Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-05-17

city with those bright splr1CS Oh tue Iois as0 On
which he fondly ped TO lean when the 1nfirm- M
| tiles of age were upon him. Here sister cal1s
to mind that noble brother who shared VIZ !e MI
the ioyous sports of childhood and WaCcneu WITH
| tenderest solicitude her advancing years untll
/ the sound OF his footsteps died away from the
| mother. haggard with unsolaced grief, comes,
| perhapS for the last time, to beantIy Will
mothers love and care the grave OF tnaI uaF1s mug
| quenched in the ensangu1ned tue OF DaCsle 49,
Here, too. are loved though nameiess Giie Gnes
| around whose cold remains to-day no famular
| step shall pass; no voice pronounce the Unknown
| hero's name, but on his grave the pensslVte eye
OF grief shall fau, and wTeaths OF natures rove
Iiest flower. shall robe in equal beauty his sill
| ent dust. -.....- IN, =, -
not here throughout this land there sleep
! host of chivalric warriors, whose dust has oeen
scattered by the winds OF Heaven martyrs 1s 70 70
| liberty whose blood has watered the sou Gi
freedmo. They breAthed their spirits 1ortn upon
| the fiery sheet of battle, alone and unheeded
| in that trying hour, with no loved hanu 70 WIPE
| the death-damp from their brows or eaten ana
| repeat the whispered messages of love to those
| for whom they died. These are the youngest
| born of the Nfobe of nations and over the IN sue
/ spreads the protecting 8gis or her love 10 snel
| ter them from the storms OF calumny anu t4e
| foul aspersions with which falsehOod seeks 10
attaint the shining record Of great ana prlceIesS
virtues. 80
deer, undyng gratitude, and tWlne q common
wreath tand drOpia universal tear OF reSfet, over
! their brilliant but untimely fatel .
| Let no rude scoffer invade the sanctity of the
| place. Let no skeptic i'll human sorrow or
! wonanly devotion, detile with his presence thlS
mournful occasion. We come not tor political
| purposes; we seek not to reviviy the Gead
| ashes of the past, or tear agape the meaning
wounds OF sectional strife but on MISSION Oh
| duty and love we come, with flowers and with
gratitude, with legacies Untouched OF war
! AS a simple offering to the Confederate Dead
! and wherever the light of Christianity shines
| Wherever true refinement and true culture or
| mind and heart exist there is hallowed SYM
| pathy with this labor OF love and exalted ap-
| prOval of the cause that produced it. Day des-
| tined to be ever memorable IN the annals OF
nI1rr fbn 13 hTA ST
battletried spirit '' crossed over the waters and
| rested beneath the shade of the trees forever"
| Beautiful incident in the history OF nations; ;
| grandest theme for the mastery art OF genius !;
best epitaph for the motives which prompted
| the zeal and heroism which inspired the Con-
| federate soldier. Glot has reserved 1or Jack
! son one of her immortal tablets, upon which
she will suffer ne other name to be written, and
had the South this one alone, it would outweigh,
n the scale of human greatness, ten thousand
| names that rest upon the keen edge of victo-
riOus sword their feeble claim to earthly honor;
| and while her people stand with uncovered
heads i'll the mOurnful presence OF such halloW-
| ed remembrances, unmoved by the storms OF
| calumny and persecution which would sweep
| way every ancient landmark, but still true
to the emulous example OF that great and good
| man, their souls gush forth in the rapturOuS
| melody of Britains sweetest bard,
81 love thee next to Heaven above,
| Land of my country, thee love;
And rail thY ISLANDERS as they Will,
| With all thy faults, love thee STILL
| Who then, shall say that these have died in
| vain? That this mighty sacrifice OF waller and
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the anniversary day of the eliminating mus
fortunes OF a great people and witness the I'M
perishatle influence of patriotic example. le1
him observe their fidelity under circumstances
the most trying that could afhIct them, ana
who can deny that they are strengthened by
the reflection that so many OF their country nle Il
| had fallen in defence OF principles for which
| they suffer in passive endurance. From every
field of blood, from every plain of death, they
derive fortitude to carry the offerings of con-
staDcy and fOrbearance to the altars upon
which such glorious o6latlons were laid. No
aAin nt,Nf+ of lty-P
10 destroy the Immortal spirit which patriotic
deeds inspire; Born TO outlive the monuments
that are invented to tarnish the lustre OF Its
fame,
:" It shall resist the empire of decay,
| Till time is DER and worlds passed away;
Cold in the dust the silent heart may lie,
But that which warmed it once CAN NEVER
DE-
These are the images which liberty dedicates
to immortality. Around them poesy loves to
| linger, and Ger them bends tho historic muse
| till every splintered shaft and broken coionade
/ is set with the brilIiants of her FURNISHED page.
| Happy warriors ! amidst incense breathing
! flowers, amidst every establishment with
| which delicate refinement and endless gratitude
| adorn their resting places, they sleep uncon-
| scious of the ruin and dCSolatiOn which have
| swept over their land. They know not that the
proud monuments of the past have been Ieveled
i'll the dust; that the bulwarks OF freedom are
broken; that constitutional restrictions disre-
garded, and that the voice of one mar Is the law
OF a republic; they know not that tragedy Weeps
over the scene of AppOmattox or that the beau
| blood is ''furled, folded, and rests" Their
souls have meyer y Re6588w e6588wSd Beneath degrading
yoke. Their names are breathed in magic yers(
traced in historic glory cherSted I;bds IN the
that bless the earth. Their virtues and their
| fidelity will silence the voice OF calumny and
| reinstate that sense of honor and love OF liber-
| tv which the mad carnival OF passion dethroned.
| The wounds of stiife will be healed and the pre-
| judiCes engenderCd of war forgotten amidst the
| common admiration OF North and South for
| their selt-sacrificing zeal and devotion The
| angel OF mercy Will drop the blessing OF lot
| giveneSs, and bury in a tomb as deep ana Wlde
as that one which hOids the priceless jewels OF
the South, the sal remembrances born OF strife.
! The smile of peace will once more rest U non
! familiar scenes. and the patriot OF che North
vie with the patriot of the South in generous
| rivalry for the triumph of her reign. fbe
shouts of the reaper shall be heard where the
mad uproar of battle prevailed, and the civic
| crown supplant the trophies OF desolating war.
Then come, as the earth grows bright be-
meath the influence OF spring, when plains are
covered with vcrdure and with flowers, when
naked forests are rObed in mantle OF green,
and believe that, as the gloom of winter was sue
! ceeded by the animatian of spring, SO shall this
dark night OF despair be iohoWeq DE q DAY OF
splender and joy Leave IL yonder ouSy mart
the cares of life and feast the soul upon the ban
| euet of faith in which those trusting warriors
died. Strew their graves with flowers, unNeil
the statue which is to celebrate, as twin-bOrn,
| labor and love- 1t shall gleam i'll to-morrow's
no less . memorial to the virtues of our
Southern dead, than to the patient toll ard
beautiful devotion OF the woman of the South.
She has never taltered in her high and holy
| purpose. Amid the chaos OF var, amid th Z
| wreck of laws and convulssOns OF society her
I chaste and changelcss love has been the one
| bright ray which has shed halo OF glory over
the ruins of all the rest. With true Spartan tdeli-
ty to the solemn obligations she owed her country
| she sent forth those on whom were fixed the ten
deresI affections of her noble heart. She made
! the cohliered banner and gave 10 the hardy
warrior tnt invincible herOism which is born
only, OF the inspiration of woman. At the
CoucLl oi tHe u5ng soldier she ever waited as
tanged pIsltaIrs, @nd Ger his bier ever wept in
Wolndhly soIIOW' md when the dirge of defeat
sent It's % notes tnr0ug} the land when men with
Stil 10 heir arms in cold indlffer
Shce 10 lnelr late Wlnn the funeral pile of
law and liberty was heapd on high; when woe
and want and meagre fs.nina Sio+ed on f}a
fields OF her fame: woman in that fearful
nour, unaPpalled by the horrors IN at darElcned
around her, commenced the cOnseCrated lah01.
OF preserving the legacies which glory left har
Amid difficulties that would have deferred :Iav
| but her heroic spirit. i'll the face of q scofYirsy
| victor; under the pressure of want, labored on
till her heavenly work of loye and gratitude was
! own beauteous land. Oh hers il more than d
labor of love, and ours more than aQtbt OF graft
tude. We may unveil the monument WlGctgshe
gives to the dead. eulogiZe their waller, apgetrO-
last, but to unYen the holy passions which
prompted this hallowed works not within the
| power oflangRage or the gift Of thogght.
! Noble woman! though thy lGTe1 southland
is white,with graves, drenched III patriots blood,
and heavy with calanitousgriefytls It's tar dearer,
| beauttied with thy presence, to the chivalrens
| the spoilers treasures. Possessed OF immaculate
| love, though the voices OF her gifted sons are
| hushed, and their impassiOped eloquence*ls
| heard no longer in the council halls OF the ma
ton; though minstrelsy chants the requiem of
perished greatness, her name and deeds shall
| continue to be the delight of the historians pen
! till - jarring worlds and crashing spheres are
mingled in universal ruin.
Al the conclusion Of the address, anOthe'
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