Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-09-11
[Froh the Atlanta Appeal
who Are the Grumblers.

who Are the Grumblers.
1t is remark able fact, as stated by the
Savannah Republican. aud one worthy of
note that those who have suffered least from
the war are the loudest in their complaints
We hear but little from he down trod5en
and ruined. while persons residing quietly
at their homes, remote from raids and the
roar Of battle, are overwhelmed with dis
tress at the price Of sugar, coffee and shoes.
and have come to the conclusion that the
war is iutolefable These are singular
facts, and they seem to argue that patriot
ism innst pass through an ordeal Of FIRE be-
fore it becomes purified aud elevated to its
greatest Strength and brillancy.
We recently; says the editor Of the Re-
publican. spent a week Oh the banks Of the
Rappahannock, where the storm of war has
swept over the country and Frustrated eve
rything in its path There is spectacle
for the disconnected to contemplate. Homes
destroyed or abandoned. the inhabitants feJ
for safety, every v.s,ige of fencing and tim
Der gone. the proudest mansions shattered
by cannen balls or ra;zed to the ground by
the incendlary fee, negroes stoen and run
off, cattle aud horses all gone. aud the pop
ulation reduced as it were from sffluence
aud comfort to AFFECT poverty and want -
The desolation is complete and one would
suppose that it would require half a centu
ry to restore the country to its original
beauty and thrift, even were such a thing
possible at all!
1t was Our fortune to meet many of these
fugitives from abolition wrath at Richmond
and other poisitsf whence they had fed. with
IltAeis fsa,ilies, TO escape the destroyer We
snipurned with some who still fingered at
their homes on the outskirts Of this wide
waste Of ruin We talked with them of
their nisforttnes and anented their fate.
/ TO our surprise there was little response in
Esi.d to our 1ommisscration Where we ex-
pected to fnd all ,lowncast aud gloomy as
The grave i've saw nothing but theerfu,ness
and apparent cuntehtihetit' They would
relate their misfoftunes ahd Smile over the
narrative One excellent man, who bad
lost all his male slaves aud horses, was pre-
pairing to harvest his tcsming fields of wheat
with his women and haul il 10 the barns
with oxen Every man who had suffered
| thought his pelghbor lad sua.re more,
and bore his own nisfortunes with compo.
snre The great difficulty appeared to us
to be the utter destitutcn of The county as
regards timber, at.a whilst bitches csuld be
/ made to apsewr tho purposes OF fences, We
inquire how it was possible for them to sup
ply the place Of trewooa and keep them
selves from freezing in that severe climate
for soi'.e years TO come. and uptIi the shrub
berry Shall have grown into saplings! This
seemed to give them no serious concern,
coal had never be. discovered 10 that par
tieulsr section. but they had no doubt it
was there, aud necessity would develop it
| in due time. Upon this snadowy prospect
they Quoted every, fear on that SEQ, e for the
future We have never seen misfortune
borne With such heroic forttude. and in no
lns tance-not one--dd We End man or
woman whose spirit had quailed under their
sore ana multiplied troubles or,did not ex
press willingness to suffer nstimes more
l.seyerely rather than submit to be ruled by
the detestable Yankee race
Here is picture for the contemplation
discontents Would that we had the
power to draw it in all its melancholy gran
deur, and hold it up for the gaze Of our
countrynen throughout the land From
these noble god Ike Virginians. letus learn
our duty. They show us something Of the
price of liberty, and Set US an example Of
enduring deathless forttude and patriotism
that should be recorded to their everlasting
honor, and hold up to the everlasting shame
of those sunshine p,triots who are willing
TO be free only when freedom can be secur-
ed without sacrifice or discomfort. Let all
suchf read the story, and for the sake OF
common manhood cease their croaking and
complaints over imaginary woes.
Ey We take the following from an ar
ticleln the Huntsville Confederate
NsSpAarAN MOTHER While our army
was falling back from Tennessee. many
Drove soldiers wishing, no doubt, only to
bid one more. farewell to loved ones, and
take one sad perhaps the last-look at the
dear old homestead, absentcd themselves
without leave from their commands
Among this number was a brave boy from
Lincoln county, who, vending his way to
his home. was met at the gate by his moth
or aud sisters. And while their kisses
were warm on his lips, his mother, With
the yearnings of maternal love smotbered
by sense Of duty to her COUNTRY, said to
him
My sou should fave been glad to see
you under any honorable circumstances
but (pointing to the material mansion
that roof was never intended to shelter q
deserter. Return to your command-dls-
charge your duty to your country land
then come to me, and I will give you q
mothers blessing
MosBY PRoMoTED. We learn from the
Bristol ADVOCATE that Major Mosby has
been prompted to the rank Of COLONEL
! He richly Reserves the honor, for but few
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