Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-06-12

the accomplishment Of this pleasing work
Come then, yeatly and gather aeon'
these graves. Come, with lear3. those
tenderesl offerings Of humanity wh'ch
drip as sacrediy to earth as prayers asceno
to heaven. and shed Them as freely as me
fallen shed their blood. Come with now
ers. fresh. fragrant. and newly piucNeo
and offer them as esrih's hsndsOmes' mo-
ute TO tina, nobler part OF man when does
no, return 10 dust. Come with your pur-
eel emotions, and testify 10 the Holiness oi
our gratitude and affection. 10 morrow
! this large crowd will be gone aud scatter
ed as the leglons and banners whIrh we
so well remember this grove will be sl-
len, and this cemetery given up TO the
aches and spirits OF the dead, and IN the
far hereafter. when your tears rhaIl cease
10 flow, when these flowers shaIl have
wi,hered and disappeared and the very
hearts tina, now beat with such fresh warm
sympathy, shall become emouonIess and
cold, the lesson Of to-day and lhe exam
piles of these ceremonies will remain, and
men, now babies. and the Unborn, will
know ba. there is an earthly reward alter
death, which rests like crown upon the
graves of those who die for their country
and principle.
ADDRESS OF D. D LUCAS, ESQ.
Ladies and Genllemen-We have as
sembled on this occasion no, TO speak the
many words OF flslIery and mutual ad-
mira,ion but the few Of bereavement, and
consecraion.
The Dead have nothing 10 ask Of us
We come, therefore, not so much TO
consecrale as 10 be ourselves consecrsled.
Its We that need the spiritual gifts which
an heroic sorrow can shed around and
sbou. itself
The Dead have nothing to ask OF US
The very flowers which our young
msidens gather from the bounty OF our
valley enthusiastically embalmed in dew,
the tears of nature. and in teaIs, the dew
of woman-,o lay upon these silen.
tombs, are more the gifts OF our dead 10
US than Of us 10 our darling dead.
The Dead have nothing to ask OF Us
Their liberated spirits have 1.-THE re-
gard for these tenanlless sepulchres. The
Universe is their home. and eternity their
epoch. They give US christian or splri'n.
al gifts in The Christening Lessons OF sor-
row they give flowers. through the
hands OF deconposing and recompos.ng
Nature: they give US The moral influence
OF their example. VIVA, was that exam
pie. and what may we learn from II !
These men were slow 10 violence and
war bu, they had heard with their ears.
and their fathers had told theG tina, when
Virginia called them, II was theirs to
obey. Let not The men who rushed 10
strife upbraid these Stern. silent martyrs
who died upon the side of defence. They
have taught us that the defensive man IS
slways Drawer. more reliable. in all Te-
spects better soldier, than the agrees
or. The Continent has never seen such
soldiers as these were, whose un0r"ken
slumber we come here nov to witness
and 10 coasecrate. Many OF them were
Jackson's men. Many of them walked
through this valley with him. as The
Apostles walked through Gsllilee-per-
forming miracles
These were the men who volunteered
wilhou, bounty. fought without pay, and
dieG wihou, muImur. o how shall we
appreciate their deeds or magnify their
example No. alone by songs irium-
plant. for they were not victorious: No,
alone by dirges sorrowtul, for they did
not survive defeat: Not alone BY The
glare OF rockets. or the roar Of loud arlll.
lery, lest Peace should blush TO mock the
grander realities Of war in which they
participated No, alone by aspiring
shaft or brazen column. because, compos-
ed Of their deeds. they have left monu-
ment which is only incomplete because II
is all inscription, and must seek ITS mar
BILE in the breast Of an admlring would.
No No know OF no method to mag.
Nifty their example bot by following 1t.
and initiating such virtues in the peaceful
citizen as they combined in the wsrlIke
soldier. Let these humble ,ombs-esch
one a sermon to teach men how TO die
point The lessons of our county, martyr
dom, while our mistaken faith in God
applies Them to fill our hearts with the
hope of glorious resurrection IN tue lu-
ture. And though we can not. like The
Athenians, honor our dead at the public
expense with msgnl6ccn, sepul'ure, and
Introduce their children. educated by the
public, before the people. clothed IN
splendid arms. as the sons Of those brave
aud deserving men who died for the re-
public let us, a, least, true Catholics in
the Church OF Patriotism, r. cord their
names upon The affairs Of our grateful
hearts. and send whole peoples masses
and prisons up 10 Heaven in celebration Of
their cherished and immortal memories
ADDRESS OF HON. A. R. BoTELER.
You are hare, my friends, in the fulflment
OF duty, pious, Il peaceful and patriotic
duty dictated by that all peryading sentiment
instructive in the human heart, which, III every
age Of the world and in all It's climes, has ever
prompted posthumous honorS TO departed worth
For you have come forth, to-day, from your
customary avocations with one accord 10 pay an
appropriate tribute OF your respectyour admira-
ton and your love 10 the memory Of those OF
that mobile army Of martyrs" who fought SO
brayely and alas! so vainly fell-here in our
very misunderstanding the heritage OF consttu-
tional Rights left them by their Revolutionary
Fathers, and whose crumbling bones are now
commingling with the clods of our valley, there