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

tained duty promptly performed was re-
Taxed; the little house oftthe sailor MS
hammock. and sea-chest claimed It's oc-
cupant. and the worthy fellows sought
their well earned rest Then dark treach-
cry and murderous cunning wrought us
Fearful work. The grinding, tearing.
rending. bursting mine. touched OF by
unseen hands. sent 266 souls into etern-
ity.
"No reckoning made. but sent 10 their
account
With all their imperfections on their
heads"
And these men wore the American uni
form and were sleeping under the AmeIi-
can nagl A thrill Of horror went through
the breast Of every American cluzen. a
crime so black. murder so premedi-
tated shamed the century in which we
live and made the pagan world seem
fair and honorable. AS the horror ing
eringlv drew itself out. while the man
Rled and vater-wasted bodies, one by
one. were brought 10 light and laid on the
waiting barge of death, convection set
tied itself deem I'm the hearts OF all Amerl-
cans that the possibility OF such crimes
must forever be removed from such close
proximity 10 our shores, mat the sailors
on the Maine must be avenged ana that
Cuba must be free. -
For the first time the Confederate SOL
der and the sons OF Confederate soidlers
had an opportunity TO show that they. In
unison with the sons OF the North, have
a common country and common cause,
and right nobly did they respond. Where
has there been a discordant note? How
goriously loayl have been all the States
OF this Union, our dead comrades
shamefully done to death, our flag I'M
availing To project them, an oppressed
people stretching out their hands yearn-
ingly towards the light OF our own glo-
rious liberty, these tnings came nome 10
the hearts OF the Southern heroes, ana
they were ready TO follow the flag and
march 10 the music Of reunited coun-
trv. However great the sacrifices re-
ouired. we all stood ready 10 turn from
our shops. our fields. our desks. and give
up our lands again TO disturbing war.
When a nations honor Is at stake,
when the holy cause Of liberty Is being
shot to death on our very threshold
then all peaceful considerations must be
swept aside.
NO more shall commerce be all in all
and peace
Pipe on her pastoral hillock languid
note.
And watch her harvest ripen, her herd
increase.
Nor the cannon-ball rust on a siothlui
shore:
And the cobweb woven across the can
mons throat
Shall shake its threaded tears in the
wind no more.
Let II fame or fade, and the war-drum
roll like a wind;
We have nrovad we have hearts in a
cause. we are noble still;
II is better TO fight for the good than
to rail at the ill.,"
A UNION. INDEED.
That IS our condition to-day Nhen
unbolv ambition or avarce draws men
together in a common warfare, we can
we'll expect them to fall apart again in
bitter strife. but when a pure and noble
Impulse Of patriotism, when desire to
to succor the suffering peopleff at our
door and avenge the ruthless slaughter
OF our sailors called North and South
East and West. together In one solid
phalanx. then the ties are knit forever
and in such a cause we can well repeat
the refrain OF the soldiers song:
There is never a bond OF love like this:
We have drunk from the same canteen."
Then henceforth let MS love one an
other like citizens of the same great
country. Let us this day commit 20 the
hands OF impartial history the cause and
the deeds of the Confederate soldier
That chapter IN our country's life is
closed. May the dark clouds OF passion
and the bewildering fogs Of sectional
prejudice no longer obscure the clear
vision Of the truth. And have no doubt
when that hour comes. and / trust II Is
already upon US that these brave spirits
whose mortal dust lies sleeping here in
Hollywood will stand forth respondent
I'm the purity Of their motives, and In the
heroism OF their deeds.
The Governor delivered his eloquent
address in his most impressive and
pleasing stffyle. and was literally ap-
plauded throughout. When he concluded
he was warmly congratulated for the
splendid effort
Or. Hoge then pronounced the benedic-
ton.