The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-05-13


Confederate dead at Gettysburg since
hearing of the neglect of thCirrcmlins
an the battlefield. hope that -uili-
cicnt funds MAY be collected by the
association TO accomplish this piou-
work. feel assured that it will Re,
"civc the grateful thanks Of the hu-
manc and benevolent. May request
10 Apply the inclOScd amount 10 this
object. With great respect
and cstccm, AIN Your most otedicnt
servant. X. l.. LEE
An APPEAL.
To Mr. Richmond. Va. The
shove letter was received ia Rich
muud by one Of the directors of the
Unilvw God Memorial AsSccialion, en-
closing very handsome contribution
from Gen. Lee 10 sid IN the removal
of the Confederate dead from GcttyS-
burg. As il wIs "a private letter, it
was not published until permission
was granted Uv Gen. Lee. In a sub
sequeut letter, dated March Il, 1870,
lie saye: my former letter was writ
ten for your own eye, aud am always
reluctant to be brought unnecessarily
before the public. still, if you think
that its publication will be of any aid
TO the cause which the Hollywood
Memorial Association has so kindly
undertaken, | cannot refuse the slight
assistance within my power"
We are informed by the Presto ~
of the National Cemetery at Gc
burg. David Willis, Esq, tina
charter incorporating the assoc
in charge of that national cemetC
provides only for the "interment
the remains of those who fell in ID
fence of the Union" 1t i estimate
that 900 Confederate dead were ha
lily Inferred at Gettysburg. GOO q
having their graves marked.
marks of these 600 graves, Mr.. w
informs Us, are fast becoming OblitGi-
ted. The remains of tho 1000 of our
kindred wlO there offered so willing.
w their lives for us and ours are con-
stantIv, we are told. being thrown out
from their shallow scpUlchrcs, '.aS
the farmers cultivate their fields
An appeal has been already made to
the southern people by the Holly
wood Association TO aid in the reno
val of What we once esteemed ''oW
beloved and hOnOrcd dead" from Get
tvsburg, Il DIRK, which Gen. Lee terms
~ piOus work, aud Of which hc, in
the letter above copied, says: Il feel
assured that it will receive the crate
tut thanks Of the humane and bcnevo-
lent" This appeal went for wore
than year ago, and about q "a
sand dollars have been recciV "
Association from the fOllOwiN
cCs:
From Norfolk, Va, about y
From Richmond, Va, about
From Gen. Lee and his family
From Il lady ia Louisiana,
From the State Of \ Alabama,
From the State of Georgia. t.
These figures require little y I.Icr-
tarv. We would simply aek: Are
they "A true indication OF our estimate
nfwEat we fought, bled AMI died for
during these memorable Years be-
tween April, 1861. and April, 1860 !?
Is life 30 cheap in this our land OF
chiyairv, or is name aud nation but
All empty sound The Legislature of
Louisiana has TCcemtly-nObly, We
should say-aulhOriZcd $4,000 to be
paid from her public treasury for the
protection Of her dead at ErCdcricks-
burg. 1t was I righteous act OH her
part, tor it is her solemn duty to guard
the graves of her children wherever
found They rest, however, i'll Viz
ginia. where the grave Of the Southern
soldier who fell under Lee and Jack
son will ever be i hallowed spot. But
our dead at Gettysburg find no rest
ing place. Their bones lie scattered
on that terrible field, exposed to every
insult, polluted and cast out by North
and South, by friend and foe. The
Soldiers National Cemetery has no
place for them, it is only for ''Che re-
- If those who fell in defence of
on :" and they are thrown ont
bhaIloW sepulchrCs in which. in
Astc. on the field of battlC, we
Inferred them, exposed 10 every insult
Gas the farmers cultivate their fields"
II there is indeed any one thing that
makes us trcmblc most Of all for the
future of our country, : the quick
oblivion that covers the past. The
nation that never remembers the past
will never he mindful Of The future.
The present alone will be its God.
We ask: Shall this be 30 in the
South +? Shall the North provide for
its dead, and have we no thought for
ours Where Is our boosted pride
and chivalry? Eighty-fvc dollars
from Alabama and forty-siN dollar
from Georgia. Nothing from South
Carolina! Nothing from Tennessee.
Nothing from Mississippi! NUthiuv
from Texas. Nothing from ArkaL
sas. Nothing from Florida. If this
had been told i'm their lives lo the
seven thousand men whose bones
now lie OH the field of Gettysburg
the .Scvcn thousand who have no;
lowed the knee to BaII''-- vou
think they would have 80 willingly
offered up their lives for IL and Ours.
10 make Us a nation, To give Us liberty,
ifthev had been told that we would
4 let their bones hC thus thrown uut OF
lair ,cl.aVcSN as the FARMERS cultivate
s. field. Ia tie name OF our
try, ia the name OF honor. in the
Af bare humanity. We ask the
ein States AMI the Southern
ono and all, ia come forward
scue our name and the C;tlI>c
eli So many died. from Iii, iii
rcpruach tl,It unless INN cdi- ,
removed viii bc - lasting re
ich 10 the latest day 40 It's and our
lrcH forever. individually and Ha-
EllV. VIRGINIA.
communications alit FCtliHtilitt> +.
MAY bc sent 10 Mrs. George ". Ran +.
dolplI. Richmond, Va.
Southern papers arc respectfully
requested TO copy fhis ap. taI at once,
and bring il 10 the notice Of Southern
people.
CaycndisI, the philosopher, invari
ably had le" OF mutton for his sOli-
tarY dinner. On ose occasion he All
rounced TO lis servant that six gen
Llemen " ere to dine with him Oh that
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