The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-08

r tribute to our honored dead--our
: Confederate dead. They that
die for q good cause are redeemed from
death; their names are gathered and
! garnered their memory is psecious;
each place grows proud for them who
were born there; there is in every village
! and neighborhood glowing pride for
It's marty heroes; tablets preserve their
names, pious love reGews their inscYip-
tions as time and the unfeeling eleneats
etiaee them, and our reunion festivals
give multitudes of precious names TO
the orators lips. Children grown ttv
} under more sacred inftnenccs, whose
elder brothers, dying nobly for onr
"Lost Cause" left name that honorsA 4
and inspires all who bear il.
,hildren And many fathers and mothers
10 love, and help those whom diving
lteroes left as legacy to the gratitude
or the public. oh, tell me not that they
are dead, that generous host, that airy
army of invisible heroes; they hover AZ
a cloud Of witnesses over this. reunion,
Are they dead that yet speak louder
thalwe can speak, and in more univer-
sal allanguageaAret they dead thas yet actY
Are they dead that moves this reunion
and Inspires Shis people with noble mo-
lives and nero heroic patriotism? Ye
that mourn let giadness TMingle
with your teara. Ii was yonr
son, h,It now he is oGrs. IIo made. your
household bright, but now his exagnple
inspires a thousand households, dear to
his brothers aud sisters. lie is NOW
brother to every generous youth in the
land, before he was narrowed, applo-
priated, shut upfto yeath, now he. is
augmented, set free and given to us all.
| Before he was y0Ars now he is ours. He
has diou from tho family that we might
live TO our lost cause; forgotten, neg
lected, and it is confessed by our modern
heroes that he did morefby his death
than he did by his whole life. Neither
are they less honored who bore through
life the marks Of wounds and sufIerings.
Neither appelette or badge is so honor
able as wounds received in so good
a cause, Many man shall envy
him who henceforth Iimps, so
strange is the transforming power
of patriotic order that men shall almost
covet disfigurement. Crowds give way
to hohbling cripples and'unc0ver in the
presence OF febleness and hclplessness.
Bouyant children pause in their noisy
games, and with loving reverence henor
those whose hand can work no more
ana whose feet are no longer able to
march, except upon that journey which
bring good men to honor and immor-
tality. Oh! mothers of lost children.
see not In darkness nor sorrow whom
this reunion honors. Oh, mourners OF
md no ,i''s uio"siy sy uoau' tnoy snall I'VE again
Xii Nos ,ts traos, ~ Suiy niouil.aln anu
has kept some solemn titlo. Every val
Icy and every lake has cherished its hon.
ored register until the mountains are
worn out; and the rivers forget to flow:
and the clouds are weary OF replenish-
+ tn S,nsL ps ;h, .ho nppihss ioiBot
~aSSa nv Sua n Gnu , s,v 'iis W sing; snail tnelr
, honors 10 h1p' arosn MIN reverent
honL - ati",,oi ".o lnsvIlneu upon the
! JUN Vi h@.,1''S, nnv reine,aorahce' m
-, cron,ns..,. vr, '-adl w. shAhSoN, ~,
: oddrnsa ;ny .Ii "u1. ueiiNerou pi'ny
sionns9, 10 tarms mn'vh IL no Ienearssu, In
ei3quen' terms, the history or that
plis"uu, ih 'ho course d whicn
Nv Nv pau t,, mHn compliment
co,,aa ,aa ilisn II, soiu,ers oi the oQniederate
staocd 30 spI,S spIISS;n, ~, WE, mnvh was priei, was
W Wv" '"'0io'''
hon: II: q. MACK.
me non. IL. Z. MACK, ofColln county,
. wns introduced TO the audience as ono
VINO Ieit ,he deepest interest in the re-
union. he responded as follows:
Nv,nIhus III war, Ladies' ana Gentlemen:
.nis IL gatnerlhg. OF the faithful and
a.,io'lc, a',, our Elorlous past ana hopefui
~iutuIe ~ arc tneihspiratlon that promp our
Gu.ssi Gu'.esai,ves WI this OCCASION Inc ex-
ohleuerate VINO ala MS duty faithfully
nus nus no.iiinB III MS past 10 oe ashamed OF,
anu nothing IN his iuture TO fear. He
was lne Eallaht volunteer OF vi, the
veteran OF o0 anu 10 the industrious and
INV apiulhs cltlzeh OF To-Day, and VIII bo
tno nero OF future history and song.
odr annual meetings VIII calendar the
CONSTANT disappearance from the scenes
Wy VI she sallant men oi the armies
nrgihli' ieThessee anu Oh tho Trans
MIsslssipPl. Ihese meetings as the
years pass ny VIII grow dearer
nu mhu tne uSplhs oi our sorroW greater.
lnere u love lelt Dy the true Confed-
erates ior each other rthatlsstrengthened
py .ne lapse oi tiine, ana which death
@ravo V end en prsaN rSa ,,p anu tne
EraNe enu. me "boys ir
Hray ana the "boys In iiiue" who stood
a,, D,n'u,S cry, ".u n is'.niuliy VI py heE coloie
oai Moil aioru W ineet once year ana
,iA,ii .ne sIee'iiiHs anu congratulh-
.lolls ii vi prave men. men, inls IL our com
,,'Jm i3i,i COUNTY; INC pltter wrangling OF
', 9E.i,la' l,,Itles nus nus hot anu never can
sin unese true m ,tiIn sViuier oI ei'her sue OF
"S or i%oJ Jo' r;gbt Js '''9 m Vi Vno % non9r ne won
u1ous is III arms 10 he recog-
nincu s aa aInerican citizen.
oui 'otoiausi ootn ncoilouerhte anu red
oIai, are SONS anu brethren OF common
. o,,oy v"utory oi ,t our Imh natlNo sou; Apo
,an'oA ,uoII "a nus ~, d's s,ories ipr ,ne south, as
rnnds WI az a., wy north, , ~ Log army was
sranuer ~ ueleat thSh Lees IN victory,
ncvauso ~ stoou up as llttle spartan
nahu, reauy 10 be SACRIFICED II
wouiu DO i1r tnelr conntrys
kuou, lcv nsVie oahu were inc
nlpersoha.,on Oh true courage IN an
nnS nii onu .hey weIs ail tnat wsre ieit 70
.ei, .ho .aies M y, tho srealest battles oi mod
fo,ght under Cnnfnderato coinrs ~, "bu ,h,.
fold of Nanassas Eett,sshnrc, r,,,.,I'lI on sao
i.1, al t S. u, No,,.S oMpui M =, Shancet-
aors,,ile'rort p1nhaison,S ,,oh,Chick,
usddSa rinEnotn, hlu iNnorn ana
u,.' umo'ens @ VI di o,ner ho,us as gonous, can
noser W uespisou lor WAN OF Dra-
Iossy a hG grsnues., nut sad