The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-31

Should be. and shall. survivor Of it's woe.
And from its immortality look forth
Into Tho suns face. like yonder Alpine
snow,
Imperlsnaoly pure above all things below"
Yes. the high. majestic worth Of the
Confederate soldiers and sailors shall be
survivors Of Its Woe and, surviving,
shall help TO lift the world into higher
life. Although they were defeated, their
struggle was not in vain. In the worlds
life, wrong has often triumphed" for "a
season. There have been many times OF
oppression, when human rights were
tramped In the dust by despotic power
and the hopes OF men seemed dead. But
the student of history Will find that every
chaos has been followed by q cosmos.
THE agony and sweat and tears and
Rood Of every age have brought forth
a new and better era
"Step by step, since time began
We see the steady gain Of man"
And reasoning from what has been to
what shall be- / believe that not In vain
were tho battles and not in vain was the
TAI Of those who battled and fell under
the banner OF the Confederacy. Having
nv their glorious deeds woven a crown OF
laurel for the brow OF the south that
drew to her the admiring mind OF the
world, by their fall they entwined IN
that crown the cypress leaves that draw
TO her the sympathizing heart OF the
world. The land In which we live Is
dearer 10 our hearts since IL has been
hallowed by their sacrifices, and watered
with their blood Ihoush dead. tney
worthy Of kiuship with them, by being
heroes In peace as they were heroes IN
war.
NO CALL TO ARMS.
In our country. 1.-THE war-drum throbs
no longer. and the battle flags are furled."
The oulet stars that thirty years ago,
looked Gown on sentineled camps or
armed men. resting for the morrow's
conflict.
49, midst flame and smoke,
And shout. and groan, and sabre-stroke,
And death shots falling thick and fast"
now look down. night after night, on
guiet homes where the sleepers disturb
cd by no call 10 arms, peacefully slumber
until singing birds wake them to the
blOodless 1abOrs Of newborn day.
Fields that thirty years ago, were cloud
ed by the smoke Of battles. and trampled
bv charging thousands, and torn by the
hoof- beats Of the war horse, and ploughed
by the shot Of cannon, and drenched with
the blood OF dead ana mangled men,
arc now enriched by tillaga and con-rib-
uting their fruits 10 nourish the lie ana
increase the prosperity OF he people.
peace folds her wings DER hill and val
lev" But peace, rs well as war, de-
mands Of us high devotion ana uhsWeIF-
ing LOYALTY IT, with peace, We have de-
cav OF patriotism, and loss Of virtue,
and the triumph of private over public
interests and the sacrifice Of Law and
Justice 10 secure partisan ends-it, with
peace. we have the accumulation OF
wealth at the cost or the country WEI
fare and the honest manhood OF its citi-
zens. our peace must prove but the down.
ward path 10 the ruin In which so
many nations. once great and prosperous,
have been swallowed up. Better far the
desclations and horrors of war than such
peace. go
From such peace-peace Joined with
cofruptlon and enjoyed at the expense
Of true and noble manhood-the soldiers
and sailors Of the COnfederacy, speak
ing through this monument Of their self
sacrificing and heroic devotion, shall hep
to cave our land. Their spirits, glory
crowned. hover over Us ana peShon uS
on I'm the paths Of patriotism and honor.
Their example bids us nohly live tor
the principles for which they brayely
fought and died-the principles Of state
sovereignty and home rule, on which
this government was wisely founded by
our fathers. without which no vast ter
ritory like ours can possibly remain Dem
ocratic. departure from which IS rapidly
hurrying the country to choice between
anarchy and Imperialism, and return 10
which is essential to the preservation
of the life of the Republic.
MAKE WAY FOR LIBERTY.
In the fourteenth century, when the
sturdy sons OF Switzerland confronted
their Austrian oppressors at Sempaeh.
Arnold You Winkelried. commencing his
family to the care of his countrymen ana
CRYING. Make way for liberty" rushed
forward with outstretched hands ana,
gathering an armful Of spears into MS
own breast. made an opening in the SEEM
ingly impenetrable line of the enemy
through which his comrades forced their
way TO victory. Thus falling In the
cause Of liberty, he won imperishable
fame. and his deed. immOrtaliZed In song,
has awakened noble and generous emo
tiOns and nurtured the love OF freedom IN
the hearts Of millions. SO shall the story
of the men who bStted for the Conted J.
eracy 20 down through the ages. KIND
ling the fires Of patriotism and devotion
10 the principles Of free government III
the hearts Of generations 10 come.
thinking of the mighty dead.
The young from slOehful couch VIII start
And vow with lifted hands outspread'
Like them TO act a noble part.
And so.
the graves OF the dead with the grass
overgrown, ,,...,-
throne.