Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-11
Our Heroic Dead.
BY 4 LADY OF ALABAMA.

Upon.every hillside, and in every val
ley of this fair Southern land they lie
"the loved and lost" md after life,s
titful fever they sleep WE'LL Had the is
sue Of the late conflict been different, the
laurel would have been twined with the
cypress above their last resting places;
sa:itis they I'LL but traitors graves, and
their names are scarcely remembered be-
yohd their own heartstones.
This chivalry of-the South rushed i'm.
petuously to the front, upon the first call
TO arms, to do battle for what they con-
siuerad their rights, and many, so many,
have fallen. viii, their DICKS to the held,
and their feet, to the foe." Disease, too,
has claimed its quota, and there is scarce.
ly d household in this desolated land
bat has its "vacant chair'-sometimes
more than one. =
We once proudly thought that, on the
psges of The Second American Revolu-
ton, they would figure as martyrs to the
cause of freedom, but alas! when the sto-
~ Of the Crest Southern Rebellion comes
to be told their names, struck from the
roll of honor, aud branded as traitors,
will be handed down to posterity. But
not among us-the people for whom they
fought, bled and died"-no! Reir men,
ories will ever be encircled by the bright
halo which their bravery and seEsacri.
flee has cast around them. It is sad, it
is heart.rending to think that elsewhere
they will be regarded otherwise; but q
wise Providence doeth all things we'll,
heweyer inscrutable his ways may seem
to. us poor, short-sighted mortals.
1t has been said that the blood split in
the last four years, shall ever roll an i'm
possible gulf between the North and
South. It should not be so. Has not,
the North the remembrance of dear ones
slain by Southern foeman ?-and yet her
sons who are now among us, are giving
US every evidence Of good will and kind
ly feeling. Shall we be less generous
: thsa. taey.g
Let us go hadk then eheerhlly, and
willingly to the, friendly arms open to re.
ceive US. Let US again cherish our for.
mer pride in the stars and stripes, EN-.
blens Of the greatest nation the world
ever sow. We should not by chickering's
aud dissepsious among ourselves, give the
naughty European powers occasion to ex
u{tln the /" Divine. right of kings" They
watched with delight the probable dis.
laeraberment Of our great Republic, and
regard with jealous eyes our onward
progress. :. -. -: 60.
Some would deem it irreyerent to the
memory Of their dead, were they to en-
dcayor to cultivate feelings otherwise,
than hostile toltheir recent enemies--but
remember that those salnted ones, stand
ing now around the. great white throne,
sce not with the eye ofs.fesh, /" through q
glass hrkly," but 10 their vision is un.
rolled the future, ,whc,s SHOULD we. SO
will side BY side, heart responding to.
heart with our late foes, We shall march
elria unbreken ranks to that glorious
destiny, which awaits us. ~
Southern women and sisters to YOU.
do appeal, do away with those balefui
feelings Of wrath and bitterness, which is
shrouding the hearts Of many Of. you, in |
darkness and gloom. Be faithful to the |
teaching, Of Christ, and forgive, even
as you would be forgiven. Then will
our dead heroes look down with smiling
eyesnpon us, while the Angels will throw
wide the pearly gates of Paradise that
the increase, arising from. purified and +
rrgenerated hearts may enter, as fra
grant offering to our God.
And when the last yestige OF, this cruel
war shall be efaced from our homes. and
the,ScnshE shah agairi s"tblossom as theEt
roses The memory aour heroic dead"
shall I've fresh and green within our
heartsslimulatingns to deeds ofgoodness.l
eud preparing us to meet them above.