The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-17
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After the jovial feast had gone on foi
an hour. Deily Richards, the presiuihs
officer OF the evening arose and excisih''
ed: "Sllence in ranks! At once th'
great concourse was silent. In y ,c"
words. he introduced Colonel MosDy
Great cheers greeted Mosby as he arose
lie spoke as follows:
When. ON April q. 1865 told you ina.
1 was no longer your commander, anu
babe you what we then cohslpeleu .
long. and perhaps eternal, fareWeh, .n'
most hopeful among us could not re@so",
ably have expected ever 10 WliheS' ="
scene like this.
Nearly thirty years have passed away.
and we meet once more on the banks Oh
the Potomac and in sight OF the Capltoi ;
not In hostile array, but as citizens ol d
great and united country. GuhOoa'S ~ no
longer patrol the river; there are ~
picket guards on it's banks 10 chaiiene. ~.
your crossing. Your presence mere '~ii9 ~
evening recalls our last partins-l see
the line drawn up to hear read the ias'
order | ever gave you'll see lle liloi, 'e'
ed eyes and the quiverine ups
the command TO break rankS--i ieel ''S
grasp OF the hand and see the 'ealS o' -,
the cheeks of men who haa uale" - 7
know now. as | knew then tnat each
heart suffered with mine the agony OF the
Titan I'm his resignation TO fate-
'''The rock, the vulture and the cnaih-
All that the proud can feel OF PAM
THE ABSENT ONES.
miss among you the faces OF soihe wno
were present that day but nave si''ee
passed over the great river ana memory
brings back the image OF many OF 'iid
glorious band who then slept in the req
burial of war. , ~
Wojern scepticism has destroyed one
of the most beautiful creations OF the
T1nic ages. the belief that the Spirits o.
dead warriors meet daily In the halls oi
Nalhalla. and there, around the les'N'
board. recount the deeds they did IN lDe
other world. For this evening, at leaSt
let us adopt the ancient superstltloh' u
superstition il be. IT may seem pfesul"P
tion IN me, but man WHO oelohseu W
my command may be forgiven LOT tnInh-
ing that in that assembly OF heroes, When
the feast of the wild boar Is spi cav
smith and Turner, Mountjoy and Glass
cock. Fox and Whitescarver and their
comnanions will not be unnoted IN the
m ghtv throng. / shall make no particu-
lar aliuson TO the part you played III
the great tragedy of war; our personal
association was so intimate 1t would not
become me to do so. But standing here
as | do, amid the wreck of perished hopes,
this much at least ! can say-that III all
the vicissitudes of fortune. and in all the
trials of life | have never ceased to feel
as | told you when parting. "a Just prlde
in the fame Of your achievements, anu
grateful recollections of your generous
Kindness to myself"
THE LAST MEETING RECALLED.
l remamber--and may my right arm
Wither if / ever forget now, when the
mournfuI tidings came from AppimattoX
that young Harry Percy's spur is cold
YOU stood with unshaken fdelity to the
last. and never quit my side until l TOLD
you to go.
A great poet of antiquity said, as de-
scriptiye OF the Romans. that they
changed their sky but not their hearts
when they crossed over the sea. AS long
as / lived in far Cathayi my heart an