The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-30
Address of Rev. Dr. Bachman,

memorate the Confederate Dead.
The Rev. Dr. Btchm.n delivered The
following beautiful address tho other even.
ing before the above Association, at the
Mills House, Charleston, S. G.
LADIES feel very highly honored Tor
your too favorable opinion in selecting me
to preside over meeting called 10y your
selves, for which you dessrte all the cred.
it, as you will have all the labor aud ex.
pense. When our brave defenders were
lying in our hospitals SICK, wounded, aud
dying, remember that many Of YOU
were there nursing the Hfi c,ed, writing
letters for them TO their absent r. ends,
brought to them nourishing food aud
cordials; when they died you wrote let
tsrs OF coincidence to tho mourning r.'a
tives. During that disastrous war visit,
ed nearly all Of the Confederate. States,
from Mississippi aud Arkansas to Mary
land, and from the seab ard TO the mnnn
tains, and | found woman every where III.
same; full OF patriotism, sympathy, and
un,irng devotion to our brave soldiers;
urging their sons and brothers onward ,o
the battle field striving to provide clo,hr
ing for them whist in the ca,up, aud
working with their needles to support the
families Of the a5sent soldiers. The war
has now ended but whatever NAV have
been the result Of the WAT, we still owe
debt Of gratitude to our brave defenders
whatever may have been the conduc, "f
tic selfish aud unps,rioric, our soldiers
and our ladies performed their du,y.-
And now those who mourned over the
soldiers when they died, are meeting to
gsther in every portion of our land 10
strew wreaths over their graves. and
bsdsck their tombs with !aurels. J have
read with pride and with pleasure 70 &C.
count OF the demonstrations Of tue dies
OF Virginia, in memory Of Stone = ~
jackson, and NIL our great battle fields
are beginning to be converted into GENE.
ter'ss, where the traveller may stray and
Indulge in contemplation. Ia Europe
you svery~hsre meet with these memoir
ais to The patriotic dead. In England,
the great chiefs hsve found resting place
IN WsstminiNer Abbey. In France.
Psrs 10 Chaiss, one Of the mos, picturssr
Que. romantic, aud inviting stop. on earth,
" daily visited by the thousands (; whole
villages in the suburbs Of Paris obtain a
livelihood by manufacturing wreathes to
hang on the monuments and spread over
the graves Of The departed and beloved
friends. The churches OF Germany are
hung round with tablets with the name.
OF those who died for their King sud
FaIhsrland. II may, perhaps, be gues.
toned by some. whether these dernuustra.
tous are altogether proper, since force Of
circumstances have compelled Us to re
turn TO tm Union, and those who laid
down their livss in defence of therr riphrs
and liberties are s,igma,ized AS rebels
10 this ] would answer, we con,erded for
great prnciple-the right VI self gov
eminent principle for which our faith.
ers fought and bled. Washington WAS
proclaimed an outlaw and n rehel-bs
was successful. aud then WAS hailed AS to.
Father OF bis Country. Wan, Of success
Is no evidence OF wrong the Cnristia,.
religion was opposed by the h.a,hen and
the Jew, and It's blessed author WAS con-,
dsmned and cruciGed- cau.ed riv.rs Of
blood to flow; it was not established for
ages afterward. The Protestant R-fur
ms'ion in Germany produced the thirty
years war; the wife OF Luther WAS .hIIged
to 60 barsfoo,sd and teggar, bu, inaIIy
succssdsd England did not gain her
Msgns Charts and her liberties rn,il ages
OF struggles with deSpotism. France has
been stepped in revolutions. Swnz rlsnd
and Germany are fee, but P,land mud
Ireland are not. Gods ways are dark
and mysterious. I believe that in prin
c'pls the South WAS right; be this MS IL
may, We are in duty bound to remember
che patriotic soldier; he struggled and
died fsr bis country. You have net mr
the purpose OF scattering the memorials