Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-07-09

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we do the calm beauty of summer sky at eve.
Bat the stars though brilliant are cold, and
the summer sky IS forgotten in an hour. Nei-
ther have touched the heart. And so the
great hero is admired from distance, aud the
good man quietly forgotten
They only who have nobly suffered are deeply
tored. 1t was no victory won vkich made the
soldier Of the Russian campaign an honorel
guest in the howell of every Frenchman. 1t
was that he had been of those who endured
that terrible ordeal so bravely. 1t is not be-
cause of Lodi or Marengo that the tear starts
from the eye of the still surviving veteran OF
, those battles at the name of Napoleon. 1t was
} because he loved France, and striving for her
glory was bound a prisoner n barren rock
1t is not because we think of Saratoga OF York
town that we have been wont to veneratc SO
affectionately the surviving soldier Of the old
revolution. His white hairs and lettering
steps are not suggestive of victories. Our
minds go back to the half frozen band strug-
Cling with the ice drifts through the long nj Oh,
of the passage of the Delaware. We think OF
the dreary and terrible winter a Valley Forge.
We think of the bare feet ma king the frozen
ground with blood, and we take the old man
! - our heart, for he has suffered much, and -
holy in our sight Human sympathy 'hc
suffering riM others as its derivation iudj-
Gates )-uuderles all that is noble in our ua-
ture. BY that has the Almighty redeemed the
world. No pcist reasoning ever so much Of
| Providence, and the benifcence of a Creator
can bring one spark of love out of his heart.
for his abstraction, or enlist for it the popular
attention. The Pag thinks of his Gcl and
abiectly trembles The Musselman admires
Mahomet the great military leader aud
trusts to him for the qualification of his de
sires for sensual heaven. None of these feel
ings are love. But the Christian behold> wt:h
sake, not great temporal leader establishing
here glorious Empire, but - man of sorrow
and acquainted with grief" His mind can
take in the image Of that sorrewful couutc-
nance. can behold the crown of thorns. ami
the great drops of blood can sec the cross.
and the decorating nails, and the fountains of
his heart are opened. There is no abstraction
here, but something living AMI real which he
can ferveutly worship an to which his love
can cling. Warmed by that love and support
ed by that vision lie can become hero and
maryland the suffering Of Lis mart yrdom
embalms Him also i'll the hearts of III, fellows.
Reverently leaving this subject, we come at
once to the object of this article. Because CT
the endeariag influences Of noble suffering in
a lofty cause, we have ever chroniclei the
hardships of our soldiers Their long and |
wasting marches, their exposures. their priva- |
tons, their sickness and death in camp ami |
hospital as well as in the hot blood OF the bat
tie tield-their disasters and misfortunes. ~ |
well as their glorious victories. Some Of our
friends have complained Of this Is bein5 harrow
ing to the feelings OF relations at home. With
due Difference to their kindly meant criticism.
we still think it proper that all such things. il
true, should be we'll understood. Even i.
known to the enemy. they can have only the
effect of showing the inlomitable spirit ana
unconquerable will Of our young Southcrncis
The cause which supports, under such rails
youth raised in luxury, as some of them have
been, manifests by that, its Righteousness to
the world.
1t is due to our brave patriots in the field
that we should know what (for sakes) they
endure We wrong them by ignoring it. We
should allow the knowledge of their trials to
enhance Cur admiration Of their patriotism
and bind them closer to our hearts.
the cause which casts Us so much, become.
halowed; what We are paying for our inde
pendence, must not be paid in vain Every life
of loved one lost every pang of one dear to
us, is just portion of the price. The cause
is just that much more holy in our esteem.
The enemy inst that more detestable. HID
this war been harmless as a review on gala
day, or even had We thought it So, reunion
would to-day be possible. Every drop Of.
Southern blood poured out, every Southern
spirit which wings its way from corpse in .
crowded hospital now cries aloud against it.
As for narrowing tho hearts OF mothers, and
wives, and sisters at home, we say in reply,
that they too are equal to the mothers of &c.
They have known what they have done, when
the young wife girled on her husbands KNAPP
sack, and the mother, with lofty pride light
ing her eyes, and checking her tears, kissed
for the last time (if God so willed it, the brow
Of her first born, perhaps her only child
They are no workings, from whom we would
conceal painful news, do from those
wasted by disease or trembli g with the fee
bleness of age, ready by the slightest agitation
to be shaken into TIE grave. They have shown
themselves capable of any fortituJie, As lofty
pride swells their bosoms as ours. They arc
equals and should be treated aceur,liEgr. Let
them also be privileged to enter into oar CON
fdence, in good or evil report Those whom
they can help will receive their speedy aid
those whom they are unable to succor or call
back to life should he invested in their 81 eht
with all the halo which suffering adds to hero
ism.
As for our cause that is safe. Long since
the faipthearted have all been developed 1t
is poor patriotism which would be deferred or
discouraged by looking in t face the inevita-
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