The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07


Itself an inspiration and an assurance of
success
THE APPEAL WHICH MONUMENTS MAKE
But how shall State become proud Of
It's own recordy How can it obtain the
confidence in its own yalof, which is hall
the battle; answer by preserving the
memories Of the past But how shall this
be done BY history; How few read
history how few have the time or incli-
nation There is, however, a splendid
substitute for written history - il
is pictorial history; it is OBJ
ject-teaching; it is the appeal of monu-
ments. Armies are recruited chiefly from
the young and from working men-men
too busy TO read. How appeal 10 them
except by monuments These speak 10
all, learned and unlearned, old and young
professional men and men ef business,
the merchant, the mechanic, and the
manufacturer. Books are occasion
ally opened; monuments are seen
every day, and the lesson of that
lofty figure Of the private soldier which
is To tower over Libby Hill and be seen
from afaf 10y all who approach this city,
by river or rail, VIII be- a lesson in stone
and in metal which your school boys can
read and understand. and the lesson will
be this Live nObly; there is reward
for patriotic devotion to duty. Republics
are not ungrateful.'
an in favor of monuments
10 great generals. We have a
monument to Washington, to Jackson,
to Stuart. We are going to have one for
our Lee; but ! want another for our
Confederate private soldier.
TIE PRIVATE SOLDIER.
Who are more worthy of it than the
priyates who followed these great leaders
and who so won their admiration that
they could not find words adequately TO
express it, When Jackson had 10 bid
farewell to the Stonewal Brigade. as he
rode slowly toward the line the men
who at the sight of his old faded cap,
with The rim resting on his nose and his
chin in the air, and the old gray coat ana
the old sOrrcl horse. were accustomed to
shaiter the air with their chccrs-Were
silent as death. rhey knew what was
coming. In the midst OF the profound
silence and sadness Jackson. controlling
Isis emotions rs bcst he could. commenced
"a formal address But presently hc
paused He ran his eye down the line Gas
one Of his biogIaphers says as it
he wished individually to bid
them farewell man by man
but as the memory of what they had sui
fcrel and achieved together came crowd
ing ON him the suppressed emotion surgcd
mp beyond restraint. MASTERED hy an un-
contrOllablc impulse, he rose in his
siiFrups. threw the rcins on the neck OF
his horse with an electric gesture which
sent u THRILL through every heart, and,
his arm. added i'm tones of
deepest feeling In the Army OF the
SHENANDOAH yOu were the First Brgode
In the Army of the Potomac YOU were
the First Bug1de In the second corps
0f the Army Won were the First BiIQ0de
! Ou are the First Brigade in the affections
Of your general, and hope by your fu-
ture deeds and bearing You will be handed
down 10 posterily ~ the Fvt Br1gId. in
this our second war uf independence %
The private soldier The men who
were described by The English CORE
spoldeEt of The London Time, as lean
from fasting with matted hair and men
dicants rags yet who followed the
battle flag with a triumphant JOY never
surpassed, and won victories never
,hc men of whom Lee said
"Thcre is one attitude in which / would
never bc ashamed of your seeing my men,
and that is when they are fighting"
cs. we will give them a monument
The scheme il in good hands. No better
committee could be selected than the
one TO which we have entrusted its man.
igcment No more ardent or efficient
friend of the enterprise can be found
than the hOnOred Governor OF the Com.
who is giving - il his fullest
and his uniirng cooperation
LIBBY HILL.
The place for the monument is a good
)nc-the very best of all the historic
hills of Richmond We will make its
firm. its column high and
over The city defended four years by the
brayest men who ever shouldercd arms or
,harged bhvOnct. we will set mp The
statue; and as the sun rises over the
Chesapeake bay and darts his beams
across the \ Ork river and the James, the
first object 10 catch lis beams will be the !
FURNISHED helmet of the head OF the |
private soldier shining like the morning /
star over the city of the living and a
he same sun sinks 10 its bed below Hol- |
ywOod, the city of the dead, iis light |
Nill still linger like a halo around the |
soldiers statue aloft in the air, to re-
mind us that glory survives the grave. /
and that when the sun of life goes down /
Is radiance will linger with a soft, celes- |
ial splendor after all the rest of the
world is wrapped in darkness
REV. Mr.. CAVES REMARKS.
At the conclusion of Dr lIoge's al |
lress, Rev X. c. Cave, pastor of the /
Christian church, was F.
allied on. He arose and spoke for about /
minute, but his remarks, though brief, |
we're eloquent, appropriate, and full OF
ceiling.
The immense audience spersed, feel !
NJ that they had enjoyed genuine in |
cleclual treat. Ii is hoped that this /
Meeting is the Inauguration in earnest /
# this movement, and that it will not T.
top until complete success has been re-
died
bright Hope Hallway.
Mr.. HObson of Powhatan Yesterday
Introduced bill in the House of Dele