The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-04-07

Extracts from the Speech of Gov. Wise,
of Virginia, for the Relief of Orphans OF
the War;

1 Extracts from the SpGcCH Oh OONs W ASC
of Virginia, for the Relief of Orphans o
the War.
/ rtThe noblest bands of men who ever fought OIL
i who ever fell in the annals of war, whose glo-
rious deeds history ever took pen to record, were
! | exutingly claim, the private soldiers in the ar
mics of the great Confederate cause. Whether
right or wrong in the, cause which they espoused
they were earnest and hel est patriots in their con
V,ctions who thought that they were right to de-
fend their own, their native land-its soil, its al
tars and its honor. They felt that they were not
rebels and not traitors in obeying their State soy
ereigntes, aud they thought that it was lawful to
take mp arms under their mandates, authorized
expressly by the Federal Constitution. to repel In
vasions or suppress insarrection, when there was
such Imminent danger as not to admit of delay y
| The reason for The delay which could have been
! demanded of them, was to have appealed to the
invaders themselves for defence against their own
lInvasions; and whether there was imminent dan
ger or not events have proved. They have been
invaded until every blade of grass has been trod
den down, until every sanctuary of temple, and
| fame, and altar. and home has been profaned.- :
| The most of these men had no stately mansions
| for their homes no slaves to plow and plant any
broad fields of theirs; stocks or investment III
interest bearing funds. They were poor, but pat
riotic and indomitably brave. Their country was
their only heritage.
The mothers and wives and daughters buckled
| on the belts. and sent the husbands and sons and
brothers forth, and women toiled for the bread,
and spun the raiment of little ones" of 'shan-
ty' homes in country, or of shops in town, while
their champions of defence were in their coun-
trys camps, or marches or trenches, or battles !!
They faithfully followed leaders whom they4on
ored and trusted. Nor Cabinets, nor Congress.
nor Commissariat, nor Quartermaster's Depart
ment, nor spectators nor spies. nor renegades,
nor enemy's emissaries, nor poverty nor prlYa-
L. ADSl
danger nor wounds, nor death could impair their
constancy! They fought with deVoGt confidence
and courage which was unconquerable except by
starvation, blockade, overwhelming numbers, for
eign dupes and mercenarics. Yankeedom, Negro
dom and death. ProdlgeS of valor, miracles OF
victories, undoubled and undoubting devotion aud
endurance to the last, entitled them to hon0rs OF
surrender, which gilded the arms of their victeFs
and extorted from them even cheers on the battles
held where at last they yielded for Peace! Alas &
how many thousands had fallen before their few
surviving comrades laid down their arms. OF the
men Of the ranks their beloved leader Gen. R. e,
Lee, said to me, during the last Winter on the
lines; Sir, the men of this war who will deserve
the most honor and gratitude are not the men of
rank, but the men OF the ranks--the privates.'
"The blessed and ever glorious dead were not
there to surrender. and thew are i .ArA tn DO
fend their memories from the faint of the reproach
of rebellion and treason, Alas ] am alive and
here, and am bound, at every hazard TO declare
that those men were no rebels, and no traitors
Let whoever will swear that they were rebels and
traitors, will contradict the oath and appeal to
God on the Holy of Holes as high as Heavens
throne. and swear that they were pure patriots.
loyal citizens well tried and true soldiers. brave
honest, devoted men, who proved their faith in
their principles by the deaths which canonlzed
them immortal heroes and martyrs No one shall
inscrlbe the epltaphs of rebellion and treason up
on the tombs of their dead, without my burning
protest being uttered against the foul and false
proclamation And if any wounds of the living ar
labelled with rebellion aud treason, would tear
away the infamy thong h the wounds should bleed
unto death. II suffer their names to be dishon-.
ored and their glory to ne furnished, and don't
gainsay the reproach my my tongue cle4ye to
the roof of my mouth and if suffer their orphans
to be outcastS for the want of sympathy, warmly
outspoken and more warmly felt, may my right
hand forget its cunning,
Alas in these times it has no canning, for it
has no coins too am a beggar. | can beg,
then, and do beg like Belsarius, for them
Please give them one obOlus Have you crumb
to spare Divide it with them? Have you COM
fort, give them some OF your abundance Their
enemies who slew their fathers honor them enough
to feed their poor orphans They won't hurt you
for daring to do deeds of charity. Many of them
are brave men, aud the brave are always generous
10 the brave The orphan, the orphan of thepoOr,
tie female orphan, the orphan fallen upon evil
times. The Confederate soldiers orphan girl child
cry to you Will you heed their cries, and in
some way help the helpless ones? IF you will not,
then we may apostrophize the names OF their
martyred sres, in the language Of the lays of the
Scottish cavaliers: g S-'.s-a
~ y Last of Freedom
Last of all that dauntless race
si Who would rather die unsullied
Than outlive the lands disgrace
O, thou lion-heartcd warriori
Reck not of the after time;
Honor may be deemed dishonor
Loyalty be called crime. .s5
Sleep in peace with kindred ashes
Ofthe noble and the true
Hands that never failed their country,
Hearts that never baseness knew
s THE DISTRICT CopRr.--We are indebted to Mr..
Prckett, the obgng Clerk of the District Court,
for the following record of its proceedings:
The case of G. W, Thatcher ct al. as. M. B.
Gay ct al. occupied uQtil Tuesday night, April Sd,
and the jury, after being kept together upwards
of thirty hours, failed to agree and were discharg
ed by the Court.
WEDNESDAY. April As. I. Ritchey ct al. u.s.
LangWorthy & Charlton A. A. Mix ct al.,-iury