The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-19
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For Ae Bolirar Bulletin.
EYRIE, Jan. IS, 1867.
5 a j. QUARTz, Esq Some time ago you
asked one Of your correspondents what lie
thought of "a Charity as we see it distribu-
ted now-g-days" To answer this question
literally, would evoke bitter memories; suf-
fee it to say, that believe it is more gene
rally taught than practieed. But since you
have suggested the subject, 1 viii give you
my views, and if they are too extended for
your readers, they can pass to another col
umR. IF there IS bat little Charity in the
world ut present, it is not for the want Of
subjects, upon which to lavish it. The har-
vest is ripe. Everywhere about US we be-
hold the footprints Of the invader. Our land
is filed with mourning There's a skele-
ton in every house" The gray-haired sire
looks around him To behold the property
which he had acquired by long years Of
/ honest industry, swept away by the fortunes
of war. and he signs to think he has passed
the age, successfully to buffet with the world.
! The mother looks around her hearth, and
her eyes grow dim, when she looks at the
vacant chair of the proud and brave boy
who fell hero, and alas, a martyr too The
/ brighteyed maiden who crusked back the
! trembling tear as she babe her high thoughted
/ lover farewell and lived in the hope of well
coming her proud warriors return, has been
called upon to wipe the death-damp from his
brow, and her heart is in the grave of its idol
The young man, who, through storm and
sunshine, hunger and thirst, danger and IA
tigue, bore ali without murmur, in the hope
of returning home to behold land of har-
mony and peace, finds that his labor is only
begun.
The Revolution that we thought had COM
menced five years ago, is Just nor beginning,
and it is not confined alone to national polity,
1t is with the young men and women of the
present day get to say, if they will prove to
posterity whether or not they are worthy de-
scendants of noble sires Charity, 1 con
ceive, is not confined alone to almsgiving
donot ask for the suffering Of our age-kind
words and friendly wishes alone-if sincere
they are useful, and will in time, reward the
lips that utter, and the heart that feels them
but demand of the true, the noble, and the
high thoughted, the charity Of example; the
example Of industry, Of humility and of .fru
gality. 1t is an honest debt due posterity
The rich owe it to the poor, the fortunate tC
the unfortunate, the learned to the unlearn
ed, and the strong to the weak. In this rev
olution we must either rise above the bill
lows of pride and fanaticism, and stamp upor
history the glorious heritage of q great anC
good example, or sink beneath the waves
and leave bastard posterity in everythin,
2 except birth The rich must no longer reve
/ in luxury Some of their best friends hav
. had all their fortune swept away By the war
! and will labor all the better at finding thei
: more fortunate friends working with them
t Many men and women, sinking under tn
t accumulated burthen of sorrow and misfoi
I tune are now stumbling in the slough c
\ dependency. Let the strong stretch fort
n their hands and help the fainting brother O
sister Shall particularize Have we n
: male friend who could brave the shock {
armies without finching, and yet, whe
a there is no danger about him trembles t
,, think of the wreck of his pecuniary affair
, and is throwing himself away? Have W
n no women, who, left desolate and broker
IF hearted, are breathing out this life, rathc
n than living it? IF so, in Gods name, say
= them. Stretch forth a hand, and if the
won follow, compel them to come forth, an
s if you cannot give them pecuniary assis
/ ance, surround them with an influence
r strong that they cannot leap the barrie
l. Don't stand off shedding crocodile tears f
II them or point the finger of scorn at then
y either be the heroes and heroines of a reyOl
J ton which affects at present, our industrial
II political and social system, or sink below ii
a surface. What if the war failed; the rev
- luton is nevertheless being accomplishe
V If we are of the right material we viii a
id cept as it is; we will so improve it that pc
IL terity shall say of us that it was good. L
IL US all remember that there are deeper sea
re- than the knife can cut, yet Charity can he
them. There are dangers greater than dea t
" yet charity can overcome them. The Chair
Is Of example is the want of the present da
~ 1t has been preached long enough.
LIE HUTIN.
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