Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-31

boy scarcely n1teeDi see bis TAR BAR aud blue
eyes; lis ht art was pierced az he pIsutcd t.
peuooo Of Plcke"'s division on rbc hciYh.s Of
Gettysburg. Th,rc 8 youth u the full viycr
Of young manhood; be fell IS BrrcfIuiidpc
sui!eny reir:ated from Shiloh. Oh moth.
er, was he your SOL? God bind W your
broken hesI; be waits fer you on the other
side OF the river under the shade of the tree,
where SonewsIl Jackson rests. And there,
erect and cain, rides Sidney JeLb>ton, whore
smile desth RESPECTS, and whose heart was a.
pure az the flowers which sprsus fr0a bis
blood. Add these gray hai:s. all b j .hbci
With blood aud o. zlug brain. crowaed al Oh
nau who came from The mountain h0ma in
Virginia after all the sons had tailcu. AID. &C.
teriug the reserves, tell az be best back the last
charge at the salt works; and to day 10 TIT
desDIare uruotsin bone wai.S moherI,ss
widow for the tardy summons te complete tie
heavenly group.
And this IS the gallant boy Pelham" aal
this Stuart, and these without arms the victims
of prison a1d hospital. sud these the murdered
by prefer 8, If military commission and car :.
law, and tnes: the brokeu-heartei. whom e ]
uercifully led through the valley II the sra ios
| OF death to i9iB the beloved.
Who is this sith droOuiug plume hui 'irtei
is our own Morgao, and with him snd AROUND
him. those we loved. Mar by are HansoG asd
Mocroe and johnson, and c.uuGt see mg
comrades, Tor these are those loved. s0G tears
blind tho eyes. Mothers Of ksutuchy, these
are your sous; widows, your husbands; dsueh.
tiers. your fatners Above US and around US
these spirits sspcIty this days work As you
bend over to place the wsrs 90 these graves,
loved spirits bend over you AMI h4ow the
| work. Let Us r, cevc The bcssing aud take it
into our hearts aod resolve TO low the right
cherish the truth, be ready to dc for liberty
as even these loved ones dido
10 the women OF the South co words .! mine
can give honor. There they stand st the oar
Of human history clad 10 the sc.ut h4bIIineat-
| OF mourning, holding by the haod these tan
ors, and htlug theie faces upward. pToc,in!
| that hey are their sons ald f.,h,s aud hu,-
| bands, and that whatever Of gusit has been IN
CURED Is commou guilt, and thar Tor this !rea'
| SOD, home aud c, mfuft aud heart have been
chrertuy sscr'6cri
Young msidens 20 sit by the feet Of some
Southern matt on and listen rs sbe tells you ~!
Of The sacrifices Of th ose four years, and yet how
GOD Ysye her coursg- and strength 10 Oear /. 81,
and then rise w 10 i've the life Of perfect We.
mar hood.
six and twenty centuries ago the Messisnic
| Prophet looking down the entire course vi time.
| said to ever' lovIr sorrowIny heart, Thy dead
| shall live :" Awake aud sing ye inst
dwell in dust; for thy dew IS the dew o. HERDS.
| and the earth snail cast out The dead d" Md 10.
day On this exquisite spring ef.ernoon, standing
| at the head OF these graves. l re'e:ho this an
cient prophecy. Take it in sll It's sig iGtaG,e
Our dead live-live in their heroic cDurAge in
their tsndsr manhood. in THAR noble devotion,
in their absolute set.sscrtce, III their drslhl",s
love Of il erty, in th-'r uCenchie5s hatred ol
wrong. They are our dead and their honor /;
our honor; IDsir heehse our defense thar
graves our Gale 80 year by y"rr We will honor
their graves srd to. CD our children - honor
their lives ard deaths and memory. We
viii hold their fame dear - our h-srt.; W.
will leave to our Children the prIcee=s heritage
of their glory; We will strive 10 perpsLu,tp and
make universal that liberty for watch They died.
We bury in their eraves nil i'm placa5 ity, bat
We renew in this sacred place snd this nurmst
and awful presence Our solemn profession that
we love Liberty hey ond sli earthly treasures.
and that we will honor those VINO died IN ncr
defense.
and as wa lecsll the immortality accorded
to these loved ones arise aAd slhg IN lhejoY
of that certain reunion with them which the tu
ture has in store.