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

NN lI'Nf n NifNIlN'Ii'H ~ wife fNNI l||NIf
uf letters, puliiirs nr religion Ivory
where thOY have illusffiH 4 uul demon
straipd their inclination and capacity q
WORK uui, un The hirhrsi p.niu u liF
inr themselves aud ur lHsfrIiiy, lh
ullln-t objects aul aims uf human pA
iatence, We are hero g. Keep alive ant
frpsh the memory at fhn4r mon, uul
comrades, who have fallen hN the way
and GO iusiill into tho niiUds and heart
nf the rising generation knowledge OI
Whrt their fathers nave been, and what
they hive done, thni D. may bee tu them
md Ia the latest pnsifrilN an inspiration
and guiding grnius, We intend that
the ngmo aud the fimp uf our Come Tor
ate heroes shalt hn part and parcel uf the
worlds richest Legacy, Without n, hu
munily would be- impovnrishrdi with IL,
the tiGDs nf magnetic Influence shall rlll
on, The pages of Confederate history
being the brightest aud the mishgiesl in
tho records AMI roll uf th' worlds fame.
There was time within the recollection
NJ us all, when by the huyonct We were
denied the right tn strDw the graves at
our dead with simple flowers, memcn-
toes Of our love! When mo- shan of iron
ar stone was permitted u mark their
resting place, Thanks u the intclll-
gcucc and virtue At Federal aud Con
passed, Reason and purvr sentiment
have asserted ihelr sway, Nuw, the
veterans of the blue, with thrir wives
md daughters, vie with ones who wore
{ ne grUy lee doing these delicate hOulrs
tl our liN .NtEg dead, Now the -culn.
turcd marble aud The Chi,lpd statue rise
.ruiuniiy uHaNo tho graves at our ina
mortal IDga~pu and thrice immortal
Ice, WE.lo all over our beloved south
Land monuments are rising Ia guido the
feet of The lover OF the great aud the
GOOD 90 tilo p! "rg whore the ashes of our
Hlpridcd heroes lie.
Thus, in thiS age of progress, mighty
changes are occurring while tho
years nrc rolling on, Changes
which show the truth and might of that
law which guarantees "thr survival of
tine i,lu,tw Things doomed a. death
viii uiu, Bat things which ought go live
will never die. lt Is cheap and uu, for
the base and vile to heap UpprpbriUm
upon The iairust name, the pur,,g virtue
ANA ,hc iiv.nrNt man, but the uyrugur
COMES and
"Eifhi, such wrong. where p'r. uayn
I'm were in the Court or Hc.wrn!'
There is u man in his beautiful homo
beyond the Mississippi, one whose Nun-
cradle form, now bowed with the weight
Of years and many care, We hud hoped
to look upon to-day la this beautiful
grove, thrungcd with its swnyming
thousands; one who made his uanIu and
state illustriOus on the plains of iiuonn
y istl, and yet more iilustriuuS In the
senate and In tho Cabinet, and Vet thrice
lluStrouS in the capitol ut Richmond,
browning all with beautiful halo oi
glory during these two decades Of uuiC.
suffering and patient waiting. We vcn-
ure 10 predict that should the life Oi
hat nohlost Confederate of us all,
he type Of all that is greatest and brst
Ia the rest, should hn spared
another decade, when lac falls his re-
iujGm will he sung by the suhlimcSt
poets Of the nation, and his culogy pro-
lOunced by her might cst orators. We
come not to dctract one io,n from the
splcndor Of the achievements or ;he glory
md fame of their illus,riOus dead, or il
ustrious living. But we come with the
wreath upon the brows of our immortal
heroes, and the olive in our hand. n
hoy will meet us VIC Will join with them
IN placing theirs and our together upon
.alne's Hottest pinnacle, and reciprocaliy
them to impcrishablc glory.
1t has been unwisely said that the
strife will not cease, the war will not be
ended, until those who participated in
IL have all passed away. Nothing can
he farther from the truth, or more slam
lcrOus than this assertion. ii grows out
If an utter miSapprchcnsiun of the
minus and character of the American
,uldicry. He who still denies
honesty, patriotism, fidelity, to the sol
liers OF the late war is Il dOt-a fanatic
not to says fool; or carries the virus OF
hell in his bosom. such utteranres or
iings are merely used by the ignorant
to. at
sort. Tho best men o. this Nation, IN
.pircd with the loftiest sentiments and
Iurost patriotism, were true to their col
US ana fought its battles, aud II the
right did not triumph il was no. their
'uult. Tho men who fought the battles.
with very few, il any, exceptions, have
- horOically, us patrlOtically, accepted
lie result, and before you can bring on
mother sectional war, while the old sol
iiers live, you must 60 to work again
md bring in the hordcs Of Europe to
conquer these men who wore the gray
md the blue. No, we cannot spare the
lid soldiers yet; we are talking about
md caring for our own men. The death
IF any Confederate soldier is National
'alamity. Look to your fields, who are
them? TO your commerce,
yho is conducting it? To your systems |
# education, who are moulding them |
md teaching in your schools? 10 your
avs, who are making and |
them? Who are car
Ting forward the great enterprises !
II humanity, charity, Christianity? |
nsWer, in our South land, the Con!eder- |
tic soldiers. and their noble quoenly |
wives and sons and daughters; and !
When one of our noble boys or gray
aired men, who wore the gray, is laid !
u the grave, we feel that an arrow has |
iorced our heart, thai Il star has fallen |
rom our galaxy, and like Mark An
hony, we say that,
"Our heart is in the grave With him,
And we go to weep there"
'ut could they speak to us now as once
)ncs or discouraging; but with the
earty grip would come tho bold words,
c strong. In the language Of our grand
i'd chiettain, Robert T.. Lee, they would
ay, duty is the grandest word in our
inguage." Comrades! permit part
Ig word. To the dead let us do our
uty; forgetting their imperfections,
1t us emulate their virtues, caring for
leir widows and orphans, as far as we
lay, let us fill the void made in those
ONES; to each other let us be kind and
hips; let us share them still; dividing
ur sorrows and our joys; let us do our
utv to our country and our God.
linking to-day of our departed COM
ldes, let us remember with pride and
that:
"They fell devoted, but undying;
The very gales their names are signing;
The silent pillar, cold and gray;
Claims kindred with their sacred clay.
Their spirits wrap the dusty mountain;
Their memory sparkles DER the fountain,
The meanest rill, the mighticSt river,
m ~ Or hntr fo mo fnrn