Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-05
ifEED THE PARTING GUESTS
Concluded Firm, First R1ye.

VI LLU I'LL iii lllgU 0ULU u
Concluded FrOns First R1ye.
And in that solemn hour when the battle
was fought out, ar q the weary fainting soldier
felt that the sword and shield were slipping
from his stinening hand, l gave him themost
comfortable sacrament of the body and blood
of1is Saviour, and his lips breathed out his
trust in his dear Redeemer.
officiated at his funeral, at the request Of
his family taking the entire service botp at
the church and at the grave.
he was a great and good man he was
great wherever duty called, whether on the
battle field or in the walks ofprivate life 81
have never seen the day." said Judge John
Lawrence, an ex-Confederate soldier 'wheu
did not want to take ffmy hat TO the great
man and hold his honest hand" He was as
brave as the spotless Bayard and as chivalrous
as Philip Sidney.
have written this sketch hastily and with
few records from which to gather the facts
but the writing has brought before my MINI
thousand sad though sacred memories-re-
COLLECTIONS Of the dear boys of the First Ten
neAsee Regiment, whose Chaplain I was Of
ofncers and men with whom was associated
during ali the war. Many have gone to their
rest, the young have grown old, but ever fresh
and green Will their memory remain in my
soul. can not better close than by quoting
the following poem by the late General Chas
q. Halpine, of the Federal Army:
There are bonds Of all sorts In this world of
ours,
Fe.ters offiendship and ties of flowers,
And true lovers Knots Weel;
a hTU n 70 hxya To-,
But there's never bond, old friend, like
We have drunk from the same canteen!
1t was sometimes water an sometimes milk
ana I, sometimes appleJack, fine as silk,
We shared 1t together, fn bane o. bliss,
ana warm to you, friend, when think of
We drank from the same canteen!
The rich and the great sit down to dine,
hf1d they qnaff To each other in sparkling
From glasses of crystal and green;
But gueEs in their golden rotations they
The warmth of regard to be found in this
We have drunk from the same canteen!
We have shared our blankets and tents TO-
gether,
And have marched and fought in all kinds OF
weather,
And hungry and full we have been;
had days OF battle and days OF rest,
but this memory cling to and love the best
We have drunk from the same canteen
beg you to make my corlial salutations
to the members of Forbes Bivouac and to
my friends generally
l am very faithfully yours,
CHARLES TODD QUINTARD.
Fulford Hall, Sewanee, Tenn, Sept. %, 1888,
There was an intermingIing of war
S0pgs i'll which the audience Joined
jOyfully. The Girl | Left Behind Ne
ELECTED a round of applause and as
the drum corps marched across the
stage preceded by B. w. Balentine
the one legged surviving member of
the 18th Tennessee holding aloft the
remnants of the 18th Regiment flag
the shouts were daafening.
'Private" s. F. Wilson was intro
duced by Capt. johnson and he made
very stirring patriotic and eloquent
speech, an extract from which we
give below. Mr.. Wilson with an
empty sleeve as a mark of his ser,
vices for the cause came forward and
said:
Mr.. President, Ladies' and Fellow Comrades.
Nhis occasion and this sssemblage Is re-
naf<able. The spiritand sentiment prompt.
ing them are commendable. American man
hood and American nationality viii applaud
the former and cherish the latter. 1t is not
within the power OF sectional feeling to sue
cesstully misrepresent the purpose OF this
convention or to malgn the aims of its con-
stttuents before the tribunal Of history or be-
fore the bar OF American intelligence. AS
American citizens, confederate soldiers, have
nothing TO be ashamed OF in connection with
their confederate record. They have nothing
to apologize for They have no pardons to
exact, none to make. Proud Of the past, Of
the years of 1879 largely formative antece-
dents OF the present; they can proudly face
the issues OF life the issues OF American life,
the issues and problems of American con-
stltutional freedom, with their solemn
duties and their sp,, II lid possib titles ana
saw to the world with historic truthfuln ,ss,
that they nre not the aliens to them, but one
ofzthem and part OF them. They can say
aNwill say SO the last wherever their habi-
tation may have been in the days OF the late
war, or WIlHlbOtNtl Hdil III ~ til'4G Jlllh
republic with all its Lcritages and hostages
o liberty and pro Mise, are IS with the II
10 cherish, TO love, to porpetuate, TO onnoLio
ana Mt last under tho grace and providence
OF God, to immC -taliZe by pcrfCcting and do
veloping the sovereignty OF the individual
citizen into q christian communing with
noble spirit the world over,
who says that we have no right to this
clatme who says that this is not orr country?
Who says that this Is not our government?
Who says that we are not pRrt ana parcel
ofthe civilization around and about, over and
under us? Who saws that we do not pevade
nv our spirit and purpose the grand spirit
The onward aim, the upward end OF this
mighty republic and its nationality? lie
VINO does Is II nisloucA mistake.
IL has been said that the Confederacy is
aaai.s la the saddle, The poor fool WHO sad
il tArtd uuth. Bat he never uttertd III
the tlutn, and as uttered DV him was a
mighty historic fdsehood, the underlying
sotrit the heroiSm OF tie Confederate solder