Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-31

| perlshes forever from the face OF m,
ossr.n, ana there Is no longer a possibilit,
Tho laying again to It's standard, ther
the seal OF sacred memory Is fixed upof
~, ana the true man in cheerful godlinesi
| taxes up afresh the lines of life ant
meets with unsubdued courage the press
ing duties OF the future
"A WAR FOR PRINCIPLE.
4. sack or the flag OF the Union Itself
- me cause or representative government,
tselI' or home rule in matters pertaining
aIone 10 home. OF law and of order as
set forth and established by the constitu-
IONS OF states and of nations. The south
ern soldier presented a hostile front 10
the Union only when he felt that the
Union was hostile to these great causes
anu nalienable rights, these sacred
ana ana reserved prerogatives OF the sove-
aaeisn States. IL was an unset
NO greed of conquest, no lust of power
wa. was In that struggle. The seer-like Pa
trick Henry saw the seeds of death sown
IN the constitution OF the Union itself.
me ne Dreadful harvest was slow in ripen-
Ihs, out at last IL came, and here before
US to-day In beautiful Hollywood are the
SAD evidences OF its bloody fruition The
power and foresight Of no one man, nor
seq or men, could have averted II. 1t was
gwen the Western Hemisphere TO present
to the astonished world the spectacle of
Two mighty peoples in deadly contest
on the tented field over the interpreta-
tlon OF written instrument. No matter
now long 1t smoked and smothered. no
matter about the stormy debates in Con-
gress, no matter about the innumera BILE
Jealousies, rivalries, and passions engen-
uered, the issue gathered head, and by
It's mighty momentum rushed us into
honor.
BETTER AS IT IS.
We may now talk Of expediency, and
while insisting upon the right of secession,
nave reserved the exercise of IL to some
future time. but the struggle would have
been only the more dreadful when 1t did
come, and the glorious union, cemented
bv the blood of brothers in deadly strife,
and made holy and untouchable by the
sacrihcial death Of a sacred cause, lost
forever, that II might live forever
this Union would not now be the magnif-
cent imperial realty that IL is, but would
be on the brink of a chasm that ever
yawned wider and wider as the nation
grew in power and numbers. No. the
struggle had TO come. Eighteen hundred
and sixty-one saw it upon US. For four
wears the war drum rolled upon our trou-
bled land, and deeds OF valor and self
sacrifice were done that must have
brought down Heavens approving and
tenderest sympathy At last peoples
holy passion was stilled in the grave of all
their hopes and treasures. Appomattox
came, and the noble Lee rode away from
that fateful field to take up with his war
worn veterans the work OF restoration.
All the South brought home from that
our brethren of the North rob us of these?
Never, whilo one brave man respects an
other.
A VOICE FROM OHIO.
And just here a recent utterance Of
Governor Bushnell. Of Ohio, seems most
appropriate. / quote him in part:
zone of the most beneficial results TO
the American people is already at hand.
II is the obliteration of sectional lines
and the union of North and South In one
loving, loyal, patriotic brotherhood. No
people could be more devoted to our coun-
try in their troublesome times than are
those OF the sunny Southland. They have
buried every bitter memory "A hundred
tatnoms deep, and stand shoulder to
shoulder with the North for one flag and
Dne nation. d" You ask whether the
Confederate flags should be returned to
he South. j say without hesitation that |
such action on the part OF this govern |
nent would be right and proper. j do |
not believe there is a man In all the |
North. with a just conception of what is |
pest for the country, who will object to |
TO the South the old flags they |
ought under. Nothing should be
eft undone to keep ever at food tide the |
harmony and the love that now prevails
North and South"
WOULD AVENGE THE MAINE.
And we have assembled here to-day 10
everently do honor 10 the soldiers Of the
south, whose bodies lie sacredly guarded
n this beautiful enclosure. do not
hink could lay a greener and moro
fragrant wreath upon their graves to-
lay than TO say that, II living now, they
would be marching at their countrys call
o avenge the death of our unsuspectlng
aiors in Habana harbor and to bring the
fright blessings Of immortal freedom 10
he island of Cuba. BY what authority !
10 thus speak, and why do l thus read
he hearts Of those whose dying look was
pon the Stars and Bars? l speak by the
uthorty Of their living comrades. l
peak by the authority of their children,
Who are loyal and devoted followers of
ne flag of the Union. l speak by author
~ of the fact that they hated tyranny
nd oppression and loved liberty and SELL
oVernment And what better authority |
ould / have than the fact that in this
resent struggle thew would have Lee
D lead them?
But in following the flag of our Union
D. day is there any recusant desertion
the cause for which they rendered up
heir lives? He is but a shallow reader
( the hearts of men who could so inter-
ret Locked in the silent guard of cen
lries, secure in the keeping OF impartial
istory, that cause is gone from the earth
D far as its recent organized manifesto
on in the Confedracy is concerned. But
lille the praises Of men follow the march
|
gifts and well-defined limitations upon
tficial power, when the record is finally
Iade up to show the processes OF the |
orlds great evolution towards represen-
ltiYe government, when the course in
re- and blood is tracked, by which the
merican republic emerged as IAN In
ssoluble Union of indestructible States"
len posterity will uncover its head, as
e do here to-day, and will realize the
art the Confederate soldier played in
ringing these great truths TO life, and in
aching mankind to cherish, defend, and
o for approved guarantees of peoples
eedom. :
in MEMORY OF HEROIC DEEDS.
To die In a good cause is a holy sacri-
e. Being once born into this world. {
at is the noblest way to get out OF It,
shudder to see return upon US the
lightly spirits of evil that war turns {.
nth has been, alas! too often in the
axe of destructive, bloody, unnatural
ar. Old wrongs and rooted evils, grie-
JUS burdens. and grasping oppression
ldom give way until the cannon mas
oken and the keen blade has cut its
ay through. But we need not mourn Tor
e man whose life is lost in doing his
lty. In one short hour he lives a life
ne. He drinks in in moment the es-
nee of years. And when the bursting
eli or rife-ball cuts the "sllver cord
twain, his work is done, and in COM
etc well-rounded beauty and symmetry
5 life ever stands out an inspiration TO
5 fellows. Under the pressure OF such
oment the carbon of the soul, which
berwise would lie dull and lustreless,
comes a diamond, indeed, and flashes
, sparkling beauty forth upon all the u
,rld.
20 the diamonds imbedded here we bring v
. admiration and tributes OF their loving b
untrymen. Theirs II was to die, ours II
live But well may we ask ourselves S
i'm living we have done our part as wei a
they in dying? At least let IL be s.