Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-06

pcrils and tho glorics of tho past And thoug1
meeting them under such circumstances a
the present, is fraught with many sad rcflcc
tions, it is source of infinite qualification t
nc to see thcm once more. You, of my oil
command, never failed to respond when
called upon you, and now that you call on M
to join with you in paying mcrited tribut
of respect to our martyrcd dead, would b.
ungratcful indeed, were to refuse to answc
J to the appeal.
TO record the names Of the brave men VIII
gave thcir>livcs to their country; to pcrpctu
ate the memory of their heroic deeds to 'dccl
their humble graves with flowers, as VIC mour,
their untimcly fate, are the sad and the onl,
privileges we now have. In our poverty, w,
arc not able to raise suitable monuments t,
mark their last resting places; in our defeat
we feel, that as far rs human wisdom can faith
ON, they died in vain and in our grief n
their loss, VIC can scarcely reconcile their ,ieatl
with the perfect justice and the infinite mere,
Of the Almighty. 1t was not permitted t,
surviving kindred and friends to consign thci
loved remains to their last home, with all til,
! tokens Of respect and honor; but they sleep
nevertheless, in honorcd graves, and thci
duty nobly done they have
BY all their counry's wishes blcs."
! They sleep wherever the folds of the Southern
! resting places on tho fields their vulor won
Your government sets apart and consccratc.
great National Cemeteries, on your soil, fo
those who, while invading that soil with fir,
and sword, were welcomed to hospitablc graves
while the men who died on, and in defence o.
their native land, sleep in unmarked, or rcr
laps unknown graves. Their ashes are no.
permitted to rcpose in National Cemeteries
and branded as rebels while living, they hay,
not the privilege, accorded to their focmcn, O
| christian scpulture-whcn dead
st ThA;~e W s"nnn"sanrnio oil c)ov"
It bchoovcs us thcn-thc men who stooG
shoulder to shoulder with them while the,
were fighting for their country-thc people IN
whose defence they laid down their lives, tc
show by all tho means in our power that we
arc grateful for the sacrifices they made in oul
behalf, and that We reverence their memory
The Association you have this day formed
has these laudablc objects in view, and if these
were its only purposes, it should meet the cor
dial approval of every man, woman and child
in our State But high and worthy as arc
these aims, it contcmpatcs others, even high
cr and worther. These are to clothc the ma
kcd, to feed the hungry, to aid the orphan
to comfort the widow; to alleviate the suffer
ings Of all, and to pour balm into their bleed.
ing hearts God will surely bless an under.
taking which has such holy purposes in view
and the good of every land will think that you
are proving yourselves worthy Of the men who
died in the effort to make you free I bid
you God speed in this holy work, and in.
yoke upon it the blessing of the Almighty
l. hope that organizations Of this sort will
spring mp throughout the entire South-that
they will scatter blessings broadcast over our
land, and that they will serve to bind cur
whole people together. l cannot conceive
how any one, even the most Jealous and sus
picious of that police who now infcst our coun
try, can find anything Objectionable in them
But the Military Satrap who now holds rule
in New Orleans, has already forbidden all MS
sociations of Confederate Brigadcs Regiments
or Companies, for any purpose whatever, and
! suppose he will soon issue general order
declaring it treason for even the plying hand
of sorrowing woman to drop flower on the
humble grave of any poor soldier, who laid
down his life, at the call of his State. IIav
ing earned for himself an undying evil fame
iby the savage burbarity with which he cxccu
ted tho atrocious order to dcvastatc ono of the
faircst portions Of Virginia, he seems still in
clincd to do now MS he did then, wngc cruc
and relentless war upon unarmcd and defence
less citizens. ! hope that your Association
will escape the fate of those in New Orleans
and that it will soon be sheltered safely undc,
the protection Of our own State, when civil
law shall have superseded martial law, rcass,,
ming its benign sway, and protecting by its
ample shield, the rights tho institutions and
the persons of our people. For many long
and weary months wo have waited for this
realization of our ardent hopes; this fulfil
mcnt of our just expectations, but VIC still
wait in vain. The grasp of military powc.
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