Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-06-11

DatIeDce, tOrtIluOe anu c"he'oh'J W
ts,mine by the infs!lible test oil suffering
,vbe,her we were 6ued for the destiny
we had marked out for ourselves. And
NAV i, no, be If We stand the 'es' anu
come out from the furnace Ike fen"eu
cold. lie will place US upon pinnacle OF
prosperity far above that winch We s'osH'
r. Attain. Il may be so. and certain II IS
,bn we will be faithful and true IN me
hour of our ,rlsl. We will in the end en-
sure a condition OF our affairs INFINITELY
nre(ersbIe to The mock peace aud comior'
which would result from an abandonment
ot principle and a surrender oil seli're-
spect. We must be constant 10 NOSE
principles for which We fought and our
heroes died. We should graPple them to
US with hooks Of steel ard cherish them
as the "immedise jewel. o: our souls.
When say principles, Of course DO not
mean the Issues OF secession and slavery
or sny of The material objects for which
the usrwas wseed. These TO say the
least are utterly impracticsbIe. Ihs Pr'n-
ciples 10 which ! slIude are love oil hbef-
Is, hatred OF oppression, Resistance to
,yrsnuy. Principles, The loss OF which
has proven TO more Than one nation the
sure precursor Of utter destruction. Prn
ciples which in this degenerate day seem
like TO be lhru.t aside from desPcsble
motives Of policy and expedienry. Phn-
ciples. by adherence to which slyne can
a people become great snd prosperous
Oh. then, Ieiu SET The seal Of never dy-
ing condemnation on that servile spirit
which las led so many Of those whom
once we trusted and honored 10 bow The
knee TO B.sl and 10 brand themselves
with nfsmy for the sake OF The flesh pots
of Egypt. And let US once in every
wear IN the suful presence Of the dead.
renew in the most solemn manner 10
them and 10 each other, VOWS OF perpet.
ual fidelity to those principles >ol justice
and OF honor. " hIch they eloriously II.
Illustrated By so doing. with the fixed
and steady purpose 10 be true 10 our vows,
we will I'll ihe foil measure Of the duty
we are here TO perform.
# we will b. thus faithful and true. II
we will profit by the example OF our
martyrs, If We will extract the Jewel iom
the reptiles head, if We will nsmple un-
der foot senseless despair on tie one
hand and sycophsntlc hypocflsy on the
other, ard learn 10 labor and 10 walt We
will 6nd that our cause hos not been lost,
and that tie blood Of our comrades was
not shed in vain. No human eye can
forsee the time and circuustsnCes under
which The light will be vindlcaied. but
God in his own good time and IN man
ner consonsnt with HIS august pleasure
will as surely secure 10 Us, ar 10 our pos
terity, The fruits Of Our righteous struggle,
as that the sun shines III tie heavens.
That you NY friends are fully alive TO
the duties incumbent on y"u,ls sufficient
ly srtesled by the besuuluI monument
erected in your cemetery. Years hence
when all now within The sound OF NY
voice will lie side by side wllh our gal.
LAM soldiers beneath the green sod Of our
Valley, these touching and appropriate IN
scripti0ns craven on the IDperlshsbe
marble vi III tell to generations yet unbnTn
HE story Of your love and gratitude. Ev-
er molionless and cree, in the glare Of
On.dsv, and through the silent watches
Of the night. heedless Of the scorchine
sun and raging storm, tins stately column
will keep Us cesseless vigil IN lie cry Of
the dead. Marking as il does the resting
place OF The best aud noblesi al our var
ror dead. and Of the Unknosn but unfOr.
gotten brave, its Office IL pr"ujer than
that Of knghrIy scpuIchre. or Royal
Mausolenm. Long, long may II stand
telling 10 every pa.serby IN The onward
march Of time, that those who Died for
our cause were brave and self ss,rIfiCinp
and devoted enough 10 deserve, and tho-e
who survived true and constsnt aud gate
fuI enough, to be.to" The rroudr,, ol hu-
man Jules that OF True Patunls."
But my friends. while il ws- sltogrrh.
Ell right and eminrntly appropriate HAT
you should ihus ,igrsIze your regard for
the memory Of rhe dead, let me allure
) on not 10 content yourselves with the
erection Of monument alone. Think
not ou have thus ,ionr al MAT duty re.
quires. Yon viii # Il be derellri If you
neglect or dlscOnuuue lie custom OF
stFrwIrg ilou ere on the graves. Resolve
then that You will be faithful TO this rus'
while you 1--we and when you die will
commit II 10 your Children. IL /. not on
~ TIE dead who are honorrd by this Gus
tom bat by tie reflex acIon YOU ere hon
ored more Than hey, at t"Ire blest.
blessing btu hin MAT gives and hin hat
lakes" Add II he lh7t Ji-enbudied
s1ifl's are permitted To lock upun he
scenes of esr.h. J doubt not 'hst Willie We
are performing these sacred rIies SHINING
'urms are lowering over his halluwcd /.
pot and angel hsnI- are streWing unseen ;
blessings -Iorg tie pathway OF or Iirts. f.
We are sorry that We could no, obl1iL copy |
Of Mr. Travers' address FOR publication, and wc /
Anow that oCr -cadefs viii roget no, being able .
10 real What they list. ned - with 50 much pleas.
1re.
The monument is beautiful piece o. ait snd ,
is design greatly admired by oil. 1t u pure .
white column, 5 feet h go, Of perfect gym I
neiry ard proportion, with granite base. J be ,
inscription on the East SIDE, is, Erected TO The 7
MemOrv Of our Confederate Dead, by the South
,rn Sol Tiers Memorial Association Of Shepherds.
own, June 6. 1870" On the shaft above this
S a stack Of muskcts with I.urel vy,e.,b