The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-20
IDAHO WORLD.
CONFEDERATE DEAD.

The following beautiful tribute to the Con
federate dead is from the Waco (Texas) Er
an,iner:
Prominent places on the Royal arches of his
tory and fame will be reserved for the heroes
of the great Union army. For years and years
to come their names will be household words,
and the memory of their deeds be shrlned IN
many hearts. Theirs the victor's wreath-the
conGueror's reward. Far be 1T from us to
deprecate the feelings of gratitude and love,
that thrill every Northern heart at the mere
mention of their names, for they are but the
legitimate fruit of hundred battle-felds-a
debt of honor and respect that people can
never repay. But when the hatred and pas
sion engendered by a bloody war shall have
passed away, other names will claim the tribute
of remembrance and admiration. ard a COM
mon country will do homage ut the graves of
those who laid down their lives in defence of 4
lost and fallen cause. The tears of a nation
will oft bedew the sacred spots where sleep
the unrecorded dead of the Southern armies;
while strangers from other lands, bending over
their resting places, will pay to their ashes that
tribute ever due to valor and TO worth. No
monumental marble lifts its snowy crest to
heaven to tell posterity their fame; no fulsome
epitaphs record their virtues and their deeds;
but in the living hearts of the South, fresh and
bright as the perennial flowers of spring, are
recorded the names of the Confederate dead.
Oft will the memories of the living revert 10
the days of long ago, when they, too, wore the
GREY and marched under the red flag of the
South. Many times Will the past come into
the present, and on the breeze will be borne
the rolling of drums, the soft notes of bugles,
the crash of musketry. the thunder of artillery.
Though but dream 1t brings back glorious
memories I'VE have touched the honest
heart of Hood, given back the courteous smile
of Ambrose Hill spoken with the hardy Long
street." fought with the dashing Malone We
have seen the man of Fort Republic. and
heard the wild shout ring out "Stonewall is on
the way" and it has been our lot, and long
will it be ere il is forgotten 10 follow the dauut-
less and liOn-hearted Lee In the beautiful
words of another: Theirs were souls OF fire
and fiame-with light how steady burn those
stately names" At Manassas, Sharpsburg aud
Charlottesville, by the sluggish waters OF the
Chickahomny. and amid the sombre shades OF
the Wilderness it has been our proud privilege
to follow them. All things recall the same and
call back from the tomb those phantom figures.
Thank God the war has left us this Call us
rebels, nay even traitors, but you cannot take
from us those precious memories. The day
will never come in this Southern land when
their names or deeds will be forgotten.
But let US not weep idle tears over the graves
of our loved and lost. They lived aud died the
pearls of cbiyalry and honor. Let US 50 act
our parts as not TO dshonor their memory
The past is gone-the future lies before us
The day will come when every secret shall be
brought to light-when truth shall lllumuc
every recess of the misty and bloody epoch
just passed away. When that day comes the
South will have Justice done her Then will
the world understand the meaning o: the
words: :" 1t was impossible for Us 10 conquer
we have struggled, but in vain"