The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-03
THE MOUNDS ABOVE TIL e
DEAD SPAN THE CHASM
WHICH SWORD AND
BAYONET COULD
NOT BRIDGE.
FIFE BLUE AND THE GRAY, A HAIR
,IONIO US NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
UTTERANCES AT THE GENIE
TERESA PEACE FOR THE
DEAD, WHICH, LIVING,
THEY CRAVED IN
VAIN.


From an early hour gaily uniformed and
ba parisoned officers of the staff might
have been seen skurrying hither and
thither communicating the last final in
structions for the procession to the ceme-
teries and the order of march to be pre-
served.
Minds of men and women, yet young in
years, revert to line when, to the sur
vivors of those who wagered and lost life
for the cause typified by the "stars and
1 bars" not even the
y swEETLY SAD LUXURY OF GRIEF
was permitted But the fullness of time
/ had ushered in an era when a gospel of
hate and bitterness had given place to
broad catholicity; when reason and
Cancellation ruled the hour, and not
purbind passion and prejudice.
For this happy contamination the battle
tried veterans of both sides had long
waited, for each respected the manliness
of the other, and knew that in his late
antagonist he had met a "foeman worthy
Aof his steel.' Prompt, then, to respond
ITO the announcement, and just as the
clock was upon the stroke of p. M,
dense crowds of citizens assembled on
Congress avenue in front of and adjacent
4 to the temporary capitol. Organizations,
civil and military, filed into the building
and up the first flight of stairs to the hall
. of representatives where after several
+ soul-inspiring airs from Mannings Rifle
band, Col. Fred Carleton, in
CHAsrE AND APPROPRIATE ADDRESS,
A opened the real exercises of the day.
3These initial exercises concluded, the line
: of procession was formed on Congress
4 avenue, heading to the south, in the order
. following: At the head of the procession
DETACHMENT OF THE CITY POLICE,
{ consisting of all the members of the force
not on duty, including Marshal Lucy and
ASergeant Cheneville. Following, at an in
Serval of twenty PAGES, was the
MANNING RIFLE BAND,
discoursing inspiriting strains of martial
hmusic at intervals on the route of march.
Closely following was the admonitory
lesson of the day. In friendly blending
came large number of ex-soldiers, now
. peaceful citizens, who, to the cadence of
i alternated national airs of both sides, kept
step to the music
OF RESTORED NATIONALITY,
.
come to more thoroughly respect the hon
orable manliness of the other. The i'm
pressive spectacle, let us hope, was not
kSwthout its good effect, though it may be
4 long while yet before the world learns
! that he is generally hardest to forgive
4 who has least to forgive.
Decked in evergreens and festooned with
. flowers, so as to almost conceal the wheels,
came next
FLORAL CAR NO l,
4 the work of Mrs. DIR. Tobin and her lady
associates. 1t was an artistic triumph,
worthy of the refined tastes and deft
hands of the ladies who designed and
wrought it. Gracefully intertwined with
cedar and flower wreaths, were United
ESTATES flags. From the fornt of the car
the Lone Star flag" sported with the
dallying breeze, while from the rear
foated the once more unfurled banner
of the
D. "sTARs AND BARs.'s
once the rallying sign of as knightly a
race as ever went forth to battle and to
death. The free air of heaven once court,
ed and loved it, nor did it seem less kind
spNo it on this bright morning of May, as
hiOoSN
by vernal zephyrs. Perhaps those looked
upon it who had seen it driven miles deeE
into the ranks of the stubborn foe, by the
mailed hand of that
PRINCE OF PALADINs, sToNEwALL JACK
SON,
on a similar May day of twenty-thret
years ago, and who dream that the phan
tom host, in those shadowy regions,
81 Where the dead from their ranks at the wan drum
mer sign,
Ride on, as Of old, down the length of their lie
gions,
And the word still is Forward, along the who'll
line"
If that spectator stood in the thrOng
he is none the worse citizen for the retro
spect. His warrior arm and dauntles
heart would be worth more to his unltet
country in tim" of sore trial, than 1
Is whole BATTALION VI those whose rage wa
never raised to fighting heat until thu
Might was over.
Handsomely executed and framed paint
ings of Lee and Jackson we're set in tn
rich, deep green of the background.
n d Following this car came the Austin bat
TALON, composed of
THE ''TExAs RIFLES" AND "AUsTIN GRAYs
Capt. W. H. Stacy commanding tn
former, and Capt A. o. Watson tn
latter, Senior Captain Stacy commanding
the whole. In their bright, new uniforms
their FURNISHED arms and polished accou
trements mirroring the MONDAY sur
'-Aboth bodies presented a soldierly appear
ance and were the recipients of man
well-deserved compliments.
At an appropriate distance from tn
military in line came
FLORAL CAR NO. 2,
decorated much as its companion car, anG
like it, the work of fair hands and lovin
i hearts. On this car were the flags of tn
United States and of the state of Texas
with miniature flags of the former desig
huttering from the sides. Its decoration
is understood to be the joint design O
4SJohn B. Hood camp and Mower post, tn
execution of which was entrusted to
committee selected in joint council O
both organizations. Right happily wa
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