The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-11-02


and as stainless as the stars which
they followed over hundred fields of
fame Brother Survivors, your pres
ence has awakened harmo MES which
have been Slumbring among the chords
OF memory for many years, whose mys-
tic, mournful vibrations sound in the
ear as If they were the voices of the
iaure'-Wreathed, cyprus.crowned COM
radeS from whom death divided us.
but whose pale, pure faces and shadow
forms we seem to see through the mist
Of tears.
Look at yonder figure that so grand
ly tIpliies one Of the soldiers Of Lees
janreied leGlons, reverently, regretful-
II, standing by the grave of his dead
comrades, who have passed through
the gloom OF the world to the glory of
the home on high, where they rest from
mes laoors alongside Of the crystal
fountains that flow through the gar
cen OF PARADISE. Although that IA
nllIih ngure Is as mute and
dead lips Of the slain comrades
who had stood by Us in biyouac and
battle, and Is silent to the senses, 1t
speaks to the soul. L. tells us to guard
the memories of our fellow comrades,
ever to have faith in the righteousness
OF our cause, that inspiring, imperish
able faith which was breathed into ev-
cry infant breath along with a mothers
love and a mothers blessing. That
cause, which like the broken Shield of
ChP C0nteceracy resting above the
p less breast Of our PIestdent ID avis
,JalnlssS as l. star.
~ the treasured memories that this
,ent soldier conjures up! The blank
which he shared with comrade in
the bleak bivouac, the Old haversack
out Oh which he took his last morsel
OF bread to divide with q hungry mess
mato, the cauteen that furnished re-.
freshlng draught to the thirsty soldier.
and which we haye seen placed to the
paid lips of those who were lying fa-
tally wounded.
In the touching tributes which have
been paid to the revered memory Of
me or our lllustriOuS leaders, who had
neld positions in the United States
army the time the South seeded,
great stress was placed en- the sacrifice
Chey made in severing their connection
with the service in which 50 many years
OF their lives were passed, and arolnd
which clustered 80 many endearing as
SoclaClonS, IN rellnquish1ng rank all
claims to future preierment.
or these gallant ana grand men who
so nobly illustrated the courage, the
patriotism, the skill of Confederate
& ntraiS, too much canno: be said
They merit the highest enlogy that can
b" bestowed; their tame Is as dear to me
as Is the led life current which warns
the heart, and when | cease to honor
their memory, when they no longer live
III my love, my lips shall be sealed and
silent, AMI my heart pulScleSs in death.
Ij', my friends, great as was the Sacri-
nee made 10y our leaders, it does not
'QHd. that OF hundreds OF their follow
cT9, many of whom lie in unmarked
graves; others are manned survivors,
some Of them | am now addressing,
Ihe mem 10 whom | allude as having
StGrlic'd mos when they became Con
It td"rt'e soldiers were those that mad
dependent upon their daily exertions
Wilt Hhu chlldIen. sisters, an aged
lh.hCT, or Il widowed mother. DO you
np1 recall u COmrHdr TO whom fortune
h:tI denied means pther than what were
necessary for the support Of himself
ana family, who marched with YOU,
%hHr'd your trials Of the wiuter bivousc,
""daL your side hcroicamy ightin3 IN
many desperately contested battlep
LIT uS turn our thoughts to the time
when ne enrolled himself Il soldier, to
the day when he tore himself from the
loving clasp Of his bosom companion.
although in doing 50 the fountain of
our SorrO is stirred and we intruda
upon scene us sacred as it was sad
Picture TO yOurelf the conflicting emo
ions thaL lllltd his breaSt-on the one
Siue drVot!ou 10 home; on the other
duty to country. That.home may have
been humble. but, beneath It's roof the
OpnlIIS nt love nf Dnrify ~
cheervd and charmed him. His fond |
ness Tor that sweet young wife, his af- |
icetlon Tor tie precious pledges of their |
welded love was deeper than plummet |
ever sounded. The struggle was severe, |
ont npltncr the endearment of home nor
the lhlntlng form Of his beloved wife
kept hlm from responding to the call
OF tie South. He had no thoughts of
military glory, no desire for dlstinction.
tie was as costly Il sacrifice as mortal
ever made.
This monument is intended to per-
)eiu ate The virtue and valOr OF the
men III grey" ltlS commemorative
II the cause which Carolina was the
1r"G 10 eSpouSe, to which she gave the {
coolest and hraves' Of sons, more than
we've lhouS ind Ot whom died in de-
ence oi pr!ncill's ingrained in their
'N''i' O. N't''>' W iiI'', lOSJ, llN NtS
II the lrVe OF chivalrous people.
When the last of those who fought ,
beneath the Southern Cross Of the Con-
cueracy have followed that cross above
he stars this monument will convey
he lesson, and impress it deeply upon |
he heart, that the Confederate soldiers {
mo fell In battle or died from sickness
ere not forgotten by those who sur
wed the struggle; their names are {
mong the prOudeSt memories of the
outAern people; that the principles for
hlch they Valiantly but vainly fought
re Inscribed in letters of living light
l the eternal temple Of truth.
Comrades, for this monument we are
ldebted to our noble women. 1t Is
mother proof Of their unseltish work,
leir inestimable worth. Obi that | |
)uld mould my thoughts into melody
nd measure tittingly to tell of the
oodness, the gentleness and the devo,
on of our Southern women. In every
lsion of memory; every reverie Of the
there rises the fair, sweet
zee, the fond familiar form of the
ngel of the household. Or the women