Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-21

our beloved South, to orr gailanb Sols
and fair daughters the sign which we
have erected to the valor and true man
hood of days that are no more. Inc |
sign will be wordful admonltion, us
every stone an exhortation, not to per-
petuate sectional luminosity and STRIFE,
but to keep alive the fire of patriotism
and to cultivate in orr warm hearts some
thing more than sterile admiration 1or
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 endeareh,
But family serves their deathless worm 10 zen
nobler record their grand lives have given,
Slammed 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 lsnowest, 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 ana
formally
PRESENTED THE MONUMENT
to the association. In tending it to the
association and asking for the discharge
Of his committee he said that he thought
the occasion was proper one on which
to say something of the character ana
objects of the association. In 1874 there
was organized in Virginia, from the
veterans of the war, an association when
was intended to commemorate and keep
alive the patriotism of the army OF North
ern Virginia. A few short mOnthsafter-
noon branch or division OF this asso-
citation was organized in Louisiana. The
organization was perfected in 1878, 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-political. Every
man who was in the army of Northern
D Virginia and retired from it with clea1
record can join the association without
, regard to his politics. But great carr
, is exercised in keeping ont Of the rank
0 those not eligible to be enrolled nthem
The Army of Tennessee Association
exists in exactly the same manner.
S During the epidemic OF 1878, it woul'
: he remembered, the Association Of tn
Army of Northern Virginia cared for it
, members whenever found sick, provided
0 for their families and buried the dead
= but there has always been felt the wan
G of receptacle for the remains OF de
parted comrades. And it has long bee,
the purpose of the association to erect
monument to their great and grand com
$ mander and tomb for the members
The purpose was accomplished and tn
, result was before them.
!, The outward appearance did not sho'
that beneath the monument there wer
:. receptacles for the remains of $500 mel
!, and the Association intended to brln
i from the battle-felds the bones OF thos
dead comrades and place them with
n the mound. There were also vaults an
a pie for those who at present survlv
: when they pass away.
e To the Metarie Association Mr.. L1
% man said the committee owed much.
l. gave the grounds free and assisted tt
d committee in every way, and would IN
e prove and beautify the mound on whic
,r the monument stood.
The plan for the monument, selecte
J. from many submitted, was that OF Cha
ID A. Orleans. of the Hillsdale Granite Con
,e pany, and the statue was the work
10 the master, Perelli.
v In conclusion, Mr.. Lyman said TIL
the name Of no living man appeared u
on the tomb or the monument, and
,. asked that it be ever kept thus tr'
s. from the names of the living. The nan
S. of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lo
s. isiana Division which appeared on
ID was sufficient, and if anything more WI
needed to tell the story, it was found
u. the seal and the inscription, "Fro
tn Manassas to Appomattox-le6l to 1865
V Nothing more was needed.
MAI. JOHN B. RICHARDSON,
" president of the association, received Il
monument and tomb, and in acceptil
it said:
D. Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of
Tomb Committee-On behalf of the mel
O. bers of the Louisiana Division Army
We Northern Virginia;t becomes my plea
ho ing duty to accept from your hands Il
ed handsome tomb and sculptural sha
ne designed to perpetuate the memory
IT. those who fought and fell for the LIZ
lk Cause, and, at the same time, it'll
place rest for those soon to follow.
of Most of your old comrades are SCI
at tered over the battle-tields of Virgin
nd from Manassas, to Appomattox, sleepi
OIL quietly on its mountains and IN It's v
of leys. Some you left on the banks
he James river, the Chickahominy, the Ia
f. nohannOck. the Shenandoah and the