The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-01-23
CAPT. VIM. B. ALLEN.
Remarks Of Col. S. z. Rose on Deliv.
ering His Sword to His Father
on the 18th Of March, le47.
Memorial Service at Lawrenceburg.

ering His Sword to His Father
on the 18th Of March, 1s47.
| Memorial Service at LawTenceburg.
The remains of Capt. VIM. B. AL
len, the gallant hero of Monterey,
arrived at Lawrenceburg on Satur
day, March 18th, 1847, and memo
rial services were held at the un
yelling of a monument erected to
his memory on the l7th. Hundreds
of comrades and friends assembled
to, participate in the ceremonies.
Col. ). +. Rose, now Pulaski, was
chief Marshal and orator OF the
day, and A. 5. Alexander, A O.
Richardson, and Thos. C. Ramsey
were Assistant Marshals, The two
latter young men were the heroes of
she houss each having lost an arm
at the battle of Monterey, where
their heroic leader fell. At the
close of ceremonies Col. Rose deliv
cred the sword Of Capt. Allen to his
father, Gen. r. Ii. Allen, with the
following remarks:
ADDRESS OF COL. ROSE.
Ladies and Gentlemen: | have
been honored to day with wearing
the sword of VIM. b. Allen. Lam
guage would fail to portray my feel
ings or express the deep emotion of
my heart. | received this sword
with the pride of a soldier, and
wear it with the devotion of Ia
friend. Yes, this goodly sword,
with which the gallant Allen has
written his name upon the tablets
of immortal memory and engraved
1t upon the columns OF the temple
of fame-me thinks can see in i'm
agination this sword in the heat and
front OF the batUle-there it flashed
the harbinger of victory. Yes, gal
liant hero; well hast thou made thy
pledge t. thy father true, that this
sword should never be dishonored."
1t has returned not dishonored, but
w~eathed with immortal laurels-
aye, decked with the gem that valor
wins. What a sublime picture the
m-AJ draws. OF tins youthful hero
with his gallant band rushing on
midst the thickest of the fight to
glory and TO victory.
Onward-still on-they nobIy pressed,
To win the meei of high renown,
And as the noble warriors crest
Was blending with his laurel crown,
The gallant Allen low was laid;
But cen in deaths brief agony,
He shook on high .his battle blade.
And shouted y"Onwardr' ''Victoryr 4
But he Is no more. He is dead, yet
he lives-lives in the memory of
his countrymen, cherished in the af
fections of all who knew him. AL
though his manly form lies low in
death, his manly virtues, his tower
ing talents, his brilliant example
shall continue to abide in the mem
ory of the living. The history of
his short but brilliant career shall
be the theme of the orator, and be
sung in numbers of the patriot
bard. But we have come to bury,
not to praise him. He needs no
eulogy; his name shall brighten
with the lapse of years, and grow
brighter as centuries roll on.
He left the endearments of home
the hallowed scenes of his early |
emembrance-father, mother, broth |
ers, sisters, all, to fight the battles
Of his country in a distant land. |
where he fell without a relative to
mourn his untimely fall or hold his |
dying head. But no more shall the
night winds of that hostile cline |
sing his sad requiem-no more shall
San Joan sigh her melancholy lula
by to his departed spirlt-no more
shall the rude chapparal wave its
sombre branches over the fallen
brave, for Leon has given up her
dead, and friendships hand has
borne him far back to his native
home, to be embosomed in the silent
grave, where a mothers tears will
bedew the sod that covers his last
remains; where prayers of his father
shall make vocal the air that encir
cles his lOwly bed; where brothers,
sisters, friends, shall from the deep
Of the heart their grateful
tribute OF compassion pay.
And Friendship thy tomb shall rear,
Since glory thou hast won;
And freedoms sell shall hover near,
To weep her fallen son.
Venerable sir, | now return to you
,he sword of your gallant son. 1t
will go down in your family as
sacred heirloom, and posterity shall
hold it in the high estimation it so
richly deserves.
THE above facts and address are
to us by a friend who obs
tanned the facts from copy of the
Lawrenceburg Times, dated March
18th, lS47, and the address from
the Nashville Politician, dated April
I'd, 1S47-to whom we offer our
thanks.-EDIToR CITIZEN.