The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-30

cemetery provides only for the "in;crment
Of the remains Of those who fell in defence
Of the Inion.' Ii is estimated that 1000
Confederate dead were hastily inferred at
Gettysburg, 600 alone having their graves
marked. The marks on these 600 graves,
Mr.. Willis informs us, are fast becoming
ohliterated. The remains of the 1000 of
our kindred who there offered 30 willingly
their lives for us and ours are constantly,
we are told, being thrown out from their
shallow sepulchres "as the farmers cuti-
vatc their fields
An appeal has been already made to the
southern people by the Hollywood Associa-
ton to aid in the removal Of what We once
esteemed "our beloved and honored dead -
from Gettysburg, work which General
Lee terms 81 pious work. and of which
he, in the letter above copied, says: 81
feel assured that it will receive the grateful
thanks of the humane and benevolent"
This appeal went forth more than year
ago, and about one thousand dollars have
been received by the Association from the
following sources:
From Norfolk, Va, abont $3.50 90
From Richmond, Va. about. ................ 29t 90
From General Lee and his family about. l?5 90
From lady In Louisiana ................... rs 90
From the state OF Alabama. Observation-Disclosures. IS 90
From the state Of Georgia a................. 40 90
These figures require little commentary.
We would simply ask, Are they a true indi-
cation of our estimate OF what We fought,
blcd, and died for, during those mcmora
bic years between April 1861 and April
lS6J? Is life so cheap in this our land of
chivalry, or is name and nation but an
empty sound The Legislature of Louisiana
has rccently-nobly, we would say--au-
thorized $4,000 to be paid from her public
treasury for the protection of her dead at
Fredericksburg. 1t Was righteous act on
her part for it is her solemn duty to guard
the graves Of her children wherever found.
They rest, however, in Virginia, where
the grave of the southern soldier who fell
under Lee and jackson will ever be hallow
cd spot. But our dead at Gettysburg find
no resting place. Their bones lie scattered
on that terrible field, exposed to every in
suit, polluted and cast out by North and
South, by friend and foe. The Soldiers
National Cemetery has no place for them,
as it is only for 1" thc remains of those who
fell in defence of the Union -; and they
are thrown ont OF the shallow sepulchrcs
in which, in our haste, Oil the field of bat
tic, We Inferred them. exposed to every in
suit "as the farmers cultivate their fields"
If there is indeed any one thing that
makes Us trcmblc most of all for the future
Of our country, it is the quick oblivion that
covers the past. The nation that never re-
members the past will never be mindful of
the future. The present alone will be its
Gcd,
We ask, Shall this he so in tic South
Shall the North provide for its dead, and
nave we no thought for ours Where is
our boasted pride and chivalry' Eighty
five dollars from Alabama and forty-eix
dollars from Georgia Nothing from South
Carolina, Nothing from Tennessee No
thing f:om MisSi>sippi, Nothing fsom
Texas Nothing from Arkansas, Nothing
from Florida II this had been told in
their lives to the seven thousand men whose
bones now lie on the field Of Gettysjurg-
the seven thousand who have not bowed
the knee to Bnnl do YOU think they
would have 20 willingly offered up their
lives for u> and ours, to make Us n nation,
to give uS lihcytT, if they had been told
that We wuull let their bones be thus
thrown ont Of their graves Il" as the farmers
cultivate their fields ?'' in the name Of
our country, in the name Of our kin
drcd, in the name of honor, in the name
Of bare humanity, We ask the southern
States ana southern people, one and all, to
come forward aud rescue our name an! the
cause for wh,ch SO many died from this in
famous rcVroach, that, unless Immediately
removed, will be Il lasting rcproach to the
latest day to uS and our children forever,
individually anil nationally. VIRGINIA.
COMMUNICATIONS and rclnittanccs may be
sent to Mrs. George ". Randolph, Rich
Inonl, Va.
Southern papers are respectfully request
cI 10 copy this appeal at once, and bring it
10 the notice Of the southern people.