Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-07

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to grace the trophies Ofthe victOrs; Oul
people darken the land with weeds
Of mourning for the slain; but amid
all the keen anguish Of defeat and
the gloom Of tyranny that almost
daTkens the sun and blOts out the
stars Of heaven, We will still hold
dear the memories of those who
maintained the conquest-we viii
cherish the r-eCOllectiOns of their gal.
liant services. Their names and mem.
cries will live on and be perpetuated
with national life and Institutions as
long as virtue and vaIor have a WOr.
shipper at their shrine.
Let US, then, today, in communion
with the spirit that saneti6es the eere-
monies Of this sad hour, drop a tear
upon TIE graves Of our gallant dead,
and swear that on this spot, at least,
there shall ever be for them a requiem
as deathless as the current OF that
mighty river which sweeps by US to
the sea.
RECITATION.
Lee MeTiwether, a young boy of re-
markable abilities, delivered the fol-
lowing in a strong, distinct voice. His
enunciatiOn and general manner OF
delivering it was the theme of much
praise:
Oh give me the land where the rains are
And BE living tread lightly on the hearts
On give me the land HI is bIest with the
dust,
Ard bright with the deads Of the down
Yea give nae the land where the battles red
blast
Has dashed on the future the forms Of the
Yes give noe the land with a grave in each
And names,In the graves that shan not be
Yes! give me the land Of the wreck and the
tomb
There's grandeur in graves. there's glory in
For a ofthe gloom future brightness is born.
And after the night comes the sunrise OF
And zee graves Of hi dead with the grass
shall vet form the foOt-stooI OF L1BERrYs
And each single wreck in the war path Of
might,
shall yet be a rock in the temple of right
Gather the sacred dust.
Ofthe warrior tried and true.
Who bore the flag Of u nations trust,
and fell ia the cause, taough lost, stiIJust,
And died Tor me sn6 you.
Gather them each and all,
From the private 70 the chief,
Cone they from novel or princely hall
They fell for as, and for them should fall
the tears ola nations grief
Gather The corpses strewed
Ger many a battle plain.
From many a grave that lies so low,
without a name and without a stone.
Gather ths southern slain.
We care not whence they came,
Dear is their ufsless clay;
whether unknown or known to fame,
Their cause and country Sill the same,
They Uled-and wore the gray,
Wherever the brave have died,
They should not rest apart;
Living, Iuey ST. uEgle1 side bysIGe,
VIII Should he aaTd Gfdeath divide
As ngle heart rom heart.
Gather the scattered clsy
Wherever IL usy rest,
Just as they marched tOIhs bloody frey,
Just IS they Iell on Inc batue day,
Bury bhem breast t0 breast
The foemsn need not dread
This gathering OfJue brave,
without sword or Dag and. with soIndless
tread.
We muster uuce more our deathIess dead,
Gut or each lonely grave.
The foeman need not frowu,
m y are ali pOWelless now,
We gather them mere and lay Them down,
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We bring 20 WIeathe each brow.
And he dead thus meet the dead,
the nVlLg Ger them Weap
And lhe men whom Lee snd StouewaH led,
And The D arts that once together BLEED,
Together sJiI shall sleep.
Then came the Grafton Of the day,
by Mr.. Mcfarland. 1t was listened
to throughout with great attention
and frequent murmurs Of applause.
THE GRAFTON.
Suppose some WaDderer from a dis
tant sphere, stranger to our history,
our customs and the impulses by which
we are sWayed, should be a Visitant
among US, and present here to-day. !
this vast thrOng his interest
would be awakened, his curiosity eX-
cited and he would ask, at once, the
meaning Of this grand and solemn,
yet simple pageant.
He would be told that a decade of
years since fierce civil war was joined
between the Northern and Southern
sections Of this country; that armies
were marshaled, marches made,
endured and battles fought. 1t
aged hercely for four years, and dur
its continuance, thousands Of the
1est citizen sOIdiery persisted. Their
remains gathered from biyOuac and
field, were buried here and now,
'ach year, the survivors of this terri
War-maimed comrades of the bat
le plain and grief stricken hearts Of
he hearth stone, youth and age, maid
md matTOn, son and sire-au come to
Ieck theiT quiet graves with Wreatbs
nd garlands of evergreen and bOu-
.uets of flowers, to commemorate the /.
lOriOus deeds Of the fallen, to trans
their eXcellences and p~erpetuate
heir virtues.
He would be told that in adj
itiOn to the simple rite of strewing
some one, usually a renowned
an illUstriOuS statesman, an
bic advocate or an eloquent panegy-
list; sometimes, though only a simple
with neither wit nor wisdom
or the power of speech, whose only
COMMUNICATION is in having sympa-
hized with the cause, becomes the
peaker Of the hour and voices the
Mingled pride and grief OF the assem-
led thrOBg. !
1t would be explained to him how,
other l0Tms of expressions I
ais people would sOOn rear a mOnu-
lent, sublime in conception, grand
proportion and perfect in eXecu-
on, TO the memory Of the dead {
Tearing these things, methinks our I
isitor, impressed with the tender
ess Of the scene and the sublime sem 9
ments Of the people, without paus- {
to inquire into the causes of the t
or seeking to discover which OF q
he cOntending parties was right and 2
hitch wrong, would exciaim at once: G
.lOriOus r the living, whose inn
ulses prompt such tributes as those. D
nd more glorious stilf the dead. the q
iemOry Of whose lives and virtues q
GU thus p~erpetU8te. L
The custom of thus coming vear nv Z
ear within the hallOWed precincts Of c
Re tOmb and commUning with the b
cad, is not only a proper homage to 3
lem, but also powerful for good to q
Re living. Death, whether it come Il
mid the hustle Of the morn or at the &
7ntle twilight hour; whether Il /,
.hispers with the insidiOus saluta- q
Ons Of disease, or trumps the soldier b
a soldiers grave, in whichever or y
: prOtean shapes it comes, Is a great q
and humanitarian. b
1t reminds US Of our mortality,
eakness and dependence, and brings a
10 active exercise all those sweet II
lmpathies Of cur nature, which are 4