The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-07

his command into fiercely-foueht battlo.
although so faint from the effects of re
cent wound as TO necessitate his be ng
borne In litter. And full well was this
attachmeot for his soldiers repaid by their
devotion 10 him feel II in my heart 10
say that the survivors OF his command
VIII never cease to love him while living
or 10 revere him when dead.
Fellow-citizens, there Is much in the con-
temptation cf the late war that should ex.
cite the pride OF every American citizen.
That war demonstrated the superior quail
tiles OF the sold ers and tue superior
genius for command OF the generals of the
North and the South Military annals ex-
htbit to the admiration OF mankind no
loftler examples Of the courage OF soldiers
ana the ski OF commanders than those
furnished by the armies Of the North and
the South In the late cOnili1t The battlo-
fields of Manassas and shiloh. ofChlska-
m0usa and of Gettysburg were dedicated 10
fan o by as 81 tbllmc sptclacles OF human
skin and human courage as were ever seen
upon this emerald earth The plans of the
campaignes and the condect oflhe battles
by many of the generals of the North and
the south established their unquestioued
titles TO Sn imm0rL' litytf renown The
brilliant records of Sheridan and Of Stew
hrt as commanders of cavalry ranks them
with the Murats and Ruperts of history
Side by side, with the names OF the fore
mot warriors of all time, stands the illus.
trious namesof Grant and Lse and Jack
son snd long line OF their worthy com
rades And the re- own OF all these gen.
erals Is the heritage OF Us nil, Noiseet ON
can exclusively appo oprlote IL 1t is the
OF the whole Union And tins
OF Interest has again made us
one people Az the immortal Grant
approached the end of his flustrious
career he expressed his extreme gratinca.
tlnn ilnn AZ the expressions Of sympathy for
MN, coming up from all parts of that seq
tlUn ofthe country againlt which lie had
once led his victorious coldmns, and ho
gsNc expression to his e,tremc 10y that
with his dying vision he was permitted to
behold the Harmonious union OF those sec
tiuns once sundcred by war And the
conn anlOn of his bosom, In the midst OF
her colossal grief, utters her desire that his
mortal remains shall be borne 10 their last
resting place bv The hands of Federal aud
Confederate chieftaiua alike. And In that
most august procession IN Amc lean an
nals, mil tary rganiznilon, from the South
ana the North Will march sldt by ,ide TO
the mourniul notes OF nations g,lef
iruy the war Is nj nm end and peace haih
again taken ny her abode In the land Not
even party leaders TO meet party eNigen-
clcs, can drive he hence May her benign
reign extend over the ages To come
My soldier comrade., on u occasion like
this woconld motif we wSuld-rcpress
IolI by, disease or went down
amid the tempest OF battle We
sadly note their abseuce from this
reunion OF their surviving conra les and
irIends We sigh for the touch OF their
vanished hands and the sound of their
voices which are still. They are worthy
II II Ia ting remembrance, for their ca
rcer ended IN the height of human grand
eur lie who yields up his life ia the de-
Tense of prime PIES which he believes to be
Just ~ hero IN the eyes OF the noble and
! ne bravo OF all cimes, and TO his memory
Is paid the homage of all generous hearts
To their memory we may not rear the mon
umental marble and inIcribc II with
their names, but in our hearts we
ma ksep II forever green. Aud while we
cannot greet them at this reunion here be
low, we can cherish the hope OF clasplng
heir hands In that grand reunion above
that shall never end. May their heroic
dust, scattered overtho historic battle n, Ids
OF this Union, rest In peace The world has
Witnessed the spectacle of States late'y at
war with one another dwelling together In
harmonious union upon terms OF perfect
equality. IL has seen republican govern
ment In America survive the most stu-
pendous conflict OF modern times between
the different sections OF that Republic IL
must have been convinced by the logic of
these IA It's OF the porpetulty OF republican
government In America. Tho nations OF
tho earth have seen the military strength
OF these two sections directly against each
other. with that strength united and d.
rected by the military genius which that
war demonstrated that we possess, those
natians viii be slow TO provoke her 10 a
conflict with them. Tney will be inclined,
rather, To pursue, undlsturbed, that career
of greatness and grandeur which seems to
beconstanty expanding before hcr.
GENERAL DAB> ley H. MURRAY.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Smiths speech
General Dsbney W. Murray was Intro
duc0d and said:
COMRADEs-I casnLt close on such an
occasion without rccalling some common
memories. Al Elk Horn my fortune was
cast with the soldiers OF Missouri, Texas
Louisiana and Arkansas, and until we
were. paroled together In 1865 was contin-
uOuBly with the Texans. The Second
Texas, organized by Moore and com
manded by him ut Shiloh, then COM
mandcd by Rogers nj Iuka and Corlnth,
and md then 6y Ash6gl hs,l,,s smith tll the very
the hTst regimen assigned to my
brigade. Its drlll and efficiency was al
ways conspicuous. At lukn when squad
ron Of Federal cavalry charged the slSlr-
mish line, the bugles Of the second sounded
rally by fours' The Texans sprang to
gother, aud nom the tours sent that cavalry
reoling back. Ross bri JADE icinod me In
May, lse2, and was one OF the smartest brig
adcs In our army AZ Corlnth, In that
charge ever memorable for Its daring and
for its bloody results, the TeNaua were con-
spicuOus, General hOsccrans officially
compllmented tho division. Ho buried
Rogers with the honors Of war on the OF
where he fell. and enclosed and marked his
grave 10 was dreadful battle. The diyls-
Ion began II with i,S1J rifles In rams =,
and during the first day we continually
drove the enemy irom ovcrypusition, In the
charge OF the second day we lost over 2,COO
men In less than an hour. Rots lost more
than half his brigade; Cabc'l lost more thsn
had his men and 0j officers killed; and
Mooro's brigade led by the Second Texas
sharp shooters, lost heaviest of all. next
day we went into battle ON the llatchle
with only 1900 rides LEFT OF all that gallant
array that three days before had crossed
that fatal river. ord motu there mt layls'
bridge vito 10000 mon Moore dashed
across and attacked him, but was over
whelmed and destroyed IN a few minutes,
Then Ross came up nj the double
quick, but, finding Ord already
at tho bridge, he formodlhls brigade on a
llttlc blum about 800 yards from II. Then
old Cabcl came up st ,ho run and fOrmo
Hurnctt, son OF the noble old president OF
the republic of Texas, ,masscd nll OF the bat
torlus ofthe division and swept that bridge
with double ca lister, and for many hours
nat llttp band defeated every CUOft OF thc
enemy. The Federal dead lay thlcK about
the hrldso and Ord hlmse { was snot down
before they ceased To try to cross, Mean
time, Frank Armstrong had made u
crossing tor us fNe miles To
our len NnnDorn sent the wagon train
that way, The army followed the train,
By 10 o'clock that ulghtCNory hOot and ev-
ory man was safely over tine llatchle. The
road was good, the sky was clear, the mOOu
was bright, nud q day iaht we halted To
rcstHt Ripley, ei miles from whore we lott
Ord waiting TO receive our SUI rcnocr on the
llaichlc. Ord declared that In the whole
war no such position had ever been
hold by 80 small a force against such odds
as you fought that day. Tho little band
saved our army My last experience o
tae efficiency OF TcNas soldier wss In the
dOlenso OF Spanish Fort during the battle Oi
Mobile, Ector's Texans had come TO me-
lfom Hoods campaign, so destructive o
the army OF Tennessee. The brigade was
ragged and hattlo.scarrcd. There were moi
600 Of them lsft, but there was an honest
scar for every man OF them had placed
thom 10 tho Wo ks at nlakely, ave milo,
above Spanish Fort, when Cnnby's army
developed his attack In the opening IRE
OF tho onomy's artillery some young
boys who had never before heard
the howl of the howlRcr, unanl.
mousiy moved from the slSirmlsh line
into the works. Whom saw them 20
telographed General Liddell nc Blakoleyl
"Scnd me Ector'e TeNana ct once.h and TO
~ days and nights they held thor place
nghing and working by day and nghtlnl
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