The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-29
and not il, the vain belief that shsy con- pIs.
herd even Che half Of these sad btt briiiianss

have exhausted the TesoHrcesN az en% 'asss
guage In picturing its actors ana its scenes
and In celebrating the real, and TOO frequently
the fictitious. exploits which the Union troops
performed. <t.-r,.u,.
fortunes of the war, 1t was, as Mr.. sWinton
styles 1t, athe high:water marx OF tne re-
bellion." It was indeed, what the historian
Hsllam so finely says Of the victory won Dy
Charles Martel over the invading Saracens
between ToRfs a8A R0ttiers, zone Oh tnose
few battles Of which the contrary event
would have essentially varied the orama Q,
the world in all It's subsequent scenes.
For had the grand assault on Cemetery
Ridge beea compensated by results proper,
toned to the genius which direcaed ao9
the courage which made II, Baitimofe anu
Washington would have been its Prizes
foreign recognition its reward, ana tne eseao-
lishnaent Of the Confederate states as an
iudepeadent nation its final frnitage. GtE
On. the Ala day -of. July. 1858, the tele.
graphic wires were fishing with the news;
houfires and Joyous. bells were welcoming
the tidirtcs that Pemberton had stacked
arms before Grant at Vicksburg., and that
Lee had been repulsed by Mesde at Gettys.
burg, At once dependent hearts were
elated; clamorous peace.men were sttenced
distracted councils were harmonized q de
yided people were united. The rich, popu.
Ions. world-assisted North stood iniphalapx
against the thin, impo yerished and beleaguer.l
ed people Of the South. The policy Of at
triton was ina'igurated, and henceforth the
straggle-though radiant with all the Vir-i
tues that beroism, skill. and self.sacrif1ce
could put forth-was only q contest between
the sands Of the hour.glass and time.
while these causes have couspired to di.
rect the eyes of the world to the field of Get
tysburg they made 1t to US sore surject,
reyiying sorrow for "the unreturnipg brave"
who fell there, increasing the poignancy Of
defeat by the contrast between the bright
promise of the first day and the disastrous
realizations OF the third, and bringing to
mind the sad refrain: u -aaa -.
1. OF all sad words OF tongue or pen
The saddest are these-it might have been.n
Therefore its glorious annals have been neg.
Iected on our side; criticism and censures
upon gallant and worthy officers have gone
unchallenged. and as yet no hand has UNI
folded the graphic scroll that shall tell to
time the deeds which are worthy of eternity.
Let no Confederate shrink before the name Of
Gettysburg because it was dark with disas-
ter aud bitter with disappointment.
The gallant French IMAM :bfushes for, Sedan
and Meg The blush Of shame, but With us
the cheek may we'll glow with honest pride
as we recall the fact that. on the day of our
misfortnnes the flame ofiiberty was fed with
the richest libation ever poured upon her al.
tlrs, aud glory opened to the Confederate
brotherhood who gathered around them the
doors Of Immortality. The open eld,sover
which the unsheltered heroes moved tell
more eloquently than tie emblszoned page
of history the tale Of their devotion. aud the
everlasting hills Of Cemetery Ridge raise
aloft TO heaven the records OF the everlast.
Ing fame. 81 tI,. -. I s ,1- 10
OF Pericles pronounced In memory ofathe
Athenians who fell 10 the Samian war {:
"They are become immortal, like the geds,
for the gods them. elves are, not visible to Us,
but from the honors they receive and sthe
happiness they ENJOY we conclude they are
immortal; and such should these brave men
be who die for their country"
Nor let the Confederate shrink before that
critic who, from the serene atmosphere Of bis
ssnctum, steps forth to pluck laurel from
the reputation of that great commander who
TO think of. With the fall of Vicksburg i'm
ed this Herculean effort. With the spirit of
hrayely stood the hazard of the die. BY the
very audacity Of bis well.aimed stroke he de-
serYed-by the steady heroism of Picketts
men be- wellnigh won-and only by series
of those curious accidents which in the game
OF war confound the wisdom of the wise
did he lose that GROWING triumph which his
n
win. -,.......
THE INDUSTRIOUS AND CoNGENIAL SPIRIT.
cit was all my fault" said he; but not
such will be the verdict of the just historian
vino with clear eye and steady hand shall
trace through the tumultuous and sanguina.
~ incidents of the day the course Of him
who, after exposing bis person to all the dan.
gers Of the fray, would cruelty bis own illus.
trious name, and make that reputation, more
precious than life itself, vicarious sacrifice for
bis iieutenants and his men.
And when the moralist seeking the high
est example Of what is heroic and grand In
action AMI tnartyrlike 10 spirit that be may
erect before humankind model that shall
warm its fuest fancies and excite its highest
aspirations be shall tind it in the person of
Robert E. Lee upon the summit of Seminary
Ridge. the mount of his con6guration,
where, sublimating all earthly Instincts, the
divinity Ia bis bosom shone traDslu-
cent through the man, and bis spirit rose up
into the godIike. And the day shall dawn
when here in the Capitol Square we shall
look again upon the warriors form and face
moulded 10 perennial bronZe--shall see him
once more mounted ON Traveller, his battle
steed, the seeming image of majecty and vic
tory. And here the eye of the wayfarer,
the pilgrim, and the pltrios shall grow
brighter as it contemplates with one glance
o, good gray head, WHICH all men knew,
g iron nerve TO r ,S, OCCASION trgs
Which stood f5ursqnare oall the Winds that blew.
BOT once or twice IN our states rich story -,
Let his great example Sand s1'' 1900
Coossal-seeu Of every land, $50 ,..'
feu IN iii lands and ,hro O. ali human story -
The path Of Guty be the way to glory =
From many and many an age proclaim, As's'S
Al civic reYet ant pomp and game,
And when The long -iumined cities Anne,
Their ever loyal iron leaders, fame, 's.:.- = ~
with honor, honor, honor, honor to him
Eternal honor to hts name. aa s'@s +"
Major Daniel was frequently interrupted
with loud and prolonged applause, and was
cheered to the echo when he took his seat.
General Barry then made some stirring
remarks, 10 which ne spoke of the proud
privilege njoyed by these sold 'ers OF having
fought for the principles Of Washington
and been the comrades OF Jackson and Lee,
and said that as we have Washington and
Jackson In bronze we must now have an
equestrian statue Of Lee. " e
de gave some account Of the turning over
Of the statue Of jackson to Virginia, and
offered the following resolutions I; which
were unaninaousiY adopted =