Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-21

scene of the crucifixion occurred. and
to-day every Christian with q living
MEMORY turhs his eyes to- the cross,
Upon which he blood-stalns can yetbe
seen. But Ne arc asked, guardlng:a
tsmple4 little less sacrsd thhn Ills, to
forget the psst and pay3ribute 70 those
.wh0madc patriot blood run IN avers.
Sir. the Potomac was literally red the
Rapidan and the Rappahannock were
Redeemed with patriot blood ; the very
ground that we are asked to give back
was contested for inch by Inch. I well
remember when those works were first
lington Heights, and from the distant
woods came the shells that were
charged with death to some of the
eafly batriot ssoldiers. The rebels
sought those heights to lombard this
city and destroy this Capitol, and q
portion of the graves are filled with
whorfeliTins resisting them.
Give it back! As we'll might tile Chris
tian giY6- back the Holy Sepulchre
Give 1t back, and into whose handsP
Into hearts and hands as rsbelllous as
those who fell in the cause Of the re-
beilion. IS
Now, Mr.. President, 1 do not know
what the courtesies Of the Senate may
be. Il hardly ever study the printed
rules; I do do not like the rules; but
there Is a rule, perhaps not written in
this code, that governs US, which Is the
rule of propriety, the rule of right.
Nov, Is this such o case? Is it right
here, lin the American Senate, to eu-
logize the rebel deadp Is 1t right hero
to ask that the bones Of the patriot
dead shall again be disturbed to make
room for the widow of General Lee?
Mr.. President, I said once before,
and I call 1t to mind now, that this
land To- q collection of cemeteries ; 1t
Is, ImaY say, a, Mecca to which thou
sands 20; and you never 60 there but
what you see. q mother, or q sister, or
q brother, or o father, standing at the
head or blythe side ofsome grave ; and
they do not forget the past, for the
quickening tears swelling up In the
fountain Of their loving memories
bring back recollections of those who
are gone. Il think 1t j. q good Mecca,
to no to, and, When our faith Is stag
gered aud our zeal grows less, let us 60
and renew our faith at the graves of
the patriot dead. Sir, there are forty
and five thousand dead lying around
this city to-day, and their average
agss are nottwenty.four years. What
ahecatomb Of youthful hope Is reared
to the defenseSof this capital! Their
graves should be as sacred to this peo-
Eple ,as. tho Constitution under which
| we live and II there Is a Senator who
does not feel that sacred dust Is depo-
| hted there, his heart docs not beat In
unison with the nation. q 9
Disturb these dead, and for what?
TO make room for a traitors widow.
Disturb these dead, and what for but
to crafty n morbid taste, to cater to
the spirit Of disloyalty that has been
and is vet abroadP No, sir; 1 would
strike a circle around that place as
sacred rs Is described by Richelieu,
and whoever invaded 1t l would hurl
the curse Of this nation against him.
There, SIR, Is the sacred spot there
are the country's jewels laid away as
mementos, and there they shall be for
ever 49,
ton? Will 1t gravely deliberate upon
the question whether twenty thousand
dead shall be removed rs a matter Of
lcourtesy? Away with III Away with
1t l. .ulr3EH .g1s-wr.z Egul .r...
4. Mr.. President, the consideration Of
sucha proposition Is an Endorsement
of treason by the nation. 1t Is an apol-
ogy for treason which those concerned
In 1t most seek. i protest against 1t,
Mr. President. Never till the Mlssis-
sippi runs from the Belize to st. Paul.
meyer tillit changes It's course, should
the bodies of these patriot dead .be dis
tnrbed. And I await the time alluded
to BY the Senator from Delaware 1t
will be fitting then; but until that
time comes, let 1t not be said that a
patriot Senate have consented to such
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