Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-09-05

and whose mutilated body will attest, that he
was not one Of that numerous class, who fought
our great battles with paper bullets:
COL LYELI Is gentlemen Of splendid
physique, iine scholar and clear aud Forci-
| bic speaker, whose armless left sleeve silently
but elOquently attests his devotion TO duty
His Grafton, though occupying nearly an hour
| aud half in its delivery, was attentively
listened 10 by large and appreciative audi
enee. He remarked that afectiOnaie remem-
brance, in the person Of woman with bowed
head, repaired there 70 worship At the shrine
where honor and glory sleep. They were
standing on holy ground, aud the atmosphere
seemed redOleRt OF all that is pure aud noble
aud heroic aud sacred-a fit abode for the
Genius of Liberty. He-referred 70 the long
line of heroes that fell on SO many hardfought
fields, compared TirSinia with ThernlOpyle,
and the fame which Charlottesville has won,
because StOneWall jackson fell there. He
said that, though sleeping in their graves to-
day, the principles for which these heroes
fought can never die aud beautifully apOstrO.
phized them thus: "Rest in peace, then, ye
gallant spirits There are those left who know
| your worth, who mourn your loss, and who
will guard your fame. Your title to immor,
tally is secure. Tine stOried urn, the ANNA.
ted bust the Parian shaft will mark the spot
where you rest, and afectiOnate Remembrance,
looking through her tears, will see monuments
Of your devotion to country loom up on every
battlefield from the Potomac TO the Gull,
from the Atlantic to the Rio Grande." Not.
Withstanding the effects of Time on nearly
| every thing, the speaker felt that the glorious
deeds of our heroes are cut on the heshy tab
let's OF human hearts, aud in years to come
men, women, and children will make piOus
| pilgrimages to the graves of the Confederate
| dead, to plant with tender care and water with
their tearS the neVer-fading amOranthine
| flower. He thought that he could best honor
| the glorious memory of the dead there gather.
ed by an appeal to the living. Though their
struggle was a conscientious one for constitu-
tiOnRl liberty, for institutions bequeathed by
our fathers, yet that struggle, so far as the
sword is concerned, all are agreed, is at an
| end. His purpose was not to excite passion
! or renew strife, bat to speak in the interests
Ofpeace. The Southern cause had in it every
element of moral strength, aud the man who
| advocated it in '6l aud does not do it now,
stands convicted of gross error or moral cow
ardice. The Colonel spoke with much force
OF the materialism and consequent degeneracy
| of the age, and appealed TO the women of the
South to como to the rescue, as great moral
issues are involved, in order to preserve what
is left Of Southern civilization.
MOdesty and chastity he portrayed and ex-
tollcd, and spoke of the necessity at the South
! of purcr, richer literature-a home Iitera.
ture. The newspapers, which afford the only
| PG6WtWm that many receive, TEEN, lie said,
with vulgar accounts Of crime that shock
mOdesty, while nearly all tho circulating
| Libraries and great book marts have become
so many impure fountains, whence issue
muTEy streams all over the country. "WO-
mn0'a RiUhfSv laNfurnFS bo NonIoUOoI ,vi,b
merited severity, as tending only to degrade
the softer sex. He urged widespread Educa-
ton to oppose successfully "civiIizatiOn" that
social relations once peculiar TO the SOUTH
| Free schools will not save US, and he thought
| it questionable whether morally the tax to
sustain them IS justiiable. Our great need
| is intellectual giants, thinkers, men who can
| move forward with the momentum Of the
avalanche. He s1gmatized idlcncss, the pro-
life mother of vice, as the baue society, and
said that this was no time for its indulgence,
| by our young men especially. To them he
said, PoiutedIy: GIVE to your country, in
this the hour Of soro trial, your time, your
talents, the devotion of your heart aud your
influence will surely survive you" The fore
going is mere skeleton of this beautiful PRO-
| ductOn, which deserves to be scattered broad.
cast through the South, aud it is to be hoped
copy for publication may be solicited Of its
gallant and gifted author.
ITO our neighbors OF the "Eree Press"
are We indebted for the above accurate con-
densatiOn Of the address of Col. LYELL
Tho following beautiful and appropriate
poem was then delivered in his own peculiarly
happy and effective manner by Daniel Il. LuS
cas-, Esq.