Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-03

from me Chickahominy TO the James,
rom Malvern Hill to Gettysburg
comrades. IN assembling here
In the city Of Richmond for reunion en-
oargoes our hearts and minds with
memory OF the days when Richmond
openeo her hospitabie gates as the
heaoauarters OF the Confederacy and
sousht TO present home to the great
a,'tss'ssippian who was It's first. and
only President
DIFFERENCE IN CHARACTER
OF OPPOSING ARMIES
The difference in the character OF the
yg'eat oody OF troops In tho armies tina,
&opPosen each other along the Potomac
and the James has often been men
i9hcn and the price paid by the South
mhen nor bravest and best sons were
Ia!d bloody sacrifice upon her conn
try's affairs
i, is only when one applies the test
VI iacts that this startling difference
most fully appears Contrast the roc.
ora OF the Professor. OF Harvard and
~ .Isihias William and Mary. the two
oines' institutions Of learning in Amer
ica. The Massachuse,ts ins,itutlon
WIZ us great numbers and means and
i's hundreds OF professors. had one vol
unteer 10 serve upon the field from i,s
patriotc faculty. The Virginia col
tese' william and Mary sent ,hirtv
TWO out Of It's ,hirty-fve professors ana
field ~ me
General Whittier. OF their own neo.
PIE. mas pointed out that. although
Siassach usetts paid thirteen millions OF
BcolIaFs from the State in bouutIes to
OBTAIN patriots for military service he.
sides many millions more from hA-
ieao!nG cities and towns vet a LIST n.
Siassachusetts artillery and infantry
tee.ments. containing 2o.357 men. ex
hibits but nincty-fve men or tho whoIo
n ia.
the general 10 declare before his stare
historical Society. with -a-e canIor
NM justice: This does not indIrate
brilliant or useful service. and vel mo
material was probably better than that
OF any other regiment OF the Stata
The same class of men in the Sou,h wss
In the thickest OF the fight. and their
inteiiiGence and patriotism did a great
work e'e"'
HAVE CAUSE TO THANK
GOD THEY WORE THE GRAY
Comrades. tho more the history of
'he war Between the States is studied
win me simple truthful facts as his
cory WI! alft them, the more, and vet
the more without hard feelings toward
G,hc!s, you and may thank God Inn,
NC wore the gray '
The Confederate soldier tbar.
HeaHen. needs no Westminster Abbey.
nor sRiendid mausoleum in ST Paurs
II
past It's records are written and
sealed. and there can be no interlinna
"ons or amendments. We must one,
and read the pages as they are record.
en- pS iate. beyond this we ask not 10
go Inc love OF truth isone OF tho
hohiest impulses which can touch the
human heart. and by all the elories NJ
the past We demand that the truth aba,l
be known and declared. Any Southern
soldier, or Southern man or woman who
asks less is craven. and who takes
less is a coward.
Comrades We have undergone many
vicissitudes. and ii has pleased Cod n
bless us with many tokens OF prosner-
fly and greatness to come Let tho nov.
generation remember that men arc
erander than possessions in any state
And when we train the young man for
the future responsibility, where will we
find among all the sons Of earth grand
er examples Of human greatness than
in tire men who sleep now in their tat
tered coats Of gray.
SOUTH HAS RETAINED
MANHOOD AND INTEGRITY
God be thanked that whatever the
poverty Of the South when the nations
of the earth left her to the rapacity OF
the myriads. that she retained. and has
ever possessed. a quality of manhood.
OF lofty integrity, and Christian forth
tu6e and serenity, unexcelled in human
history.
Nothing can more aptly show that
the spirit of duty animated the private
. in the ranks equally with the great
leaders than the account of his fare
well at AppomattoX by General Bryan
Grimes, OF North Carolina. in which he
| declares:
when riding up to my regiment
: twho had, followed me through four
years of suffering, toll and privatlon
often worse than death) to bid them
, harefoted man grasped me by the hand.
and choking with sobs. said 'Good-b by,
general, God bless you; we will go
home, make three more crops and try
. them again.
Such sublime faith. such adherence
to principle. in the face of destruction,
cannot perish without fruit. while a
! ,tahteous God sits upon His throne,
Judging the hearts Of men.
! NO PARALLEL IN HISTORY
TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
No land upon earth. no page Of HUI
man history ever presented a parallel
to the Confederate soldier. Let us
cherish. then. fellow comrades. our
common heritage. Let us link with
trinle bonds Of friendship. those who
d survive in loyal brotherhood and touch
n elbows in the serene and fearless
u march to the end whittier so many
n noble souls have gone before and are
| now resting under the shade of the
trees
The End Of the Tide.
| Ndown the years that come to me
In their ceaseless how to a dim, dread
TIurrying on with the tide which bears