Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-04

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sLIi'glahily,
syae i'go years ago Il assuggssIsi iaaI
tie si'h day % April be instituted as the
da! vn which nation should manifest
their feelings for the loved aud gallant
dead, by s'rswins ihelrgra'es with wrsalhs
Of friendship and aareIiOnsIs memory.-
An the cemeteries throughout the South,
where soldiers have been buried, should be
adorned with flowers, anl Ia those where
none are ssPultursd there should be erected
temporary columns wrealhed with roses In
memorlAm " unknown aud patriotic dead.
Nor would We be SO selfish aud unmanly
as to he unwilling to sec tokens Of respect
surround the graves Of those who, while
living, thong hostile TO eur cause, yet like
men died H. defense Of what they believed
TO be right. Let us not question their mo.
tiyesi they proved their devotion 10 their
cause by the sacrifice OF their lives. The
dead are not The living. Gov. Fenton, Of
New York, Ia most beautiful aud pathetic
strain Of eloqusnce, advocated tho burying
of Confederate and Federal dead in
the same national cemeteries. lIo thought
1t would rem dcr the SPOT sacred alik, TO
both sections, and that the sleeping eide by
side in their "last sleep of those who liv.
ing battled beneath the folds of hostile
banners, would be typical of the love and
friendship which should cement the bonds
of tho living. All faults should descend
into the grave Of the dead their virtues
alone should live, and he is unworthy the
name Of man, who will cherish or enter
tain prejudice after the tomb has closed
upon the object Of dislike. On that day
the nation shOuld exhibit to the world that
we vencrate the memories of those who
died defending the cause so sacred TO them;
that there is magnanmiiy enough. in the
American character TO honor virtues even
in foe; that although with the dying of
the cannons roar, died sectional feeling,
We have become again national
and American, yet we consider it sacred
duty to honor our dead and "keep green
their memories in our souls"