The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-20
The Political Millennium.

The political millennium is last ap
preaching. There seems to We u gen
cral disposition to shake hands all
along the line, Indeed, the country
seems to be drifting into u big love
feast. Everywhere Confederate an"
Federal soldiers are shaking hands
and complimcnting each others gal
Iantry and patriotism. AS the broken
bone. when firmly and properly sci, Is
stronger than before, 80 WIN the union
of the States be stronger Than before
the war, 50 soon us the passions o.
hate and cnmity give pIaccto that iceI-'
ing Of rraternaI brotherhood winch IS
developing Itself in all parts OF tne
lruiou As another evidence OF the re-
turning spirit Of nationality ana forget
CuIncss Of past discOrds, we refer 10 Il
recent celebration at the quiet town OF
DoyclGstuw n, Pennsylvania. lAc0h
huudrLd and fourth Pennsylvania
regiment, from Emons, LcIISlI county,
visited Doylestown, where their iormer
commander, Gen. W. II. II. DAVIS,
welcomed the officers and men as FOL
lows:
Comrades, | welcome you to the
scene Of your earliest military cXoc-
ricncc. On yonder pleasant llrli you
first cssaycd II soldiers life, and learned
the rudimrnts Of that art tina! made
YOU defenders Of the republic. There
Won quietly laid aside the citizen ana
mt ON the soldier. | need not remind
you shat while in camp at DoylesloWh
YOU ate the choicest bits Of II soldier 5
r]a,ions, rcserving the black bread Tor
either days. II the whole OF the mar
l.al experience were comprised III wIla'
is learned in a camp OF !nStrutl'oIl'
what a charming existence 1t would be
The free aud easy life led by the young
soldier; the pomp and parade that at
tend his introduction ON the nclu OF
Mars the 'lit,lc brief authority ana
the smiles Of beauty throw bewllchlhS
glamour around the profession ol
arms. But we know. my comrades,
there is another side to the picture
the canvass is filed with suffering, ulS
ease, wounds and death, where tue
!, glitter fades away like the "baScIcSs
fabric OF Il vision" and leaves naught
but stern realities behind. How dream
like, with an occasional nightmare,
seems our war history. One can hard
~ realize it without al effort. LOOK
down along the growing years to the
old camp.ground where you were
taught to stand in scrrlcI ranks. o
will ever remember the cold November
morning when you first turned your
face to the toe and your back to the
loved ones at home. You marched
through these streets with merry step
to cheerful music; but many a one
carried a heavier load in his bosom
than in his knapsack. Run your eye
over your campaigns, from Maryland
p to the gludcs Of Florida, pausing al
Yorktown, williamsburg. Fair Oaks
c and at the arduous siege of 1.-THE cit,
by the sea- where you found glor,
and death cntwin,d in the SAINT wrcatl
70 How unreal it all seems, but tcrrlhl
in real, nevertheless. Your sad, but gle
a rious trysling places have been cut i
or enduring marble and have passed int
ne history. But many a gallant spirit lc
Of out 10y the way, and your conrad,
ct and mine sleep down along the Allan
IN tic coast, almost TO Florida's extreme.
er cape. To them we drop the tear {
e. sympathy, and lay on each honorc
It's grave u votive offering:
"Thc Knights bones are dust,
In And their good sword, rust;
,o Their souls are With the saints We trust.
Nd At the crossing of yOndcr stree
n stands their monumental stone, crcctct
rather to pcrpetuate their courage an,
fidelity than to commemorate the civl
n leul III which they lost their lives. Bu
~ while laying 4 tribute on the graves o
f our own dead, We can afford to crop
. tear for the dead of the other side
4 They were our cOuntrymGn, and v,
, should feel proud Of their gallan
deeds. Their courage and iortltud'
, developed the highest type of Amcri
can character; and in all the best quail
I tiles of q soldier the Confederate gre,
proved himself the peer Of tie Uniol
blue. Our hearts should swell witt
charity toward them, when we remem
Der that but for the accident OF sue
cess, Washington and Jefferson would
have no greater claim TO the name oil
patriot than Lee or Stonewall Jackson.
| need not pause to tell you that the
cause YOU served, and for which our
comrades died, was just, for the judy
ment of the world has 50 decided.
That It's sweet to die for ones cOun-
Try Is proved by the cheerlulncss with
winch men lay down their lives IN
+ camp ana court; and the altar OF the
country has claimed as many martyrs
as the church. The lessons of patriot.
Ism are the most precious of ali our
teachings. There is one duty we
should all cultivate-that of roryetrul
r ness of the passion and hates of ,ho
war. Let us keep green the recollec.
ton of AL the manly and noble quail.
ties, everything that serves to ennoble
and dignity human nature developed
during the war, but let us forget every
thing else. Every good citizen should
help to bind up the wounds Of the war,