Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-11

sense OF honor, he might have massed
numDerless troops behind him, ana fnduc
those bays his own.
GALLANTRY AND COURAGE.
DR.. Barr dwelt eloquently on the gall
lhhtry ana courage OF the southern troops
OF thirty-iive years ago, and particularly
OF their self-sacrifice; their endurance OF
years Of blood and anguish, and the vary,
ing impulses that led them on. lie paid
tribute to the colored race Tor thelr
hdelity and herosm In guarding the ola
hOmesteads and shielding the absent mas
ter's interests The real question involved
IN the war, he said, was not only the
righteous conviction ana love OF country
put sacrifice TO the great American re-
pubic that Is yet 10 be- The question OF
| slavery was but the occasion that pre-
cipitated the confict-not its cause. The
real question. then. was as TO the rights
OF The states under the Federal Constl-
tuition. Somewhere and somehow TINS
question had TO be settled. Continuing, ne
said: In the providence of Goa tnu5
question was finally decided by an appear
to arms. and If this was TO be the ultl-
mate method of it's determination, iar
better that ii should come when IL pid'
than at any later era in the country ca,
reer. The South herself has only entered
since upon a glorious development. the
very hem OF whose garment she could
never have touched so long as the ola
order lasted. But she entered IL through
a SdAtNdN OF IRE. anu ubWtFti htHJN'AiN
the structure she shall build, she can
never forget that the stones at the
foundation Of the new South were &c
mented with, the blood OF the gallant
BOYS whose memory we honor to-day.
And so ii is we maintain all the loving
reverence we can bestOw upon the memo
ry OF the Confederate dead is not incon-
'istent with our perfect loyalty to the
order that now H.
THE SOUTH EVER TRUE.
Now that we find this country of ours
plunging into war" Mr.. Barr sald IN
conclusion "the South yields not 10 any
other section i'm enthusiasm for the COM
mon cause. The South is the first to lend
allegiance against a common foe, ana as
we bid our troops 'godspeed' we are able
to sing with those of the North
THE Star-Spangled banner, long may 1t
wave
Ger the land of the free and the home
Of the brave
And while we Of the newer generation
protest our loyalty and devotion To TINS
sreat and glorious Union; while our DO
SONS swell with pride that we are clt-
zens of the United States of America we
none the less cherish as sacred trust the
duty 10 teach our children that no men
ever marched I'm battle array or purer ana
lOftier purpose than the heroes OF the
'onfederacy And the same sincere pur-
pose that we maintain for them we VIII
c0ncede TO all. and pray that when the
last stone has been laid in that imposing
edifice that this country shall build in
the coming generations. and the sound or
The hammer has died away. posterity VIII
litter with reverential breath the name OF
all those on either side who made II pos
;ible through the awful baptism OF blood.
MUSIC AND A SALUTE
At the conclusion of DR.. Bars address
4 mixed chorus, composed of the choirs
If Union-Station and Christ churches,
sang the well-knOwn hymn, shall We
Meet Beyond the River?" after which
America" was sung by the entire con-
gregation. and the exercises concluded
with the benediction by Rev. Charles Lee
Bane.
The Howitzers then fired a salute of
thirteen guns. and the procession was re
ormed and started in a homeward di-
rection.
4 dead march. composed for the occa-
sion and dedicated to Mr. w. Allen DICK
anson. leader of the Citizens Band, was
olayed by that Organiza ton as the pro-
eession entered the cemetery.