Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-05-12
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or to their patriotism and heroic
valor Monday with impressive
ceremonies, in the presence of q
large concourse of citizens assem-
bled around Confederate square in
beautiful Willow Dale Cemetery.
The procession, which formed
at 5 o'clock at the court house
square and proceeded to the ceme-
terry, was an imposing one, meas
uring many squares in length, and
composed of the Ladies Memorial
Association, Confederate Veter-
ans, the Graded school faculty
and pupils, numbering many hum
bred, the Juvenile Fire depart
ment in full uniform, the champ
lain and orator in carriages, DR..
W. IL. III. Cobb acting as chief
marshal, assisted by Messrs. N H.
Gurley, A. B. Hollowell and N.
w. Musgrave.
At the cemetery the ceremon-
les were opened with the singing of
the national anthem by the entire
assemblage, followed by a fervent
and eloquent prayer by the chap
lain, Rev. F.iW. FAIRIES. The
hymn America was then sung,
after which DR.. Cobb, in a few ell
quent words, introduced the orator
of the day, our townsman Col. A.
c.. Davis.
Col. Davis spoke without Eotes,
and of all the memorial addresses
it has been our privilege to listen
to, his was the finest we have ever
heard. Its every sentence was
appropriate to the haflowed oc-
casion; beautiful in thought, elo-
quent in diction, thrilling in SEM
timent and faultless in oratory,
and throughout it's delivery his
audience hung on his every utter
ance and greeted his we'll rounded
climaxes with generous applause.
At the conclusion of his address
all the old Confederate soldiers,
the ladies of the Memorial asso-
citation, and hosts of his other
hearers, thronged around him to
extend their congratulations.
In some sections and towns Of
the State the custom has obtained
Of late to make some individual
General of the Lost Cause the
subject Of the Memorial address,,
and THE ARGUS takes this occa>
sion, as opportune to record it's
disapproval of the seemingly
growing custom.
It is well enough for Camps of
Confederate Veterans to desig-
nate their organizations by giving
them the name of some General,
and at their reunions to haYe
panegyrics delivered in honor of
individual soldiers3 but this! day
has been set apart for the com
memoration of the soldier of the
ranks, and it's celebration, there
fore, should not be made to revive
the vain regret that upon some
single name the populace ever
loves to crowd the laurels that
belong in varying degree to other,
but aforementioned heroes. HUI
man, as we are, this defect of
adjustment seems inevitable in
all our awards Of honors. Not so
here in Goldsboro. In our beau
tiful cemetery, in the lovely plot
set apart for the purpose, we
have erected one Of the hand
soonest monuments in the South
ITO the Memory of the Confeds
crate dead" aud our observance
Of the day is in honor Of those
countless fellow-patriots and
brother-heroes in arms in the
ranks who died on the fields OF
glory, gaining the star of mar
tyrdom upon their crown of he
roisn, but, alas, whose forgotten
names and unrecorded valors en-
Joy no Individual immortality.
All honor to their immortal
heroisn, their devotion to duty
their untarnished honor in arms
All honor, too, to the living
soldiers of the lost cause, who
stood side by side with those
who fell, as heroic as they. as
brave as ever faced a foe, as true
to country and to honor as eve,
walked the earth.
Thirty>seven years have rolled
between since they first went to
war in defence of Southland.
The arbitrament of arms has for
ever settled the cause for which