Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-02
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permitted yanqaished foe 70 erect mo
TO their dead on the battlefield. Wei
permitted thus 70 commenorate our dead. But
they belong 20 mme. and history will award
Our great dead warriors are enthroned high up
In the hehris OF our people. and the recital Of
their brilliant achievements causes anoble glow
Of pride and admiration wherever the light Of
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I'VE may not raise the marble shaft
Above the hearts that now are dust:
But nature. Ikea mother fond.
Will ne'er forget her sacred trust.
"Young April on their lonely mound
Shall shake the violets from her hair,
And glorious June. with fervid kiss,
Shall bid her roses blossom there"
wreaths and tears for the new-made graves
OF the gallant Forrest and the heroic Smith.
They were ever found where danger was most
appalling and glory the most dearly won, The
one poured out for the South the rich iibation
Of his blood upon the soil Of NJ ississippi; the
ether upon the banks Of tho. classic stream
whose every drop glides on 70 the great ocean
81 eternity sparkling with Southern hero's
blood. They and their comrades In death will
sleep quietly here and wait the summons 10 the
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sleep on. embalmed and sainted dead.
Nor shall your glory be FORGOT
While b ame her record keeps. ffH
Or Homer paints the hOlowe cd SCOT u.
Where Valor proudly sleeps" y
Ladies. language would fail ahould attempt
| 10 return you suitable thanks for the tender
solictude you unaffected for our soldiers when
in the field, and ths respect which You pay 10
the memory OF those who fell. While our
bravo soldiers were proving themselves heroes
In the Geld. you were nobly earning for your
selves the title OF heroines at home. But for
you the war would not have lasted as long US II
did; bat for you II would not have terminated
when IL did. IL Is you that stimulate men TO
deeds OF noble daring. and the love of you will
nerve their arms and fire their souls when all
other inf uences fail. Your influence for good
are the flowers that bud and bloom slong
the thorny pathway Of mans life, When
You approve, even virtue appears more
bright, serene and beautiful; when you
disapprsve. vice wears a darkor and
| more hideous aspect. Like that rare flower
Of Eastern clmes, turning towards It's God to
welcome him at his coming. rs he advances on
| his fiery course, emits a gorgeous vapor. at
once surrounding itself with halo OF beauty.
| and protecting its delicate petals against the
| searching rays OF the sun, so your beauty and
| your virtue surround you with an atmosphere
| Of purity and loyeliness, affording you q never
| failing safeguard. purifying and ennobling al
| who come within the circle of your sweet and
gentle influence. As oft ms Spring renews the
grave with green. and scatters emblems Of
purity and affection over tho earth, visit this
consecrated spot and keep forever green tho
memory of the gallant dead who sleep here.
And this closed the ceremonies in COM
memoration of our honored dead who
sleep the sleep of death in Elmwood, an
occasion never to be forgotten, but on
each recurring year to be observed by
the devoted women of our sunny land.