The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-11

long hours OF the night. with no thought
to cheer save the thought OF messages,
OF prayer. OF loved ones at homer the
private. Who charged upon the cannon az
/ il beichod forth death2 The private.
/ Who was first in front OF battle upon
the skirmish lineg The private. Who
mounted the battlements Of the enemy
! intrcnchc9g The private. Upon Whom
! did the sdccess of the army depend Inc
private -. ~.
glory which enshrincs the noble charac-
fers Of our brave officers, but would
erect a monument whose crested TOP
would meet the clouds, and there would
p-~'ta the names OF Lee. Jackson. stuart,
E-nby. Beauregard, Pickett Wickham.
Cooke and others. and alongside OF them
/ would write the names OF the private
soldier. not one whit lower or higher.
and when the iightnings at play on the
bosom Of the dark clouds should KISS each
name. / would direct the gaze Of the
whole world to them
THAT LAST SLEEP.
When the last Confederate soldier has
folded his arms 10 sleep the sleep that
knows no waking, and been lovingly lad
away 10 rest in an honored grave yea
when generation after generation have
come and gone. Southern poets will sing
fINIr
ern historians will faithfully portray and
proudly point to the matchless courage
and unpareleled bravery OF the southern
soldier as one OF the prOudest monuments
OF our c0untry's glory
Our dead sleep around US I'm graves OF
unsuccessful patriotism. To-day let God
fragrant flowers be scattered upon the
graves Of Gods true men.
Let US place wreaths upon their last
b.. tender
hands and offered by loving grateful
hearts. Let us strew their graves with
bright and beautiful flowers, and wreathe
their tombs with immortolles. 1T cmDlcms
/ Of their purity and fidelity.
| We ao-with none Of the parace, the
pomp. the pride Of circumstance OF
/ power-to offer our simple tributes 10
those whose memories we hold so dear
/ 10 those who died in defence OF Consul
/ tutionai Union. Rest assured the time
will come when the lovers Of Constitu-
! uonal Government everywhere, at home
/ and abroad will do them justice as its
lravest defenders. and until mat tine
comes. let us honor and reg1rd them as
our chief glory.
DECORATE THEIR GRAvrs.
Let the band be palsied that would re-
{ fuse 10 decorate their graves let the tongue
/ cleave 10 the roof OF the mouth that
| would dcfame their memories, and snoul"
/ the dav come when they cease TO be
remembered and honorcl, ct that day
| be darkness let not God regard IT from
above. le. the shadows of death stain
! it. let It not be joined to the days OF the
! week the month or the years, ana let
there be no joyful voice therein.
when we cease to remember you. ~ %
nameloss demi-gods, each with smile
on his face. me thinks, as If he Ieloiced
/ 10 make so poor 81 crlhce as his Ire
for so great cause as his country. -
when we cease 10 remember YOU May
the woods refuse us shelter the earth
/ home. the grave a restingplace, and God
/ bar MS from the very gates OF Heaven.
The inscription upon this monument
! tells us these heroes have not failed. since
! they died I'm a good cause. Having never
| known defeat, they sleep as sleep the
hero upon surrendered shield
"Thcy have fought their last tight they
have won their last battle
They sleep their last sleep, and naught
shall ever waken them save the trumpet
of the Almighty ArchangeL when they
| shall appear I'm the grand Heavenly re-
view, for then God will judge the right
$50 sleep on. loved ones, mid thine own
native bowers,
Wen weave tkoc a caplet Of earth s fair
est flowers,
| With roses we'll deck thy last resting
place,
/ While each scene of the loved past our
memory viii trace
| Tears mingle with dew-drops at morn
DER thy tomb.
1 And signs with the soft wind az tv lights
duh gloom;
But faith, with an eye Of immortal scope,
/ Describes DER the dark scene the bright
bow of hope,
And whispers though love-links on earth
are all riVcn
They will form one unbroken chain. per
feet in Heaven"
BASKET OF RosEs.
At the conclusion Of Colonel Harwood's
| Grafton, Colonel Archer arose, and on
! behalf of the Church Hill admirers of
/ the orator. presented him with mag
/ nihcent basket of American Beauty roses.
/ Colonel HarWOOd acknowledged the tri-
/ butte IN fitting terms. and in turn pre-
| scented them 40 the DakWo0d Memorial
! Association. through us president, MIS-.
! ii. Il. Christian. Colonel Archer called
! upon his old cOmrade IN arms Judge
! h. r. Farrar. 10 accept the gift for tho
association. which the did IN a short but
| eloquent address.
! A few remarks were then made ~
/ Colonel Archer and the Coronation hymn,
! led by Captain Frank Cunningham, was
/ sung. after which Rev. James \. Fair
/ read the following poem. written by AIRS
I
| Confederate soldier, whose remains rest
! in lakewood.
THE POEM.
once more we meet together on this
/ cNcuuul day,
A memorable one to US. the tenth OF
For though ions years have passed since
/ then. our heroes still We mourn,
AS when from fields Of carnage their
manglc0 forms were borne.
From the broad the bright Potomac. to
the noble Rio Grande,
When wars tocsin loudly sounded sprang
forth a noble band.
| Proudly each soldiers armor was quickly
Nor dreamed they then OF dangers. but
OF battles nobly won.
/ shattered homesteads. scattered house
/ holds. wars bitter fruits are here.
! And where ragged the nercest battles,
desolation doth appear.
| Though our cause Was lost. we pflZed
il. and with the earnest might
/ OF hearts and hands or ireemen, we bat
tied for the right
| Cuailod they from countless legions who
uprose on every hand,
! And laid i'm waste In ruins, fair and
| smiling land
No, With unhnching valor. and with
/ hearts as true as steel.
/ They met their foes, once brothers, on
many a bloody neid.
Ar The flash OF every sabre barred was
many a brawny arm,
| AZ the roar of countless cannon myrldds
of brave men went down,
| Down 10 a grave Of glory from whose
/ emerald sod shall rise
Lost inc a a H.