Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-31
HONOR 1HE BRAVE DEAD
Old "vets" Pay Tribute to
Departed Comrades.
NORTH AND SOUTH UNITE
Decoration Day FittingIy
Observed.
GOV. TyLER's GRAFTON
Virginia's Chief Magistrate
Lauds the Valorous Deeds
Of a Nations Heroes.
(By Telesranhl

(By Telegraph.)
RICHMOND. VA. May 30.-The OBJ
servance here today of Hollywood Me-
t2orial Day will long be remembered
Despite the threatening weather. the
organizations announced to take part
assembled at Il central point in the
city. They included the several Con
federate memorial associa ttons OF the
city. the Confederate veteran camps,
the Sons of Veterans, Daughters of the
Confederacy and seventeen of the com
pnnies OF Virginia volunteers now at
Camp Lee.
The march 10 Hollywood was made
, III n drenching rain, and after the Ger
emory of decorating the graves, the or
CARNATIONS returned to the city. and
| the program was concluded at the Sec
ond Presbyterian church. Prayer was
offered by Rev DIR. Hoge and then Mr..
Joseph Bryan introduced the orator OF
the day. Governor J.. Hoge Tyler. who
spoke as follows:
Ladies of the Hollywood Memorial AS
sociation: #.4ye s4A
Nothing but q sense Of the solemn
responsibility which rests upon me as
ii should upon all. to contribute In ev-
cry way possible in keeping fresh and
green the memory OF our noble dead
induces me TO consent to address YOU
even brieflys.on an occasion like this.
!, but cares and Responsibilities
must be laid aside, and raixs my hat
and come with solemn tread to these
| sacred grounds to endeavor to express
! the sentiments that fill our hearts.
THE GRAY IN BLUE.
This Is the first time since the bodies
of these brave spirits We're consigned
to this sacred sod that the cause for
which they died could be properly
| viewed by the whole people of re-
united country.
| II these brave boys In gray were now
| upon earth. endued with the youthful
| ytgor that they once carried into bat
tie, they would today be clad in b.ue
and be proudly defending and advnnc-
| ing the flag that drew their hostile tire.
Strange conversion of the cycling
years! And yet not strange when i've
look more closely into the heart or
| things. A man unselfishly laying down
his life for principle is the nobiest
sight among all Gods noble handi-
work. And when a man fights, for
cause, and that cause is once lost and
pcrishes forever from the face Of the
earth, and there Is no longer q pnss;-
blity of railying again to its standard.
! then the seal of q sacred memory is
| fixed upon 1t. and the true man In
cheerful goodness takes up afresh the
| lines of life and meets with unsubdued
courage the pressing duties OF the flu
! tuIe.
A WAR FOR PRINCIPLE. -F
| Back OF the flag of the Union itself
| is the cause Of representative govern
ment itself Of home rule In matters
pertaining alone TO home. of law and
of order az set forth and established
by the constitution Of states and OF ma
tons. The Southern soldier presented
u hostile front to the Union only when
he felt that the Union was hostile to
these great causes and inalienable
II vad. RSvSs
| negatives OF the sovereign states 1t
was an unselfish war. 1t was q war
for principle. No greed OF conquest
no lust or power was In the struggle.
The seer-like Patrick Henry saw the
seeds OF death sown In the constitu-
ton of the Union itself. The dreadful
harvest was slow in ripening, but at
last it came, and here before us today in
| beautiful Hollywood are the sad evil
dences OF It's bloody fruition. The pow
er and foresight of no one man. nor set
of men. could have averted It, 1t was
given the Western Hemisphere to pre-
sent to the astonished world the spec
tacle of two mighty peoples In deadly
contest on the tented field over the In
depreciation of a written instrument.
No matter how long 1t smoked and
smGthered, no matter about the stormy
debates In Congress. no matter about
the innumerable jealoueies. rivalr!eS,
and passions engendered, the issue
gathered head. and by its mighty mo-
mentum rushed us into war. There
WAS. no retreat possible with honor.
BETTER AS TT IS.
We may now talk of expectancy. and
while insisting upon the right Of seGes-
! sion. heve reserved the exercise of II
| to some future time. but the strugs'::
| would have been only the more dread
| full when it did come. ard The glorious
| union, cenented by the blood of broth
ers In deadly strife, and made holy
| and untouchable by the sacrlficial
death Of a sacred cause, lost forever,
| that 1t might I've f1rever-this Union
| would not nov b.. the magnificent nm
perinl reality that il is, but would be
on tie brink of J, .nasm that ever
yawnea wider ana wider as tho natis
| grew In power and numbers. No. the
struggle had to come. Eighteen hundred
and SIXTY -one saw it uron rs. FOR four
| wears the war drum rolled upon our
| troubled land. and deeds of valor and
| self sacrifice were done that must have
| brought down Heavens approving and
(! tessaarest sympathy. At last q people
| nolv passion was stilled i'm the grave CT
| al their hopes and treasures. Apo
mattox came and the noble Lee rode
away from that Hateful field to take ut
4 With his war-worn veterans the worn
of restoration. All the South brouEn'
| home from that struggle were SACRED
memories, Would our brethren OF tht
North rob us OF these? Never. whlle
Il one brave man respects announcer.
a VOICE FROM OHIO.
II And lust here q recent utterance q
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