Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-07-07
Patriotism and S~saigSsalshIp

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4 lchieYeMeAtsSo f their ancestors
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memory those who have lived BE.
I fore, and spare no foit8te alio& Il
coming generations the heroism dis
played and sacrifices made in til;
cause:o OF liberty.
!, Thesedem o astrations testify thai
!, the acts Of fathers are heldSin rev.
i ereNnnce and their dccdsf approved and
appreciated further, they prove
, that the descendants are reiaady te
, make the same sacrifices should occas
okoH IoiuliS. EssEs% sUEfE@tT
1T is not the greatest fields of bats
tie, nor the places where the moss
calamitous bloodshedh has taken place,
nor where the most signal victories
have been won, that these silent sen
tinols of glory, erected BY worthy
descendants, usually stand.
1t is patriotic heroism and moral
grandeur which produce a durable
impression and permanently attract
the admiration Of mankind.
"The pass Of Thermopyl@, the
graves of Marathon will warm the
hearts through every succeeding age.
The name of Wallace, the plain of
Bannockburn, have rendered Scottish
story immorts.l."
In these instances it is the defeated,
the conquered, the exterminatea,
with only a. handful of mon, which
gave to history the Immortality of
noble deeds executed in defense of
cherished rights.
The time may come when the war
between the States is dimmed, by
the obscnrity of revolving years, when
the great name of Grant is~recollected
only as a shadow Of ancient days,
and his deeds buried in The wave of
succeeding change; but ayen then
the campaign of Lee from the Will,
dorness TO PetersburR and from
thence to Appomattox VIII stand.
Forth yndecayipg iSustre @ske
WiooA ~ aces. j
The soldier SxnoaUrinls uas s,.s
tunes of this great man, "when all
around grew drear and dark and
hope for success of his country had
died, and the last hour of its exist
ence was rapidly drawing near, his
heart too sad to give utterance to his
sorrow, marching daily to meet we'll
equipped, overwhelming numbers of
the enemy in battle, preserving
through all, serried ranks with pen
non flying, and every living subaltern
at his post retaining even unto death
his marshal array, under the imme-
date command of such brave, in
trepid, skilful captains, as gallant
glorious little Powell Hill, OF he who
had ridden after the knightiy plume
of that peerless cavalier Stuart, ever
foremost i'll the phalanx of battle, or
followed to victory "the noblest
Roman Of ALL" the immortal Stone
wall, in all his triumphs, should feel
no shame that the cause which he
suffered and contended for was lost,
when his deeds of heroism, valor and
se~lfrsacrifice are held in memory and
appreciated by a grateful people, and
the principle involved will be rcmem-
bored and cherished to the end OF
time. No disgrace should ever fol
low his vanquishment, though all was
lost save honor; for. if patience in
camp endurance on inc march, Tor
titude amid deprivations, II gallantry
oi Ilie helo couio nave aValled any
thing, success would not have beer
found wanting, in this last mighty
f i"f Do"'hefh independence
ii'sVory ooes not record Il more SUD
! llme spooCaoio OF hopeless doVotlol
| 10 q iost cause ana ms grave II
"ofCny 10 nave placed oVer IL Ihi'
: 'r"thi"l 'hscr'pIioh'
The last sad day OF freedoms dream
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