The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-10
masksa the tre<tuisty of eKpectationyand
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| in the death Of the occupants of thesegravcs.
Here is a large 1seitl IN whieh imagination
may grow Weary in the1vagueness whichlcn-
| Fir,nsa the history of those on whose tombsi
affection is not permitted toshcd single tear.
a. solemn aud painful interest is thrown
around this burial plot, from the. considera-,
| ton, there are none to watch them who have
personal interest in it, They, died faryfrom
home and kindred. None to sooth them in
their last moments None to close their eyes
in their final sleep. None to receive the last
thoughts from all else withheld. Strange
hands administered to them the relief their
necessities required. Strange voices were
around them. Amid the din of battle,
or in the discomforts Of a soldiers hos-
pital, they passed 10 their final home,
and now the strife of confictInis is over; the
government in whose interest they fought
and died, have disinterred and gathered
theirremains from tbe.unayoidable isolation
of first burial, and having recased them,
they have placed them permanently in this
cemetery under a compensated guardiancy
to await the, trump Of the Arch angel, in
the final resurrection. - -,
What matters it, though no obelisk points
its shaft to heaven; though no broken col
umn emblematical of the quiet sleeper;
though no sculptured rose dropping on its
shattered stem, representing the death of the
young and ardent though no stately monu-i
ment lifts its gorgeous pile within this en-
closure reared to rank and greatness this
shall be none other than, lhailowedl ground, /
where others than ourselves may come, andS
receive instruction in the silent and modest
appeal of the soldiers, grave. The sun
shines, but they hail not its light; the wind
blows, but they feel not the breeze the sea-.
sons reyoye, but they Iced it not; the voice,
of business and pleasure is as loud as ever,
but they hear 1t not !; the voice of mercy
is proclaimed and, the song of praise, sung,
and the cry of prayer presented, but they
know it not. Thus hushed in deaths last
| sleep lie the former bone and sinew of the
nations defense. h2is"he
\ Their graves have become alegacy around
| which precious memories cluster. Their
| epitaphs are written on tablets which confa-
grations or innudations cannot reach His.
tory may not deal in individuality, according
to each their sphere or place, ,otI action, in
| camp and field, but. when the record of the
fearful struggle of the seven years IS writ
ten up, full justice will he done the rank and
fle.of the armies of the Republic, and Il,
unio " Sloly w niettde ~'e "'e ~
enp:e WV III "li = -
"'miI my. oa ~. t ~ 'S's,,d fond
nc Icy aeIf a's,p - 'n o, I nnt
| -. s,Ilst;t,,taa G,. 49, w ban,,od tho
peeii !oi Inoeo ""u .no
| knapsacK and carried the musKet,PerseVerinS
through mud and dust on the weary march,
or breasting tile combat, firmly and unfilnch-'
ingy contesting the advance iof'pursult or re-
col, and at hazard ofliIe and limb, bearing the
old flag back to ITS origsnai position. Their
devotion to the cause was equal. II not more
than equal to the history OF ancient or mod
ern warfare. ,1z.e) III ,,..tlg.... .ofbsLiir
Instances of the most thrilling interest
were witnessed sand man wounded
in the battle of Fredericksburg. Boys, |
am shot, don't wait for me; just open the
folds ofthe old flag, let me sec it once more"
and while the film of death was on his eye,
he caught it in his hand, pressed it to his
lips, and under the booming of cannon and
fire of musketry, the noble spirit Of Captain
Perry sought tairer, purer sky. 7l'la
{. Ia sans HE /. s,een be has foobt bs last
r battle. - NJ 7r6f''Ii 71-l1l 7ilT .7-aI n
No sound can awake him to glory again" sil
Among the 117S, who are inteombed
in these grounds, consecratcd by the govern
ment as soldiers cemetery, 545 are un-.
known. No trace is left to mark their birth
paw = 81 =, H. ~
trace their history-all Is d oianh, @n eN
-..,. 'sLike dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river, '''4' Il il
81 no Like a bubble on the fountain, i'l i=H.G
They are gone, and forever" fe tsua,
Tbo,,- ,raro donbtleso the nr;de of. eone
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name and where is 7he bosom that nour,
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