The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-06

Ia the charac er of our citizen soldiery,
ooth north and South. IL has shown thai
the citizens OF our national republic, mill
itia untIained In the art OF war, animated
by lofty patriotism could abandon home
ana loved ones, fortune, and aspirations
Tor worldly r1nown, and wee me uard-
ships, suffering. the iatigues of the march,
the horrors of the hospital, the pain of inn
Prsonment, and even death itself on the
battlefield IN obedience to their country's
cal In It's hour OF threatened peril. Under
The lNnuence OF broad and comprehensive
charity, lifting us above the animositiss and
| passions OF The hour, We can freely accord
| 10 the soldiers, both of the North and
South, noble and patriotic purposes. And
| we can point alike to the deeds o heroism
whether exhibited by the men of the North
or OF the south, on the many b.tt ehelds
OF the war between the States, and all
| alike reiectinga Hood tide of glOry ON tbs
Amerl tan arms H. was this sublime
spirit of heroism tn enabled Leonidas
TO lead his b ave 800 to death against the
Persian hosts In the pass of Thermopylm,
and TO carve Ia eternal rock those undying
words OF patriotism: "StTanger, go tell in
bneedomon, we died herei Gefense of ner
laws This heroic elemenL of human
character Is theme as broad MS
human Ile, as comprehensive AS
hsman nature, and MS potent in the
accomplishment of human designs, as tue
| H. ht and heat of the sun in the material
universe. The artist, poet, orator and sol.
dler becomes n man of success only whog,
under the impulslo of the heroic spirit, ne
| nuts on ard thoroughly Identifies himself
! with hts art or profession. lt Is
then the heroic clement becomes the life
0i the soul, dispensing intelligence and
power, and the cause, rising above the man,
nNes his eyes upon the goal OF his hopes,
ana he presses ouwaid and upward with
| diligence that never sleeps, ''like the far
seeing eagle above tho unrlsen morrow"
IL ~ under ting inspiration OF the heroic ele-
| - D.
est achievements of human power,
MT only in the dreadful arena
OF war, but In the great drama OF moral.
| intellectual and material development
Under Its influence literature and the iine
arts reached the splendor of their culmina-
| ton in ancient Greece The old masters
did not aspire TO universal accompllsh-
| ment, but each made some special endeay-
| or the labor of his life, on IL concentrated
allthe powerful rays ofin' elect, and spared
no measure of toll to attain 1t And thus,
Attlca sent forth types and models, so elab-
GRATED and cultured, so clothed with nfe
and beauty, that they have become never
| setting stars TO cheer and bless the world,
rhough Attica Is no more tne empire OF
her heroic spirit can never perish, so long
NJ deeds of heroism shall arouse, poetry
enrapture, art embelllsh, and wisdom In
strnct and elevate the people of earth
Here is the heart, the
1
| developed by the war, has infused into our
| cltizenzenShip that energy and ENTERPRISE
| In the civic walks Of life which has built
| up the vase places OF the South, md made
| them blossom as the rose.' Rufus Choate
| has said with emphasis, "that 10 COM
| pletely educate nation, requires he bap-
| tism OF blood and of tlre.n IL 4 this alone
which has educctcd our people TO the per-
| f-ct appreci stlon Of tue permaneney of our
| free institutions, and forever dispelled
| ttOn IlnIr hpurta and YniuHu
II session, as rlghtfn remedy
| for political grievances. THIS doe
urine was shot to death with canon aud
| mussetry IN the late war, and now lies
,sinOalmed ~ the tomb OF the chpulets
The trials and trlbulations OF the past. the
achievements of It's he ues, ali IFS victo-
| ries ana defeats, all Its feelings OF 10y and
nope and fear and love and praise, are
with the Sears agone, and Lothing To H.
| ow, unless instructed Uy It's experience
Warned by Its voices, aroused by its wis
dom, we shall rise To higher aims and as
piratlons In life, and be melted to the per.
| tormauce of grander deeds In our coun
try's service And fany lesson taught by
| he sad aud fearful expert nces of the war
| Is OF greater value TO us Than another, IL S
the grand truth that we are An orlcan citi
Lens, s,cltizens of the same indivsiDle repub.
| II That our alegian 20 Is not hemmed IL
by state lines, b.t extends on
btho West from Plymouth irOck TO the Pa
clfic strand and on the north from the
gull To the Britt II possessions And 10
| my mind the surest recOmpcn c OF rewari
| to the South or the sacrifices and trial. of
the war is that broad Catholic an na
| ito al ointment of American citizenship
watch was evolved from that struggle and
n W SO fully posscSseS the heauso our peo-
pie. Now we all eel and rejoice In tue one
national fe, the Que lot and the one gloIlous
destiny We have turi'd aside from the
| . spel of hate, and having entered upon a
| nAW liNnnnguiinu- az
| blessed book o. our political faith
Is filled with brothsry love,
and evey leaf "matsod whit h
seal of High Divinity" Under It's benign
influence we have lately seen the chile
| magistrate oflhe nation selecting as mem
uers of his cabinet and as ministers to
| represent the government at foreign
courts, general officers { tho Conioderat.
ara les, who led its forces In the 1eld IN the
late war. We have recently heard the
greatest OF tho Union 8, norae, who led the
nations armies TO victory and defeat on
many aard fought 1eld,, until the su rom
der at AppOmRt *, thauhiug God on his
| dying ed, "thot He h7d rGclously per-
mitted him TO i've toto3 porltc, good leel-
ing eiistlng between tho sections OF o
common country Ard when "dcath
marked him for he OWL" and the whole
nation mourned his loss, we witnessed a
| sti grau der exhibition Cl mngnanimi,y In
the appointment of two Confederate gener-
ulN hN INV IAbHlNNhN VI iNla hAllANh t'AhlEN NH
all bearers at his funeral. Thus We SEQ
IN the brief period OF one core years from
| the cessation Of hOStilitlcs- he Union re-
stored, the national life revived, aud the
sweet and fragrant ainLOnths OF peace
b coming around the bloody trophies Of
wa. History forms MS that the GrCeh
cities of Athens and Apnrt} once hated and
tOr ght one another, pnd yet when the Lace
dem ninn troops looked on the inces OF tho
allen at Marathon, they gave tears TO
Athe and curses TO Por5ia, and ON Plateas
day they stood together against the COM
mon enomy uf their country And
wc oplne, that should fr-
ICign enemy ever Invade our shores and
the men OF the North and South hs cadod
To- It's defense, we snall too them linked
hand 10 hand, and heart 10 heart; an
mingling their blood rs a free llb0tlon on
the cOuntry's sacrcd0itnr Then viii We
hear the citizen sOldlcry from nll sections
ofo r country. with their hands pointing
To the nRtionGl cusign, with one voice, and
with hearts fun OF the Inspiration OF patri-
utism, oXclalm: 'The Star Spanglcd Ban.
ncr, long mny II wave DER the luud Of the
free, aud the home of the hr We II Is
such sentiments as these tpnt opens up In
our midst great fountain for the healing
OF the nation; that brings hncli uur
thoughts from dlyCrsltles of interest, ana
local controversies, 20 the day whom our
fathers walked hand I'm hand, "thrOugn
the valley and shndOW uf DEATH In the old
rHNoluI on 10 order 70 secure 10 NN tht
priceless heritage of free government,
, tollOw-cit2cuS and comrades, 70 if meet
. that we thnuu rOudCr honor to-day ip the
surv vorg of tho Texas Veterans who h0yc
= met with AS nt THIS reunion aud pHy O.
tuhu,c Of respect TO those who have
crossed over the river and now s'etpu der
the shndo of the trees. These are thg heroic
linen who, by prvntous ana suffering,
dangers aud death, rescued this land nom
I the Wild savage and NgXiuan domination
, luYd queath Il 20 Us tho free institutions
we now So richly enjoy These .iro The
GnnHitorcs lupOrulum who founded the
Republic of fcNay, 'ho mothoruf thlsBrand
Old state, whom moro than
mulons of human beings may
T live together Ia peace through sue
. cC,slNc generations, multiplying la NUM-
uurs and increasing In happlnes.
'whila tho earth bears u plant aud
tho sea rolls wuve,h We should repeat
r the story OF their suffering au0 heroic deeds
D 10 our children until II sh NJ become rs IA
4 milar "as households words,n Cpusi q
) thrlr bosoms 20 glow and theireyus to glis'
q ton IN the ballad and nursery tale, thus
. swing pathos and elevation TO our ma
. tlonat lie ana ins iring thrm with words
Q to chcbr human ondeAvor to console hui.
r man sorrow, aud inspiring the hoaIu
= the ponplO With patriotic Crotlon. il