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

and story, while our Representatives
in the halls of Congress, with courage |
ous conviction aud knightly fealty, |
have de6antly hurled back the un-
manly and unmerited abuse Of their
former chief.
The example set us by our soldiers
and dead heroes in their sacrifices on
the altar of country and home, have
taught US lessons which have lnu-
red to our good and helped US to live
on and hope on. From them We have
caught love for the South, so bright
as to make us, in the years gone by,
bear the ills and burdens Of an almost
intolerable existence rather than suffer
j land, concentrated by their heroism
and sacrifices, to become the prey OF
strangers and former slaves. Their
patience, under every adverse circu'n-
stance, has stimulated us to endure
misfortunes with braver hearts and
sterner resolution. Their cheerful
aess amid the rude shocks of war, IN
the trying absence from home, With
death staring them in the face, on the
field, in the hospital or prison cell. has
stimulated US to look with more buoy
ant courage and brighter hopes or the
Affections of our own lives, while their
devotion to duty has been as pillar
of cloud by day and of fire by night,
to guide US through the weary wilder,
ness of our political wanderings- 1t
was this devotion to duty that nerved
the heart of Barnard Bee, as he stood
a demi-god of battle amid the smoke
of Manassas; inspired the soul Of
Stephen Elliott, as he walked the
crumbling ramparts of yonder sea,girt
fortress and wreathed, with beauteous
smile, the dying brow of Micah Jen.
kins, while it was reflected IN glorious
colors in the lives and death of that
noble army of sabalterns and prlvates
who cbeerful!y sacrificed themselves
to viudicate Carolina's honor. And
beneath the sod, in yonder halloWed
place, sleep as gallant and devoted
(your OWE dear kindred) spirits as
ever couched lance or rode to death.
We owe to our soldiers and dead he
roes, debt of gratitude We cannot
repay, and accursed mag zoe be IT
ne ever fail to honor their deeds or
cherish their memories, and especially
the private soldiers, who without
hope of reward, stimulus Of promotion
or applause of the world, fought on
until death scaled his devotion, or de-
feat ended the conquest. We had
grand specimens of distinguished Off
GERS, without superior on the long
roll of fame, whose names, inscribed
on historic page, will be revered by
the pure and good of all ages, but the
real hero Of the strife, though heral-
die blazonry may not so record it, was
the poorly paid, illy-fed private soldier
of the Confederate army. And ten
derest emotions well up in onr hearts
as We gaze upon their many nameless
graves which dot our land. Far from
kindred and home they lie but remem
bered by their grateful countrymen,
and from the Vreathes of roses and
cypress laid upon their worthy beds
by loving hands, arises perfume
sWeeter far than ever ascended from
the laurelled tonbs Of kings, or the
sarcophagi of earths conquerors- To
use the beautiful and appropriate SEN
timents Of another: '"From that
mighty struggle States and friends
survived who may care for their sons
aud loved ones, but for those poor fel-
lows We only know that they were SOL
diers Of the dead Coufederacy. Their
flag is furled forever; their government
no longer exists, save in history, for,
like themselves, it fell on the field Of
battle. But for these relics Of van
quished country, these nameless graves
of the soldiers of conquered banner,
deprived Of the visits and tears Of
sorroWing dear ones, our people where
soever they lie, must care, never for
getting for cne moment that they gaze
their all for u.s." During the war,
that learned and pious divine, Bishop
Elliot, in an address of great power,
expressed the hope that the South
mindful of the valor and self sacrifice
of the soldiers of her armies, would
erect monument to the unknown
unreeorded dead And the fair
daughters of the Valley of Virginia,
catching the inspiration of this noble
sentiment, have collected the remains
of hundreds of these unknown heroes,
and depositing them in battle abbey
mound in their beautiful cemetery at
Winchester, propose erecting a monu-
nent over it, which, visible for miles
around in that lovely land, will tell
the passer-by, in the ages to come, the
story of their valor and sacrifice.
Their sisters all over the South should
assistin this pious work, for beneath it
lie buried stories of the brave sons Of
every Southern State. Other States
and communities are commemorating
their dead, and on the 18th of May |
year ago, a lofty shaft of purest |
marble Cto erect which the women of
Carolina worked and prayed for ten
long years. was unveiled at our capital,
and the eloquent and gifted Preston,
inheritor of the pathos of Henry and
patriotism of Campbell, told ''in
thoughts that burn and words that
breathe" the depth of our gratitude
for their blessed work. Storms may
blow around it and sunshine and