The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-31

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holy passion was stiled In the grave OF ali
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
| struggle were sacred memories. Would
our brethren of the North rob us Of these?
Never, while one brave man respects an
other.
And Just here recent utterance OF
| Governor Bushnell. OF Ohio, seems most
appropriate | quote him I'm part:
| "One OF the most beneficial results 10
the American people is already at hand.
| II ~ the obliteration Of sectional lines
and the union of North and South In one
| loving loyal. patriotic brotherhood. NO
| people could he more devoted TO our
! country in their troublesome times than
are those Of the sunny Southland. They
have buried every bitter memory hum
dred fathoms deep, and stand shoulder TO
shoulder with the North for one flag and
one nation You ask whether the
! Confederate flags should be returned TO
| the South. | say without hesitation that
such action on the part OF this govern
ment would be right and proper I DO
not believe there is a man in all the
| North. with a just conception Of what Is
best for the country. who will object to
restoring to the South the old flags they
| fought under. Nothing should be
! left undone to keep ever at food tide the
| harmony and the love that now prevails
! between North and South"
If THEY WERE LIVING.
| And we have assembled here to-day TO
| reverently do honor 10 the soldiers OF the
| South. whose bodies lie sacredly guarded
| in this beautiful enclosure. / do not
| think / could lay greener and more
! fragrant wreath upon their graves to-
! day than to say that II living now. they
would be marching at their countrys call
| To avenge the death OF our unsuspecting
/ sailors in iiabana harbor and 10 bring the
! bright blessings of immortal freedom 10
| the island of Cuba. BY what authority
| do ! thus speak. and why do I thus read
| the hearts Of those whose dying look was
| upon the Stars and Bars? ] speak by the
| authority Of their living comrades.
| speak by the authority Of their children.
| who are loyal and devoted followers OF
| the flag Of the Union. ] speak by author
| ity Of the fact that they hated tyranny
and oppression and loved liberty and self
government And what better authority
could I have than the fact that in this
present struggle they would have a Lee
| TO lead them?
But In following the flag Of our Union
Of the cause for which they rendered up
| their lives? He is but a shallow reader
| OF the hearts Of men who could so inter-
! pref. Locked in the silent guard Of the
| centuries. secure I'm the keeping Of i'm
partial history. that cause is gone from
the earth so far as its recent organized
| manifestation in the Confederacy is con-
cerned.
POSTERITY'S RECOGNITION
Tlffs 10 10 ices II mo
march of the Anglo-Saxon race toward
| chartered rights and wel-deined limita-
tions upon official power, when the rec
ord is finally made up 10 show the pro-
| cesses Of the worlds great evolution tow
ards representative government. when the
course I'm fire and blood is tracked. by
which the American republic emerged as
IAN indissolUble Union Of indestructible
| States" then posterity will uncover it's
| head as we do here to-day. and will
realize the part the Confederate soldier
played i'm bringing these great truths TO
life and I'm teaching mankind TO cherish
| defend. and die for approved guarantees
Of a peoples freedom
To die i'm a good cause IS a holy sacri-
fee Being once born into this world.
that Is the nOblest way 10 go out Of It,.
I shudder 20 see return upon us the
mighty spirits of evil that a war turns
upon earth has been alas, too often in
the wake Of destructive. bloody. unnat-
ural war old wrongs and rooted evils,
grievous burdens. and grasping oppres-
sion seldom give way until the cannon
/ has spoken and the keen blade has cut
it's way through But We need not
! mourn for the man whose life IS lost in
] doing his duty. In one short hour he
lives a lifetime He drinks in mo-
ment the essence Of years. And when
| the bursting shell or rlhe-ball cuts the
"siver cord i'm twain. his work is done.
and IN complete. well-rounded beauty
symmetry his life ever stands out an
| inspiration to mis- fellows Under the
pressure Of such a moment the carbon
of the soul. which otherwise would lie
| dun and lustreless. becomes a diamond.
indeed, and flashes it's sparkling beau
ty forth upon all the world.
To the diamonds imbedded here we
! bring the admiration and tributes OF their
| loving countrymen. Theirs IL was 10 die.
ours to live But well may we ask our
selves Il IN living we have done our part
as well as they in dying? Al least let
| IL be a sacred care OF ours TO keep fresh
| the memory Of their heroic deeds, 10 have
| a tender regard for their last resting
| place, and never let a cloud rest upon the
! ID u iitllf1S ~ liit tduaF LOT hilltu litl
| died.
CAUSE OF CUBA LIBRE.
Let us teach their children and their
| children's children that they were a race
of heroes. A child that would turn upon
| such sires and call them traitors has less
| Of the instincts Of man than OF the
| insensate swine. In Br. BledsOe's i'm
| pregnable book. "Is Davis Traitor?'
| there is forever conserved the mastery
facts and arguments by which the cause
and motives of the southern soldiers
must be judged in the future. There let
the case rest We brought nothing ont
| Of that struggle but our self-respect, our
contribution 10 the heroic defence of con-
stitutional guarantees and our sacred
memories No brave foeman would
ever ask us to give up any of these. and
vain indeed would be the request If il
should be made. ! think l voice the
sentiments of I'll true Americans when
! say that the seal of an inviolate truce
has now been put upon all sectional ami.
mosities and so far al North and South,
East and West IS concerned. "old things
have passed away and all things have be-
come new"
And what brought this to its last hour
and erased forever the already dimmed
lines Of strife? TO the south Of us. in
the beautiful Pearl OF the Antilles. Cuba.
the fairest daughter OF all the sea. there
was heard the cry Of the oppressed. at
times almost stifled by the cruel barbara
ties Of their Spanish masters but rising
gain az d moaning wind over a restless