The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-18

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In war; and In peace none have surpass-
ed them In silent modesty OF their we'll
Northern Virginia and the Virginia troop
/ earned luurols. She gave large ma
Jority Of the cavalry Of the Army OF
er will forever live In song and story.
Her infantry won the sobriquet. of the
foot cavalry. None moved sword qii st-
| err or went farther or hit harder or stood
! nrmer. The God OF Battles never looked
OH a sturdier band, R
or her leaders. be 1t said in praise that
cannot be exceeded, they were worthy
OF the men whom. they commanded. She
gave her name too, to the Army OF
Northern Virginia, an army to whose
name no adjective could add. and tnu3
she linked Virginia's name forever to
& body of men whose honor and whose
forcefulness,a proportional to the num-
bers, were the greatest Of any army
known to history. .5
+ AS the Wild rose grows in our fields.
the wild grape stretches It's festoons over
our streams, the Virginia creeper climbs
over the crumbling battlement, and the
white and purple rhododendrons II It their
heads IN glory over the cliffs and pre-
| cipices of our mountains, SO do the
memories of her heroic men and of her
great achievements bloom all over ana
| around her and we know that they will
be gathered into o chaplet to be worn
| upon her brow for the daughters Of ma
irons, who, like their mothers, have a
principle more glorious than the famous
maxim of Richeleau, and that is: ITO
the soul entirely free. there is no such
| word as fall
Monuments of Heroes.
The morning SUM- fresh from its bath
| In the Atlantic. first touches with Its
| gilded beams the moulded form OF the
private Confederate soldier, who, rifle
|ylr8hand, surmounts Pompey's Pillar, on
the eastern acropolis OF Richmond. There
| he overlooks the city that cherished him
| and which he defended and overlooks.
too, the river, the fields and forests where
on he wrought himself into manly deeds.
| and as the sun bends at eventide to kiss
with his parting smile the fading land
scape low against the blue and gold OF the
western sky there arises In majesty the
equestrian figure of Robert Edward Lee.
[ never look upon that figure that do
not think Of what another said: II looked
upon Mars, and felt within me the spirit
of war; | beheld Venus, and dreamed
! of beauty; saw Hercules, and / was
content t
On the northern side OF, our Capitol
leaning upon that sword which was ever
/, ready to spring to the light for Virginia
/ stands the erect and Inspiring tom Of
3 broad proved stern-lpped, iron-handed
( stoneEall Jackson, Lees greatest lieuten
ant, WHO declared that "he would follow
/. him blndfoded;' Of whom Lee said: ''Jacl
son has lost his left arm, my RICH
.lyarm, and would that for my countr!
I had fallen In his stead" the man wht
never hesltnted to obey his superior
orders and never allowed another to dis
obey his own.
Il Presently we shall hear the hugle sount
Of boots and saddles" and there shal
Il ride Into his waiting place on the crow
Of tho slope in front OF the Capitol tn
yellow. haired the bluc-eyed Stuart 9TH
flower OF cavaliers" with the bold fac
Of n Saxon king. with the heart OF Couc
de Leon, and more than that. with tn
purity Of a Christian knight and tho hon
ar and vaIor OF d Ylrginan soldier an
! gentleman.
The Chief Magistrate,
: IA the years roll by. others OF the
, compeers shnll Join this goodly compan
at this trystng place. One our cnif
magistrate and commander-in-chief. IL
! first. last and only President of the Cor
4 federate states of America. who was def
. as his great Office, shall ere long be her
0 thanks to the fidelity OF his people ar
q to none so thankful as to you, women
s Richmond
II Thirteen years ago, when Presider
4 Davis died, | had tho great honor OF d.
lyerIng an address before tho Gener'
= Assembly Of Virginia, at Its Invitation
y upon his life, service and character.
II 1, said Here let his body be borT
- by the old soldiers of the Confederac
II Here in Richmond, on the James. whe
was his war home, where his child
= buried, where his stalwart armies we
marshaled, where the Congress- sat, whe
wau the capital, the arsenal the citad
the field Of glory and, at last. the tor
+ OF the Confederacy here let him be pl
led, and the land Of Washington and !
y and Stonewall Jackson WIN hold In {
cred trust his memory and his ashes,
FIIither has he been borne here ne re
In Hollywood, and here do we now hen
IT that the land OF Washington and Lee a
Stonewall Jackson. led ny It's noble Y
y men. is faithfully fulnlling the sacl
a trust assumed and keeping Vlrgini
plighted WORD
Brave soldier, pure statesman, faith
"a patriot. honest man, for US didst II
suffer the hcro's passion. the marty
agony, the prison dungeon and the c;
tiye's chains. and here shalt thy name
n lifted up and thy fame cherished.
- And lie who shall visit Richmond sh
read In the open and emblazoned ma,
script of her streets and parks and
r. the hills around her, the genius and CHI
anthy OF this people
Let him also ponder the moral, r.
ha they who do cherish and preserve
~ relies OF their worthy men and wor
deeds therein gave their noblest plet
to The future, and they who do no
their glorious DEAD thereby sign and $
,ot good faith 10 every living duty
liza Fellow soldiers OF tho Confederf
red States, and sailors, too, few words
,ss you ere we part
~ congratulate you on your fate In II
M. There Is no grsnder lot vouchsafed
mortal than To be the true soldier OF
"a free people That lot has, nothing to a