Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-17

mood OF DAYS tnaU dIS Ho uIoiO. 1uo
sign will be q wordful admonitlon, its
every stone an exhortation, not to per-
petuate sectional luminosity and strife,
but to keep alive the fire of patriotism
and to cultivate in our warm hearts some
thing more than sterile admiration Tor
those who offered up their young lives
by our sides in the dark hours OF danger
and civil connection.
This monument by loving hands upreared,
To memory by thousand ties endeared
But family serves their deathless worth to tell
Whose blood believed the land they loved so well;
A nobler record their grand lives have given,
Stamped on our hearts and registered in heaven
At what precise hour of time this shaft,
though consecrated with thy approving
smile, will be Frustrated in the dust,
thou knowest, o Lord But thou know
est also that the name Of Stonewall jack
son, and of each one his comrades, shall
live forever, entwined with immortal
glory. Amen.
When Father Hubert had concluded
the statue was unveiled.
Miss Jackson held one of the ropes,
while members of the guard of honor
held the Others. Several of the ropes,
however, broke, and it was found neces-
sary to send member up to the statue to
remove the enveloped cloth.
As soon as the figure was revealed a
prolonged cheer went up and the band
played "Hall to the Chief"
When the applause had subsidized, W.
B. Lyman, Esq, chairman of the tomb
committee, then stepped forward and
formally
PRESENTED THE MONUMENT
to the association. In tending it to the
association and asking for the discharge
Of his committee he said thathe thought
the occasion was proper one Oh which
to say something of the character and
objects of the association. In 1874 there
was organized in Virginia, from the
veterans of the war, an association which
was intended to commemorate and keep
alive the patriotism of the army OF North
ern Virginia. A few short mouths after
noon branch or division of this asso-
citation was organized in Louisiana. The
organization was perfected in 1875, and
since that time there has been three
Observation-Disclosures Willet, Gov. Nichols
and Major Richardson, the third and
present one.
The association is benevolent, histo
rical and strictly non-poitical. Every
man who was in the army OF Northern
Virginia and retired from it with cleal
record can Join the association without
regard to his politics. But great cart
is exercised in keeping out of the ranks
those not eligible to be enrolled in them
The Army Of Tennessee Association
exists in exactly the same manner.
During the epidemic of 1873, it woult
he remembered. the Association OF thu
Army of Northern Virginia cared for it:
members whenever found sick, provided
for their families and buried the dead
but there has always been felt the wan
ola receptacle for the remains Of de
parted comrades. And it has long beef
the purpose of the association TO erect
monument to their great and grand com
manler and a tomb for the members
The purpose was accomplished and tn
result was before them.
The outward appearance did notShoy
that beneath the monument there Wer
receptacles for the remains Of $500 men
and the Association intended to brin!
from the battle-tields the bones of thos
dead comrades and place them within
the mound. There We're also vaults an
/ pie for those who at present sqryiv
when they pass away.
, To the Metairie Association Mr. Ly
man said the committee owed much. |
gave the grounds free and assisted tn
committee in every way, and would i'm
, prove and beautify the mound on whic
T the monument stood.
The plan for the monument, selecte
from many submitted, was that of Cha:
A. Orleans, of the Hillsdale Granite Con
. pany, and the statue was the work
} the master, Perelli.
: In conclusion, Mr. Lyman said thu
i the name of no living man appeared u
on the tomb or the monument, and l.
asked that it be ever kept thus frt
: from the names of the living. The nan
of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lol
isiana Division which appeared on i
was sufficient, and if anything more W;
needed to tell the story, it was found
: the seal and the inscription, Fro
b Manassas to AppomattOx-lS6l to 1868
: Nothing more was needed.
MAI. JOHN B. RICHARDSON,
Y president of the association, received Il
monument and tomb, and in acceptiI
it said
/ Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of t
Tomb Conn,ittee-On behalf of the mel
= bers of the Louisiana Division Army
e Northern Virginia. It becomes my plea
O ing duty to accept from your hands til
d handsome tomb and sculptural shat
e designed to perpetuate the memory
= those who fought and fell for the Lo
k Cause, and, at the Same time, fifth
place rest for those soon to follow.
If Most of your old comrades are sea
Vt tered over the battle-tields of Virgin
d from Manassas, to Appomattox, sleepl1
u quietly on its mountains and IN Its VI
If leys. Some you left on the banks
Ie James the Chickahominy, the Ra
t. pahannock, the Shenandoah and the /
.e tomas, and as you passed into Maryla
v yox laid them on the banks OF the A
l. tietam and the Monocacy, and others
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