The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-21
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wounds OF war.
''I1hey were deep and lasting for
those who lived on the other side Of
| Mason and DiXon's line TOO. and Meth
cr we nor they can even now ullude to
| them without moistencd eyes and ach-
ing hearts. No: God forbid that we
should reopen the wounds of war.
why are we gathered here this af-
,ernoon? The answer can be found
In the stirring lines of Rpuuier, recited
at the unveling OF the Lee monument
| in New Orleans s
Rear acft the solid column:
| Rear II high that men may see
How the valiant honor valor;
| How the brave remember Ice.
After the war General Lee himself
| wrote TO Col. Walter H. Taylor, OF
! Norfolk: 4 am DESTROYS that the
| bravery and devotion of the Army Of
Northern Virginia shall be correctly
| transmitted To posterity. This is the
| only tribute that can now be paid to
to the worth of its noble officers and
| soldiers.
I'VE are here then. to honor true
greatness and 10 do our parts toward
v.ndicatng the truth of history.
There Is among old soldiers. the
survivors of the war, n fear that the
younger generation is too indifferent on
lh'' subject. want TO tell them to-
| day their fears are groundless. The
! younger men of the South have had 10
| face different duties from those which
they were called on to face. They
have. however. received their inspira-
tons from the same glorious tradi-
| tons. enriched by recent history; they
have breathed the same pure air.
baihed in the same creeks and rivers.
and wandered over the same hills and
valleys. They are the blood of your
blood and the sinew of your sinew.
The names Of those who Faithfully
followed the Southern cross shall he
hand5d down to the last syllable OF
time.
when | remember that we are here
to-day to honor fhc memorics of those
two great Southern heroes. the peerless
Lee and the intrepid and only jackson,
feel that we should uncover our
heads ana take the shoes from our
reai, because she spots upon which we
are about to tread are holy ground
II do not believe that any man. what
ever may have been his previous envi-
ronments and prejudices, can faithfully
study the lives Of these two men with
out having his soul elevated. his life
improved. his ambitions purified, his
admiration compelled Young and old
mny GIT Inspiration for Drawer and
better lives from Il contemplation of
ihcir purity Of life. the moral grandeur
of their characters and the splendor of
their achievements"
In an exhausted Typographical sketch
Of jackson, Judge Prentis said:
He was always ut the right place al
the rigf?: time. He never had to apnlo-
Ei"e Tor nor to explain any failure of his
plans. His plans did not fail What
he undertook HE did. 1t Is said that
ut one time he regarded praying and
lighting as tth4 whole duty OF man If
Lee was the ,tnvc of War, then Jack
son WAS. his ihunderbolt 1T is believed
! ihat the Confedcracy never recovered
from his loss. y very giant of battle
had fallen. Above all things this rrea;
soldier was Christian"
Judge l'rtrtis added precious thoughts
to the many hv9iy things culogistic to
Lee, which have already been said. He
EllSo repeated Senator Ben Hills eulogy
of Lee. (Which is a magnificent comb-
nation Of Thought and language, and
which was printed in The Niginiau Il
y n ago.
In closing the orator said: THE mai
es;y his fame will endure in marble
ana bronze, while his memory will pass
down The ages rs representing all that
us greatest in military are as well ms
what is trueS,t. hravcst and nobIcat in
human lfe-a soldier who never failed
IN duty, man who feared God and
served his generation
Nanuuished
lie was yet n victor
! To honor virtue was TO honor, him.
!" reverence wisdom is 10 do him rev.
Crcnce
IN NE he was model for all who live;
In death
He left heritage to all.
ohe such example is worth more ia
earth
Ihan the stained trumphs Of ten thou.
sand Caesars"
HIBBARDS LIKE HARRELI,s
Police officer William l.. Hurl,,rd
who got thirty days rest for helpinr n
Sifi :" eicpe, is going To take revenra
10y getting married himself H. is o,so
going 70 follow the example of hie
| NFrincr, Mr.. J. G. hubbard. and marry
MISS iiarrell. She is Miss Odic IIar.
! r'H. The ceremony will take place on
January 10Th at The home of the b,;da's
| uncle MI j. G. Holland. in the county
GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN.
f'ev John n. Mccormick. who used
!" be the pastor Of st. Paurs =. y,
! church and who left here 10 ak
Cis1Fsc OF congregation in Atlanf,
| "a. Is going to change his location
| 'S'Hn- lie has accepted n call 10 Grand
hariis Mich. He will begin work
IN Nicnis4n some time in February.
PERSONALS.
MT. sam. T. Pulley. a prominent MGR.
/ chint OF CORTLAND Va, was in Suffolk
| tonight.
CLrian G. H.. Causcy, Jr.. has been
! I'LL for several days
! Mi*S florrie Steele has returned home
"i'"f a tWo-months' stay with friends
III Norfolk ana Newport News.
the Haptia; Ladies' Aid Society had
| a good dinner to-day.
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