El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-19

stiles, and our swords wers beaten in
to plow shares. to turn them under the
Sod of fOrgetfulness, and bury them fol
ever. Instead OF suilen, disappoiDte
southern foemen, you have friends
a. jealous OF our country's honor, as
obedient to her laws, as devoted to heI
constitution and as proud of her hae
as any who followed the victorious
Grant.
''R 4ise high that flag of our fathers
Let southern breezes kiss il. Let
southern skies Reflect it! Southern
patriots will love it. Southern sons
will defend it and southern heroes will
die TO" it. And as its fo d. unfurl be-
meath the heavens let our voices unite
and swell the loud invocs ton, Flag OF
our uDion, wave on. Wave evern
The are the words of one of the most
gifted orators of the south, delivered
not log after the war, and 1 quote
them as vO'cing the sentiments OF
those who at AppomatoX under a
chivalrous Lee laid down their arms
befor generous Cant to take them
up never more except with the "boys
| in blue" against common foe.
But time presses. You ladies and
gentlemen may wonder why such or
ganizat ons are kept mp as the G. A.
| R." aud the ~ G. W." when, you
may thin &, they may rather lend 10
| keep alive the shoulder ng fam IS.
| Their object is TO scatter to the winds
the ashes of war: 10 promote kindly
| feelings among ourselves and our form
err adversaries: to preserve AID pro-
mu gaze true ard impartial history
Going Justice alike to the north and
| he sourh and to keep green the graves
| and the memory of departed oldie~s
Here e sp &ksr readifrom the U. G.
| V. constitution in illust: alton of the
sentiment. He then continued: We
have common decOra ion day when
| ''who lies here? Dill he fight for the
no TIL or the south?'' Only SIS this
soldiers crave?' IF so, place upon il
ne urea h OF immortslle: drop there
toe sweet forget-me-uot, that h is >piri'
may know he still lives in the hear of
his comrades
We are sp 'ci ally charged with this
ought to all Us q, for VIII N you honor
tn true soldier, tn ugh de d, you
or yourself E5..ecia'ly is it our
duty 10 k and care for The plac
ere the uDh er Id ery sleeps and
20 com memo "a IS best We can the
ac's Of SELF, crifce and deeds of hero
ism-fOr tn m there is no "scul ptured
bust or s'orie urn" Our great lead
e. will live as lopg as patriotism
and valGr; memory, revere ce, admira-
ton a. d love will ever revive at the
urn OF our Lee, and glory rekindle it.
self at the tomb of our Grant; for
theirs are rames, Immortal names
that were not born to de- but tn
south is full of the more lowly graves
of these whose names are, many of
them, even now forgot. We sh1uld a
least Ike p their graves green Il ID f. ON
ALTERATION, remembering that they
hallow our soil and are cur sacred
trust. They are ours, my comrades,
whether they contain boy 10 gray or
a boy in blue and they make dearer to
US the sunny land in which they lie.
For.
Give me land with grave in each
spot,
And names in the graves that shall
not be forgot.
Yes, give ire the land of wreck and
the tomb:
There's graudt ur in graves, there's |
glory il gloom.
For out of the gloom future brightness
is born,
AS afte the ght looms the sunrise of
morn; |
Aud the aves of the dead with the |
grass over grown
May yet form the foot stool of liberty's |
throne:
And each single wreck in the war
path of Might
Shall yet be rock in the temple of
Rightr'
The judge was given an ovation, ard
it was remarked through the audience
that he rad done himself proud.
The Star S angied Banner was sung
by Miss Pearl Pennima who was ap
propriately wrapped in an Amer can
flag. The choir 10 ned in and the ap-
plause was hearty. A recitation, The
American Flag, by Mis- Hart isor, was
uext given with a pa triotic vim ard
artistic inspiration that rmed up the
audience and drought down the
house, Mr.. Mold followed with the
fan liar soDg, The Sword of Bunks
Hill, which was very we'll received,
and then DR.. Villas for the G A. R.
made the following add, ess:
Comrades of the blue d gray, Ia
d es and gentlemep:-I have been ask
ed hy the comm ttee in charge, o make
q few remarks on this Occ asicn l fully
intended to do SO, but my prof ssional
cares and responsible tiles have b en- of
such nature for the past several days
that l have not found time to give this
matter any considerat on VIVA lever
However, l feel that 1 cannot let this
pass without saying a few I
words expressing my b art-feit feel
ings. l have fell, comrades, for tn
past several years that we were fas
loosing our bearings, but l did not
think that L should live long enough
to find myself exclai ning-''Where are
we at? but, comrades this is the eii-
cament that | find myself in at thi+
time. Since have heard of the
east and the west. the North and the
south, of the great democratic party of
the pops, also the gold democrat, the
gold publican, the silver democrat,
the silver republican, all mighty in
situations in themselves, and so far as
human eye could detect, were liable to
live ard prosp-r for the next thoussn d