The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-02-07


seur's Mill and Moore's Creek Bridge
and at the hundred battles in Virgins
and other States, will not turn ,hei
backs on Liberty fleeing for refug
and for aid. Then t will be that tn
young men to come can point startled
Liberty "to the lists where our cham
pions lie slain but not dishonored."
| l ask, where in ali North Ca,olin;
will you find anzasylu-s or home 70
the care of those faithful soldiers VIII,
were manned and disabled in battle
| The last Legislature after long della,
began the much needed and humane
work of caring for the widows auc
orphans of the men who died in ths
service of their State, and Of providing
a small annual stipend-so,ne sever
or eight dollars year-for the mer
! vino perilled all in war This is a be
ginning and only a beginning L
will be a lasting reproach after the
lapse of nearly quarter Of centur,
if North Carolina shall not carry ou'
the plan of relief and sustentation witt
a munifcent hand that shall put t.
shame all past neglect and indifference
to obligation, and stimulate to yet
further li'eralitv in appropriations on
the part of the State.
If the people have not been edu-
Gated up to the point of broad gener-
osity and profound sympathy for the
heroes with the empty sleeve and halt
ing gait, and the blinded eyes, then
they must have line upon line, and ap-
peal upon appeal until pathos and
gratitude shall win the day. But
am not as North Carolinian, "native
here and to the manor born," willing
to believe or to have it said by derid-
ing witlings that the people Of North
Carolina in this year Of grace, 1880,
are below the high standard of other
Southern States in the line of duty.
will not agree that my people are not
in gratitude and pride equal to the
people of any of the noble Southern
sisterhood. The State that SO prompt
| ly and patriotically gave her noblest
and brarest to suffering and death,
surely will not fail in THE MERE SAC
RlFlCE OF DOLLARS AID CENTS. The
suggestion OF such an idea should be
an lnsuit to every NJ ii Curoliniln.
What! Send the seed corn to the
great grinding mill of war send the
noblest and most chivalrou5 manhood
to the wide fields of blood and strife
consecratc to freedom and fireside the
fighting men of a whole Common
wealth, and then find people of a
quarter of a century afterwards hig
Cling over a few thousand dollars fol
the maintenance and comfort of q
comparative handful of disabled he
roes-can such things be? The proud
check of any genuine son of Carolina
should burn at the degrading thought
and the eye should fash with indig
nant fire at such reproachful insinua
ton.
Soldiers of the great war, I mus
believe that North Carolina is capable
Of no such ingratitude. | must be
lieve that her LEGISLATORS will bt
found willing to make larger appro
priations for the benefit of you anc
other heroes of 1861. | must believ.
that the PRESENT Legislature will
make such appropriations as shall b'
necessary to build home for the dis
abled and to increase handsomely the
very small yearly allowance to th'
needy survivors or to the families il
destitution of those who died in tn,
public service. The present sum i
wholly insufficient. The people o
North Carolina ought to be willing t
): do for the survivors who are necessi
tous as liberal things as any Southern
State has done or may do for its owl
soldiers. 1t is surely sign of de
cadence-of the dying out of tn
breed of noble bloods, if there sha!
be found no proper sympathy Ex
PRESSED IN PRACTICAL FORM for thOs,
who have been incapacitated by tn
,salamities of the war and in deienc
of precious rights. A great and puis
SAINT people will always cherish tn
noble deeds Of their ancestors. Sait
that sweet and patriotic Southern sin
ger, Father Ryan, a land withou
ruins is a land without memories
land without memories is land with
out liberties.' He said further anc
; with a close observance of history ant
large knowledge OF mankind Gal
varies and crucifixes take deepest hol(
of humanity; the triumphs of Nigh
are transient, they pass away and ar
forgotten-the suferings of right ar
CRAVEN DEEPEST ON THE CHRONICLE
; OF NATIONS" "
Yes give me land where the ruins ar
And the living tread light on the hearts 0
| the dead;
Yes, give me land that is blest by til
dust,
And bright with the deeds of the down
trud len just.
Yes, give me the land that hath legend an
lays
Enshrining the memories of long-vanishe
days;
r Yes, give me a land that hath story an
] song,
To tell of the strife of the Right and th
! Wrong"
l. The Greek cherished the memorie