Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-15

tate, but gave their lives as an Oh ing
u, on her alIaTs. To-day they sleep on
distant battle.helds. "unwept, %unhOnoTed
and unsung,p save Ia the hearts OF their
cOuntrymen; and until the State IS able
by suitable action, 70 recognize the ser.
vices OF our dead heroes, ! cannot consent
to make the distinction in favor OF any
civ iliau.
Mr.. Reid, OF Coahoma sail: That while
no one revered the memory Of Governor
McRRe moe than he, s,ill he saw no rea
son why this resolution should pass. Il
was true that association had a great de al
10 do IN rendering dear to US those no
are de ad, and for tits reason he could az.
preciate the motives which actuated the
gentlemen from Clark, Chicksaw and
Monroe, who were associated in life with
Tue illustrious dead, and hoped that he
would be given credit OF being actuated
by the same pure motives In saying, that
50 long as he had comrades sleeping be.
meath tue lnhOspitable soil on which the
battle ul Gettysburg was fought, and th at.
too, beneath the walls OF the cemetery
erected u the dead Of the, then enemy
While ter graves were unmarked and, In
many Instances, unnOtiCed, he would not
consent 10 take the money which was
wrest,d by the tax gathercr from the
widows AMI orphans OF the Confederate
49, - efllfAA - wa u ullh tIIlN ~ l#
bil'ging back the remains Of one who now
sleeps IN a friendly sell, merely because
h" was bOnOred in lite BY the citizens VI the
state. lie did not think it lust, either t.
Ia se VINO slept, as the gentleman from.
I ppaA had SAID, III unknown graves, "uu.
wcpt, unapnOICG and unsung," save b.
thtir comrades aud friends, or 10 the
Widows md mDthc.s aud orphans Of the
GCad. That 1t We had any mo ncy to a..
t.tttTItlE Ia fIs Ttal ,p. 81 ,.I ..-.'
At II IN erecting 4 mprUmen' To- the dead
Il Mis- issippi, VINO tel, not in sechin.
ncaitn, b / IL defending the .|iyCrLic, arC
rights Il their STATE.
SIR. Marshall, ui Warren, said
Nj, Spt ker-l rise 10 ~ cost that tIa
distinguished gcnllenau whu mas las.
81 oxen has done Injustice, uGintcnti0na,.
=, 10 doubt, 10 the gentleman from Tin.
pan. The latter said In substance that the
Mis.issIppians who lay dead upon the
Held here they tell in battle, were unre.
corded save In the hearts Of their country.
men, As fr this resolution, | should be
glad II II were practicable tor us 10 honor
ourselves by lay ing In the soil 81 our State
at our Capital, Ur some other suitable
pace, the ieAaius OF all our noble sons
which now are scattered in other lands
But IN doing honor 10 ourselves by pre-.
serving the sacred bones Of our dead, we
must "" JUSTICE 10 tue UNlng-tle lmpOH.
crushed taX.pai ers Ut the state. without
rejecting upon the services ct the distin.
gulshcd gentleman named in these rcso.
Iutipns, mAintai that the memories OF
the unnum cred soldiers VI Mississippi
wh gave up their lives , rtheir state, and
whose namcs are fading away with US, are
more deserving Ut such a tiibu'e than that
"i any man whatever whose services cor.
sls,c Of the discharge Of mis- duty as a
civil cl'!rcr. T. my Il ind, the mob est Of,
th'm all was the ppn! private soldier who
VITA at rank ar position to induce him.
wtnt knowingly to ms death unsustained
ave by the consciousness uf duty We,
d NJ. "NOhlCr love hath ~ man, than
that he gives ny b life iur another
Wn u We shall be ahie 10 enter upun TINS
ia lowed tax IN n systematic way, with.
out di;tlnrtion, | shall advocate Me meas.
IRE.