The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-07-04

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b. iho cali and bidding farewell b
hume and ffiends, snght The tent.
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Faithfully h. iefyed hi. adopted
country, rising ftum the ranks
- ill., q fapidiiy which was calcu.
lated 10 raise hopes u future
tsnowui these hopes aorn b. be
blighted, whom Al the Mil N Port
Hudson. be was carried " John.
un's Island' 10 languirh in q
Western prison until the surrcu
der then, turning his back upon
his native country in the hour II
her triumph. he again cast his
fate with the conquered, stricken
South, determined Ia 1--we and die
in the home II his choice.
Fer the war closed, many Of the
Palmetto Boys had donned the
gray, and shouldered his musket;
but the first two, gone at their
country call" destined never TO
return, until brought back home
by loving hands and tcnderly laid
~ rest,
Each had done that "little deed
Of good" each had poured out his
life's blood ut the foot Of the altar
of his country's liberties, and
though 'twere as a drop in the
great ocean Of lives sacrificed by her
gallant sons in her defense, like
the widows mite each had
given his all, and verify, who can
do morel
John Speed Taylor and William
Blount lrby were both born in sole
Virginia." each the oldest o
many children, and neither but
little over 10. All! how bray,
must have been those young souls
how loyal and true those lovin,
hearts!
Scarcely had they become nc
customed TO a soldiers life, or thos
at home To their "vacant chairs
e'cr they had "died upon the ficl
OF Glory"
One upon nc bloody plains {
s Shiloh, the other among the C,
: dars of Merireesboro "whcrc I'll
@ winters moon looked coldly dow
upon the ghastly-battle.feld Ugh
ing up with her silvery sheen ii
. dark foliage Of the evergreen
+ while the moaning winds walled
l. sad requiem to the dying year"
oh my country! my countr
/. how many heroic young lives, no
N many broken mothers hearts we
8. sacrificed upon your alter and y,
parental 'rouh not b. free!
In speaking Of the "Palmet
Boys" not hong since, one by who
they had been taught said; 18th,
were nearly all good boys, Al
have made good men, with few e
81 ceptions; they were nearly
IN little gentlemen. / have ney
" known so many good boys togei
er." Remember that, my you
m readers, good boys make 20
men.
ne. And those Palmetto girl
~. what Of them? those sisters "
prayed at home" The impressi
.made upon their hearts duri
those years Of weary waltz
~ watching, hoping, was too d,
~ ever 10 be erased, and 10 tn
now "life IL too real too earnest
or. be lightly held; each hour is deem
Of too precious to be FILTERED av
RS in gossip, or "crimping bang
nd but esteemed a talent to be zeal
ior" when their last accounts
settled. Each is quietly, calm
~ nobly fulfilling her mission" Il
a. Of making homes for the faith
vas husbands and brothers Of VII
I'D they are ever thinking, and
whom they are honored, loved 1
cherished, each acknowledging
lie his heart that woman Is G
on last best gin 10 man."
null Whether in the form II mot
vas wife or sister, each as a "ire
: angel' Is secure In her rights, ,
a. trusting the guidance Of her
10, barque, through the shoals
"e, quicksands by which she Is
~. rounded, TO the stronger he
hearts aud hands Of those will
MS always TO shield and protect
from those rude, outside ehock
public life, from which every