The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-06-24
sssI @ 49, 8, aREENvILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA JUNE a4 1868

IwarsiosssreturnH mo paoreh AZ hey Have
fought their last battle, shes, sleep ,l,sir
last slsepssapd IL Is on ;theis ,graues! we
place tue roses Of our grateful affection,
and the immor,elles Of our ,up6l ing re-,
membranes. All along the linrsrof
this long belesgnerrd city can be f,and
the lille hillock whicl, marks a bero's
grave while In distant bomes,eads. in
every Southern State, weeping moth
ersmonrn these loved ones, absent
from their firesides, ab,en fr o m
the consecrated cemeteries Of their
fathers Shall. these 1000 graves be
neglected and uncnred for shall they
be trampled into .no,hingness by the
very beasts Of the Geld. and be pIoughed
into the soil which they died 10 defend .
Forbid il, We emother. ye sires. ye maid
ems Of the South; forbid Il, ye com.
rade., who battled al their sides; forbid
II, ye Legislators, Who are jealous for
the honor and integrity Of Your Com
monwealih forbid it, oh 4 God, Thou
God Of the fa,herless, the widow, and
the friendless! ..s
We, as an Association. offer you the
pit ance which the ravsges and deso!a.
tons of war have ia u.s. we offer YOU
the willing labor ofour hands, and that
our noble young men who have .toiled
with us; we offer you q spot made
ours by tho patriotic generosity of our
City Fathers; and we say to- you, help
Us 10 take these bodies Of your noble
sons. reveren,ly to lay them in honored
graves. and TO rear over them proud
monument worthy cf our cause and
their deeds. Is it'not fitting tha, here,
where the last blow was struck, where
half clad, siarving men stood up so he
roically amid such, scenes Of terrible
carnage, pressed and fiu liy overw belm-
ed toy legions Of the foe, the admiration
and wonder Of, the world, is Il not fip
'aing that We should thus honor their
'nneInory, and exul,ingly exclsim, a these
are our sons,'proudIy coIuniuiug their
flames to posierity. Our receipts out
side do not exceed $500; up 10 this
date all the dead have received equal
ca;e; now we are making efforts 10
'rescue from distant 'baltie fields the
c'o'" VI ou' CITY. u WHICH uVhWS IHTHeiV
on oar Impoverished treasury, and an
less this appeal shalI be IiberalIy re.
sponde.i to, the traces Of Fa,her, IIus-
hand, Son, mast perish from the ear,h.
Then, shall we Law them by the side of
our noble sons whom we are now gath
eiing from mountain, hillside, and val
ley, send them 60 .slamber in tbeir nata,
soii, or leave them where they tell l-
No. no let ns, deny ourselves anything,
everything, rather than deny TO these
Scared, and maimed, aud loil.Norn
msrtyrs the sweet repose Of a couse,
craied grave, until the last trump. shall
summon them, 10 mansions prepared
above. Confident, lha, we shall not
plead in vain, we leave the cause with
yoa,s awaiting your action to, carry out
The plans before Us. q. ~ Pa. - 49,.
MKs. j. NJ. WrcHR. Corresponding Sec
reiary Ladies Memorial Association,
Petersburg. Va. -. ---,.. -.
Esecuhve Cbmm;itee.-Mrs. VIM. T.
Joynes. President /; Mrs. John Miller.
Treasurer Mrs. G. Psnniil, Recording
Secretary; Mrs. ]. NJ. Wyche, Corres
bonding Secretary ! Mrs. David Cal!en
der, Mrs. Wm. Simpson. .. -.. .f..