Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-31

shs Common soldier. We crown the
pedestal. The captains who icd sne
heroes were tho exponeuts OF their glory:
Ali praisc 10 tho captains on this day ana
on All days. Better and truer men never
lived to lend. But there IL another whom
we do not forget. To tho chieftain, On
whom the eyes OF commonweaitns ana 1ne
hopes of armies are directed, the rage 81
battle IL the chariot OK nie. T h;n Nm Mn
behind the iiler was our rank ara
| file-tbat warIike pattern that was FASH
;oned on 1.-THE roaring loom" and then
wovcn TO tatters Dy tho fiery hail Of battle:
| Ont of their rags was woven the robe oil
| the generals. Out OF their mortanty
Others put on immortality, VINO snail
draw the picture OF that duty known ONLY
to God? The cbcitainn says; s Thsra -, 70
enemy will charge there his batteries VIII
ram there Won will fell. your comrades
will sucep over YOU to triumph" 60,
! mo bero'T Thcs- the unknown, the unre-
CORDED were swallowed up in the victories
| which are recorded and are. known, nc
l,ohtnipv which swallowed them MA TAT ~
what IL consumed. Their glorlneI Image
sits on throne like the giofineu sain.'
who were once warriors anu arc no" 'oN
| querors. r,r
We h.s. deserve respect when we show
rasnoct 10 the deserving. We honor our
| selves when we honor our dead. we can
sdj nothing to them. Struggling against
J;tticnIties and FAINT with encouragement.
Their hattie was fought. their victory won,
No he brought face TO face with the peru
Of the time depended not upon them
| selves; but to stand upright before ~
when 1t came was their good part, which
has not been taken from them. We nav
chiefly TO see to IT, that when we, TOO, are
horne from the field, it shall be with the
banner of an honorable day, and
pious hope flung over us, ana
music of gentle deeds to coInmem-
crate us when we are gone 90
tares il with our cause. II sleeps well now.
AZ a dead man might, with stone ior q
pillow. SO fares IL with cause henceioi'n
An elnobied for us by honorable death gu
| the field: guarded henceforth Dy tne am
J az the dead. whose dead march the muiheu
| drnm of living hearts is beatlng-a nero
ca,ise borne on its shield to the grave OF
hero death. pierced with wounds. WOUNDS
| for us are lovely covered with reProach
| for us pure, crowned with thorhs iof u'
holy. :: go .o.rs
and for them with the sweet, Phth9'i.
beauty of our last sad fareweiis, Is Una.
aaatbera ali hearts in one. The saddest,
sternest of all faces-the face or the IRE
vocable-stares on us from those fareweE5;
fareweIls of hone. farewels OF vaior, rare
wells rung out not IN speech. Dut III sIlen.e
and closed lips In battle ana III nIsn.,
when the very stars gittereu ICY coiu od
the field of the slain. The spring anu
summer of peoples manhoou' Tue naiiiA
sweetness of the warrior boy. the Deautiiui
simplicity we shall never see again on tn's
earth. the unbought valor which fronteu a
world in arms and died frontlng-to an
these our chIvalrous farewell. NOT tili az
noble grace departs will their memory de-
part. prolonged applause
The DUTY ON THE HOUR.
II is for US TO approve ourselves notal
oetber unworthy the heroes we comInemo-
rate but walking, like them, firnly In
duty. bravely in principle honestly IN con-
yicfion. by facing tine difficulty ana o.
struction of the present time, as tney
faced their foes--wIth the same singlehess
of purpose, the same self-dedlcetion-coh-
ouering the frown of fate by being uncon-
Gnered tv il. We will have enough 10 90
| ~ nroye 10 the future that that the plough
| share of our peace is beaten out OF
| the same metal which went into the
glorious weapon of our war. Out OF the
| mist of wears | almost seem 10 see the
faces. and out of the buried din to hear the
voices of the past, speaking those ola IAN
guages so frank, so brave. so unapproach;,
ABLY dear, lust because they are gone ana
return no more; They died that we might
not live in vain. II is for us so to i've tnat
they shall not have died IN vain. And II
today this voice from the ranks could
reach the men. who now marshal the way
before us, 1 would say Look there! see
what the noble in man can DO. Al your
peril oppose to it the ignoble IN man.
Appeal once more TO the watchwords
of the past, to courage. and TO con-
science If you would renew Tor
MS and for yourselves the laurel OF the
past. The white plume of the ages; the
| lag of your duty summons you there.
| The martyIed valor OF the South feii as IL
was charging right onward there. There
by the side now of his last captain, and OF
ours. is jackson, standing like stone
! wall.n The message which is borne oy
the "cannons to the heavens, the heavens ,,,il
| TO the earth,' rings clear and true. Inc
| life which forgets itself is the lite which
| is not rgotten. As it Is hid with Gou'
| so is IL revelation TO man.
| AT the conclusion of Mr.. Robinsons 40
| dress the artillery fired several saiutes'
| which were joined IN by the Infantry,
The crowd, after singing the Doxoiogy
| DISPERSED.