The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-07-21

not rcprcss the thought: "Pluck
the shoes from off thy feet, for the
! place whcrcon thou standcSt Is
holy ground.' Memory, too, is
busy, as it recalls loved forms who
wen; forth in the spring-timc of
youth and manhood never to re-
turn. Some fell in the wild hur-
rah Of the charge; some in camp
or hospital while others died
among strangers, prisoners in dis
-tant lands. AS We stand here
these memories become individu-
allied and within US are stirred
emotions too sacred for uttcrancc.
To those of US who were actors in
that past It's an occasion OF un-
speakable tenderness,and although
the stern duties Of daily life alb
sorb our thoughts and attention,
yet at such a time we forget the
present, and live in that past, for
neither ti,Ae nor care can ever
make the true soldier forget his
comrades ; but. bright as 7estal
fire this recollection will ever burn
while life and memory shall last.
Such recollections are like Oases
in the desert of life. Association
with these men, and the fact Of
having obeyed Lee, followed Jack
son or ridden with Stuart, should
make better men Of all of us. To
the younger generation as they
gaze upon it let it ever remind
them of how their ancestors
and kinsmen dared to die for
principle, and though the advan-
cling glorios Of a united country,
under. the auspices of peace and
fraternal union, shall enkindle
their patriotism, yet it should
serve the noble purpose of keep
ing ever bright before them their
ancestral heroism, and thus tend
to make them better citizens and
purer patriots. We have felt at
times an apprehension that~erron-
Gus. ideas of the late war may be-
come engraftcd on their minds:
and it's origin and true history
perverted by means Of partisan
school books and biased narratives.
Observance of memorial days,
erection of monuments, the pres
ervation of survivors associations,
and annual addresses, will inspire
investigation and impel inquiry;;
not to evoke passion or excite re-
sentiment or distrust, not to rake
up fl the ashes Of the past any
smouldcring fire that might unfit
them for tho fullest measure Of
citizenship, but in justice to the
men who fell fighting for what
they believed and died believing
to be right. 'Tis due them. And
thus shall no blush Of shame ever
mantle the cheeks of their poster
ity. Let history tor all time re-
cord that no true Southern man
ever apologized for the part he
bore in that struggle, but that
while the duties of the present
and obligations Of the future de-
mand his most earnest efforts and
are paramount under the renewed
interest he must feel in everything
appertaining to the unity, harmo-
nv and welfare of q common coun-
try, yet for all that passed be
makes no excuse, he Graves no
pardon. At the same time, let an
equal sense Of patriotism and du-
tg be accorded those who espous-
cd the s,her side. And wherever
in this Southland is found the
grave of u Federal soldier, who
donued his armor to do battle on
behalf of what he regarded as the
right, let some former foe lay up
on it fowery garland, for the
passions of the strife are gone,
and It's only through mutual re-
spcct for each others motives and
actions that a.thoroughly restored
Union can bless our common coun-
try. The Anglo-Norman has new
cr entertained continuous hatred
or lrradicable cnmity for his fel-
low; and fierce though their
struggles have been and bitter
their feuds, eliminating too often
in torrents Of blood, time has al
ways healed the wounds and ettac-
ed the sears of their internaclne
contests. Evcsham, Touton and
Barnet, Chalgrave, Worcester and
Narston Moor, are alike the hcrl-
tayc of England's glory, though
the lurid glare Of civil strife once
crimsoned her fields with tratrlcl-