Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-01

Of manhood than that Of the helpless, house,
less, hungered orphan2 Can you not hear
this wall wherever you 90, whether in the
busy haunts Of men or in the solitude
where none intrude 2" Go into the city or
the hamlet on the hilltop or down into the
valley, the green mounds that rise like arch
ed shields, as If protecting their jeweled dead,
proclaim at once my cause, and speak its ST.
lent eloquence. For every mound you see,
there Is an orphan. For every dew-drop
that sparkles on the green grsss, tear has
burned its furrowed way down the cheek Of
some soldiers .wife--of some soldiers child.
It is for these, and Tor these alone, we make
an appeal; our men, though destitute, are
strong Of arm and of heart; they can do all
that manhood can accomplish. Our women,
too, though many of them unused to toll,
sing, we think, more sweetly to their spin
ning-wheels than they used TO sing to their
harps. For them we do not ask charity.
Their proud hearts would burst before their
fair hands would become the recipients OF
your charity; but for the helpless little suf-
ferers we do appeal, not to your reluctant,
cherries giver, but to that spirit of univer-
sal charity which is the gift of God and the
heritage of the poor.
know, Sir Knights, there are those who
attribute disloyal promptings and disloyal
purposes to this assemblage 1t is too alb
surd to merit notice. pass it over in ST.
lence--and thank God there are those who
took as well as gave blows and who prove
the testimony of my own personal experience.
| can sympathize with suffering, even
though it be in the person of wounded or
iaiieh zoe soiuler himseif, ne knows now
70 appreciate soioier, ana 'nose VINO would
ieed soidiers orphan. ana tnere Is yet
announcer, nigher SUN, VINO from MS own ex-
perience knows now 10 leel Tor an orphan
wants ana the lonely bitterness ut an Or
pnahs iate. lie mas waved the broad flag
OF tne nation over the broad extent OF the
lano, ana upon IL ne mas inscribed peace,
Peace anu .here Is peace anu snouiu tnere
NC aho'uer wa, growing OUT Vi .he present
Hu'oPeah 'rouces, tnere WIN oe ou' one nag
anu anu pehea'h IL there VIII oe not one OF these
so'1iers in peace, c..'zens III war AS III
our ia.e civil war. lney VIII stay penind
WIN Tue Vui'ures anu DC iounu Where
greenoachs most 10 congregate' Ihank
uou' .ncse jachais are ceing known, anu soon
uie nohes. people, DOM mere ana AZ the
Nor,n, VIII s'r,ke tnelh' IKE SO many morse
ieeehes, iroih Tue uouy Poiiuc, anu SEM tnem,
,uil ana gofgeo, us true, out still send them
oack 10 the stagnant pools from whose mud
dy oosoms they originally came.
Rut Sir Knights, this is theme not suit
ed for the ears of courtesy and beauty.
gladly turn from it, and remind you of an
other Of the sources of Knightly inspiration.
Need tell you what this is? Look around
ioyeliness--see those wreatbed smiles strong.
er than any tyrant's chains. Sir Knights,
you t a,o II, ', aasi. a., Anow .na' some Vi
low copnon,s month and have osoonaa ,ho
danger, out aias there is no escape from this.
II o,ns ~ 30, JU d 800 - onn; nail
morer has vet devised shield conl1 save
your hearts to-day-and candor compels me
70 tell you that not one OF you will leave
W. ss V m i;so Nv. ,, u,e Vi ms Mounus OF
But, gallant KNIGHTS. 7 detoin Won too
long. Remember that bright eyes look upon
you heinenoer me nigh and sacred cause
Thorch o.ch of no, - h",, ",m' ;nH'.;3,,.l
name, remember YOU are all the orphans
Knights. In such a cause, did he live now,
'he lion hearted hhisht, would weld his
Knight without fear and Si,bon; renroanS
would put a lance at rest. On. thou gal
liant knights the whole world is impatient
70 niow WING WIN DC our sovereign queen
~,
'"o' n're' "en' " iiiia'iiS !" oen"il o. the
rf'
''""i'9' WINCH "''' enthusiastically IT,
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We would like to give the number Of rings
taken by each Knight in both rounds, but as
that would take up too much space, we will
only mention that at the close OF this ring it
was iouna tnat the oheVaiier bayard (Capt
Elliott and The Swedish Knight IN. f. Hood
had tied each other. The consequent strug-
gle between these Two, was, OF course,
highly exciting one. The Cheva'ier Bayard,
TO the sound OF inspiring music, galloped
around the ring several times, ere he be-
gan his work, as IT to brace his nerves for
this strife narrowed down TO two. After
getting us steed ana MS lance well IN hand,
he dashed gailantly abound and came out
win eishtfings' lie was eheereu loudly oy
thec'o"a' anu ev'deh''y hau tner sympathy
over MS rival ine o~euish hnignt con-
'rary TO the expectation engendered py his
Skill made only seven rings
Here we must stop 10 record very un-