Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-17

ia WV " AetiPW- ipNlt altNat VI luEu
| may be absent, you will boar with YOU tu
he sac d graves OF our s.eeplng heroes
the homage and admiration OF one VINO his
served, and VIII loves 81 well TO do honor
TO those who gave up tAeir lives In de-
Tense OF all tn 10 dear 10 every Southern
he Art. Am, fellow com rades, gratefully,
your obcdient ervant. =
d. W II OwRRREE.
Judge Warren COwan then delivered
an eloquent aud appropriate address,
which we regret we cannot pint In
tull, this morning, on account Of unu-
sual press Of matter. Alter a beautiful
exordium aud some general remarks,
he said:
~ remember three Of th1se whose re-
mains l believe we're buried In this n
terry. One iron messenger Of death sum
mOned all three at the came time. One Of
them whom l carried from our lIne on
yonder bill with his body tOrn asunder by
q Parrot she'll, his forehead corrugated
with agony, and lips NJ ashen hue, said to
ne as l laid him In the shade OF Q tree 10
breathe his last, Get some one to write
TO my mother and tell her how 1 died.
This ls but one OF the many similar
scenes witnessed BY our soldiers during
The war upon every battlefield Of the
country from Pennsylvania to Texas, from
Missouri to south Carollna.n
he claimed t"at but tor the accidents OF
birth aud circumstance, many OF those
who were the m ,st gallant ConiederalCs
would have been In the Fed raj army, a. d
many OF the best UniOn soldiers would
have been sleeping Ia these humble graves.
This 10 beginning 10 be reanzed and the
prejudlces aud ill-feellng ENGINEERED by
the war, am gla1 TO say, are fast evapO.
rating, and b we almost disappeared, and
although, my comrades, We gnoH that the
Confederate banner, which we fOllnwed so
often TO glOrl0us Victory, went down, al
last, In blood and tears. 10 defeat, and has
been sadly furled, let me assure YOU that
there 10 q pure white banner floating
proudly owe US, q banner bOrne alOlt BY
invisible hands which iS' Impervi Ne TO
shot and shell. No army IL strong enough
to cap ure this banner, or so formidable as
to strike terror to he hearts OF lie defend
ere Justice, Ne cy, ChArit,, Faith,
outrage, Truth and Virtue are inscribed
10 letters VI living light upon Its ample
folds.
II 10 ever moving US on TO duty In the
paths Of peace, Which load to the great
White ThrOn,, around which the COnied.
crate and the Federal soldiers MAJ be
found standing side b. side, 4 N In arm,
Singing songs OF praise TO the Most High
the God OF battles and the God Of peace.
Under this banner not only powerful men
and great warriors are marching, but the
beautiful, good and noble womtn OF our
talr land are enlisted, and under 1t we can
all march on, and on, ana on to victory
and glory forever.
A PROPULSION OF FLOWERS,
the emblems of love, memory and hope
were strewu over the humble graves.
Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with %garlauds, those brothers
OF ours,
Lying so silent, by night and by day,
Sleeping the ears Of their manhood away,
Years they had marked Tor the JOYS Of the
brave,
Years they must waste 10 the mOuldering
All the bright laurels they waited to
bloom,
Fell from heir hopes when they fell from
the tomb.
Give thin he need they have wOn In the
past;
Give them the hohors their future fore.
Give them the chaplets they won In the
strIIe,
Give them the laurels they lost with their
life,
over them oVer--yes. cover them over
Parent, husband, brother and lOVeTl
Crown IN your hearts those dead heroes
OF ours,
And cover them over with beautiful fOw-
On the return to the city the Volun.