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TUESDAY, APRIL 2S.
Rev. IW. Ashby Jones Delivered
Brilliant Oration Yesterday
Introduced By Capt. J. Rice Smith, Who Paid High Tribute
to Speaker’s Father, Rev. J. William Jones, Chaplain in
Ranks of Lee—Dr. Jones’ Speech.
Rev. M. Ashby Jones, pastor of the
First Baptist church, the Memorial Day
<A;n,tor yesterday, was introduced by
Cijpx. J. Rice Smith, one of Augusta’s
L*st known nod most highly esteemed
survivors of th'£ war.
.IS"ever on any Memorial Day in the
past have tlie remarks of introduction
been so touching as were the words of
Capt. Smith directed to the memory of
Dr Jones’ father. Rev J. William Jones,
i chaplain in the Southern .army.
Tribute by Capt. Smith,
referring; to the speaker’s father,
CNpt. Smith said:
• came today not to speak, but with
the high honor conferred upon me by
.those dear ladies of the Memorial As
sociation of introducing t lie orator of
tW!> day upon this occasion, and to me
it.-*;s a very great pleasure to have the
opportunity of'presenting one not only
BQ. fittingly qualified. so talented, so
useful in his labors, so active and pro
gressive as a cit zen, so greatly beloved
hy us all. but to whom by ties of the
tiast eve tlie strings of my heart en
twined.
°fn the army of Northern Virginia, be
loved like Dee and Jackson, was our
•great war chaplain. Dr. J. William
jQhes. He carr’ed with him ‘Christ in
the camp’ and ‘religion to the army*—
everywhere untiringly and unceasingly,
delivering the message of our Savior, ‘I
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am the way, the truth, and the life. Ret
not your heart be troubled, ye that be
lieve in God, believe also in me.’ In
the hour of struggle, on the firing line
when carnage was at its height, he,
kneeling, gave the joy of that peace
which passeth all understanding to the
dying; the hand of comfort and help to
the wounded and suffering; the heart of
brotherly love to the living; smiling as
brave men smile in the smoke of battle;
weeping as we all wept at the surrender
of at Appomatox—hopes blasted,
hearts burdened, homes devastated, and
as we stood upon tlie embers of that de
struction, we, like him, renewed our al
legiance to tlie principles of right and
justice and fidelity to our southland
through all the years to come.
“The war did not end his service. He
was chaplain of Washington and Lee
College for several years. He was from
tiie time of the organization of the
I’nited Confederate Veterans up to the
day the Master called him home our be
loved chaplain-general, and was in every
way connected with every good work
that would advance the interest and pre
serve the immortal record of our great
Southland—God bless the memory of
this sainted soldier of the cross and of
tiie Confederacy.
“With this humble tribute, T now pre
sent. but who really needs no introduc
tion to this audience, his splendid,
worthy son, Rev. M. Ashby Jones.”
Dr. Jones’ Oration.
What had been spoken touched the
tenderest spot In the heart of Dr. Jones,
the speaker, who prefaced his oration
to the Confederate dead with an exprs
sion of his feeling of kindliness to Capt.
Smith.
In delivering the oration Dr. Jones
said:
“As we stand here in this silent city
amid the mounds which mark the resting
places of our Confederate dead, memo
ries as fragrant as these April flowers
blossom into beauty. Here for half a
century have they rested, while the
sacred silence is broken only by the
tawny tide of the old Savannah as it
sentinels in circling current their verd
may henr amid the falls up yonder the
rumble as her requiem like unto the
music of her battles, then lower down
she murmurs in minor cadences the
story of their sorrows, but passing this
beloved place she goes purling to the
sea the prophesy of the ultimate triumph
of those principles for which they yield
ed up their lives. There Is a pathetic
significance in the fact that when we
would meet to celebrate the achievements
of great war, we must find our most
appropriate rendezvous in the city of the
dead. That the most sacred memories
which cluster around that fierce conten
tion must be told in the language of the
grief of graves. Here in epitome we
have the story of every war. As we
stand with ears strained toward the
past, there comes to us, mingled with
the music of the bugle's call, tiie deep
mouthed roar of the guns, and the
shouts of victory, the minor tones of
‘Rachel weeping for her children.’ un
comforted, ‘because they are not.’ Some
one gifted with imagination, might stand
above these graves and dream of what
might have been if these young lives had
lived to fulfill the promise of their youth.
If all the wealth of mental culture In
terred in the sacked soil of Southern
cemeteries had been centered upon the
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upon the problems of statesmanship, or j
freed for the accomplishments of art; if I
all the sweetness and light imprisoned
there in tiie darkness of the ground
could have been left to fulfill its radi
ant mission in our homes; if all that
passionate courage which daved danger
to the very portals of death itself could»
have been turned with the full tide of
its Niagara force upon the wheels of
Southern progress, how different would
have been the story of our past. War
means waste. Its tears. Its terrors, its
tragedy is told In that wdrd—waste*.
:‘Let us dream and work and pray for
universal peace. And today as we stand
scanning with eager anxiety our Southern
frontier, let our prayer be that the cloud
which hangs menacingly upon our hori
zon, may be wafted by winds of wisdom
where it may shadow no sorrow for the
children of men. And yet thus far in
the progress of our civilization war has
seemed to be an inevitable experience
in the life of nations. It has been the
great testing experience. It is a chal
lenge to the worst, and a dare to the
best within a nation’s life. A nation
is not great because it fights. Neither is
it great because it does not fight. But
when it does light, the character of a
people is tried as by fire. Why did they
light, and in what spirit did they fight,
are questions which probe to the very
center the moral quality of a nation.
Here by the side of these graves let us
attempt once more to test the character
of the Confederate soldier—let us ap
praise the value of ids contribution to
his country. I would not profane this
place by attempting to revive the pas
sions and hatveds engendered by that
fratricidal strife. Neither would I re
surrect the social and political issues
out of which that conflict was born. Blit
hack of the noise of battle, and deeper
than tlie social and political discussions
upon the hustings, is the essential ques
tion, why did he fight? For the time
being we care little for what was In
his social environment, or what was
written in the constitution of his state,
but what we want to know' is what was
in his heart. When the Confederate
soldiers stood before tiie flashing guns
at Manassas in undisciplined heroism,
what was in their hearts? When they
reached the heights at Gettysburg,
strewing their deadly pathway with rag
ged gray glory, what was in their
hearts? When, victors of a hundred im
mortal battlefields, they lay down their
untarnished weapons at Appomattox,
what was in their hearts No matter
what history may prove as to the tech
nical right or wrong, wisdom or unwis
dom of secession, I answer today, that
within the hearts of the Confederate
soldiers there was a deathless devotion
to home, a loyalty to his convictions,
and a love of liberty matchless in tiie
annals of war.
“The Confederate soldier was an ideal
ist. I would not make him perfect. He
had his faults as other men. But when
the trumpet called him to battle bo went
fo**th to no field of conquest. TTe was
tempted by no prize of personal gain,
lie turned his hack upon splendid ca
reers in army, navy, politics, commerce,
art and literature, and exchanged a so
cial life as fascinating as the world has
ever seen for the hardships of the camp
and the march. He wont to fight for
that which can not be seen or heard or
handled. That wnich nerved him to
such Splendid deeds of heroism was a
divine vision of liberty, honor and
righteousness. After all. that which wins
the admiration of a world on the battle
field is unselfishness. Heroism is not
the willingness to ki’l. but the willing
ness to be killed for that which one be
lieves to be right. Judge by that stand
ard. these men were indeed heroes, for
never did men throw r themselves with
more splendid abandon upon the altar
of their convictions. War is horrid at
its best. But, comrades of my father.
T can read the story of your conflict
without one blush of shame. Never did
a narmy fight a fairer fight, nor leave
a cleaner record. No plundering left its
ghoulish marks to mar the progress of
your march. No blackened ruins told
the direction of your tread, and no
moans of women and children echoed the
wake of your way. You made war on
men and bared your breast to foemen
worthy of your steel. Wherever the
Confederate soldier went he left a high
er and holler definition of manhood. He
fought. TTe fought fearfully and fear
lessly, but he fought with a temple in
his heart.
“The age which fights Is seldom the
age which builds. One generation wins
freedom on the field of battle, throttles
tyrany and exemplies heroism. The next
generation breathes the story of its ban
ners into poetic song, translates its tri
umphs into permanent institutions and
builds upon its battlefields temples of
work and worship. The poet, the states
man, the architect, seldom accompanies,
but follows the worrior.
“But let it be remembered that it is
fthe temple which was in the heart of
the warrior which will get Itself build
ed by the citizen in the days of pence.
That for which a nation fights in war
will determine w’hat a nation will build
in peace. By that test, and that test
alone, must we judge tiie Confederate
soldier. Look to tiie Southland today.
It is the story of the resurrection. That
which was thought to be buried in the
tomb at Appomattox would not at ay
dead. It was Immortal and rose again
on the third day. ‘Except a grain of
wheat fall into the earth and die. it
abideth by itself alone, but If it die it
.hearth much fruit.’ Out of a soil plant
ed with patriots and fertilized with the
blood of heroes has come the harvest of
this new South. Tiie conquests of that
army In peace are more glorious than
those of battle. The spirits of those
whose bodies we buried in the valleyH
and laid to rest by the requiem of our
rivers lived to permeate the purposes
and nerve the arms of those who were
to build this miracle of modifti life.
Those who survived that great war went
back to broken fortunes and the black
ened rul-ns of their homes not to mourn
over a dead past, but with unconquered
hearts they began to translate Into terms
of peace that which they had failed to
accomplish In war.
"Nearly a quarter of a century ago f
stood beside the open grave of Henry
Grady. As the clods fell upon his coffin
then* came to me the mythical story of
Home's salvation. Tou, too, will recall
It from your childhood's lesson. A great
gulf has appeared In the forum. It has
been revealed that only a warrior, pano
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close the chasm by leaping Into It. Then
I saw our own beloved country. Its
bloody chasm Is a gaping wound, sepa
rating brother from brother. A Hill, a
Gordon, a Grady and Fltshugh I.ee,
threw themselves into that breach and
died with eloquent words upon their
bps pleading for liberty and love. Yes,
I love to think that as the Confederate
soldier was first In war, he was also
f r*t In peace.
“And now, (‘one of Confederate
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nhnut ‘Our father*, behold the borxemen
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