Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-06-20
II EN- orial Day in Richmond.

six thousand graves Of the gallant Confeder-
ete dead buried in that city, comments as
follows Oh the event:
How touchingly beautiful must have been
the sight Of thirty thousand southern women
adchildren in Richmond strewing the graves
Of their fallen dead on Memorial Day! Trrly
it is sweet for ones country to die, when the
hand of beauty, the tear of sorrow are tb-
sweets of the fcral kingdom and brougb: to
tho lest resting places Of the loved who. died
in defence OF their land, their loved cHes aud
their liberties.
Tho women may weep
The mothers may pray
The heroes may sleep
There comcth day.
when history will Go full Justice to those who
went forth to do or to die fer their county.
North or South.
Who is there with heart in him thst
would not rather be dead soldier in thai
sacred cemetery, watched by beauty, covered
with tear-wcJ flowers, and ahrined in memory
as they are by those who admire bravery.
than toto one of our norh, ,rn vandelic geii-
erals Ike Butler, BANS, Curtis, Washburn,
Preitiss, Schurz, Burnside, Hurlburt and
others o. that class of patriots who fought
for spols and not for principles, and who
We're most active when the enemy were in
h ir rear?
There is not soldiergrave in all tie South
filed with him who wore the faded gray, but
is before God and the true world more of
man and patriot than the political tool oe
tyranny who used his official position to win
wealth instead of honor, and whose most
successful warfare was carried on against
-,---rnan- and ehildren-- and Gefsnceless
WhoSWil strew flowers over the grave Of thief
Butler or cotton stealing Banks? Who VIII.
with roses, perfume the air over the grave OF
mule loving Curtis or piano loving PrentisS2
Who will shed tears over tie graves of hun
'treds OF northern officers, who robbed, burned
and pillaged. the homes OF innocent parties (?
Angels may weep over their sins, but mortals
never will over their virtues And who vi:
weep over the graves Of the tyranis, cowa dis
4;.d toni- Of tyrnnts who went about the en- II.
try mahbing men for an opinion, imprisor ns
'nrn fnr their belief, and beating their br= s
cut with clubs Tor not shouting lie in .,se
pi piteranny, cowardcc, wrong and usurpaiiaf1 .
God bless the good women of our land. he
they North or South. God bless those wbo
are true to themselves, and who honor The
heart which alone makes woman lovely Wo
lea of the North, as you read of the sorrow
=" those Of your sex Of tie South, those You
nav orrn taught 10 hare, those who hayo
-ntf ca beyond their strength, as you read
p. their love for those who foug for them,
1t Your hearts warm and soften. for ihoso
.ho ~ yer wroaged you. AS you sit down
p ri'' your iewe!ed fugers ever pianos, l,arps
Id guitars II iheso instrument -be the cles
qr sons Or husbands stole from soutbern
IL mes and sent North, as trophies of tnei-
Bravery ll, let your fingers draH. forth at
least ono strain OF sadness and sorrowfulinel-
o;y in remembrance of the ones your su,jen
uu,ical Instruments rightfully belong 10.
n Is your eyes rest ON rings, pins and
othel jicwery stolen from southern women,
,et cur hearts go down to the land OF as.,:s
ana graves, aud ruined homes, and see rem
whcncc came these memeutoea ycu SO sis!v
over. 20
And when you sweeten your tea from silver
ongs, or sip il from silver spoons sent to you
rom southern homes, think fer one moulcns
of the bitter tears. SIZED on MemorialsD bg
the ones whose initials are on those things, o-
were Oh tclore you had them made over to
hide the ugly marks,
Thank GOD, the yandals who disgraced the
name of American soldiers, and who p!ui.
dered tieenseless southern homes under tho
sanction Of Lincoln and Stanton had not t;o
power to beat i! back, the Gcd-given right 10
shed tears, and to hold sacred in memory The
nss who we're to them dear and WORTHY
They have lost their homes-they have lost
their lCsed ones--they have taken the rosa
and the magnolia to deck the graves Of heir
owed ones-they have pillowed their heads
On tear-wet graves, and given US renewed
Taith in the purity and goodness of wona:.
And then was it not kind in our GO o-,,-
nent.to send but two regiments of trcor>. 70
guard against any rebellion" on the parr hf
.hese thirty thousand weeping women and
We do not know whether they
we're coored or NOT, but it seems they aere
sufficient.