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

sisted all their power. In dangers ana
harcships that tried mems Souls tne
defenders OF the South were uied, INV
always found true as tempered STEEL
Laboring under disadvantages which even
their friends can never fully appreciates
suppiementinl, their scanty rations with
weeds and gr asses; their bare feet often-
times prrssh s the frozen ground or
bhstered on the burning highway, their
garments az tattered as the battle-torn
banners that they bore. they bravery
fousht on for the cause they loved ana
sealed their devotion to IL with their
blood.
sfLofrBs OF THE coYFEDrRACY.
/ need rot name the many glorious
fields on which the soldiers Of the Con-
fcderacy by their splendid courage hurl-
ed back army after army. each one
greatly outnumbering them. and sup
posed by the North TO be strong enough
70 crush them. / need not recount the
battles In which the sailors OF the Con-
| tedcracy made up in skill and daring
| Tor lack OF equipment. and fought with
valor unsurpassed in naval warfare. on
| the land and on the sea they made rec
| ORD TO which their country may point
with just and noble pride. History
| pears witness TO their unrlyaled marian
| qualities By their deeds they set with
| pearls the bracelet Of the world and
| won for themselves a place in the fore
| most rank OF Mankind's Legion OF Honor.
| And. although worn out by ceaseless con-
|
| by numbers. they were al last forced to
| yield Those to wtom they surrendered
might well envy the glory Of their de-
| feat
And the glory Of that great struggle
! for constitutional liberty and home rule
| belongs not alone to those who wore
| the officers uniform, and buckled on the
| sword. but as well to those who wore
the coarser gray OF the private, ana
shouldered the musket. We do well 70
| honor those who served in the ranks, and
| faithfully and fearlessly performed the
| duties of the common soldier or sailor.
| II was their valor and worth, no less
| than the courage and genius Of the OH
GERS who led them. that won for me
battlenag OF the South fame which
ION brightest pages.
| Penned by poets and by sages.
Shall go sounding down the ages"
In intelligence and thought. they were
| from training and associations. far above
| the average soldiery Of the world. Not
| withstanding all that has been said about
! the illiteracy Of the south, DeleVe
| that no country ever had larger per-
| centage OF intelligent and thinking men
| In the ranks OF its army. Thousands OF
| them were highly educated. cultured, re-
| fined and in every way qualined 10 COM
mand. Sitting on the brow OF the noun
tain, overlooking the vircirg Shenan-
| donti, and the little town OF StrasDuIg,
! and the beautiful valley stretching away
towards Winchester, and at that time
|
soldiery, a Louisiana private idly tax
! ing OF what he would do were ne
| IN command, gave me almost every
detail Of the plan. which afterwards
| perceived and executed by the COM
| handing officer, carried confusion ana
defeat 10 the Federals Had the need
| arisen. as i'm the case OF the Theban
| army at Thessaly. more than one Epami-
| nondas might have been found serving
| as a private In the Confederate ranks.
voEAL PRINCIPLE.
And l believe that no army was ever
| composed OF men more thoroughly i'm
bued with moral principle As ru rue
| they were men who recognized the oDh-
| cations to he just and honest, and mer-
| ciful. and TO respect the rights or others
even in the time of war. Never hinchlng
| from conflict with armed foemen their
| moral training and disposition FORBADE
| hem TO make war upon the weak and
| defenceless. To their everlasting honor
stands the fact that In their mSrch
| through the enemy country, tney ,leti
! hehind them no fields wantOnly laid
,,'as,n M families cruelty robbed of
| subsistence. no homes ruthlessly violated.
| In no case" says an English winter,
had the Pennsylvanians 70 complain OF
| personal injury. or even discourtesy, al
| The hands of those whose homes they
| had burned, whose families they hau
nsulted. robbed. and torme nted. Even me
| tardv destruction Of Chambersburg was
! an act Of regular, limited and righteous
reprisal." The Pennsylvania farmer
whose words were reported by a North
| ern correspondent, paid 10 the SoutheIh
! troops no more than merited trlDute
when he said Of them: Il must say tiley
| acted like gentlemen. and, their cause
| aside | would rather have forty lIiou-
sand rebels quartered on my premises
| than one thousand Union troops.
| And they acted like gentlemen not
| merely because the order Of their com
| manding General required them so 10
act, but because the spirit within them
selves was in harmony with, ana respohu-
ed to that order. In the ranks OF Ini
| cheerfully performing the duties OF inc
humble soldier, with little hope. OF pro-
| motion where intelligence, aointy' anu
| daring were so common, were men
True as The knights Of story.
| Sir Launcelot and his peers.
And these humble privates, no less
than their leaders. deserve TO he honored'
II was Jacksons line OF Nlrgihlans'
| rather than Jackson himself. that re
| sembed q stone wall standing on the
| mains Of Manassas. while the storm OF
| battle Kissed, and hurted. and thundeIed
| around them: and If ! mention the hSihe
| Of Jackson rather than that OF the ruuuy
faced boy who fell, pierced through W.
| brain. and who was buried on one OF
Virginia's hills I'm a lonely grave over
| which to-day the tangled Wild weeds are
| growing. it is not because one was mo-
| heroic than the other, but because JaCh-
| son. Dy MS greater Ii'i'4i-~-'-~'
| fully embodies before the eyes OF the
! world the patriotism. and courage, ahq
| bsroisu that glowcd no less brightly ana
| Steadily in the heart Of the beardlcss
| nov These noble qualities, possessed Dy
| bo;h and displaved bv each as his ability
| md nosition permitted, bind them togetn-
| err in nv thought. not as oificer ana pr
| vato but as felloW-solders ana bIotheI
| natriots Exalted virtue, Ike deepest
Shame. ever obliterates RANK, ana pIihss
| men into a common brotherhood
TIP sorTHFRN cHfr.
Az nv mind recalls the persons ana
| Ut Of those years I'm which the on
| federacy struggled for life there rises
] before me the majestic hgure OF iie
| oreat Southern Chief-the peerless soigieI
| and the stainless gentleman; tn ne.osesd IN
| who was COOL calm, and self-posseSszu III
| ~ nresence OF every danger, and Wno'
v,itb marvellous foresight and skill, pan
| red uaeterly campaigns. directed the
/ march of war ruled the storm OF pdtur'
| ard Guided his men TO victory on many
| a well fought field. the genuemhn VIZ
| wes "a pure as a falling snow MAKE, ~
| Gentle as an evening zephyr, as tehuSt
as the smile OF a flower, and as pauels
De nc rnck-ribbed mountains. I need
no. name him, for his name is WIlllc'
| in eyor-endunng letters on the heait , Or
| he South and hOnOred Throughout the
| ci,,ilizad world. Around him ! see COM
| many Of intrepid leaders whose achleve-
| innents HAYS surrounded their names WIN
! a glory which outshines the luster OF
| coronets and crowns. ! would not PiuciN
| o0a leaf from the laurel with when
| they are garlanded. | would, II could.
| i'm TO still higher note and sing III
| still loftier strains the paeans that are
| chanted in their praise But | see also