The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

noasi.,lr ray more. OF his military ca =
tser no soH.heTnsr car, speak impair
TALLY, and it docs not become ns TO III q
,l:l'gt in what might seem 20 those I'M
acauaintel with tie facts, vain glorious |
assertions. 1t is enough to say that al 4
his Victories were won against enoF-
mons odds, a:,,, that his mastery de-
Tense of Virginia stands without par {
;lIel in the worlds long record, Tine
eualed and unapproached. His ae-
t:o.s, aud those Of the people whom he !,
| led, belong TO history; and though the
achievements Of conquered people
may never lie portrayed in then trae
Hight; still, The glory won by the
Southern people III their struggle for
independence cannot he entirely c!ond-
ed. The daring genius, the proud de-
termination and TIE nateiiless Salor,
they thea displayed, extnTsed reluctant
lpiaise frum their yictors, and Gem
maHiicd the admiration of y startled
world. IN & declining age, eneryased
by material prosperity, and corrupted
+ by the widely spread pernicions teach
ings of material philosophy, an OBJ
| scare people revived the memories OF
!. tiie old iernic days, and rivalleti the
faded achievements Of antiquity. We
may with proud confidence leave to
time and to postcii,y the narration ct
II our actions and the vin,iication OF oHT
Il cause.
I..Tr,lii crushed to earth viii rise again.
; The e.erna! wears of Gssl are hers
y When in tic far distant coming years,
= some future Gil.hon shall write the his
:. tory Of TIE decline and fall of that AZ
IF ,irng Republic which now rninlS
~ dreams TO extend and forever maintain
Its Empire over an entire continent
"a lis discriminating mind viii seek ans
&c fad truth, tlirongi, the mis.s of err''r
IL passion and prejudice. and render fall
II. II tariy Justice to /. righteous, t.iongi
Mt Defeated cause, ara his pen viii liHgei
RI lovingly, in It's delinea'ion OF the CHAR
,st actcr ofthe hero We nov mourn; who's
en- virtues and actions combined ana s"i
eli passed
ms "sil tie Glory Fiat was Greece.
All tlir grandeur that WAS Rome
oo When liis country shall have take
~ It's plata among the nations OF cart
-, the afIectionnte pride with which Il
-, CONFERENCE.-THE ever cherish theti,
o;c ~ of Lee, Will, tlon!,tiass, indace tliei
,.r. 70 commemorate his actions, l'y s'.I'il
;th turptl marbles, frette,, arches and stat
an, TX lii!;.rs. Yet all these are but glory
~, ceyygavs aud Times ai.-hnly gloo
,,.. viii soon eDwrap the wecdy mouh
Inv w!lercon they crunbie.
10, .Wi.cr. IS the ..;lie
.'''' ;vhie', fine vair,-.,orio,,s mighty of I
ing "''. ..,,
lots seei, tn et..rnize,"
,ns,, NJ vast ,p;,i,,lps :l, ;riunplial caiHii,i
iers aBesile the Eternal Nile, the Pyl
oyts misls have riscn," yet even those cv
snc- lasting piles have filled to prese'
the the names OF ''l,ings in dusty darkn
.tinv Lid:' hut the heroes of the South,
Anle. "A u,;ritier monument cnil'irhiia---
10 The nni,i,ta,iis of their nafIve iiba.
po Tl,r;,. nuints air :rusu T." str.',eers ey
+ &C. The graves Of those Who cannot die.
with We now mourn, and will ever since
haze H. the dealt, of orr vemerated lead
igg;ssie yet we may pay TO his memory Q iio'
"'tia tiis,ntc than mere nnavailing grie
NE" We may humhly and reyerently q
), "'' Iata his example, and erdeayor to
main, lis lie ever did, unchanges
:, trne to these eternal principles OF
'..s cred right, by wliehthe conduct of
49, ,, tinns and Individuals should be alv
:. :. Guided.
l,uc No country ever more urgently
:, an, CURED than cur own loved and 10
ru;.,. land now does, that i.s people sii'
iuo,v lie animated by pure self-saerlii
.eracs pa,liotisnl, like that which slawe'
i, the heart of Lee. Heaven has emf
On it's ed the South with,
t.i'ie fatal gift OF beauty WHICH he'
= iert' 4 flne,..! howtr "f present woes and
!" lis On her sweet brow IS SORROW plongie
SHAME
,sts as And annals gr.lyrd in characters of la
thless She has been conquered anti dew
in the ted, and is now wronged, insulted
+ tolls slcspoiieil. Her perennial beauty
grand remains; "llightly the sun still $
9 bull upon the tropic country Of his 10
sian- her rivers roll, n,ajestically, their
rallel, wealth of waters to the sea; hill
lutely, glen and broad savanna, "amid
ted AL audience Of rose and myrtle gil
nawed meridian light, flooding both sigh
g rnins scnse;" the flowers still bloom
Other the fairy land whose pcrfumed
ide Of are freigllted with their Fragrance
: .sWlere White bloom magnolia iioS
8 rhhs The mocking-hird throughout the c
lio.srs
-, ox Sings il. tie banibae vines;"
!! blnosl- but the spirit of freedom or
living principle of all, dwclls no
&c &h.;r amid our romantic hills, lovely
.,,;nbt,v and rushing streams. We mus
Il..,- Al, Cto1Jars RI her once