The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-06-05
Communications.
Sympathy for Those Whom this
War has Bereaved.


Sympathy. for Those Whom this
War has Bereaved.
We see and read so much Of our SOL
diers, and o ur feelings are so largely en- .
listed, that we are apt to forget there
are others, and [ had almost said great
er sufferers. 1t seems useless to ask
sympathy for the brave men who have
gone forth willingly, to endure hard Z.
ships and privations, greater, md more
numerous than we are wont to imagine,
and can dare face danger, where death
may be their doom at any moment. II
is but their right, and our duty, that
every heart and hand should greet
them with warm welcome. They are
our own and our country's deliverers,
and 1t is but right that care and kind
ness, honor and love should be theirs.
and they are freely given.
But the desoate homesteads where
there are mourning fathers and moth
ers, disconsolate widows with their or
pban children, bereaved brothers and
sisters, and mourning friends every
wherej for those we ask, feeling assured
not in vain, for your generous sympa-
thies.
Now in the midst of rejoicing, that
victory has perched upon our banner,
and the emblem of the free and brave
is borne triumphantly from one field Of
glory to another, and we know our des-
tiny is to be written great, powerful,
and, as | believe, most generous peo-
pie, it is right that every heart
throughout the great North should
throb with feelings Of gratitude, and
every bosom thrill with emotions of
patriotism, yet we should not forget the
hearts wrung with anguish, which even
victory has not the power to soothe and
calm, because those who went out with
high hopes and noble purposes are
now numbered with the unreturning
brave.
We sometimes feel it is almost more
than we can bear when the angel of
death visits our home, although we can
then be with our loved ones to bathe
the throbbing temples, fan the burning
brow, moist3n the parched lips, and
care for, and wait upon them. Then
we can 60 with them almost to the verge
of the dark valley, and can almost feel
the cold waters of the river of Death
dashing over US. We can receive their
last wishes, catch the last whisper, talk
to them of Heaven, and fancy we al
most see the angel throug, which is
waiting to receive and welcome them on
the other shore. But how much hard
er is it when they die "strangers in {
} strange lane" or upon the ghastly b at
tie field
When the roar of the death -dealin,
cannon is hushed, the rattle of musket
ry heard no longer, and the sword ha
returned to its sheath, and to the shout
of tie victors has succeeded the sad du
ty Of caring for the wounded and bury
ing the dead, deem it not weakness
that tears come to the eyes and force
their way down the cheeks of stern
brave men, as they see those with whom
they had SO lately talked, laughed, cook
ed, eaten, and slept now mangled, dea
and dying; and as they receive the lit
tie mementOes, and bend to catch th
dying message for the dear absent ones
Their tears prove their nobility. thei
manhood. Our Savior disdained not t
weep, and if angels could sorrow wit
us, methinks tears would fall like raj
, over such scenes as our battlefield
p. present.
! And those loved ones are waiting. G
how anxiously, for the news whic
brings them only keenest SORROW
: Tho soil where they fell and lowly Ii
: will be sacred TO their hearts, althoug'
: it be in the sunny South" where il
gentle winds will breathe over ther
Q sweet incense, gathered where flower
. never cease to bloom, or birds to sporti
green branches. We would much rathe
they "slept with their fathers, wher
= the cold, bleak, wild winds of wintc
il swept down FROM our own Norther
i hilltops, aud whistle around them, q
y the rough, piercing wind of their prairi
> home, in its wild freaks could pla
grand discordant music over them.-
,f But this can never be, We may nt
e plant flowers, or weep over them. Bl
1, we can be kind to, aud feel for the b
reaved ones around us, and pray u
Great Father in his infinite mercy
!. comfort and bind their bleeding heart
&C.
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! 1t is probable that the policy Of Il
o Government in relation to the treatmel
D. Of persons in rebellion, will soon al