Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-31
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qua roed IN this beautiful enclosurr
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graves today than 10 say that. IL IIv
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8AeaF cocnfrys call to ay-nge the sea,h
OK cur uE1suspsc,Ing sailors in Havana
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angs O. immortal freedom To .h+ island
OF Cuba- BY wha, authority 90 I thus
j Bleak, and hr,S
bsar1s Of those Whose dying Ic-,k was
oPoH the Stars and Ears7 sreesk hy
{ xhe authority Of their living comrades.
* SPEAK 6S the authority OF their chill
nsen. VINO are loyal and devoted fol-
soEers OF the flag Of the Union / SPEAK
6y authority of the fac, tina, they
mated tyranny and oppression and
r. loved liberty and self government. Ana
Wna1 better authority could l have
shsn the fact that in This presen,
struggle they would have a Les 10 lead
them.
COSFEDEEATES CONSISTENCY.
BHt in following the nag Of our tIuion
Is To-Day. is there any recusan, deser,tnn
OF the cause for which they rendered;
Y ZIP their .ivese He is but a shallow
feaoer OF the hearts Of men who could
y SO interpret Locked the silent
guard Of centuries. secure in the keep
4 Ing OF impa rtiai history. THAI cause is
gone from the earth SO far as its recent
y organized manifestation In the Cnnf-d-
z ssacy Is concerned. But while ,h-
praises OF men follow the march Of the
Anglo Saxon race toward chartered,
rights and we'll defined limitations
upon official power. when the record is
nnaliy made up TO show the process of
the worlds great evolution towards
Z representative government when the
course IN fire and blood tracked. by
which the American republic emerged
an IAN indissoluble Union OF indis-
& tructible states then posterity VIII
uncover its head. as we do here today
and Will realize the part the Confeder-
nte soldier played In bringing these
great truths 70 life. and in teaching
mankind 10 cherish, defend and die for
approved guarantees Of a peoples free
dom.
IN MEMORY OF HEROIC DEEDS.
To die in good cause is holy sac
y rtnce Being once born into this world
q that Is the nohlest way to get out Of it,
n ehudder to see return upon us the
u mighty spirits OF evil that a war turns
loose. But the progress of mankind
Il upon earth has been. alas! too often in
the wake of destructive. bloody, un-
natural war. Old wrongs and rooted
= evils. grevious burdens. and grasping
, oppression seldom give way until the.
cannon has spoken and the keen blade
cuts It's way through. But we need MOI
mourn for the man whose life is lost
in doing his duty. In one short hour
he lives a lifetime. He drinks In in
moment the essence OF years. And
when the bursting she'll or rifle bal
cuts the silver cord" in twain, his
work Is done, and In complete well
rounded beauty and symmetry his 4ife
ever stands out an Inspiration to his
fellows. Under the pressure of such Il
moment the carbon OF the soul. which
otherwise would lie dull and lustreleSs,
p Ito Ind. a
its sparkling beauty forth upon all the
world.
To the diamonds imbedded here we
bring the admirati ton and tributes Of
their loving countrymen. Theirs it was
90 die. ours to live. But we'll we may
ask ourselves If In living we have done
our part as well as they In dying? AL
least, let 1t be sacred care of ours to
keep fresh the memory of their heroic
deeds. to have a tender regard for their
last resting place. and never let cloud
rest upon the brightness of the cause
for which they died.
CAUSE FOUGHT FOR.
Let US teach their children and their
z children's children that they were
Il race OF heroes. A child that would turn
3 upon such sires and call them traitors
: has less of the instincts OF a man than
of the invincible swine. In MFR. Bled-
: soes tmpregHable book, us Davis q
STraitor?'' there is forever conserved
the mastery facts and arguments by
(which the cause and motives of the
II Southern soldiers must be judged In
the future. There let the cause rest.
We brought nothing out of that strug
n gle but our Self-respect. our contribu-
ton to the heroic defence OF constitu-
tional guarantees and our sacred mem
ories No brave foeman would ever ask
as to give up any of these. and vain
indeed would be the request If it shou'd
be made. / think / voice the senti-
ments OF all true Americans when
say that the seal Of an inviolate truce
has now been put upon all sectional
animosities. and SO far as North and
South, East and West Is concerned.
sold things have passed away and all
things have become new
THE CAUSE OF CUBA.
81 And what brought this to Its last
!. hour and erased forever the already
dimmed lines of strife? To the south
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