The free South. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-19

pulsive deformity and pitilessness goes
on---and the picture of horrors is painted
for us daily in glowing colors.
And when shall the olive branch take
the place of the sword p It win not be
until you, reader, be you officer or priS
vate soldier, andI, and all Of US, put
shoulders to the wheel IN earnest. until
we feelthat there is a responsibility rest
ing on Us as iadiriduds,; which cannot be
cast lightly aside-:.to act as levers to Lift
this great burden from our nations lap
until we feel that each of US has duty to
perform religiously and faithfully in
behalf of a nations hfs---and that if we
neglect to perform that duty it is another
stab at her existence. 1t will be like the
inhuman parricide who deliberately
pinionsd his mothers arms and plunging
the stiletto in the breast which nourished
him, gloated over the trickling crimson
aow which followed it = fE % r~s i's.
five fail to do our duty as indaoid'1als---
(disintegrated we are worthless---a"ised
we are inyincible, 1--we fail in sacred
trust that He who ruleth and reigneth
has committed to our care. ~ '2'a lz@fa
When you and feel that zoe, as ind'.
v;duoss, must depend on our own exer'
tons, as Il no other beings but ourselves
were in existence, to restore our bleeding,
broken country to its former unity and
greatness, then, and not mait then viii We
overvheln and crush our treacherous
foe. and with baffled aad broken columns
he shaIl sink Ct our feet in humiliation
and despair !eei eas @'si ro'a'' 81 l.
singly, must we bear ourselves like the
Gallant Roman Three, who kept the
bridge SO bravely and 50 welia-for 1 think
Horatius, with his single azms defending
that narrow pass, offers an example Of
heroic bravery, which, If followed by
Northern lnen, win soon turn the scale IN
the id flags favor. 49, 7s' 'FZa a3i
Our aim must be, not to do as hos- but
a. mnsh al zoe can for the sake ofnght,
iusticse, and the brave old aagi-the flag
a trsitofous foe Has trsmpled under foot,
but which, Rks Truth crushed to earth
,o;u s,ise aqafn--that flag the heroes OF
the Revelation fought for 50 long and 50
vell.E~l6cffsprung from patriot tears as
heanty from the sea-foam, which 2uttered
At tSs 'front.' over the christian sofdier.who
he,din his hands q nations hfe--who
aaresd The iron hail of Princeton, and
vhSby The aid of the answered prayer
that went up fromfths stiffness of Valley
Fofnpss,G made d his little. s.paf-iot army a
terfur.o;his foes andathe admiration Of
nations that Gag which draoped not till
thspbanded States were jfree---and which
..-reerveerenty be IL written---when his
work on earth was done. was forever
made sacrea and holy then by shroading
the Snst Of the dead Washington ! -
When we arrive from our lethargy and
frees Ourselves from the harness sloth has
buefied on, realizing our situation, what
We esdu md ought to do, when We rob
the fastiesnake Of his fangs, by the aid OF
the power still undeveloped, then and not
,tnta assa, can we delight our eyesiwith q
GLIMPSE of the Pietufe of Peacel Then
ahall the scattered fragments Of our shat
tered Union be bound together by His
hand IL the silken bonds of Peace and
Loove-.-and knowing but one ruler, one
constitution, one country, one fag---the