Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-26

oQOufo anu uldluEaln InolI RdlIlOt1C
will be the story of his sub
lime life and peerless deeds.
The historian of the future will
regard him as symbol; and it is
well, anu fit, and proper, that we
should teach the children, through
the observance of thee recurring
.and by dailyprecept, the
nature of the priceless legacy which
he and the men who followed him
have left to Southland.
The men who followed Lee follow
ed the personifcation of the thougnt
and sentiment of the South The
temp er, the mettle, tic daring, the
loyalty, the truth, the unselhshness,
the stainless valOr OF Its lueaIs found
human reallzatlon in him. He was
as II the \le.UIt A Vatar OF the South
EN- epIIu Icue beIule them through
all the cia iamoring days 1rom Malas-
sas to A AppOfnattUX:-anO this is Why
few Other nanes-if any -ale ever
spOkel, bS tht men WHO followed
HIM With TIE sane tender infection
which con e. involuntary TO thtlr
lips when they speak his name; for
when one of his battlesoalleu lClION-
ers speaks the nane Oil ! kE. ''le-
membraL ce sWells at the lleast' and
he lives o'er kagain the thrillh g
scenes te which that name relates.
His elloWs touch again The elbows S
dresspaI ade for the comm & hight. He
shuts his eyes; he sees the clash and
conflict, the smoke and carr. j; ge; ne
sees the tattered flags Il sslrg Ike
feathers caught in the crln scl ed. It's
of battle: he catches aeali.tf, gInt
of Lees cleaning sW ord; snd Then
the line leaps and surges tol waru
across the serried held, in tie Wild
rush of the resistless charge: and
then-and then-there comes cod
clutching at the heart as he confIC MS
and realizes the end of it all-the
panorama at Appomattox, the furled
banner, the shea thed sword, the
stack ed arms, the Thin grey line Of
shattered heroes as they move
mOurnfully away in broken ranks
from the field of their dead hopes
but, thank God, without stain up
on their deathless deeds of matchless
valor and enduring heroism!
Furl that Banner, for It's weary;
Round its stat tbs dIooplng dreary;
Fur it; 1old it, it Is best;
For there's not a man to wave 1t,
And there's not a sword to save it,
And tner's not one left to lave 1t
In the blood which heroes gave it:
And its foes now scorn and brave il;
Furl 1t, hide lt-let 1t rest!
Take that Banner down! It's tattered;
Broken is its staff and shattered;
And the valiant hosts are scattered
over whom it foated nigh.
On! tits hard for us to fold it;
Hard to think there's none to hold it;
Hard that those who once unrOlled it
Now must furl it with sigh.
Furl that Banner! furl 1t sadly!
Once ten thousands hailed it gladly,
And ten thousands wildly, madly,
SWore it should forever wave;
SWore that fOeman's sword should
never
Hearts like theirs entwined dissever,
Till that flag should float forever
O'er their freedom or their grave
F'urI it! for hc nands that grasped
it,
And the hearts that fond1y clasped
it,
Cold and dead are lying low;
And that Banner-it is trailing!
While around it sounds the Wailins
Gifts people in their woe.
For, though conquered, they ador'
Love the cod, dead hands that bor'
it!
Weep for those who fell before it!
Pardon those who trailed and tore it
But, oh. wildly they deplore it,
Now who furl and fold it so.
Furl that Banner! True, tits CORY
Yet tits wreathed around with glory
And twill live in song and story,
Though it's folds are in the dust;
For its fame on brightest pages,
Penned by poets and by sages,
| Shall go sounding down the ages
Furl its folds though now we must
Furl that Banner, softly, slowly!
Treat it gently it is holy
For it droops above the dead.
Touch it not-unfold it never,
Let it droop there, furled forever,
| For its peoples hopes are dead
And now, in conclusion, let me sa
that the qualities which marked LIE
as superior in war made him gres
in peare-for they were the man
festntions f a noble soul. His sui
sequent civic career showed that h
had been Inatured and tempered b
the experiences of War-not- harder
ed; and so he turned from A-ppoma
tox to face the future with faith an
without fear; with. heart still trl
| and tender, and which he did n
} shut away where the sunshine of b
| nROnle'S hQnpS could not snn leu n