American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-27

alarm called TO tue h"iI all that
wee baITiirg to artnyr and redress
II c"nntry'> wrongs, none were found
in that day of rial who with more
alacrity snrang to the pos, of duty
than did the SONS of this our moth
er State; anh among those whose !
names are written high up on the
roll III tame, none look brighter ar
staud b tier than do those of many t
we'll remembered ones, of whose
worthy representatives l now see.
mary before me.
We desire II It to pluck one feath.
err from the cap Of tlns.. of our
sister Sta,es that stood with us be-
nea II the flashing of the guns, and
in that picture tiey all deserve
conspicuous places. But II Stat.
and county which have their noble
dead lying "rhick aS leaves in Val
lamlrOsa," where rolls the Cumher-
land in its blue depths along
though the grassy m..ad"ws of rock
ribbed Tennessee, when ili-stHrred
fate directed our forces against the
GibraItarsOt Nashville and Frank lin,
whose boys were the first to win
the cloud kissing hill AZ Gritty sbu'g
where all The demons out Of he J
seemed whiting and con, ending to-
g+thrr III an ocean Of fire and lead;
whose manly youths have met and
chased the fO. in the cracking
cedar thickrtS of the fierce fought
field Of Mmrf;rrsbriO; in short,
| " host, representative were present
and fell every where that the foe
WIN thickrst aud the battle hottest,
have nO cause 10 blush IN any ass-m-
hiag.. Of mortal L en- beneath the
day Gods team. Sparta had her
men WHO fought bur never gave
back. Rome had hers who con
quercGi II world. But none of these
ever had Drawer soldiers, kuightlirT
men than those. v llO left our y rent
STATE, our dear old county, t" shed
Theft blood AZ Il Sicr flee that wa~
t" win tor the loved ones at home
the sweet boon of self COVE, nment
And now I might go On aud spe *
: to you Of the noble deeds and
manly viru-s of our O'her thors
,nals of t'rntlI-rs, SONS ann fl hers,
Fl who, fighting, tell in "mr late most
desperate ssrugg for lib ity aud
; ihi. RI gifts Of uIan. bnt to do 81
would require volumes.
Our hearts recognize their worth,
heir valnr and til" sacrifice they
made for us. We ill keep in green
= an,. fresh recollection the glorious
ir-,:S they did. and the ern;t
: Death they died. a. hong nv hr"E
OF Sou hern blood runs red AMI
, gu hing il S,"nherm veins IRON
Southern hear
Aud whiie flied with these ten
der emo! ions, WITH he arts blrrttrns
for those We have lost, with tears
nt sadness stealing dawn nnr chrrks
I no, meet and III il is that here. vs.,
: are assembled together, Young meI
: and n,aid-nS. I Ill men and Inatrous
I and the y"nng AMI innocent child
r-n. to recall again to recollection
= everything that's pleasant our ios
"nr> did a"d said to think Of how
! tn v liveu aud how they died
How sweet to gather 'nrath tn.
I blue and lovely canopy of Heavier
in the green and fresh spring time
t and Srr-w the graves %: those " u
= wor" the gray. with all the beau
. e"uS, fragrant fl .wrrS that grow i,
l his unr charming Southern land
4 min.lIng with The pei tumr of these
! ii.wrr~ as aS,,.ndS toward H-av.
u iln. incense at our hear. - best love
a Aud thus Will rear to these on
j. >ainird dead IL monument thar rest
Z IN earth aud towers toward III.
tarS! A monument "a broad rs tn.
hn>",n If these Southern Stairs;
| ua,inns thankful. earnest lave!
I And We, surviving soldiers of tht
great lost cause, can we ever CEASE
= 20 remember The slightest OF til,
il noble acts of the gentle ladies o
b. ."r fair aud lovely lanif Cav
: memory have ever erased from of
4 i y tabirt~ tie life uf toll aud Sncr!
flee of sell they led when we wer,
! tar away that our common idrl, The
bright eyed youn. ConfeLeracy
might live?
]. How they shaved with hands mn
= u>eu t" toll and denied themselves
b. all luxurirS Of dress and appetit.
fhat our mutual, weii-ioved cans,
nigh. live and thrive IA the gree,
I towering trees of orr might, tnre> :
And how. when tine fight at las
WAS done, and we returned hack u
? stand beneath their gaze, weary
: worn and almost heat i,rnk, IL
how like the comfort giving. c.,"in.
, dove hey murmur-tl gentle c"',so
lation, shp~+re'I upon US smiles
/ hound up our wounds aud iight-ntd
all our cries. filling our hearts Will
gladneSS, which, e'Stwhi,", fierce
, sOrrn Y had I">s.-ss..a They were
!. aS firm as juno it, the time at war
| aS pure as Diana i'm he day ct ton
. bl, as lovely as VEINS when she
/, rose in freshness from the light aud
sweet sea foam. The. trump Ill
fame has rtvpr Yet been flied with
the nafnes of nObI-r danes than
ihr.e. Cod bless them!
Yet ki..d friends. while wr we-l
a:,d niOui q tor those W.. lost, let us
ant forget thar in our grave, ard lie
The remains of those who, .Dmi,i q
70 the wsr blasted field at tie cal;
If their S.rIiGn, b",Irwei Onr land
with their bm'l, lighting in I'll"
tanks If thos, WHO wore the blue
Tl;ry fought in good fai Ii for what
they deemed the better rauS'; they
nav.iv .nusht, they bravery died,