The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-12

A NOBLE WoRK-As viii be seen from
an article printed in another column ofthis
paper, the suggestion offered by the BULLE-
TIN a few weeks since has been acted upon,
and the noble task Of erecting monument
to the memory Of the Confederate dead of
Hardeman county taken earnestly in hand.
This is as it should be, and every man and
woman in the county should deem it moth
ing less than sacred duty which they
owe to the houored but tombIess dead, to
contribute their might with willing heart
TO the fund that is requisite to erect q fitting
testimonial to those who fell amid the sui
phurous glare Of wars concomitant alarms
The kind hearts and willing hands that have
assumed the responsibilities Of this con-
scientiously imposed task should be most
literally encouraged by the entire public,
for the assistance and cooperation of all of
5Our citizens is necessary to crown the'un-
dertakipg with success. Who is there in
this community who does not feelmore than
momentary interest In the task which has
just been undertaken by the unselfshness Of
woman's heart? Who is it that will not
come forward, and pass over all informal-
ties, should there be any, and say with his
voice and with his purse, amen, amen? Let
the tidings 90 forth to the defamers of our
dead heroes honor that we will call into ex-
istence an imperishable record of unrequit-
ed esteem for those who fell at the post Of
duty. The sum necessary to purchase such
monument as the ladies who have the ma
ter in hand desire to erect, will not fall short
of $1,000 or $500; and if they are met
with half the goodness Of heart and ptriot-
ism they eyince and possess, they VIII have
no trouble in completing the work before
next fall
The monument is to be erected sacred to
the memory of all those who went into the
Confederate service from this county, and
lost their lives during the term of their en-
listment and hence, every one should feel it
his or her bounden duty to weave a chaplet
of flowers for the unseen tomb Of remem-
bered ones who are sleeping their eternal
sleep of death amid the broken crags of
Mission Ridge, or along the desolated fields
that line the banks Of the Chickamauga and
the Tennessee.
81 a Monument to the Confederate Dead
of Hardeman County" As you read this
sentence memory waves her enchanting
wand, and again you think Of those whom,
perchance, you have almost forgotten; again
you see them, at your suggestion, arming
for the coming shock; you see them file past
you with the blood-red cross, or the bon
ME bluc,T waving proudly to the breeze !;
you hear tidings pass quickly from friend to
friend as news comes from the bloody field
Of Shiloh, and as the name Of some dear
one is coupled with the soldier dead, an IN
hidden tear or a painful regret comes we'll
ing up from the sorrows within. Then,
you think of Murfreesboro, Chiczamauga,
franklin, Atlanta, Nashville, and the innu-
merable fields that drank the vital tide of
many of our bravest and best Keep those
memories ever fresh and green, and so re-
cord the undaunted heroisrn of those who
gave them birth that others, long after your
three score and ten have passed away, may
look with wonder and admiration upon the
fadeless memorial consecrated to our heroic
dead
Build the monument place it where the
rising and setting sun will reflect the haloof
glory that clusters round its its hallowed
base and wreath-capped summit Build it
Of the purest marble, and inscribe thereon
the name of every soldier from this county
who lost his life while defending the honor
and integrity Of the now doyn-trodden
South in the late civil strife.