Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

minds the same purpose. iha same
patience, the same courage aad for
titude; and when at last tha in4iHs
ible chariot of Heaven swiftly md
silently bears him out Of the midst
OF strife aud battle, and removes
him beyond all human censure and
praise, they are not so apt to ex.
claim, NY father, my father, the
chariot Of Israel aud the hOrsemen
thereof, as to join with David In his
triumphant EaurgaG DeGs-let
God arise, aud let his enemies be
scattered.
Finally, If such q man be also one
who fulflls in other respects the
character Of THE Happy Warrior !"
ifin life itcOuld be said Of him, he
too is one
"Whose powers shed round him in the com.
mon strife.
And mild concerns of ordinary lilo
A constant influence q peculiar grace;
But who. If he be called upon 10 ipca,
Some awful moment to which Heaven has
joined
Great issues, good or bad for human kind,
Is happy as q lover, and attired
With sudden brightness, like q man in.
Sptred;
One who though thus endowed as with q
seLso
And faculty for storm and turbulence,
Is yet n soul whose master bias leans
To homofelt pleasures m 20 gentle scenes;
u finally tue man, who lifted high,
Conspicuous object In q nations eve,
Or lett unth0ught Of In %0bscurity;
Who whether praise Ofhbm must walk the
earth
Forever, and to noble deeds give birth,
Or he must 20 to dust without his fame,
And lea We a dead Improbable name,
Finds comfort Ia himself ami In his eause;
And when the mortal mist is gathering
draws
His breath In confidence OF Heavens ap-
p~lause,"
and to conclude the noble strain, If
he be one of whom both friends and
magnauimous enemies are prompt
TO say
"This is the Happy Warrior, this is no
Whom every man In arms should wish 70
be-"
and If l should now, or at any time
during or since the late war, have
asked you whom | once called my
fellow soldiers, or you my fellow
citizens, or you my brethren of the
altar, 10 name the man, would you
not have answered, 1t is the chris
tian gentleman, the brave and
humane soldier, the noble patriot,
the hero of SO many battle.felds
and the meek communicate at the
table ofthe Lord he who was yes
terday committed TO the earth of
that Virginia, he loved so we'll. 1t
Is he who bore on earth the name
of Robert Edmund Lee; and who
we humbly trust has now a new
name-a name that no man on earth
can read-a name written on "the
white stone" which Is given to those
who have been found faithful unto
death. What is it now to him that
his name is subscribed upon the me-
dallion ofearthly fame, and the in-
scription cnCircled with the SYM
bOlic laurel of military glory?
One thing, however, which he
left ON earth he will prize forever
il is a great and pure name-for in
leaving that, he left not simply q
name but a pOwer,no merely a word
but an idea, or rather indeed an
ideal-an% influence, a spell that will
mould TO useful purposes, rouse
with mighty energies, and shape to
noble thinking and acting, future
generations, in q world that will
not only be better for his having
lived in 1t, but better because
his fame will live in it forever.
But il is time we babe him fare
well.
Farewell then, veteran soldier,
veteran christianl doubly hero,
hero of victory, aud hero of defeat!
His character combined with his IL
l~ustriOus descent and family his
tory to link us with a better age.
That link is snapped but his men.
DRY will link us with the better
age which we trust is to come.
There are those before me who
loved him aud whom he loved;
what tribute could they offer his
memory so great rs the endeavOr to
initiate him IL litc-what end
could they propose to themselves
SO noble as u meet in death the
leader under whom they so often
confronted II. You mourn him,
not merely AS soldiers mourn q
leader, but rs men mourn for q
friend. And you do not mourn
alone. Christianity mourus HIM
AS one by whom our religion was
graced and its divine founder not
disgraccd. His country mourns
him-as one who drew his sword
upon the weaker side, when With
out dishouOr he might have drawn
it upon the stronger humanity
mourus him as one in whom, as in
that noblg,l Roman, the elements
OF gcutlrncss, aud greatness were
- mingled,
TIA. Nutu,, might star d uu
AuI,ay o. all the wur.t. Eh Udsa 4a"
| saw him WHOM his eagle eyes
were ,Iill bright with the lire Of
youth. lslG him again, when those
eyes, though still undimmed, were
troubled; a.. might DC those Of TIC
eagle himself, who aOes Onep
breaking the tolls, found them as
ul,yp again drawn and With closer
m,.hes aud multiplied coils, around
him, That / mas SEQ him yet once
mor,, j, uoIs prayer for him, bat
Tor nay .oli.
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