The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-06-16
From the Memphis Ledger.
THE GETTYSBURG DEAD.
70 the Citizens Of Tennessee and Mssis-
sippi.

10 the Citizens Of Tennessee and lissis-
sippi.
The care and respect which the living
observe for their dead are sure evidence
of the highest culture and civilization
To preserve the memory of its heroes,
laureled with the brightest green, is the
proudest characteristic of the most REIN
ed people. To bend above the tomb of
the loved and the lost and blend prayers
with tears, spring from the most noble
impulse of the heart and are most signifi-
cant of yirtuous resolve. 1t Is meet
therefore, that those who fell in defense
of the Southern cause should rest In
| Southern soil for scattered over North
| ern backgrounds, or where careless
chance may have deposited them. they
are liable to the interruption of the OBJ
trusive ploughshare, or be converted by
greedy avarice into fertilizers. 1t is not
| to be. expected that the bleached remains
of the gallant dead, who feel in defense
of great principle, will be treated with
any more respect than the living by
| truculent and relentless foe, who can
never forget or bury in oblivion their
luminosity, embittered by bloody battle
| fields.
1t has been ascertained that about three
thousand of the Confederate dead were
buried on the field of Gettysburg, and of
these about six hundred graves were
marked and can still be identified, but
the distinguishing features Will soon be
obliterated and disappear before the vast
| ing blight of time, with no hand of love
to protect them, do ''old majority to re-
Il !.
tuting the Hollywood Memorial Asso-
citation Of Richmond, Va, have under
taken the greatful task, and with the lib
eral cooperation of the Southern people
will discharge the duty of transferring
these remnants of the Southern dead to
our own soil, where the hand of affection
may Irvine immortelles to decorate their
graves, and patriotism bedew them with
its holy tears as it bends above "the biv-
ouac of the dead" How different would
be their response from that so often dis
turbed by those whose hate can never be
appeased, but seek consolation for many
defeats in vituperatiOn and speaking light
" of the Confederate dead.
That venerable patriot, Robert T. Lee,
who has never counseled aught that was
not dedicated to virtue, regards it as "a
pious work, in which the ladies of the
Hollywood Association are engaged, and
approves the plan of removing the Get
tysburg dead to our own soil, where their
memories may be perpetuated and the
cause in which they fell may be held
sacred. 1t will be legacy TO those who
come after us, and keep their heores true
to patriotism while they abhor the selfish
politician and arbitrary tyrant.
Having been appointed by the Holly
wood Association to receive donations for
the States of Tennessee and Mississippi,
and BELIEVING it to be of the utmost impor-
lance that sufficient fund should be col
lected at as early a day as possible, l
shall in few weeks commence my pill
grimage of duty and visit the various sec
tions of the two States, of which | am
constituted agent, with the view of secu-
ring such donations as may be ready
offering, and to appoint local agencies
that may forward the good and patriotic
work in the shortest possible time. The
absolute necessity Of preventing delay
will occur upon the least reflection, where
time and decay are working with such
busy fingers. Respectfully,
HENRY MooDE.
MEMPHIS, May %, 1870.