The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-02
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When grief's fnl heart isreu-py fame
! .'Here in this battle-crowned capital Of
our ancient Commonwealth shall the men
that wore the gray yearly gather and recall
the names Of those who went forth to battle
at the bidding Of Virginia who now lie
sleeping on the bosom of that mother. who,
not unmindful for their valoH not migrate
full for their filfal devotion, shall keep for
ever bright the spendor Of their deeds
"'Till earth, and seas, and skies are rended,
s.No Painted Porch is here like that OF
descendants Of the men who had followed
Miltiades to victory might trace the glories
of their Marathon-no cleaning Chapelle
des Invalides with the light flaming through
gorgeous windows on tattered flags OF bat
tle-no grand, historic Abbey like that Of
England, where hard by the last resting
place OF her princes and her kings sleep the
great soldiers who have writ glorious names
high upon their country's roll with the
point Of their stainless swords. Nay, none
OF these are hers. Only the frosty stars to.
night keep solemn watch and ward above
the wind-swept graves Of those who from
Potomac to James, from Rapidan to Appo-
mattox, yielded up their lives that they
might transmit to their children the heritage
received from their fathers.
Weep on Virginia. weep the lives given to thy cause
In vain;
The stawart sons who ne'er shall heed thy trumpet
The homes whose light Is quenched for aye; the
graves without q stone:
The folded flag, the broken sword. the hope forever
flown.
Yet raise thy head, fair land thy dead died brayey
for the Right.
The folded flag Is stainless STILL the broken sword is
bright!
No blot is on thy record found, treason soils thy
fame.
Nor can disaster ever dim the lustre Of thy name.
"Pondcring in her heart all their deeds and
words, Virginia calls us, her surviving sons,
from weak regrets and womanish laments
to the contemplation Of their virtues, bid
ding us, in the noble words Of Tacitus, to
honor these men not SO much with transi-
tory praises as with our reverence, and il
our powers permit us, with our emulation
"Reminding her children who were faith
ful to their colors that the reward Of one
duty IS the power to fulfil another she
points to the tasks left unfinished when
the nerveless hands dropped over the spot
less Shields and with imperious love claims
fealty no less devoted in these days Of
peace than that accorded her in days Of war.
Granted this, surely a great future is yet to
be hers. / claim no vision Of seer or pro-
phet, yet fancy that even now I descry
the faint dawn Of that day which thousands
wait on with expectant eyes, when all this
land, still the fairest on the globe, this land
which has known so long what old Isaiah
itly termed the dimness oianguish' shall
grow glad again in the broad sunlight OF
prosperity, and from Allegheny to Chesa-
peake shall resound the hum and STIR Of
busy life, when yonder noble roadstead,
where our iron-clad Virginia" reyolu-
tionized the naval tatics OF two continents,
shall be whitened by many foreign sail,
and when you, her children, shall tunnel
those grand and hoary mountains whose
every pass Lee and old Stonewall have
made forever historic by matchless skill
and daring.
"Thus, comrades, assured of q heroic
past, stirred by great hope for her future,
may we tonight reecho the cry OF Richmond
on Bosworth field:
"sNow civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again
That she may long live here, God say amcn.,"
siastic and prolonged applause and cheers.
and the officers Of last year General w. 81.
F. Lee, president) were unanimously re-
elected.
The Banquet.
at the St. Claire Hotel, which followed, was
a most splendid affair. The bill Of fare was
most tempting one, embracing all OF the
delicacies OF the season; and after the good
things were disposed OF the regular toasts
were read and responded to as follows:
/. The Confederate Soldier: When his.
tory "from her glittering staff shall unfold
the imperial ensign Of truth, bright upon
its ample folds for heroic deeds will shine
the record of the Confederate soldier.
General T. NJ. Logan.
9. The Infantry: The body Of the army
in numbers; the power OF the army in COM
bat; the example of the army in devotion
MajorJ. W. Daniel.
8. "Nothin' to eat for betteren three
days" "Has y0UanS seen anything ol
weuns' spider-wagon NJ"
Judge F. r. Farrar.
4. The Cavalry; "The knightliest Of the
knightly race, who since the days Of old
have kept the lamp OF chiyalry alight in
hearts of gold.''
Captain John Lamb.
). :" Buttermilk or Blood"
Captain Thomas Whitehead.
6. The Artillery: "Hurry up the guns"
With rolling wheels and rafting peal they
thunder in battle chorus.
Captain j. Hampden Chamberlayne.
T. The artillery: Vox ct praterea
nihil p" Little, but loud"
Sergeant Carlton Mccarthy.
s. Our Dead: The epitaph OF the soldier
who falls with his country is written in the
1nytn ri n m
honor the brave.
Rev. A. w. Weddell.
After the regular toasts o number OF
volunteer toasts were given. The brs1
offered by General B. L. johnson, was rs
follows
The Orator of the Day: AS Athens had
her Thucydides, as the Peninsular had Its
Napier, so the Army OF Northern Virginia
presents to the world its Gordon McCabe.
The speeches were admirable, wit, humor
and eloquence flowed apace, and all voted
it grand occasion.
AN INCIDENT
OF the Confederate army meeting last nigh
was the loud applause with which tht
/" boys who wore the gray greeted grace
full eulogy upon the gallantry OF Fedora
lieutenant and sergeant at the battle OF th'
Crater.
| ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN HIS
ToRIcAL SOcIETY.-This meeting will bs
held at 8 O'Clock tonight In the hall OF the
| House of Delegates. The annual report
| will be read, several brief addresses are ex.
pected, and other matters of interest vii
claim attention. a full attendance is ex
Epected. g