The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-14

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' Gods creation,
! oEN. LEwI,' fAREwrLLLD ADDRESS.
. Gen. l., N. Lewis, the next speaker
. delivered the farewell address, whicl
was listened to with Intense interest 10y
all. lie spoke as follows:
ellow-Soldler- and citizens;
; Another reunion In numbered with the
, things Of the past, The vast throng'
> who gathered here have enjoyed hos
, pitality that forever cmhalms Dallas and
its contiguous territory In the NOM
ories of all no have been present.
The reunion at Mckinney, under the
management OF that cool headed, self
; poised veteran OF hospitality; that gal
liant soldier, Col. Thomas III. Murray,
we thought had 80 far eIcelled all pos
sible efforts as 10 leave 1t at least doUb:-
ful whether another like IL could he
held, and II this has in any measure eX
ceeded the former IL In because that close
observer, persistent worker and dashing
cavalier, Col. Charles =. Mitchell, and
his noble band OF assistants, whose
names deserve prominent mention here,
had last years meeting as u pattern
All Of us are much affected after the
manner OF the Queen OF Sheba, our hearts
have been SO captivated and our wonder
SO aroused, that no other words but hers
can give proper expression to our feel
ings: "Thc half had not been told u.s."
tcndant upon ordinary life have been
! banished. We have met rs friends long
parted, friends who saw the shadows Of
"A great national agony come upon our
devoted country in 1851; who telt the
pelting Of the pitiless storm; who amid
march, dust, heat, cold, hunger, shot,
shell charge and cOuntcr-charge,w wounds
and death, now hoping, now disparing;
longing for the end, yet fearing its ap-
proach, have survived 10 this grand day
and meet beside this beautiful lake, on
these charming grounds, beneath these
fOrestt ttreCs to grasp the hand, To hear the
merry laugh, To tell over and over again
the old stories, some lauchablc, somc
fearful, but all rGviying memories that
otherwise would soon fade from exist
ence.
The heroic dead have not been forgot
ten, but the old wreaths of aticctiOnatr
remembrance have been replaced 10y
fresh crowns of laurel and of myrtle.
We have recalled the pang felt when
the banner which bespoke at once tho
unity and individuality o. these
American States, that flag hallowed by
the sacred blood of patriots; the blood of
our Revolutionary sires, of the veterans
of 1872, and Of those who pcrishcd in the
wars waged with our sister Republic,
Mexico, came down and waved no more
in the breeze.
1t was great sacrifice that the heart Of
patriotism was called Oh 10 make when
the question was put and had to he set
tied, "will YOU strike down the glorious
history Of the past, cut the cords OF ailili-
alton, break the bonds of union aEd
scatter the dismcmbercd fragments Of
our government upon The stormy sea os
fratricidal war, to be dashed on the dis
tant coasts of eternal hate until there
should come, il indeed one dared hope
! Tnr fE a
patriot scholar there arose, out of the
mists, the image of Isis weeping and
wailing over every mountain bower
along every valley, across many arr.
plains, as she hunted for tho scattered
members of her beloved Oscrcs and say
ing always, that there could be no peace
in the world until her mourniul, but
LOVING task, should be completed
There seemed then, to some, a necessity
to depart, and invoking the protcC-
ton of the God Of battle, they undertook
to make Il new atiiliation out of whoS3
blood, shed on hundred battlcticlds,
should flow the stream of national
the old root of the constitution, formu-
: lating the latest conceptions the mind,
of patriots could frame a Republican
institutions. No wonder many paused !!
40 wonder many swore fearful oath
saying, "No! neverw and grasping
sword, said, "Though ye be brethren
bound to us by a thousand ties, we will
offer YOU q holocaust to ancestry, to ma
tional integrity and to constitutional
freedomw No wonder that in the heat
of passion deeds were done by lowest
men on both sides that caused thu
sacred polodium in the ma
tional temple to avert her face,
Northman and SOuthman had his cause
mt least so he felt, and, in Gods name,
. hn, b, nl
No historian, for years yet to come
will write il rs il really was. No Pole
mires can Us vet discuss it from the two
points of divergence and get final de
cision without demurrer or grounds of
appeal.
arhiter who, holding a Just balance,
cannot be brihed by fee or by prejudice
and will not wrong the humbIcSt p"ti-
toner at the bench. He is tho only
equitable judge pres Sidng over the dos
tinics of parties and nations. llc was
assigned to Office by Almighty God.
His uame is "Time.' He will give a
Just decree after he has fully weighed
the testimony. While he reviews
the facts the seething passions
VIII grow cool, seeds will
be sown fruitful of new harvests Of
thought and Opinion; children will be
born and grow to manhood, having
ether interests tnau the mere memory
Of an antiquatod quarrel. The prcju-
diced mind will sink into decay and
the irreconcilables above ground will
agree well when they lie under the sod.
In West Minister Abbey, that monso-
leum of all English speaking people,
we have an impressive picture OF what
time can do. Look as you enter its
mysterious aIsles, on either hand, and
see his achievements. Who, five nun
ii. Il
strange medley? All Of you remember
the fierce quarrels and bloody deeds Of
the houses of York and of lancastcr
of the round head and cavalier; of Toder
and Stewart. You know, too, that ge-
MUS, however grand it's achievements.
like the Divine Lord and Master, chad
not where to lay his head Look about
you, US with uncovered head, you move
slowly in this wiered abode of the dead.
York and Landcaster now sleep quietly
side by side. All their quarreis are over
Round head and cavalier are undis-
turbed by close proximity to
each other, having left to
posterity their achievements. Tudor
and Stewart, plot ana counter-plot
no more. Elizabeth and Mary having
long since forgotten their jealousies.
their descendants honor the virtues of
each; poets and historians, voyagers and
explorers, scientists and soldiers, philan-
thropists and statesmen compose their
lines in these quiet shades.
If time has wrought such changes in
the past we can confidently hope he will
prosecute his work until not only grim
visaged war has smoothed his wrinkled
front, but until cordial friendship shall
bind these States together with indissol-
uh'n tics.
~" lpnG "s'y&ncamnnt oftwanty Y aars
which MS hc:l hr S"". ,n.is pt tins great
countr" apur. ia rap ly l.anishiu' Ht
ta.S t.rt-e j. abundant p.uui. The "h,"n'iy
shiri," i, IL tcu ., : NOW .ali tl,un u1Erd
hv "pnir sali-.' pus1itu.ra AtH'Gdor who