Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1884-06-19

were happy in the smile Of peace, to camp
where they suffered in the scowl Of war;
Little force would there be in this country
call 10 tho next generation to do baltic 10
her if that generation saw these grave
neglected. spurned, treated rs tho graves no
of honored and honest heroes but of dcsplset
and false traitors. The hands Of the soldier;
of the next generation, should there DO any
would have little strength aud their hearts
little enthusiasm if no such scenes Us these
VIC witness, and in which VIC participate
were familiar. If utir,ate SUCCESS alone Gu
titles the dead to respect and L
honor. if ultimate defeat in all and in over,
circumstance is 10 put tho defeated beyont
the pale Of the sanctuary OF reverence and 0
loving remembrance and Of spontaneous ap
plausc for deeds Of valor and for fcats Of dar
! ing, small would be the force of the country:
call 10 tho hardships Of war when in the dis
lance lay the grave which might possibly be
the grave OF irfamy. The fnct that the hear
OF this nation, especially Of the Southern
people because with them success is not tho
thing honorcd. is moved at this season will
one spontaneous purpose to reverence aud tc
honor these fallen iellow.countrymen is tho
best assurance that. If the time ever comes
when the now united country calls FOR defend
crs Of her soil or 0! her honor, the bodies o
the soldiers OF the South will be found on thu
field Of battle side by side with tho soldiers o
the North as they were from Bunker I'LL to
Yorktown, from Queenstown TO New Or
leans, from pnlo Al;o TO tho city o. Mexico
with all their homecoming wounds II
front 10 mako soldiers passage for his
SOUL" May the "unstinted devotion" o.
the Southern and Northern soldiers to duty
and country never be forgotten ~
We have snil there were lessons 10 be
learned from the mounds on the hill above
US. Let men disagree MS they plcnte with
the cause for which these soldiers fought,
they must be lu! indeed who cnn learn no
lessons here. The use Of such missiles as
petty cplhcts IS ever the last resource OF
weak and j.noblc men, soilinS the hands Of
the users more than il damages those a.
whom they are thrOwn. 1t mny cost some
pGoDC no effort. it may be in fact IN accord.
ancc with ;hcir taste and practice, to deco.
rate the Southern soldier with such cpithcts
as rebel, traitor, renegade, AMI on through
tho cntrn vocabulary Of vic BiI!ngsgatc.
The fac. must still! remain. however. that
.;,oco co.,, ".o"-c-o - IL" :"":' hal - .::@ch
ground for their npin;ms that not on" Of tho
full eight millions cnnsc1 in support Of tho
southern cause ever ornamenicd .nlows
because OF his support TO that cause that
their enemies themselves being tho judges
the Constitution mus hc amended, even al.
ter the decision OF aims had been rendered
against The South. by the Insertion Of that
which the North atrcnuously declared WIS al
ready there that al nrpca! was made by
those against whom these soldiers fought
from Tie constitution 10 what they called
the higher nw.n This IS stated not to dis
10 show that cp;thcts arc not Arguments, and
thu. braYc. true men 10 not need 10 use them
on tho one hand. nor to fear them OF the
othc!.
Walking over Cemetery r."cr' looking over
the rugged, rocky brow Of I".p'' NIL near
Gettysburg, where sleep The lead VINO wore
,L, JIuo I 'n,rrri lou,r ir.EOus. Many
years had passed since tho green !ici"S' tHen
smiling in the sunlight 0: June afternoon
had been Ill with the rcd EasiI 0: the can
nous lire shooting like lightning through the
clouds Of battle. Those Gmp!cs n the cheek
Of the landscape frccklcI with S!d io"crs'
or where the golden hair 0: the r;Ncncd wheat
waved in the passing breeze. had been the
diving beds into which many Il stricken grey
iackrt had rolled. The looked innocent Of
any touch Of blood or death ~ the Monarch
Of the day pccrci into them. That ridge
where the commemorative marble then 7h=H
surrounded by the nu;c. e!ccpcrs who had
,rorr tbc hlue had hccr 20 crnYuleci With
,.o s,o~r, oe ho,,1o o,d ,hc Inatn s..urpic n!
c,-o,e ,nto ,r,,,,,od m ia vcry
h-o,n ,h,, :, s,ooc.-od nn,;l tho coun,-.
shoot r-om cnd n end. Tho foam Of battle
had bec, w;nc1 from the Inns Of the nation
,ho o,co ,,ro,,oJ hroy If tho country haG
h,o, s,,oo,bcd hv tho ,ouch Of tho pcntlc
hand os Peace With ouch surroundings
r;,h ,;.,orc ossorio.ions rusbipp cddy;rr
,.s",.:n, ,n-onrb ~. mind loorrcJ some
uscTuI Icssons.
standing "a borciooted boy in ny o1n ma