The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09
A KINDLY APPRECIATION

The people OF Barlow were ex-
ceedingly good to the editor OF
the Evening Telegram on the oc-
casion of his recent visit to that
city to make an address, and the
Barlow papers were particularly
kind. The Courierlnformant
published the address in full at
the time, and in its last issue I'M
der the head of "A Notable Ad-
dress" reprinted an extract from
the speech, with the following
comment:
The unanimous opinion among
those who heard Mr.. Hethering-
tons address on memorial day in
Barlow, was that it was a gem in
its appropriateness to the occas-
ion, its beauty and chasteness Of
diction and its eloquent express
sion of the Hottest sentiments of
patriotism. Very few addresses
that produce a marked impress
sion when aided by graceful de-
livery, can stand the test OF a
} careful and critical study in cold
; type, but this one is not only an
exception to the general rule, but
! the original impression is con-
, hrmed and deepened by careful
! reading such as we have given it
: since its publication in the
Courier-Informant of last week
, Gas an illustration of the above
comment, we reproduce the fol
lowing paragraph which in all
the essentials of genuine elo.
qucnce, we have seldom seer
cqualled and which teaches les.
son that cannot be too deeply i'm
! pressed upon the present and Tho
u rising generations
And while today we sing tht
= song OF the vanquished-ot tht
:, heroes who went down in defea
i there is dominant a note o
!. triumph. There are defeat,
Il which are more glorious than al
: opponents victory = so-callee
: ullures, more splendid than tn,
i thing which the world worship,
i, as success. No lie was eve
!, lived to better purpose thar
;, that which was devoted to TIL,
= defense and upholding Of homes
= conviction, or which was sacri
4 feed for the sake Of principle
u and 50, as we deck these grave
= with flowers OF loving memory
we have pride in the record ant
. the deeds OF these heroes of tn,
Il South, who with fortitude Dor,
the cross, and whom we there
W fore honor equally with thos,
II who wore the crown. Aye,
" had rather sleep the sleep of on,
: of those who lie in the obscur,
10 grave OF an honored Confederat,
ID soldier, and have children com,
le ir the glad springtime and rails
ar their sweet voices in prayer an,
n song, and lay flowers above m,
n dreamless dust; to have GENT,
II women come some time where
( slept, and softly say, He was
Ia true man, and fought for thos
) he loved and the things he be
IS lieved to be right to have oil,
IS men, wearing the cross of bronz
r upon their breasts, to pause a
D my graveside, and bare thei
w heads and call me 'Comrade'-
Y had rather be such an one thai
1t to lie with a towering shaft 0
m marble above my dust, inscribed
in with the name of the mghties
c. conqueror who ever brought sor
/. row and desolation upon TIL
of earth. Such soldier, whethe
a the end came amid the battle
er crash, or after he had taken IL
" the task of repairing the ravage
a OF war, might we'll enter tn
lie sleep that knows no waking "a
D. one who wraps the drapery 0
IL his couch about him and lies hir
r. down to pleasant dreams
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