The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-07-25
From the Southern Cultivator.
YOUNG MEN OF THE SOUTH.
EDITORS SOUTHERN CULTIVATE


address this article. Those who fall
tered and tainted by the way-side-
who were "weary in we'll doing from
what cause soever, are to be pitied.-
Many of them wanted in faith; many
were jealous of the favor, so to say,
shown to others, became recreant to
their high trust; many lacked true
courage, indomitablc will, persever-
ance, and the nobler principles Of our
noble-born Southern youth. Wheth-
er so constituted by nature, or wrong
bias given by education, it is no less
true they >faltered and fell by way
side, and We pity them and their pro-
geny.
But there are hosts of ye left, that
stood up to our Lost Cause until
the very end, and whether with an
"armless sleeve" or but one leg to
hobble on through life, yet ye are
mobiles, heroes, every one, and if you
will but carry ont your principles
through all the changes and Auctua-
tions Of life, you will be certain Of re-
cciving your reward-if not in this,
you will in another and better
world.
Patient perseverance will give you
at least the knowledge of a conscienti-
Gus discharge of duty, worth all the
silver and gold, with the ''mines Of
Golconda" added.
We have accepted the issue placed
upon lis by force; we have acknowl-
edged defeat. Let us, one and all,
old and young, stand by our accep-
tancc, and stadfastly in the line of
duty, as you all have shown a capaci-
ty to do-not influenced by the cold
shuddcr, or doubts or fears of the
timid. Each and all of you had high
hopes, and on occasional misgiving,
or may be not so far as that, but some
thing like a fear, we might fail; yet
you relaxed not-you tired not. You
were first to the reveillc, and the last
ut-rflr muurnrur urge mat put to rest
the last hope Of liberty on this conti-
ncnt.
We arc no flatterer-we speak Sim
pie truth when we say, when History
dips her pen in ink, and writes for
unborn millions to read, the young
men who stood shoulder to shoulder
until our Joe Johnston yielded his
sword and struck his colors, will bc
classcd with the heroes of rhcrmop-
yl;e, and Il new song will be sung,
CHASING their names with "thc Lravcst
of the brave" There was even hope
to some, when the great Robt. Z.
Lee yielded to superior forcc-ncver
to superior Gcncralship or true bra
very; but when Joe Johnston fell,
hope were folly.
Your courage and stculfast adhcr-
encc to principle, proves beyond all
question, that you are capable of
building up our walls, battered down
by a bloody and hired fanatical SOL
diery. And We beseech you, by all
you hold sacred on earth or in Heaven,
that you now turn to the peaceful vo-
cations of life, and show to the world
that you are as competent to handle
the plow, the hoe, the spade, the axe,
the sledge, the hammer, the plane, the
saw, the adze, &c., &c., as you did
handle the sword, the carbine, the rife,
the musket, tho cartridge. Let others
say Or do as they will, but let as 90
to acork, and make our oavn, our sum
ny South, more thn she euer acas.-
We havet the talent, the energy, enter
prise, the industry and zeal, for any
work-only let not ease and luxury
and display draw you from the work.
Those of us who were born to gloves
and broadcloth, can, without detract-
ing any worth we may have had, lay
them aside, and if for a blistered hand
and a sunburnt face, they will be only
the "shibboleth" that will pass us on
to a higher station. Leave allunkind-
ness and harsh expressions of individ-
uals, to those who lacked spirit to
act. Be courteous and civil, even to
those who were our enemies, and let
industry and perseverance, with good
morals, be your jewels. You have
made too exalted a record on the page
of time, to have it blotted out by in
action and querelous complaints. Be
men, and leave politics meddling in
General Government affairs to those
who could not meet the foe on the
bloody field, and ''great will be your
reward" )" M. W. 2.
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