Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-02-23
Burial Of Gen. Albert Sydney
Johnston.

The final funeral rites over the
remains Of Gen. Albert Sydney
Johnston, We're performed on last
Saturday at the Capitol. All that
was mortal of him now rests in the
State cemetery. There his honored
past must remain in an humble
tamb, wihOut monument or inscrip-
tion, until the time shall come when
it will be no crime TO erect mcmori.
ais or to speak well Of the illustrious
dead. That it cannot now be safe
ly done, we know, nor is it worth
while, perhaps, to speak Of these
things. The orders ofGcncral Sher-
idan or General Griffin are not with
out precedent, and the Telegraph is
mistaken in supposing them So
Burial rites were refused to the re-
mains of the mighty Montrose, and
his body was drawn and quartcred.
A British king had the remains Of
Oliver Cromwell, the mighticat ruler
who cverpressed The English throne,
cxhumcd from their tomb in West
minister Abbey, and disgracclu'ly
and ignominiously buried But his.
tory has preserved the memory ol
these deeds for no other. purpose
than to heap its courses on their au-
thors and hand down their names to
the scorn Of all the coming ages.
But now, it may not he entirely
safe to treat further on this suhjcct;
these things mast be left to postcri,
ty. Under the present condition Of
things, we are forcibly reminded Of
the celebrated and terrible passage
of Chateaubriand, when comment
ing on similar state Of affairs in
France. He says "In times like
these the historian appears to be
charged by Fate with The vengeance
of the nations 1t is in vain that
Nero triumphs. Tacitus has been
into the Empire, and already III un-
compromising Providence has hand
cd over to an obscure child Of Gen
ius the glory Of the master Of the
world" To time, the great avcn.
ger, to history, the appointed agent
of that vengeance, and to the future
in whose presence the righteous ret
ribution will take place, we commit
the case of Sydney Johnston, rs
against Sheridan and Griffin. He
will fare no worse with pOstcrity
than has that glorious old rebel Mon
trose whose bones were refused
christian burial. or that stout old
traitor, Oliver Cromwell, whose re-
mains were thrown upon Il dung
hill.
After the beautiful and appropri-
ate remarks of Governor Throck
morton. published in our last issue,
the body was taken charge Of by
him, and lay in state. in the Repro
sentative Hall of tho Capitol, until
Saturday at II o'clock. under the
charge of a Guard of Honor, ap-
pointed by his Excellency, and cQm-
posed of the young men Of Austin
soldiers, who had battlcd bravely
for the Lost Cause" The bier was
visited by many ladies and gentle.
men, and wreaths of cedar, laurel
and fresh flowers were strowed above
it. Among the number Of inscrip-
tions placed upon the coffin, all in
dicativc Of the deep affection and
even vcneration in which the de-
ceased was held by those who knew
him, none was more expressive or
appropriate than the following
aOn Fame's eternal camping g-yund,
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards nth Solemn r0rnd.
The bivOao Of the dead
The pall-bearers wore se.octea
from among the oldest and most
honored Of our fsllow-eitizens. The
Governor and State sficsrs were the
chief mOuFners,
The Episcopal burial service -as
read BY Rev J. w. Phillips, Chap
lain of the Senate.