Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-01
STIRRING SPEECHES
ON CONFEDERATE DAY.
addresses Made by Col. Shep.
nerd, Major Moore and Mr..
smith on Unveiling Day.

H. shepherd on Saturday, July 81,
IN accepting for his comrades, the
flag presented to the Survivors of the
Clarke Cavalry by the Stonewall
Chapter, Daughters of the Confed-
erscy:
MIR. Chairman, Ladies, Conrad ca
and my fellow Citizens A preten-
tious person said to the leading man
OF country village. "How would
lecture by me on Mount Vesuvius
suit the inhabitants of your village
"Nerv well, sir; very well, indeed, y
he answered; "a lecture by you on
Mount Vesuvius would suit them a
great deal better than lecture by
you in this village" Perhaps you
may he of the opinion of this "lead-
ing man" after YOU shall have heard
my speech, but i'm the language of
the poet, woOdman spare this tree
snd rather pass it's imperfections
by. For my friends, thi, village and
this occasion cause fond memory 70
bring the light of other days around
me. Near here, on the banks of the
beautiful Shenandoah, meath the
shadow of the azure tinted noun
tslns, my eyes first saw the light.
Here | was reared. Over their ruins
now mark the spot where once
gushed forth the waters of the Pier
ian Spring whence quaffed the in
spiratiou of my youth. The old bell
no longer swings 10 and fro, it's mu
sic no more soothes the unfettered
spirit Of the boys, and its echoes have
ceased to reverberate among the hills
1t was here | first played the beau
and wooed my sweetheart. pretty
girl, just fifty years ago. 1t was
from here that | marched with the
Clarke Guards to drive John Brown.
the fore-runner of Abe Lincoln, from
our borders. Ii WAS here that |.
along with my brothers, friends aud
neighbors, volunteered to grapple
with mightier foe in the second
great war for independence. Over
yonder in the silent abode of the
churoh-yArd rest the ashes of my
father and Of my mother, of their
father and Of their mother, guarded
by cold pitiless marble sentinels.
Here to-day on Court Square patri-
otic hands will unmask to the blis-
tering summer suns and winters
chilling frosts y sentinel placed there
by loying hearts, to tell in the same
stern unrelenting voice the present
and On-coming generations of other
days, of other scenes, aud of heroic
sacrifices made by the sons of Clarke
who wore the gray. Their cause.
their deeds and their valor
will presently be beautifully,
rruthfully and eloquently portrayed
in tender tones, whose zephers will be
waited tn the nethermost parts on
wings of our "cyclone." AS prelim-
mary to that soon ever to- be-remem-
bered ceremony, an honored and dis
tinguished son of Clarke, cherished
friend. one whom we ell love, has
with the dash of Navarro on be-
balf of the ladies presented to the
survivors of Company d the battle
flag of the Confederscy, together
with the banner wherein is inscribed
the names of the battle-6 fields where
oil they enrolled their names in the
top-mOst niche of fame. Grandly
aud feelingly did he discharge that
0NbNs hI0 NilC OCnalA vi JuC ADul
vivors | accept them in the true
spirit of chivalry and patriotism. and
In the name of everything they rep.
resent, t,-representing rs they do the
Declaration of Independence aud the
Constitution ss they came to us from
Thomas Jefferson and James Madi
son. Guard that flag, boys. sacred.
ly fold it away,
And when ere
Thou shalt dress a soldiers bier,
And the muffled drums shall beat
To the tread Of mournful feet;
Then. oh then, let 1t be
AmartIal cloak and shroud for thee" !"
1t came 10 you from the dsugh
ters of the Corneliss, whose sons
were their jewels. God bless the
ladies! Women needs no encomium
from me. She is Gods last
and best gift. Without her the