The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-06
DALLAS. TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6,

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has not been without It's valuable ess OF
experience, and mas lett Us u rich i y
| Ia the de lOpmont of the heroic 81 - M
| Ia the chnraC er Of our citizen sI . rs,
| both North aud South n has sh - lnt
tho citizens OF our national republic, mil
| ltla uuttained In the art Oi war, animated
| by n lofty patriotism could abandon home
| and loved ones, fortune, und aspirations
| for worldly nown, aud wee me ard
! ships, suffering, the ntlgues OF the march,
| the horrors OF The hospital, the pain OF im =
prisonmGnt, ard even death Itself on the
| battlefield IN obedience TO their country =
| call In ITS hour OF threatened peril, Under
| the lhnucnce % n broad and comprehensive
charity, lifting us above lheanimosilies and
| passions oi the hour, We can ifeely accord
! 10 the soldiers, both of The North and
| South, noble and patriotic purposes. And
we eau point alike TO the deeds heroism,
whether exhibited by the men of the North
or OF the South, ON the many u u odclds
| of the war between the States, and all
alike rcilcctinga hood TIDE ot Elory On lh
| Amcr an arns II was this sublime
spirit of herOism IA enabled Lcunidas
| 10 lead his b ave 800 TO death against the
! Pcr,igu hosts in the pass of ThOumOpyllr,
words of patriotism: "SlUngcri 20 tell In
|. ,ccdcmOu, we died here la cleusc of cr
| laws" This heroic clemcat of human
char ctcr Is u theme as broad Os
human life, fs comprehensive as
n man nature, and ns potent In the
ace mplishmcnt y! o!h.man designs, Hs toe
IIlaltRnd heat of tho san In the material
universe. The artist, p ct, orator ana sol
der becomes Il man OF success on!y wh9",
uud0r the impulsiO Of the heroic spirit, ne
ut> ON ard thoroughly iieutiilcS himself
with hl' art or profession. II Is
then the heroic cmrRt becomes lhe HE
| uf the soul, dispensing into liseucc and
| puwt r, and thS causn, rising above the man,
| fixes hi, eyes upon the goal o. hil hopes,
su hc presses Onwa Il and upward with u
| diligence that never sleeps, like the i'r,
seeing agle above he unrisen morrow
| / Is under ting inspiration oG the heroic ele-
ment that we witacsS the gra' d
est achievements OF human y wcr
| II only in the drcad!ul aIcuH
of war, but In the great drama of mora,
| intellectual and material derelopme
1 Uudgr It's influence literature aud tie fine
brlsretrhcd the splepdOr Of their culm ma
| tion IN ancient Greece The old masters
| did aot aspire TO universal accomplish
| Ia. ~ p, hut each made some special enlenV-
! - 30. prTorfui rays of!n elect, and spared
/ no LlyIsl of toll t1 attain 1t Ana thus,
! k.iictt -, IJr j. ~ Is ana models soelah-
! B'.tt,iG q cultar.l, SO clothed with life
! irI a.,p.y, vNa lucy nave become never
| .ei "a. stars t. cheer and b!es, the world.
| ihGugh attict Il no more tae empire OF
| h,r heroic spirit can never perish, so long
as deeds of heroism snail arouse, poetry
| tnrapture, art embellish, and wisdom in
-truct and elevate the people of earth
.'Hcre Is the heart, the
spirit ' ia every WHERE" is her appropriate
e itaph. This element OF heroic character
| de Oeloped by the war; has infused into our
| ctizenzenship that energy and enterprise
| in the civic walks Of life which has bnilt
up the was places of the south, aud made
them blossom as the rose.' Rufus Ch0ate
H. said with emphas S, "that 10 COM
II .t.ly educate q nation, requires he bai-
| IA OF bl, cd and of fire." 1t this alone
! which has educctcd our people 10 the tcr-
| f CT appreci tion of tue permanency Of oar
| INIT lang ~ al -
| t. ON ,heir hearts and mi DIS the dogma
! of secession, as rightful remedy
for poliIcal grievances. THIS doe,
trinc was shot to death with canon ana
| musketry in lhG late war, and now lies
embamed N the tomb oi the capulels
TIE trials aud trioulntions of the. past. the
achievements of its he oes, ali It's victI-
| rles and defeats, all its feelings OF JOY and
| hope and fear and love and praise, are
| with the ears agone, and othing to us
| uow, unless instructed % It's experience.
| Warned by its voices, aroused by its wis.
dom, we shall rise to higher n ms and as
piratlUns in life, and be inclted to the per-
iorma &c of grander deeds In our coun
try's service And If any lesson tau yht by
he sad and fearful expert noes of the war
is of greater value to Us than another, IL $
the and truth that we are Az erican citi i
zens, citizens Of the same indivisi ole repub-
II That our allegian els not hemmed in
by State lines, b extends on
the West from Plymouth rock to the Pa
clnc SlrHHu II Il Oh tue lpTGu lTOul Jnc
gulf to the Britt Ii possessions. And to
my mint the surest recompcn' OF reward
to the South or the sacrifices and trial' of
the war is that broad Catholic an ma
ito al ointment of Nmcrican citizenship
W nich was e, olved from that struggle and
n W SO fully possesses the hearts OF our peo-
pie. Now we all eel and rejoice In tue one
mai Lall fe,the one lot ald the one glorious
destiny. We have turDed aside from the
9 sp,i of hate, and having entered upon n
new dispensation, every page ci the
is filled with brotn'rly love,
seal seal of High Divinity" Under its benign
influence We have lately seen ihe chief
magis,rat ofine nation selecting as mem
hers of his cabinet ana a ministers 10
courts, general officers the Conlederate
ar les, whol its forces IN the field IN the
late war. We have recently heard the
greatest OF III Union gener2's, who led the
nations armies to victory ard defeat on
many hard fought field, until The su rem
der at Anromatox, thanking Goa on his
dying bed, "that He had kractously per-
mitted him to i've to zee pcrfeci good .eel-
common country And wGcu death
marke aim Tor he own,' and the whole
nation incurred his loss, we witnessed q
sti grau der exhibition of'm GnMnimi!y in
the apTDiutme, o. two Confederate gCneT-
ais by the president of the Unite states as
all bearers at his funeral. EnGs We sec
in the brief peri q OF one core years from
the cessation of hostiliHcS- he Union re-
stored, the national life revived, and The
sweet and fragrsnt amRrantbS of peace
| b OCning around the bloody trophies C'
wa . History forms us that the GreeJ
cities of Athens and Aparte once ha'ed and
TO g.lt one anotiyer, an yet when the Lace
, dem nian troops cooked on the faces of The
, lallen at Marathon, they gave tears &c
Athe and curses 10 Persia, and on Platcs,
? day they stood together against the com,
d s,. hi "A Nd
; we opine, th9t should n for.
eigr enemy ever inva34 our shores and
the men of the North and south be.aIed
o its defense, we ,snall see them linked
haTd to Rand, and heart to heart; an
miuging their blood us u free libatOu on
| the + cOuntry's sacred altar Then will w
, hear the citizen SOldlcry from all stcttonS
ofo country, with their hands pointing
3 TO ne national ousign, with ono Voicc, and
with heats iutl OF the inspiration Of pntu'
otlsm, cxclaim. The Star spanglcd Ban.
ue-, long may IL wave DER vb5 laud of the
| free, and the home o. the br We" II :
our midst a great fountain for the healing
OF he nation; that brings back ON
, q % ghts from divcrsit es OF interest, and
local controversies, to the day when DER
flt ers walked hand n hand, "througn
3 the valley ana shaGoV 0fdeatn, in the cd
r-V'lut on 10 order to secure TO us tl1
priceless heritage of tre gnvernnc cnt.
NslloW-CltiHeus and COmruucs. iC Is meet
tlGg we shDuld reudag honor to-day 90 tut
sury VO.s OF the .N.&2S Veterans who haF
n.. with Us at tins reunion and pay q
t~i1lc OF respect 70 those who Eavc
crossed over the river AMI now atN y Gvl
the shade Of the trees. These G.c Lla herotl
M.. who, by priVGtiuIS and suffering!
armgers and deagh, rescued thiR land ivom
la', w',d savage and IMeA inan uomiratioA
.g lh D queatu q tn us th3 1reC Institutions
wa now So richly enjoy. These are Che
cnudirIrCi impeyiOrum who rounded tue
ngpGllcoj 'eAas, he motheroi hisgrand