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


stances which, surround u- h.rn, sfc iW.
posing uut I hope mot uuiu.lliu'Nr.
Mia JOS $50 lnIl the return oft uuf un
uuHl reunion, only thH recollection lIUl
Some of uur number have fallen during
the vrur il DE" baltic ui life,
SON luuutH eternal yuWping ground
1hrirnluut tent ufu spread
and the marks ut increasing volIs and
growing iulgmitlo- IN others, can check
Tor u moment, the happiness with which
we greet cgchuthCr, We ara not here
To weep or To lament over uur mlslur
tunes Or LOSSES, nor or We here To quarrel
with destiny; much less ARE we here I,
raise party or sectional fcudS or aniinoS
tiles.
Thcmcu who had the nerve the manly
hcroiNm Ia encounter the dangers ano
endure the hardships of four long year,
and more of that fearful war, are lncapa
bio of sentiments So out of harmony
with the noble aims for which they bat
/ tied. True, beyond the shadow of d
doubt, To- what we believed Ia he tht
call of duty, when that patriotic sum
mons was met and It's duties ended, We
with equal prOmptncss and with ho lcs'
yalor, responded To our obligations n'
, members Of society and citizens OF I
common country. And as evidence a
| the fidelity and ability, with which VI
| have renewed our citizenship under the
most trying ordeal, let the prosperity
the vigorous growth, ,hv giant manhood
/ of our beloved south land answer
| Her pure and unSullici patriotism
H. sUCu IN state and National cuun
sells, her business thrift, agricultural
mgchuuical and commercial; her system
of education, broad and thorough; hcl
social order, refinement and progress
ard the tone and purpose and will witt
I a.
all these developments Of human effort
under the circumstances, defy compari
son, and give promise of "a success and
an early grandurc uncquallcd in tn,
hiss ry Of any people, No more do W,
invite or welcome the North to Il battle
OF blood, or t. that far basor STRIFE OF
mutual suspicion and unkinu ana
acrimonious abuse, but with that higher
!ipld of contest, where "Pcacc hath her
victories greater far than those of waG!
llonoctorth be II our motto, "To live ana
let livc;" "'rhiS world was made for
Caesar; twas made for Biutus, too" but
Brutus need not murder Caesar, nor
Caesar trample upon Brutus,
We tender our cOuntrymen II
service which shall be mutual,
and invite to n rivalry which shall
strain the whole nation TO its utmost
capacity for development. II the North
and the South in the late internecinc
war developed military capacity and
proves, which neither beloved the
other POSSESSED, and which filed the
civilized world with awe and amaze
mcnt; are they not to-day making Il
much higher exhibition of all manly
qualities and capabilities? Are not the
eX-soldicrs of the North and the South,
in the front, doing the work of rehabil.-
tation and development.
N-if IiSf
sponses which have come TO Lec'and
Gordon in their undertaking to max o
provision for the citizen soldier, who,
for this purpose, has no government to
provide for him. IL lis an assurance that
under tho broad fold of that flag. be-
qucathcd TO us by u common ancestry,
u new Union is fast being realized.
We weave no web of gOssamer, but
change of steel, FURNISHED with golden
strands, such ~ industry, manly effort
and trntcrnal sentiment can give.
And now soldiers of the Confederacv,
after nearly II quarter of II century has
elapsed, we are confronted with now
order, which is cngralted upon our in
stitutions by our Northern ncighbors-
of conforming all government policy
and individual effort to material adj
vancement. The time OF theorists which
gave us our matchless Calhoun, has
IHSs<Sd away tlic Va ll'-
rress." The ornate theories which en-
blish our complex system under the in
spiration of the cultured south, which
was the pride and boast of our
civilization, has passed away and
replaced by the practicable theory
of material progress. Whether this will
sustain our boosted civilization and
keep pure all the intellectual channels
and moral excellence, remains to he
= aus.,e SO
rushing along with lightning speed,
and we of the South must grasp the OPP
portunity, or be left in the great race o.
life.
Fellow citizens, much is said about
"closing the bloody chasm," none wish
it more sincerely than the genuine Con-
federate soldier. But whilst this is our
wish, no true soldier, who wore the
blue, expects us to bury in that awful
abyss all those glorious reco llections,
the deeds of our hallowcd dead, the
ers, sisters, wives and daughters, whose
tears are as sacred to our hearts as the
incense offered the Virgin mother.
This we cannot over tho graves of
the Confederate soldiers, dying on
the field OF battle, in hospitable
and thcsS only surviving the surrender
to lingcr out for awhile all the horrors
resulting from privations and exposure,
living i'll unsepulchred graves, are too
dear to us all, not to remember with
pathetic emotions the half clad, hall
starved. unpaid and without bounty,
sodiery who wore the gray.
We await the truth of history when
all is faithfully told. We are not afraid
but that full justice will be done. You
who confronted the brave and patriotic
soldiers of the North know who would
have been the victors had the northern
army been soldiered by native born
same numbers and resources. Have
you any doubt as to the result? Has the
world?
But we are not here to cast stones at
our adversaries. Far, far, be it from our
wish. "Let the dead past bury its
dead" Henceforth we join hands with
the faithful soldiers Of the North in
making this government, the grandest
ever known, our pride, and the pride of
none, with charity for all, with firm
ness in the right, rs God gives us to see
the right, let us finish the work we are
in to bind up the nations wounds"
Nearly two thousand years ago, when
Rome was Mistress of the world-when
her laws and her civilization were the
example of all men-the pride of her
people was that they were citizens OF
Rome. So let us all hope that such
would be the common feeling of the
North, the South, the East and the West,
From sea to sea Of this great country.
zone and inseparable, and forever"
1t is not possible in this brief address
to make even passing mention of the
names made illustrious in cur armies
during the late war. With overlooking
heart and Bonded knee | will place a
wreath of immortelle upon the tomb or
brow of every soldier who did hi, duty
upon the field of our glory. but | must
be content to bow my head in silent
homage to those nameless heroes.
will be excused, however, If, as q Mis-
sourian, mention one. whose conspicu-