Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-09-07
FEDERATION FOR THE DEAD.
Speech of Capt. Robt. w. Joyner at
the Reunion of the 9th Regi-
ment, at lagrange, Au-
gust, 9TH, 1898.

6peec OF CdpL. hopt. w. Joyner al
the Reunion of the 9th Regi-
ment, at lagrange, Au-
gust, 9TH. 1898.
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Fs7oW Sol
aiers;
I cannot express to you the pleas
ure it affords me to behold once
more the faces and to grasp by the
hand my old comrades of the late
war. But it is a pleasure mingled
with sorrow. There are those who
shared with us the dangers and
hardships Of that memorable strug-
lyle who are not with us to-day.
With them sslife's ftful fever is Ger"
and they rest quietly beneath the
sod of many a hard-fought battle
field, some without a mound to tell
where they sleep, Others without a
grave, but they are not unhonored or
forgotten.
Veneration for the dead is a SEN
timent natural in Even the
poor Indian, when driven from his
happy hunting grounds by the en-
roads of civilization, has been
known to disinter the bones of his
ancestors and bear them a great diss
lance, and renter them with ap-I
propriate ceremonies. Though we
may not do this, we can cherish in
our hearts the memory of those no.
BILE spirits who gave their lives a
sacrifice upon their Conntry's altar,
and strew their last resting
places with bright, beautiful flows
ers, fit emblems of the resurrection.
It is our sacred duty, in some aps
propriate way, to commemorate their
heroic deeds.
La times of conflict and suffering
; the manhood of a people is deyel-
oped, and true patriotism finds its
: noblest embodiment in those who
Surrender all that is dear to them
for what they conceive to be their
Iduty to the land of their birth. The
ren Of the historian, in no CLINE
and in no age, has ever chronicled
nobler or drawer deeds than those
. performed by the defenders Of our
a lhomes and our firesides. You NAV
tell US of the heroes and patriots Of
1.-The olden times and of the ancient
Icountries, of their gallantry, their
n high-sense of honor, their fidelity
: their frmness. their purity, theil
L zeal and devotion to their country
: and we will eclipse them all with /
o Robert T.. Lee and a StoneWall Jack
lson.
ii Upon the bloodsstained soil of GU.
own Sunny South were scenes en-
- acted by our dear fallen comrades.
* "Who, vainly brave,
Died for a cause they could not save,
as glorious as herald ever sounded il
10 the triumphal procession of a return
le ing conqueror. And amid all tina
host of heroes who fought, bled an,
le died, none bore a more conspicuou
" part than your own command, tn
J bloody 9th. If it's history is eve
8 truthfully written it will be see
l. that the annals of the world con
n tain no prouder record. 1t shout
at be engraved upon ar 1n.perishabl
: tablet that your descendants N fu
ture years may see what manner {
tIIlO1 Jul SOOo IN oGoCO R1OouSGo 1
p times that tried mems souls.
ne And linked with the memory o
rs that immortal struggle we Shout
lever keep fresh III our minds tn
Sublime patriotism of our Souther
5 women. Their kind words and ten
rs der sympathies encouraged the fair
to hearted, and their approving smile
lighted up the CHASTITY gloom of wa
Their fidelity, their boundless lib
!, eral1ty and theiEselfsacrlficing devt
~ ton during all those long, sad yeal
o,o9 Of agony and of woe, entitle the
- names to a place among the mob
10 army of martyrs in the diadem {
he national glory.
- But, comrades, the cruel war
~ over. All it's horrors have passe
=, away and our country has entere
upon a new career. We now kno
but n flag. The people of ii
North and of tie South are henc,
af forth one people, whose mission an
ha destiny is the grandest on earth, l.
US cherish no bitterness Or lll-wi
toward the people Of any SCI
~ ton, Of this broad land, br
with united hearts and unite
~ hands and with malice towards mol
:. do all we can to make tine future
q, bright and as glorious rs the pa
- has been sad and disastrous, and
az our example inspire those who a
- to come after US with high and IN
y BILE resolves TO discharge their du
sn to the honor ard glory Of their who
1T country.
,ly Secretary Carlisle Non Committal.