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

= iNiNl W W. NINN NIAiNf
; AZ this lunriurO ~ tlu proceeding
Miss tilu Inkrr, a bright, luirlliurn
young lady NJ fourteen sumnnrs, stop
ped upon the -peakrr's platform a.
ihIu'fi moved hy inspiration, aud in
."inIr voice thu rlur uut pspr the len
uDu tilWo, delivered the following
iWpIuuptI uidTtss. There wore mnnN
in the crowd Nnp Wor0 moved tu tear,
aud her remarks were yucllorously up
pluuipi, NNp spoke us tullpW-i ~
tribute tu our hUnuT'd dead nui
Confederate dond, They that
die ipr "a good cause uro redeemed ,ruu
death; inu.r name, ARE iuthDrol and
garnertdi thrir mnmOry d, precious
each place grows proud for them whu
were born there's there b. iu every village
aud ncighhuihu1d u glowing pride fOI
it, marty hc-urs, tablets preserve ,hCir
names, pluus IT,, reuews their iusrlip'
cilace them, and oar reunion festivals
give mul,itIics of precious names u
the orators lips, Children. grown up
under more sacred influences, whose
elder brothers, dying nobly for our
"l0st Cause" left a name that honors
and inspires all who boar IL,
children find many fathers and mothers
heroes left rs a legacy to the gratitude
Of the public. oh, tell me not that they
are dead, that generous host, that airy
army of invisible heroes; they hover as
/ a cloud of witnesses over this reunion.
| Are they dead that yet speak louder
| than We can speak,nnd In more uniyer-
/ sal lnnguago?A Are they dead that vet act?
/ Are they dead that moves this reunion
and inspires this people with noble mo-
| lives uld moro heroic patrlotism2 We
/ that mourn lot glIducss mnglc
/ with your tears, IL was your
son, hui Row H. - ours. lie made your
/ household bright, but now his example
. inspires u thousand households, dear to
| his brothers and sisters. lie is now
. brother 90 every generous youth I'm the
land, before he was narrowed, appIo-
p'iuicd, shut up to youth, now he l.
augmented, set free and given Ia u, all,
BEFORE Ia was yours now he II ours, ,'p
has died from the family that We might
live to orr lost cause; forgotten, neg
lyUtGd, and il Is confessed 10y our modern
heroes that he did more by his death
than he did 10y his whole life. Neither
are thew less humOrcd who bore through
lii" the marks of wounds aud sutl'eriu.s.
Neither app,lctte or badge Is 80 honor
able rs wounds received in So good
a cause. Many man shall envy
him who hcnceiurth limps, so
strange Is the transforming power
OF patriotic order that men shall almost
coyet Disagreement. Crowds give way
20 n0hbling cripples and uncover in tho
presence of febleness and helplessnCss.
Eouyant children pause in their noisy
games, and with loving reverence henor
those whose hand can work no moro
and whose feet are no longer able to
march, except upon that journey which
bring good men to honor and immor-
tllity. oh! mothers of lost children,
see not in darkness nor sorrow whom
II III, =
the dearly dead, they shall live again
and live forever. Every mountain and
hill has its treasured name. Every river
has kept some solemn title. Every val
10y and every lake has cherished its hon
urel Register until the mountains are
worn out; and tho rivers forget to low;
and the clouds are weary of rcplenish-
ing the springs; and the springs forget
to gush; and the rills to sing; shall their
names be kept fresh with rcveront
hpn1Is, which arc inscribed upon tho
book OF national remembrance.
cor. W. r. SHANNON,
of GranbTry's brigade. delivered pithy
address, in which he reheursed, in
eloquent terms, the history Of that
brigade, in Che coarse of which
h paid q high compliment
to tina Irish soldiers Of the Confederate
cause. His speech, which was brief, was
listened to with interest.
HON. II. c. MACK.
Tho Hon. Ii. c. Mack, of Collin county,
was introduced to the audience rs one
who felt the deopest Interest in the re-
dnion. He responded as follows:
DomradS in War, Ladies and Gcnt.cmon:
This is a gathering of the faithful and
patriotic, our glorious past and hopeful
nlture are the inspiration that pronp our
uttcranccs on this occasion. The eX-
Confederate who did his duty faithfully
has nothing in his past to be ashamed of,
and nothing in his future to fear. He
was the gallant volunteer OF '6l, the
veteran OF 80 and is the Industrious and
law abiding citizen Of to-day, and will be
Jhe hero OF future history and song.
Oar annual meetings Will calendar the
constant disappearance from the scenes
OF life Of the gallant men of the armies
OF Virginia, Tennessee and of the Trans
Mississippi. These meetings as the
coming years pass by will grow dcarer
and the depths of our sorrow greater.
There is love felt by the true Con!eu-
crates for each other that is strengthened
alone can break and The
Gray and the "Boys in Blue" who stood
braTcly and faithfully by their coloi 5
can well afford to meet once a year and
exchange the greetings and congratulu
lions of brave men. This is our COM
mon country. The bitter wrangling of
divest Il true soldier of either side of a
single jot or title of the honor he won
or the right he acquired by his
deeds in arms to be reCog !
ni2ed as an American citizen. |
our veterans, both Confederate and Fed |
eral, are sons and brethren OF a common |
cnuntry-of our own native soil. Apo
mattoX has its glories for the South, as
well as the North. Lees army was
grander in defeat than Lees in victory,
because it stood up as Il little Spartan
band, ready to be sacrificed If
it would be for their country's
good. Lees little band were the
of true courage in an
army and they were all that were left to
tell the tales otthe greatest battles of mod
ern times. The men who marched and
fought under Confederate colors on the
field OF Manassas, Gettysburg, Chancel
louisville, Fort NonnalsOn Shiloh, Chick
Springfield, and Elkhorn and
hundreds OF other fields as glorious, can
never be despised for a want of bra
very. The grandest, but sad
dcst day, in Confederate history
was the battle of charlottesville. In
IOntederates lost their IDEAL, the brave
and beloved Jackson. The speaker here
recounted in VIVID manner stirring
scenes and incidents Of that great battle,
.he yaiorous conduct OF the Contcderates
and the gallant and splendid general
ship OF the immortal jackson,
and in closing said: "But
volumes might be said about
.he greatness of our generals ami
the acts of devotion upon the put Of
she South. Let eX Confederate 4 n ies-
seeans make the same glorious fight for
he Development and progress of the
Lone star State that they did for the
south and its independence
Col. l.. 4. Mitchell, of Bryan, was next