The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
WAR is FLAGRANT.
How the Future VIII Regard the Life o
the Great Southerner.


And now that war Is fragrant. fsr and wide
on land and sea and river. over the noun
tain an ! the plain rolls the red battle tide.
and rises the lofty cheer. Tho son falls. the
old father steps in his place. The father fills,
the stripping of the playground PUSHES 10 the
front. the hoy becomes a man. Lead falls
old iaftle-ncids are rakod over. children
gather up bullets as they would pluck be-
rics. household ornaments and utensils are
broken. and an are moulded into missiles OF
whose mellow chimes have summoned 10
the altar are melted, and now resOund with
the grim detOnatiOns ~ artillery. Clothes
fail. old garments ara turned over. rags and
exercisc are iaiment. The batfle-horse
BIS killed. the ship goes down. the endorsed
trooper and the unshipIcd tar frudge along
with the infantry. The border states are
swept away from the tOufcder1cy. the re-
manning ones grid their lOins the tighter
Virginia is divided. there Is enough n her
lc Q Tor her hcoric heart 20 beat In. New Or
leans IFS gone: Nicksbure falls. Gettysburg Is
:. 81. armies wItheT cXilcs make their homes
in battle. slender battaliOns do the duty Of
divisions. Generals lie On the thick fight:
captains become generals a private is COM
rany. LuXurles disappear; necessities be-
come luxurles. Fields are wasted. crops and
barns are burned. fOlks and herds are con-
sumi. and naught Is left.but man and
stcei-fhc soldier and bis sword"
The dpfOlate winter laws white and bleak
upon the land; It's chill winds are resisted by
warm and true affections
Atlanta. Mobile. Charleston. Savannah
IN the COnfederacy is cut % pieces. It.
fragments become countries with frontiers
0n skirmish lines and capitals on horseback
Ports are sealed-the world and the south
are parted. All tie dearer seems the scanL
-gv that hays over her bleeding children.
ON ana Ou and ON come the thickening
masses OF the sOrth--brave men. bravely LED
and ably commanded. and those Of the south
grow thinner. theirs grow stronger Hope
sinks. despair stiflens courage
Everything fails but manhood and woman
hood. Ihe woman cooks and Weaves and
works. nurses the stricken. and buries her
deid. and cheers her living. The man stands
I0 hs gun behind Johnston, behind Lee.
Petersburg and Richmond siarve and bleed.
and set stand dauutles-. And here amongst
vou-w.ile the fhundcrs shake the Capitol
nrf the WludOW-Tnucs OF his home and the
nrlh trcmDies-hcre stands Jefferson Davis
mistaken, unirembling, toiilng 20 give bread
t0 bis armies an their kindred, tOiiing 10
hold up tine falling arms Of his veterans un-
believing that Heaven could decree the fall
of such people.
40 last the very 10 lntains Of nature fall
the exhausted South falls prone upon It's
shield.
LIT HIM HEsI Is RICHMOND.
It's gone. All gone. Forever gone. The
Confedeacy and its sons boa gray have van-
.-hcI. and now no last, hoary with years. the
Cuefflm rests. MS body mlngling with the
ashes OF the brave which once Quickened
sIfn % cOuniry's holy passion.
Hitler let that body be borne By the old
-0idIcrs0f the COlfclcracy. Here In Rich
m0ud. ny the James, where was bis war
home. where his child is buried, where mis-
armies were marshaiiod. where the Congress
sIf. where was the capital. the arsenal the
citadel. fne fell ~ glory, aud al lat the tomb
.ufffa Clnicleracg here let him DO buried,
and the land of Washington and lee and
-tOutWll Jackson viii hold n sacred trust
his memory and his ashes.
ruB FUTURE WILL HONOR HIN.
Iro restless tides OF humanity viii rush
nItnei aud thilhcr over the land OF battles
ff- AGES VIII sweep on and rift the hills.
iol the waters. flash the hghtnings. weigh
.InD white sails Of commerce will thlckcn
0n YOUR river and the smoke Of increasing
0IrfOrIfs VIII hlackeu the skies. Mountains
,ri 3 pour forth their precious metals, and
fields Wll glow boo the garniture Ofricher har-
vests Tine remnants Oi lives spared from the
cattle Wiil be- interviewer with the texture
uffne Union. new stars VIII cluster upon the
Ins. and tur SONS of the south viii hear 10 ne
their ntucfs bore DO % make the bounds of
freedom wider got. our great race VIII meet
and solve ey8rg problem, however dark, that
70 now inces, and 20 people feconcue1 anu
ml lfr VIII stretch forth tn3ir arms 20 stay
those ol the opples'or. but no greater sous
tiIlr.-e than %. so who find rest under the
southern sod from ~umteis battered wall %
IID trailing vines and ivy leaves Of Holly
wood aui none viii come forth oitfuer heart
~ cleaner hands OF higher crest 10 tead
them.
Iothe dust wc give his body now; the ages
receive his memory they nave never ialleo
.o DO Justice. however tarly, % him VINO
stood nv DDS people and made their cause bis
own.
The world docs not to-day think the less OF
Warren because DE fell go Bunker Hi. red
handed colonial rebel. fighting the OLD nag of
bis sovereign even before nis people became
,e'. tsIonisi, from tne crow p, nei because MS
Nrlmou were beaten lu the battle.
Tine great character ana Work OF Johu
DO imrieu We1ru O stigma. though he rode out
uf fLa battle goo Ihai-IOVe stricken 10 death
Uv 20 lofal bullet and soon filled rebels
grave.
oliver Cromwell .sa proud name 10 English
history. though the English republic which
I. founded was almost as shOri-liFed as The
ll.IIlIcrteV and was soon buried under the
established throne Of the ~tuarts.
And wc Dut forecast fire Judgment % me
wears tu come Wlel 10 pronounce That JET
I.r-lu Davis WAS gtc8t aud pure as states
man. MAN aul p4N0t
lu tle eyes " Him % whom thousand
Ferfs are as Safcl ~ tnc nisni' me Mhi
auH fle celtlrTlu N-ip1 10 came are uut ~
tfIcx nf fhe secoud-l ma ~ tiue. ana wnen
flc mYllals Oi this - land shall LOOK nack
through uuclDulel skies o. the old heroic
Iiny-. fna smoke and stain N the battle VIII
have vanished from the ncros name. Inc
flN chl IfaIu of the man who wore the gray
viii stand before them with "a s0untenance
like ihc lightning and in raimcnt as white as