The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-05-09

, the shattered arm tied TO his side, hi
bride reigns between his teeth, his Oh
good arm holding the saber that h
waved aloft, and thus he led the charge
and thus he died Eloquence is dum
before such heroism. The painter
brush will halt, the poets song die OF
his lips, the sounding chords Of min
strel's harp grow mute before battl
@ scene like that
He came from the valley of Virgini,
and was cousin to our own beloved anr
: gallant soldier, Colonel w. S. Thomp
son, OF Atlanta, standing here, vete
. rams, in your midst today. And still
the great procession passes on ; and
now we see detilc before our view the
} Tltans of the armies of the South, hel
generals of the line-Albert Sidney
Johnston, the Achilles of the Southern
hosts, and Joseph e. Johnston, her
Quintus Fabius Maximus, but greater
far than Roman general-thc brave
and valiant BraXton Bragg--impetuous
Hood, aud StonewaIl Jackson, peerless
aud incomparablc-an after them, the
other corps commanders and generals
OF divisions and brigade, long line of
talent militant such as no other army
of the world surpassed and now, my
countrymep, come on the noble line of
Georgia's warlikc soDs led by the gal
liant GOrdOn--the white scar of battle
flaming on cheek that never once
grew pale before advancing foe-with
Hardee. Young AMI Wofford, Lawton
and the brave Barlow. Walker, Cum
ming and Henry Jackson and gallant
| Cobb, who died at Fredericksburg
and countless others brave as they
soldiers all, my countrymen, whose
names are written in unfading hue
upon that scroll where valor's deeds
iind everlasting record, and who have
| place enduring III the great Pantheon
| Of history where heroes live till time
shall be no more.
| And now like him who stood on
Troy's embattled walls waiting for son
OF Priam not yet come, so do we scan
the plain with eager glance and look
with wi:ttul aud eXpectant eyes for
that one son Of Dixie not yet come
our idol and the Old South's pride, tie
old South's and the new. Can soldiers
such as those gone past have in one
man head and front, a chief that can
| w "otlu( VI QUILL lldIIlCS, SUCH UlCD-
and worthy of such deeds For an
swcr, turn, my countrymcn, and look
on yonder horseman riding near, clad
in his simP Uniform of gray three
stars upon the collar wreathcd with
lines OF gold, denoting his high rank
look on that horscnian riding with H.
comparable grace of Southern cavalier
on Iravclcr-immorlal horse of the
Confederacy ! whose name. like Co.
penhagen's and Bucephalus's, linked
| with his masters, will go down in his
tory-look on that silent holscman,
and he will give yor answer! Nearer,
and nearer yet he rides, and now, my
| countrymen, as that rcsplendent figure
| comes in full review, with hand up
lifted 10 | point to him, and as the
| aged Trojan did of Trollus shout, 1 cry
| OF him-"Yonder, 'lis Lee! brave Lee,
the prince of chlvalry -
"No purer sword led braver band,
Nor Drawer bled for a brighter land,
Nor brighter land had cause so grand
| Nor cause q chief like Lee"
Veterans of the iron cross, 1.-The
cagle's gone" The prince of chlvalry
shall ride no more. "Thc eagles
gone," but crows and jackdaws still
| remain to peck at valor's dust and cav
| against that glorious courage and re-
| noWn their craven spirits never knew
nor yet can understand. They tell us
that the greatest soldier of his age can
| have no place within a reunited coun-
| try's hall of fame. Caesar may seek to
grasp tyrants crown, ambitious Bon
| tn r1il,lpo,0, ,;l I =.
coun:ry's government, Cromwcll's iron
hand may drip with blood Of England's
cavaliers, and drive his king an exile to
a foreign shore, and " ashington may
draw his sword despite his pledged al
leSiancc to all English throne and hurl
war 8 thunderbolts against his mother.
land, yet CGsar's marble image stood
within the precincts of the Roman
forum, Napolcon's arch of triumph
holds lofty place within his countrv's
capital, and Cromwell's statue stands
III state within W estmnister's con-
sccratcd ground, while higher than the
dome Of proud Columbia's capitol the
towering shaft of Washington majcs-
tlcnlly rises up to meet the sun. And
still the knightliest soldier Of al time
can have no place within Columbia's
hall of fame.
My countrymen, there is no Parth
enon of Greece, no forum of the Ro
man capital, no "place d'honeur b,
the Seine, no Westminster Abbey, and
no american hall of fame where his
hcroic statue could not grace the lof
tlest niche and bring noblcr luster tc
Ihe great company of immortals there
enshrlned in marble or in bronze. And
he can have no place within our hall Of
fame. lie needs it not There is nc
hall of honor built by mortal hands
whose gllded dome can rise up hiyh
enough toward Heaven to compass in
the height of his great fame Thanl
God, tho hall Of fame whe1e elm his
knightly figure sits enthroned is no,
lnclosed Ivy pillarcd marble nor by
vaulting roof shut in, but holds its
everlasting place within the hearts OF
all who love the oreaL Tho hrauo H..