The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-31

the chi-al. The trovcl the plow, the
anvil. he loom and the transmitted
dvnaInic- Of the pursuits Of peace ~
the PERSONS Of their Survivors and their
obedicnt sons.
It IS ,hns that the true manhood Of
brave men never dies-the force Of
their example survives and grows from
age TO age-making il ever and more
grand}y true that
.Frcedom' battle once begun,
Bequeathed nv bleeding sire TO son,
Tho ba1iied Oft is ever won
Sentiment may oft eXpend Itself IN
monumental stones gratitude may be
doled in dollars cold a. graceless charity:
generosity may suffice its self-respect
with sumptuous a-ylums supported by
the pubic purse, but the highest honor
posteritv pays to its paternity IS the re
coyerv ct its defeats and the realization
Of its ambitions. Thus does the new
south honor our dead endeavors and Is
building them a perpetual pan-memo-
rial in the grateful hearts Of increasing
millions Of their inherltOrs.
But better still will be that memora-
tive day, when this people shall cease
to follow the philosophy Of parsimony
long enough to gather reverently the
scattered names Of their heroic dead
and return them to the rest Of their
native soil. Vain is it to laud their
names and neglect their sufferings
while living but hollow and vainer
still to leave their sacred bones to the
worms and the winds in far off coun-
try What a picture to stir us into
grateful action is that Of Mary Ashley
TownSend's, drawn by her sympathetic
genius on the hilIsides Of the famous
| shenandoah
The bramb1e wrestled with the weed
upon the lowly mound.
The simple headboard, rudely writ, had
rotted to the ground
! raised It With d reyeTent hand, from
dust its words to clear,
But time lad blotted al but these. /
Georgia Volunteer :"
What fights he fought, what wounds
he wore, are all unknown to fame !:
Remember, on hi. lonely grave there is
not cen q name
That he fought we'll and bravelv. too,
and held his country dear
We know, else he had never been q
Georgia Volunteer ~
We boast with Iecomlng pride of our
material growth and greatness But no
people can safely exat the material
above the ideal and the emblemism OF
their development from grosser to
grander experiences. The loyalty that
fears to be faithful to past that was
honorable, despite defeat, can never be
trusted as true to the pledges of its per-
soma! iealtv. Let us not lack the cour-
age. then. to fifty honor our dead, to
adequately requlte their lingering sur
yivors and to give place for reverence
to their relicts and mute memorials
even their
Brave battle flags, from wild war 5
bloody waves
Dashed quivering back upon Time
echOlng strand
To tell the tales Of dauntess souls and
true"
When the springtime comes to pro
claim the everlasting gospel Of resurrec-
ton, let us gather around the graves OF
our dead, breathing grateful benedic-
tons and concentrating the eternal
principles for which they yielded UP
their lives and which survive them in
better forms to bless the land and lives
they loved When the funeral lei!
tolls the departure of one Of them Wh5
escaped the shock Of battle to conpic te
his record on the fields Of peace, lie; Il.
give Iir a hero's Sepulche and hero
guerdon to Gods country" Whei
our children learn the records of til ell
country, let them read the truth. the
whole truth. and know that the mel
who jatherc.l them, though they fol
lowed the flag with the "Southerl
Cross" and found it at last the crucitix
of their dreams, are still of pure ano
fadeless fame They live where yel
truth is loved they lead the van wher
ever valor holds her grand review, anC
their voices speak from spiritual battle
ments through armament of peace
eNhOrtlng their worthy sons
LET all that now divides YOU remove
and pass away
Like shadows Of the morning, before
the blaze of day
Let all that now unites you more swee
and lasting prove
A closed bond of union in bIest lane
Of love !"
While we who remain, the Suardian
OF their ashes and their memories. tC