrnly und firmly 1Es'
,.r.h,r, IN kind Of PRIDE decent dignity,
D,, ,ur.,ie-, ic, sIitr at or mi-luriliIicS,
M"v I, mn. .uiIn.,l AMI chr:i,h'd 10 the last
i IN Tho mo-. among us-tlosc who remember the
:. ALLAN ,;,,4s" and "bctlcr days "-rcpnc and
murmur-
"Tlat partial nature,
WIN nly favor- youth, ~ feeble age
NJ moi her u,l- rng, ar below her carr,
H., s,ni.,I ni .lu.'m scco'. inf" >ia.! spring
~ dry nI,r tears and pate drspalGi
re consol,t;un comes up and faith from all these
-rSe-;
( let ghost urIar,ina'l. or devoted h'Hdi,
Fr. without hops. ,rr wall in sub 80! strains
: ia; ..rG.cr .!.,:r! ia, living from despair
'Gm-,.rrEc-t i!uur- Ircrr,c the Using -un;
And '"I may ap".ar when least expected
in !lic sudden Rock ri tnlS reFoiu'lo!l, WITH TO-
s,:i;s # suc!; immense magnitude that we are moi
Al he lend of tie beginning" Of It yet. 1t must
needs u. that the memories ard affections Of the
aged inust .;cvc tina; cd things must all pas"
away and that AL things must bcCulne new. But
then 0. OH tc"k1lrsSrS Shnli pass away, and our
strength shall bc renewed like the eagles. y new
era shall dawn ont Of this darkness; already
Sirt wancs the mists around the Mountains curld
Met into morn and light awakrs the world
Il is true. that the aged may die before the day
breaks" hut its light shall dawr upon their scrr
and pGstcrity and present youth shall tructy anu
be- s,ror. III It's nunnlidc splonior.
Though the light Of my eye il waning, yet liz
dim vision secs, oh . Youths ii fi-ginia IA day
,iawning for you bright beyond the beams OF at!
in the past which ever gded the hills and Wales OF
this
"Ian;l of every lanl tie pride
; Do you tho, as well rs tho aged, complain; and
impal!riiiy c%c:ah:
"'Tis the rlirar of curscs I" endure
! Tie insoIcnI contempt Uf those we -cnrn
! The answer is:
"I,y .corung we provoke ;irm 10 contempt:
and thus offend AMI sui!rr in our turns
| W. MIST have p"'i"acc.
W. m,!,i ~, hut ri"o-r 10 rrive to hear orr lot
Without rcl;"arl Or guilt.
| ID y"rl c%2iam:
r.o, pool AMI ;ri"nIicss whittier shall wander
!
10 eucl, bitter thoughts mako yuI, aspire
thing mora and better, and drive you I" drsrr you
| own, TDur native ErSinia?
| saw, with the shades of these graves whns
remains can never lrtvc her
! Rather ;han t"ay' !.rr ilIu-
! III tcg my tr'r.I and live OF Others bounty
While r''rr'l hri ~
| If sou give up your faith rs false ana WORTHLESS
fnrm il you give rp i'll despair: if you relax a:ts
! work not for yourself and State; II you conIrrn
misc with cxrttlrncy. bargain present promise. 10
! future woe II you he knivnS nr towards 10 pros
per : il you desert your mother State. then III
change may he fIiui; tho transformation may b
! found in Virginia. Then, I" like maj este temple
! sunk to ruin" she riny become
"Tlie !onlhsoInr shelter and abode
q! lurking serpent, toad. and irca-;- Oi prey;
! Arl -cay dragons h;ss and lions roar.
Where Wisdom taigtana music ci;a:in'd before"
| Do vnu repeat tEr question:" What better cal
NO do:" Ny answc, is--"What worse than dis
honor or dcrcrtinn:" In the trenches, the lines
tho question was forced npon our poor privates
''What better can We do than leavc!' But TIN
true men, though starved and naked, and pinchcL
ly cold, no that their iurcngcrs were too still !,
PM! triggers, stood /" their posts md suffered t
the last. Will you desert: Gna say You are poor
So was Thomas j. Jackson. Poor and fricIdIess
hc found work for his hands to do, and he did i
with all his might; by his daily labor earned no
only food FOR his body. but for his mind and soul
What could he do? lie could plough and learn ic
train his moral faculties. You say you want CAPT
:al. So did he. So has nearly every youth for III
last fifty years, in my knowledge, throughout Vir
ginia vino his become distinguished for mind
manners and morals, and examples to those wht
were born to wealth. S;onGwall jackson was poo
and fricndlcSs, and worktG! BY manual occupa
ton he worked nbovu his condition in life nnt
mrRr Himself master If circumstances and was no
,;,,;, AT ftut.n lI IN IN hon II
went to West Point, that he met youths will
purse. and pride which took no note of him? liz
toDk no nVic of them. and knew Of 10 Contuncly
lie looked at his lessons for life, and looked at then
steadily. lie was lonely, questionable, dutiful
siudnu<, steadily at work. What was no TO do
He went into tho army, anu was sent Into the arena
Of the Mexican war. and WINS n respectable, subordi
mate, patient, unprcieid;nS, obr!icnt soldier. III
had, perhaps, ovcrworkcd himself and returned tt
retro from the army Ia teach nj the Military insl
tuic of his own State There | knew him, Still
lonely and silent, without much capital, and ih'
butt Uf boys. So DOminie-like, SO curt, eccen
trio, so awkward 80 sad in loneliness, 30 mOnoto
nously the sanc in duty and strict discipline, TIM
tho trfng though him distraugLt. The!
imagined that he imagined he feeding on him
self. They rumorcd the fact that tho conce'
was current nhont him at Rirhnond, IA" lat" ~
1862 whom n camp clique caused his recall from
| Rn,nney, and made him tender hs resi- gnation.-
The esprit de cm.ps of West Point rated him n
simply the subject of ridiculc. But tho sad, silent
steady, stern man, as hoy, without capital. excep
sclf-reancc, and without credit, except that of III
olrncst, honest man, worked on, and proved thai
he was worth more than all the capital or materia
wealth of MI the vuture-specuatOrs on cotton art
tobacco in the Confede,acy, and all the gold lace
thc army
Bat you .ay he failed. lie did not fail. Yo,
SAY his faith was but an abstraction; was not con
crete and practical, and did not pay. No maxim o
Machia;cl is fuller Of destructive error than thi
idca of The day that abstract truth and mora
principles ara not practical and concrete, and d,
not pay His faith was and is worth more than al
his victories. Without capital they made him jus
what he was-Sloncwall-and vouchsafcd his cx
ample-rcLuking, saving, sanctifyiug, and shield
ing, and cheering and hopeful to us But YOU
want cnpta.! Capital What if the most Of yo,
had it: Here, take the amount you wish for from
all cpcn-sesaine! DO you know, have you beeI
trained to know, how to WELD it d? The desire fo
capital il like the want saw so frequent durin!
the war-it is tho want Of "a soft place T. Ii
have capital is to be without the need Of work a
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