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IDl’ffßfS® IT© ffISWS, MTfEIBATBIS, MSOSSITOSS fIJJID TiHS s'ii'SaaiLT/' ®R!li©IL3.
ADDBSSS
Delivered in Covington. G>i., on the 2Oth
of Mai/, in commemoration of the Con
federate dead . Ay
CAPT. J. M. PACE. 1
We have assembled t<»-day, ladies nnd fellow
citizens, to do honor to the memory of men who
sleep at our feet in soldiers’ graves. And it
give# me the highest pleasure to appear on this
occasion ns the humble organ of the Indies who
have inaugurated this interesting ceremony.
Would to Heaven that I were capable of sound
ing, in befitting language, the just praises of
these dead heroes, nnd of striking with harmo
nious utterance those chords of feeling in our
bosoms which neither adverse circumstance nor
the lapse of time can deaden. But to the full
performance of such gra eful tn-k, I feel myself
1 incompetent, nnd if I were not moved by s.»
| strong a sympathy with thj spirit of the hour.
I should have declined the honor which you
| have been pleased to confer upon me. Trust
| ing to that. I have come, feeling a-sured that
the highest praises of these men are to he truly
found in the silent emotions of our hearts. In
re-ponne tn a suggestion, which I may mention
to this assemblage, had its origin in our own
loved State, and which ias had a generous re
sponse from the Potomac to the Rio Grande,
throughout the entire borders of that land in
whose defense they fell, we have come together
this morning to deck, with choicest flowers, the
graves of our Confederate dead, whether of
father.brotlier.son, friend, or nntnelessstranger,
and thus to signify that we are not ungrateful
nor unmindful of the heroic sacrifice Forbid
den, by adverse fate, to r-ny them military
! honors, and to stir their martial ashes by the
cannon’ll pealing salute, we lay upon their
tombs, in fond affection, these garlands of flow
ers, and water 'hem with our tears. On this
April day, with that electric touch of pytnpathy
which makes them kin. the noble women of our
glorious South, gl..ri< us still, though in sack
cloth nnd ashes, shall, with joint hands and
minds, do honor to our patriot dead. Ten
thousand graves, all garlanded with flowers,
shall bloom in love’s freshness, and send up
their rich incense to Heaven. Ah! whnt a
•
qpectncle this shill lot, my countrymen and
Wi'.Kho h.tt*4 survived tfrrt
bloody struggle, sha 1 see that w.unnn’s devotion
is perennial nnd indestructible; while to the
world it shall be discovered from wlint noble
source these slain heroes drew their sublime
inspiration of bravery. And if to the buried j
soldier, it shnll he allowed to look on this scene, !
how shall his heart thrill with pride, nnd his
martial spirit flame with patriotic ardor ! It
shall he as sweet to him as the note of victory
after the storm of battle. Nor C' uld any gen-
emu* mind withhold its respect from this -acred
rite. - lutolernnen and pr scrintion in their tin
hallowed grasp of power nmv take offense, and
seek to distort this scene to theirown unworthy
ends, but generous minds all over the glohe
will recognize in it the performance of a duty
so binding in obligation that, to neglect it.
would cover us with shame. It is the hnppy
lot of those who Tali in defense of a successful
cause to receive, bv unquestionable inheritance,
the plaudits of mankind. To the victors belong
not alone the spoils of conquest, hut the plea—
I ing honors of triumph. Their dead are ccle
brated in sing and verse, and orator after omtnr
with enthusiastic speech, repeats their highly
wrought eulogium. But not alwnys is the hero
ism of the dcfvnted lost in the splendor which
surrounds »he victors. What historic' names
hnv. been gathering to themselves fora thousand
years fresh hem-lnurels. nml through the future
aees will stand ns the brightest exemplars of
patriotic sacrifice ? Those 1 rave Greek* who,
at Thermopylae offered ineffectual resistance to
that mighty tide of invasion which, sweeping
over their dead bodies, poured in destructive
current into their very capital. Tho«e are tlio
men whom successive ages have delighted • to
honor. Were not the men wlmni we this day
honor animated by the spirit which presided
at Thermopylae T and does not a similar glory
play about their tomb*? Let us. as oniinpn*-
sioned inquirers, look for a moment info the
motives which moved them to action, and ex
amine their claims to honor. Citizens of a
Republic which they would fain have perpet*
unted in everlasting harmony, bT>\ which, un
happily, became divided in opinion. *hey
adopted the theory which their fatt ers had as
serted at the foundation of the Government,
and which had been steadily maintained hythe
State which gave shetn birth. No people in nil
hlatory ever deprecated more thnf untimely
agitation which drove them to arms. In the
former glories of the Republic they shared.—
Their attachment to its fortunes was deep and
sincere, ?tn illustrious father and founder,
wnose name in the firmament of fame, stands
in peerless splendor like the brght orb of day
sprang from their section. Its chiefestorna
ments were the progenitors of these men;—
There was everything to attach them to the
Government under which they had lived, and
much to deter them from th»- hazard of revo
lution ; for' they were not unmindful of the
power which could bo collected against them.
But honestly conceiving their liberties to be
threatened, and deducing their political maxims
i from that immortal instrument of American
faith, ♦hey sought to withdraw from the ? J nior»
COVINGTON, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2,1866.
of-thti States, and to establish a separate gov
ernment, trusting that the separation would be
peaceful, but otherwise, resolved, like brave
men to boldly arm the virtuous few and
dare the desperate perils of unequal war. On
this clear apprehension and decided judgment
ot the cause, ascertained by their own reason,
and collected from the theories of their fathers,
it was the noble purpose of their mind* to rtancl
forth »ad assert it at the expenso of fortune
and the hazard of their lives. It was the pure
love of virtue and freedom, burning bright
within their bosoms, that alone cot.!d engage
them tn embark, in an undertaking of so bold
ami perilous a nature. Their claim to withdraw'
was dispute'!, and an appeal was had to the
dread arbitrament of arms. With an enthusi
asm born of their hereditary Into of liberty,
they left their peaceful pursuits nnd quiet wnlks,
their happy home* and tearful kindred, nnd
with high hopes and lion hearts, went out to
resist the invader. I need not recount to this
ns-emblnge. the incidents of that fearful strug
gle. They are graven on oar minds ns with a
pen of iron. Their dire impress shall not soon
fade away. The varied alternations of hope
ami despair—those frequent shocks of battle,
filling many a mother’s breast with lasting
gloom. The splendid achievements of our
arms, the sufferings of oar soldiery, their ad
mirable fortitude, the slow waning of our for
tunes. And their final overthrow, nil, all stand
pictured this day in startling freshness. And
when we survej these events, how, u»w, under
what c* mpulslon, are we to w ithhold freut these
deud heroes, that tribute which we now offer?
D>d they nordic for us, and in maintenance of
the principles which they recognized as just
nnd true? And as one who shared with them
their convictions, I here charge it upon the
future historian, when he speaks of these men,
to incorporate into his page, in justification of
their coarse, the sentiment of that eloquent
couplet which stands ov*r the ashes of the
Greek! at Thermopylae— .
“ Go, stranger, nnd at Lacedaemon tell,
That here, obedient to her commands, we fell/’
Ah, nev«r shall contumely rest upon their
graves. The attempt to fix it there, is born of
the basg passions of the hour, and must perish
with them. Whenever an enlightened and im
p«ftijUoahlic sentiment pre’ nil«, justice shall
T»e IMPTSi e m Sfjfylt .flit 4C i; u Ted c hi t s
dead! Think for a moment, my fellow citizens,
I of dishonor resting upon the grave of Jackson. 1
I that immortal eddier, whose fame fills the
j world, and in its magnificent volume swells
i upward to the vaulted gtars. I think I see
j him now, the very demigod of battle, and son .
of victory, directing his impetuous battalions
to the resistless onset, and spreading through j
their ranks the fiery contagion of his warrior j
I soul. Here was a fit type of thp Southern
, Soldier. Who shall dare to brand bis memory
I with opprobrious epithets? And yet in ninny
a nameless grave, perhaps some of those which
you now decora’e, there sleep those whose
devotion to their country was as strong and
pure, and whose souls were as fearless a* Stone
wall Jackson's. Not the most rancorous
malignity dnre assail him to whom a hostile
army offered homage. High up in the niche of
the world's heroes, his name stands in letters
of screncst light, Ilis tomb ever blooms with
rarest flowers, and
*• Fteedom doth a while repnir
To dwell a weeping hermit there.”
There is much in the past, my countrymen. 1
to fill us with regret. Wc have suffervd deeply
and our hearts are still sore. Rut there is also
much in the past to fill us with, just pride.—
Not the slightest taint of dishonor rested upon
our arms. They were borne with peerless
bravery throughout tho entire struggle—our
opponents themselves being judges. Wc gave
to the world a Conspicuous instance of prolonged
devotion to an espoused cause, sustaining it
with unabaied resolve up to its final overthrow.
We stave now buried its hopes forever, but we
will not willfully and Itnselv abjure its memo
ries. We shall ever.cherish in fond remem-j
brance the names of our hemes, and to our
children will transmit their sacred keeping,—
Though the cause for which we went to latttle
was forced into surrender and abandonment,
those who perished in its defense have not died
wholly in vain. They were tiie champions of
c« nstitutionol liberty, at and the impartial fjen of
history will so Record. That haughty Intoler
ance which seeks to sully their fair r amo, shall
fail of its ignoble nint, nnd with the defenders
of liberty in every ago and dime their names
shall be written. Then strew their grates this
day with flowers, nnd on the bosom of their
ascending fragrance, let, your prayer bo borne
to Heaven for the bereaved. And with each
returning year, repent this sacred tribute.
“ How sleep the brave who . sink to rest.
With all their country’s wishes hle*t!
When Spting with dewy fingers cold
Returns to deck their hallowed n old,
She there shnll dre*s a swee'er sod
Than fancy’s feet have ever trod.
Bv fairv hands their knell is rung.
, By form* unseen their dirge is sung.
There honor come* a pilgrim grey.
To tdess the turf-that wraps their day."
A man in spnnhfield, Illinois, has a
Newfoundland dog which was Mack as jet
four years ago, hut some coal oil being
applied to him for tho destruction of
fleas, "hr has tdrned as white as snow.' !
. . ,
Evacuation of Petersburg,
\Vr> (i,Vj f}tn fojl
count of this event from the Petersburg
index:
History. —There is not much need to
dwell upon the scenes of which these
bright, quiet days are anniversaries. No
one has forgotten yet, still some notice
may be expected.
At da 3 break on tbe montin? 6f the Ist
of April, 1865, the cannonading which,
air ng the lines on the immediate front of
the city, had been continued and severe,
extendod**long the whole line with re
double fierccnc*3, until, bv sunrise, front
tbe Appomttox to Five Forks, there was
scarcely fifty yards of ground along the
entrenchments but had its black mouthed
piece belching forth angry smoke and
lending the reverberation of its fearful
thunder to the maddening tumult.
Early in the morning the rattle of
musketry began on the right, and soon
an unceasing roar told that the battle
was in earnest, nnd thnt the spring cam
paign hnd begun. General Grant’s
forces—two corps of infantry nnd the
cavalry under Sheridan—-advanced in
solid lines upon the entrenchments held
by Pickett ond Bushrod Johnson’s divis
ions, under command of Lieut. Gen. R.
11. Anderson, and after several gallant
but ineffectual feint attacks, a movement
in column was made by Sheridan, to
force a passage between the left flXnk of
the Confederate infuntryand Fit*. Lee’s
feeble cavalry force continuing that line.
Bj’ 6mn9 error a gap had been left, which
Sheridan struck, ttud his troops poured
through.
Passing back towards the rear of Lee’s j
cavalry, they swung to tbe left upon the
rear of Pickett’s lines, and ere long a
wild cheer rung from the troopers in the
rear to the troopers in front, and long
lines of empty trenches, ruids strewed
with abandoned guns, and fields dotted
with hurrying beaten men, showed that
the work was done—thnt Lee’s right hnd
been crushed. But this had not been
done at once. Night followed speedily
upon it'd accomplish men t, nnd (TrtTVu'uflif* ii
of disaster which reached Petersburg frotn
the distant bittle field, though gloomy
enough, were not explicit of the total
overthrow of our forces nnd slumber in
our city was as as-ured ofsafety that night
ns ever. Nu one kuew what real ruin had
been done.
Night brought with it no qnier, but in
stead, the streaming fuses and bursting
shells of anew bombardment. Morning
came,.as bright and smiling as any day
of any spring-time. With light came
sounds of conflict, which grew louder and
more, frightful. Did they not draw near
er ? It sounded so. And soon strange
rumors filled the streets. The church
bells rang out their first call to prayer,
but no one heeded the summons. The
clear, sweet tones fell upon the agony of
hearts that listened, ns bird-notes sound
to those who mourn the dead. Men gath
ered in groups around the corners, and
looked, with straining eyes, towards the
clouds of battle smoke that hung around
the town —stood silently, nnd listened to
the dull reports of heavy ordnance, and
the sharp rattle of musketry, up m which
their fute hung trembling.
Men grew white in the agony of sus
pense, and women wept.
The old town clock struck eight—the
breakfast hour—hut the scanty meals
stood on the board untasted. The houses
were deserted, and euger questioners
crowded around the men who now came
in with haggard faces and wild eves.
• * WJ.at is it ? M
And one answered, “ They have taken
the River Sailent.”, .
And anotler. ‘‘Pickett and Johnson
were over whelmed yestarday, their line
broker), and their commands beaten and
crushed out—cut o(T from the army, and
forced up the country.”
And another, “Gibbon’s corps struck
Wilcox’s front at day this morning,
piercing his line; the troops to the right
were captured, tlir>6o to the left forced
back. The enemy have reached the rail
road and tho river, and our line is at the
stone bridge.”
Ami just then a cry of “look” was
herad.und turning, wc saw from the ware
houses, where, by order of the military
authorities, hid been stored all tho to
baceo in the city, columns of black, thick
smoke go up above a mass of lurid flames.
“ ’Tib ao, ’ wa's the speech or every white
cheek and streaming eye. Few words
told how like a whirlwind of wrath came
to the thousand hearts the death of the
hopes of years; The group* dispersed
and sought their homes. Agonizing sus
pense had becomo certainly, and they
could weep now.
Any attempt to tell of that day, with
its hours of dull, dead hopelessness its'
moment? of wild hope, feeing* *>f «t-
ter wretchedness, of the end of all things
to be desired. ' God spare us such an*
other experience.
Now and then would fiy from house to’
house some good report. “We are pres
sing them back-—General Lee has re-es
tablished his lens,’’ etc., nnd for awhile
the feverish wish would be parent to be
lief. About eleven o’clock the Confed*
crates did recapture the lines at Rives’,
and a ray of real light came in upon the
anxious souls. But the real danger was
not there. On the right the work went
resistlessly on. Fort Gregg fell, despite
the most heroic defense of the war, the
Union line advanced from Cogbill’s to
Turnbull’s, from Turnbull’s to Whit
worth’s and there, in stone throw of the
corporation limits, marshalled their en
thusiastic masses.
At Inst Longstreet came. A strength
ened line Was formed, and at four o’clock
the dispatch from General Lee to his
commanders across the Appomattox and
James was, “I can hold out until night,
nnd shall withdraw.’’
Its terms were abrOr.d, ami there ’
was no more of doubt or Inpc. The fed*
erls offieiers seeing the inevitable' result
of their success, wisely ond humanely
forebore further assault, and the compar
ative stillness was oppressive.
Dusk came, and with it came the evac
uation. • Noiselessly from the line they
had so gallantly defended, the Confeder
ates withdrew, and the long dark col
umns passed through the streets, unat
tacked, unpursued. We were spared the
horror of a fright through the steels,
which had been feared. Now began the
wild farewells and long embraces with
which mothers sent foilh their sons toun
xnown fate*! and perchance endless par
tings.
\Ve draw the curtain over them. The
darkness fell, thotilunt march continued
until the old bridge at Pocahontas had
re echoed to the treadof the last Confed
erate soldier. A signal gun said, “It is
finished:*’ from right to left of the trench
es rang deafening explosion, while hursts
of angry light shot up the bending sky.
The army held on its track of retreat
along the river bank, the citizens awoke
to their changed condition, and the long
agony was over.
NO. 22.
A Short Sermon.
ItV Tilt ®I.D MKBMItNC.
“There’s nine men a standin’ at the
door, and they all sed they’d take sku
grr in thcr’u.*’
Sich, frepds and Inclining, was the
talk in a wuildly cent, wonst cotninun in
this our ninshunt land*; but the dais is
gone by, nnd the «ans run dry, and no
say.to lus uabur. hoo art thou,
iuian, and will you-take any more shugar
! in your kuuphcy.
fcut the words of our text lias a differ
jent and a more pcrth kclcr moenin than
this. Thar they stood at the doors on a
cold winturs tnornin, two Baptiss, and
; two Methodise, and five Luthcrins, and
jthe tother one was a puhlikin. And
i they nil with one vois said they wouldn’t
j dirty their feet in a dram shop* hut if the
j puhlikin would go in and git the drinks
they would pay for ’em. And they all
!cried out and every nyin sed, “I’ll take
[mine with shugar—for it won’t feel good
jto drink the stuff without sweetnin.*’ So
j the puhlikin marched in nnd the barkcep
jor sed, “What want ye ?*’ and he answer
led and sod, “A drink.*’ “How* will yon
! have it Y” “Plane and strate,’’ sez he,
“for it aint no use wastin shugar to cir
cutnsalivate nkafortis. But there’s nine
more a standid at the door, and they all
sed they’d take shugar in tlicr’n.”
Fiends and hrethring, it aint only the
likkerof sperits that is diunk in this
rounderbout nnd underhanded way, hut
its the likker ol all sorts of human wick*
[ edness in like /Banner. Thars the likker
of niallis, that menyuvyou drinks to the
dregs, but you’r sure to swetin it. with
the shugar of self-justification. Tints
[likker of nvariss, that sum keeps behind
the curtin for constant use, but tiny al
ways have it well mixt with the swetnin
of prudence and ekunomy. Thars the
likker of self-luv that sura men drinks by
the gallon, hut they always puts in lots
of the shugar of take care*of No. 1. And
lastly,thars the likkerof extorshon, which
tho man swetins »ck»rdi'n to >urkumstan
cos. If he’s in the flour line, he’ll say
the poor’! be better off eatin korn bred ;
if he’s in the cloth line, why its a good
thing to lern ’em to make their cloth at
home; if he’s in the lether line, it’ll larn
tho needccfsity of takin better krer of
shoos. “And there's nine more standin
at.the dore and they all sed they’d tako
shugar in them.’*
But fronds and breethring, there’s a
time cummin, nnd a plase fixin, where'
thar’ll be no “standin at the door” tn
call for “shugar in them.” But they*}!
have to go rito in nnd take the drink
square up to the f.ont; and the barkeep
er II oe old Suitun and nobody elso : and
lie’ll give ’em “shugar in them,’* you’d
better believe it, and ii*l! bo 4 shugar of
led, and red hot led nt that, as sure as
your name’s old Conshuncc dodger.—
And you II be entitled to your rashuns
three times a day if not more frequant*
licr, and if you don’t like it, you’ll have
to lump it, and so may the old Nick closo
down upon all your silk palarverin around
the plane old pool? of brotherly luv, and
ginerosity, and fellcr-feelio, and fair play
Amen.
