Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-31

and co-ordinstes them must, in his sphere,
rank with the giants who enacted them.
With the Grants and the Shermans, the
Meads and the Hancocks, the Burnsides
and the Farraguts, the Lees and the John
sons, the Jacksons and B~eauregards. For,
soldiers of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie, when it is said that giants and heroes,
skill and valor met you in that death
struggle, il is not only to say the truth of
history; it 10 to say more than "Greek
joined Greek" 1t is to say that American
joined American; and it also makes the
most potent foil, against which your W
skill and valor and patriotism sit, gemmed
and radiant. and it perfectly pinnacles
your final victory at Appomattox to the
gaze OF every generation until the mil
lineal dawn.
When the sword OF the Confederacy was
at Appomattox surrendered to the Union,
though the ~magnanimous Chieftain of the
Union forces delicateiy declined the idle
ceremony from the Chieftain of the Con-
federate forces, the soldier Of the Union
promptly laid down all hostile feeling, as
the soldier Of the Confederacy had laid
down all arms and resistance. When the
Confederate soldier ceased to fight, the
Union soldier says: 81 no longer have q
foe." OhivAlric deed May every
heart in the land learn of the
noble example; for my eyes have
never yet seen or my ears heard the quar-
rel OF the UnionRand Confederate soldier.
As before stated, ! annot recount the
deeds Of bravery and darings. the battles
and victories. cannot historically men.
ton even the greater victories, Vicksburg,
Donelson, Shiloh, Antietum, Gettysburg,
Petersburg or ~Appomattox. The world
knows them by heart. But I trust you
will indulge me q moment II I turn aside
from these blazing fields Of glory to q scene
sadder, but, l apprehend, equally noble:-
When the memorial services in honor of
Ambrose Everett Burnside were had in the
U. 8. Senate, ~eloquence, feeling, learning
and valor, each laid fitting tributes upon
the soldiers bier, but mont struck me with
the force Of the following
Mr.. Ransom, the Senator from North
Carolina, said: From every breast in the
broad limits Of North Carolina 1 send
this day to the people Of Rhode Island q
message of sympathy and affection. At
the grave OF Burnside North Carolina
stands by her sister Rhode Island with
clasped hands and mingles her tears in
the urn OF the patriot and soldier who
struck her the hardest blows in battle, but
ii OpCuC0 " hct VIC ucbt uedTb III
peace. From nc point in the great Re-
public will u deeper song of sorrow ascend
TO the worth and memory Of General
Burnside than the wall which comes from
the storm-rent bosom of Hstteras. On
those wasted shores and those fierce waters,
in the solitude by the sea, are still heard
the echoes Of his cannon, the beat of his
drums, the neigh OF his steeds; but above
the troubled waves the voice is heard, the
| form Is seen of q patriot, a countryman, a
friend. Dark and fierce and terrible as those
wsters are when the tempest RACES. thank
God, when the storm has passed
they reflect nothing but the peace Of the
| sun and heaven"
This was said, too, by one who well
knew that it was the gallant Burnside who
achieved the victories Of Hatteras, Roam
oke Island and New Berne in the " old
North State" and those victories
were among the earliest successes OF the
Union arms and were the earnest of their
final triumph.
The chivalric arm contends not with the
w~eaponless hand, and most true is it that
Peace hath her victories, no less re-
nowned than war"
Again, the war cloud having rolled away
and the soldier returned to his home,
| Gaunt Famine stalked into the door Of
mansion and cottage of the South. Word
came to the North TO the ex-soldier that
in that bright sunny land, the little chill
dren of his late foeman nightly went to
bed hungry. AND that their little ears heard
in unmurmuring silence the mothers
heart-break: - have no bread to give you,
my darling" What followedP There was
no request, nc correspondence, no red
tape investigation, but citizen and ex-
soldier acted. Bread went to the hungry
child; the withered form filled, the sunken
eye laughed, and the gladdened father and
mother in Joy heard again the merry
prattle of health and innocent childhood.
Still, the woe cup is untitled; filled it
must be, and man must drain the last
dregs. Yellow Death spread his wings of
pestilence over the Southland. and the
soldiers late foe, with his wife and his
child, lay dying in hunger and want and
neglect. Magically, money and nurses
and care and love flowed down from the
Northland, and the sick man blessed the
God who, although he does not always pre-
vent war, vet makes this kind Of humanity.
Right here one may get some faint glim-
merings Of the use OF moral evil: Ii there
were no injuries, there could be no for
giveness; If no sickness and sorrow, no
self-sacrifce and help. II every man was
full and happy, no man could try to make
another full and happy.
In the absence of q field for their exer-
else the benevolent affection, love, rever-
ence, gratitude. kindness. pity and sym.
patty would cease and wither as the
unused muscle withers and wastes. Per
baps, love and reverence might still exist,
or afford some trouble to the theory. Yet
I think there can be no doubt, but that
/ kindness, pity and sympathy would cease
for the want of proper objects on which to
be exercised.
1t may be argued that in such a case the
m~slevolent affections, anger, resentment,
envy, revenge and hatred would cease. II
40, / imagine no one would regret 1t. II
the whole black brood should vanish, l
guess all good men would say, "Amen 7
But, grant it all. and it only shows that
here ss in every other line OF thought
!" Dimly in the present view we see the
truth" 49,.
One more incident resultant Of this
period. | trust you may pardon. some
weeks ago the Death Angel spread his black
wing over onr land and the tallest giant