The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-31
ment OF iler General Assembly made tho natal

OF Her Ofuer great son, teOTke Washington.
the father OF his country.
II that be treason lei them make the most
Of it,
And why shnll no, the South have it's heroes
and its anniversaries? The south ha, its his
tory. its traditions, its wrongs ~, ruins It's VIC
tories IFS defeats. its record OF suffering and
humiliation. its destruction and worse still, its
reconstruction.
She has many cemeteries filed with her own
patriotic dead. slain fighting her battle: and
sac has on her soil, beneath her brizh. skies,
larger, more numerous and moro pOpuiOus GEM
eteries. TILED with brave men. STA In battle by
the hands Of her warriors.
Is here nothing worthy the song OF the heroic
muse in all this,
FOR tour years the Confederate Government
noatrd IT'S nag over every state beneath the
Southern cross and tho Confederate armies
carried their battle flags IN triumph from the
no Prande almost 10 the capital Of the hey
stone state and spread terror 10 the great iakeS,
us little navy showed the strange coior' oi
tle newborn nation. from the northern sea 10
ths equator, driving the American merchant
alne rom the high seas nn, scSrcey snp
anu stripes on the Atlantic ocean.
the CONFEDERATE FLAG.
For four bloody years the Confederacy stood
the shock OF all the power and resources OF the
greatest Republic on the face OF the globe and
Fought FOR Independence on more than an hun
dred battlehelds; and AT last when her armies
were worn away 10y attrluon and her means OF
resistance were exhausted, succumbed TO over
WlelmIng numbers and resources
yanQuished' yet victorious;
Overcome but not humi.lated
Defeated but not dlsmayed
Was there no heroism in all this. Heroes are
not made 10 order.
Deeds make heroes: imDerishable deeds born
OF virtue. courage and patriotism.
Genius may maj Sc mon great; power and place
may make men famous. but the crown when
decks the brow OF q true hero - more than ge
Mus can give or power and place can bestow.
II Robert + Lee IS not hero IN tho highest,
hos Of rnaff ANA
on the pages Of history more deserving the
title?
For four years he successfully led the armies
OF the Confederacy. proudly grand. supremacy
great.
In the sublime language Of the gifted Sena-
tor MI. OF GeOrgln: lie possessed every Virtue
vices
He was foe without hate.
A friend without freachery.
soldier without cruelty.
And victim without murmurnZ.
He was public officer without vices pri-
vate citizen without wrong. neigh Dor without
reproach, Christian without hypocrisy and
man without guilt. lie was Cesar without his
ambition, frederick without hIs tyranny. Ma
pOleOn without his selishne,s and Washington
without his reward. Tie was As Obedlent 10 au-
thority as a true king
tie was as gentle as a woman in life. pure
and modest as virgin in thought. watchful as
Roman yestal IN duty. submissive 90 law as
socrates and as grand IN battle as Achilles.
And Stonova.l Jackson is he not a hero every
inch from spur 10 plume
His fame Il rs bright the sun al MONDAY;
a. fixed and imperlshabe as the everlasting
mountain peaks OF his native State.
CHRISTIAN HERO.
When his spirit passed over the river and
+ sted under the shade of the trees the unspot-
ted soul of a Christian hero went 10 It's reward.
Who denies that he was a military genius?
Who SAYS BE was not al unselish patriot Who
does not admit that he WAS "a pure, as simple
and as free from guile as little child?
Amid the iurld Aghtuinss. fierce passions and
dread thunder of the greatest civil war or mod.
ern times when mem minds where tnll or rNll
Vaccinations. and their hearts nlet with
hatred. malice. and ail Observation-Disclosures. me
laid down his he. and yet. strange 10 tell. not
one word of unkindness or ieproach assalled
his memory
The most impscable Of orr foes hreathed no
word of criticism or charged him with single
act or speech unbcconlus true Christian
hero.
Ii Stonewall Jackson wss not a hero. then
the history OF the world. IT'S wars and reyolu-
tons its struggles tor country ami freedom
never knew man WORTHY 10 wear that title.
might proi0ng the list. but will sneak here
Of hut one other Ills name | DO not know.
but his deeds OF yalor have seen, while his
forttude and bis uneIampled achievements
all this world admircS.
This greatest nero OF modern times Is the
private soldier Of the Confederate Army. who
cOurage0usiy and nOby did his duty. enduring
without q murmur. He was the equal OF the
mos famous soldiers of ancient or modern
times.
The three hundred az IhermonYl IL were not
more devoted. The Roman Legion was not
more steadiast and courageous. he Old
Guard was not more reliable and certain IN the
hour of danger. The Light Brigade was not
more daring.
Half clad, half starved he endured the great
est fatigucs and hardsnips without replnng.
ami faced tho heaviest odds without blanchins
or faltcriug.
Aud is Il counted strange that tho Southern
people cherish the memories OF these mem Is
il a matter of reprOach that they nave their
heroes and their 8nnFersarlea'
ExALT THEIR LEADER.
Is itamatter ~ surpr Sc that they eralt their
leaders above the leader, OF the Union cause?
Does any reasonable man ecSlect less Does ne
EXPECT us 10 eyalt Genera. Grant above General
Lee General sherman above StOneUall Jackson
or General sheridan above 4. L HIP
Blood Is thicker than water. he affections or
p brave people cannot be transferred from their
own leaders 90 the leaders OF the opposing SHE
ans more than water can run up bill b. the
force Of gravity. 1t contrary 20 the law OF ma
turc.
The Southern pc pie respect and admire the
brave men who fought against them. and they
feel patriotic pride IN their greatness; bIt
they love their own heroes with love when
surpas>es the love of woman
They arc bone " their bone and nesh OF their
flesh" and each atom OF the dust or their dead
who wore tho gray IS dearer 20 them than ali
the brave men who wore the blue.
&C. For in all the colors
That deck the world
Your gray blends not with blue.
The colors are far apart;
Graves sever them IN twain
The Northern heart ami tie southern hears
May beat IN peace a~ain.
But still. till Times last day,
Whatever lips may plight
The blue j. blue. but gray Il gray;
Wrong never accOrds with right
LOYALTY 20 the Government OF tho United
states does not require dls4Oyalty 20 our own
people or 10 our traditions. IofaltY 10 the
Union does not require that we should love 1lr.
ingalls, Of kansas. OF canOnlle Bcnaml /.
Butler. q Massachusetts.
Ina thus hOnoring aud cherishng the memo
ries OF their dead the southern people honor
themselves aud oXalt themselves IN tue estina.
non OF all right-min led people. II they failed
10 DO this they nOuld de. crgo and receive the
cOpfemut Of al brave people.
The desire - honor the memory or dead
friends is natural instinct nrmly implanted IN
tho human heart, and is as OLD as the history OF
the human race. ~
thatwh.u die daughter OF Q.dipus was brought
before 1ieon. King OF Ihebes, accused o.
having the rites OF sepulture % her brother.
to1ruIces slain ia combat. declared a traltor
and mis- funeral rites forbidden under penslty OF
If death she ACKNOWLEDGED and eNulted III the
deeI And when asked by the king; ana
.I'..u tr.,I.v rIla lalx sue BIAya.y and