The New York herald., 1875-10-27


aueuries 81 the future greet you, andin the
name and BY authority OF Virginia ! bid you all aud
each welcome 10 her capital With mothers tears
and love with ceremonies 10 he chronicled in her
archives and transmitted 20 the latest posterity the
Commonwealth this day emblazons the virtues and
consecratcs in endearing bronze tho image or her
mighty dead Not for herself alone but for the sister
States whose he led in war Virginia accepts and
she will personally preserve the sacred trust now
signed to her perpetual custody Not Tor the Southern
people only, but for every citizen of whatever
section Of the American Republic this tribute
TO illustrious virtue and genius Is transmitted
10 the coming ages, to be cherished 1t
viii be with national pride as one Of the noblest me-
MORALS Of a common heritage of glory. Nay in every
country and for a mankind "Stonewall" Jackson's
OF unconscious hcroism will 60 down an in
spration teaching the power OF courage and conscience
and faith directed TO the glory OF God AS this tribute
has sprung from the admiration and sympathy OF kin
dred hearts IN another continent as the eyes OF Chris
tendon have been turned TO behold the achievemans
OF the man, so will the heroic life here enshrined
radate back TO the remotest bounds Of the world the
lessons lie example has taught
Ii speaks 10 our fellow citizens OF the North, and
wing anmosites OF the bloody past, Il commands
their respect for the yaor the manhood the integrity
and honor Of the people of whom this Christian warrior
was representative type and champion
II speaks to stricken brethren OF the South
bringing back his sublime simplicity and faith, his
knghtly and Incorruptible fidelity to each engagement
Of duty. and IL stands an enduring admontion and
guarantee that shall the sun reverse It's course
in the heavens than his comrades and his compatrot
people shall recreant TO the parole and contract
Of honor which binds them in the fealty OF eenen 10
the constitution and union OF the states.
II speaks with equal voice TO every portion or the
common reunited country warning all that impartial
justice and impartial right to the North
aud to The South the only pillars on
which the arch OF the federal union
can securely rest It represents that unbought spirit
OF honor which prefers death degradation and
feels stain than wound, which is the stern nurse OF
ircemen, the avengng genius Of liberty, and which
governed at the strength and glory OF the gov
ernment II stands forth mute protest before the
world against that rule of tyrans which, wanting faith
in the instincts OF honor. would repress and degrade
brave and proud but unfortunate people, which would
bid them repent in order TO be forgiven OF such deeds
and achievements heroes rejoice TO perform, and
such the admiration of mankind in every age has
covered with glory. Let the spirit and design with
which we erect this memorial to-day admonsh our
whole country that the actual reconciliation OF the
States must come and far as honorably IN us hes,
shall come; but that its work will never be complete
until the equal honor and equal liberties OF each sec
tion shall be acknowledged, vndicated and maintained
by both We have buried the strifes and passions OF
the past; perpetuate impartial honor TO whom
honor is due and STOPPING to resent no criticism we
stand with composure and trust ready TO greet
every token OF just and constitutional paclncauoh;,
Then let this statue endure, attesting to the world
for and children honor, homage reverence for
the heroism OF our past, and at the same time the
knightest fidelity TO obligations OF the present and
the future Let 1t endure as symbol OF the respect
which both sections viii accord TO the ustrious dead
or EACH signyng not that either will ever be pre-
pared to apologize the other but that while calmly
differing as the past, neither will dehle its record,
viii assert It's manhood, its rectitude and It's
honor and both will equally and Jointly strive TO con-
sodate the liberty and the peace the strength and the
glory of common and indssolublc country Let u
endure perpetual expression OIL tnat WOTlu-Wluc
sympathy with greatness which prompted noble
q gilt from Great Britain 20 Virginia; and let.ts
preservation attest the gratitude OF the commonwealth
to those great gentlemen of England who orig
mated and procured II MS tribute 10 the memory OF
her son. Let this statue stand with It's mute
eloquencc, to inspire our men with patriotic fervor
and to maintain the prolific power OF the Common
wealth in bringing forth men OF old Let Virginia,
behodlng her past in the light OF event. heart
and rejoice in her future. Mother Of States, bowed IN
sorrow with bosom bruised and wounded with gar
rent and rolled in blood arise and dash away all
tearsl No stain dims your gltering escutcheonl
brow be lifted up with the glad consciousness
of unbroken pride and unsulled honorl Demand and
complete possession OF your ancient place IN the
ssterhood Of States and forward to the great ies
tiny which, in virtue Of the older and the later days
belongs 10 the Commonwealth Of Virginia II is IN no
spirit Of mourning ii is with the stern joy and pride
which beht this day Of heroic memories, that naugu-
rate these ceremonies in the name Of the people The
euogist Of the dead the OF the day claims
your attention. Lend him your present him,
the companion and friend OF Jackson, the reverend
man OF God, Moses d. Hoge
SPEECH MOSES HooR.
The Rev MOSES u. HoGE, the orator of the day. then
spoke as follows
We're permitted at this moment to consult my own
wishes would bid the thunder of the cannon and the
acclamatons of the people announce the unvelng OF
the statue and then when with hearts beating with
comminged emotions or love and grief and admiration
had contemplated this last and nobest creation oi
the genius OF the great sculptor the ceremonies OF this
august hour should end In attempting TO commence
my Grafton | iorcibly reminded OF the altering
words with which Bossuet began his splendid eulosy
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open my lips to celebrate the immortal glory Of the
Prince of Conde feel myself equally overwhelmed by
the greatness OF the theme and the needcssness of the
task What part the habable world has heard of
his victories and the wonders Of his ies Everywhere
they rehearsed. HIS own countrymen in extoing
them, give information even 10 the stranger
And although | may remind you OF them, yet every
thing could say would be anticipated by your
thoughts and should suffer the reproach OF falling far
below them"
THIS day we inaugurate a era We lay the cor
stone of new Pantheon IN commemoration Of our
80 hA..N ~
who the immortal personaon OF our Confederate
cause and whose genius illumned the great contest
which has recently ended which made epoch not only
In country but IN that of the age We assert
monopoly in the glory OF that leader II was his
happy lot TO command even while he lived, the respect
admiration of right minded and right hearted men
in every part OF this and OF all lands. 1t Is his
distinction to receive the homage Of those who
differed with him the questions which lately rent
this Republic twain from ocean to ocean. From the
North aud from the South from the East and from the
West, men have gathered on these grounds to-day,
widely divergent in their views social, political and
religious topics and yet they find an attraction which
concentrates their regard upon one name place
where their hearts Unexpectedly touch each other and
II was this attractive moral excellence which winning
the admiration Of the brave and pure on the other side
OF the sea- prompted them 70 enlist the genius oi one OF
tho greatest modern sculptors ashoning the
we have met to inaugurate this day.
EUROPEAN APPRECIATION
II singular and striking illustration OF the world
wide appreciation Of his character that the first statue
OF Jackson comes from abroad and that while the
monument to own Washington and the cngies Of
those who surround him erected by order Of
the Commonwealth this memorial is The tribute OF the
admiration and love Of those who his face
and who we're bound 10 him by no ties save those
which common sympathy for exalted worth estab-
fishes between the souls Of magnanimous and heroic
men. We accept this magnificent gilt all the more
gratefully because IL comes from men OF kindred
and kindred hearts as the expression of their good
will and sympathy for people we'll Of their adj
mraton Tor the genius aud characteristics Of our Illus
hero We accept Il the visible symbol OF the
ancient friendship which existed in colonial times be-
tween Virginia and the mother country. We accept 1t
prophecy OF the incoming Of British settlers TO
spalsely populated territory, aud hail it pleasing
for the future that the rebuilding of our shattered
fortunes should be aided by the descendants of the
who laid the foundations OF this Commonwealth We
accept II pledge Of the peaceful relations which,
trust will exist between Great Britain and the
coniederated Empire formed by the states Of America
In the first memorial discourse that delivered after
his amcnted death, the question was asked "How did
II happen that man who recently known to but
a small circle, aud TO them only laborious punct-