The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
Address 20 the Public,


We were appointed at a .recen
meeting to devise ways and mean
to erect a monument to the memo
~ of the brave men who left Gle
county in the beginning OF the late
war, as soldiers of the south. W.
will not now attempt to argue the
causes of that war, nor the reasons
that prompted our late comrades to
enlist under the now furled flag.
Suffice it to say that they went and
on the battle field they showed
those grand qualities that it takes
to make : man soldier, and sealed
their devotion to their country with
their blood and their lives. We do
not wish to revive the bitter feel
ings of the late war, nor do we
wish to disturb the existing condi-
ton of things. The war is over,
our flag has gone down and the glo-
rious but short-lived government
for which we fought has ended its
heroic existence. While we will 90
as far as our late adversaries to
perpetuate constitutional liberty in
all of the states of this union, we
wish to teach the world, and espe-
cAilly the coming generations of all
this country, that our late com
rades we're not traitors but heroes,
as grand as any that ever bore
arms, and we their surviving com
rades, after all the bitterness of the
war has sabsided and after twenty
years of reflection, are proud to
teach the world we are not ashamed
of them or of their cause, but
it viii be the pride of our life to
erect a monument to their memory
and show the world that we love |
to honor manly courage and devo- i
ton to right.
Therefore, we appeal to you, the
mothers, brothers, sisters
and friends of these dead heroes, to
come to our help, that we may
erect this monument. Where are the
graves of these men? They lie from
he Lakes to the Gulf and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and many of
heir bones are scattered in the
woods and in strange places
throughout the whole south. We
AN never gather them together in
me common graveyard we therefore
propose to erect this monument to
heir memories; and if we could we
7ould build the shaft so high that
re might write their names on the
pex, to show the common posteri- {
y of this country our appreciation
f them. The lines ofregiments and
have been obliterated. ,
We are one band Of common broth
rs and we will soon all be gone. :
"Leaf by leaf the roses fall.
Drop by drop the spring runs dry" :
And so with us. One by one our
omrades die. Every roll call there
j a vacant place in the ranks, and b
he face of our comrade is hid from b
5 forever, yet we revere. his name. I
So let us come up with our mon d
7 and build this memorial, so that t
)ming generations will say that C
lose men were surely heroes, else
leir comrades after the lapse of
0 years would not have erected .
lis monument Our authorized u
gents will wait upon you, and we u
'k for liberal contributions. We u
Ope there are none who were will .
e to give their sons to the south d
n army who will not be willing to
attribute money literally that W
lie histories of their lives and b
eaths may not be forgotten. b
We confidently appeal to you, and a
e believe that ere another year n
Ills around, we will see an appro- b
late monument standing at some
,propriate point in this the capt
! of Giles county to the memory p
these dead heroes. I'll
S. G. MITCHELL, p
j. NJ. Bass, te
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