The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-04-17
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sung rosether. 1t will usher 10 ths
sims u perfect peace, when surely
there viii be nonotth aud no south ,and
wskn the compass viii lose heE besr-
ings and the men Of this commOu ma
ton shall remember no more when
there was north aud south and a
digision amongst this people,
Mr.. Editor, while write this, my
aptQtcFed mind, in fancy uncontrolled,
tkkes light along the course Of time
time past, tide present and ne. to
come, hd. am looking upon
i picture | am looking now north
ward. It's near forty years ago.
see an arg in blue; they are forming
under national nag. They are
comi1 from the plains Of the west.
Ia ethe Nsw EngIand hills, from the
iAke shores.ead The shpres Of Jersey
and Marsiand they are gathering
aloog or borders. Ny eyes now turn
70 tbs saulhward, and see aa army
m grey forming under the dag Of the
lost cause. They are coming from the
way off plains Of Texas, from tie
shores Or the gulf and the Atlantic,
from tbs hllIs Of Georgia and the Car
oiinas, and they are facing the army
On our border. behold four yearscf
needIess, pitiles-, desperate war-the
asrcest ryer @sgsd. ! see At last the
dag u the southland 90 down, aud
toe remuant Of her vAlorous arnnrin
retreat see the union Tag in
triumph planted over dur country I
sec ags Sc Rnballowed dats Of re-
cong ubep as shadow, the
Stop of pease hoyersd over
e the smoke Of batttla gfAdu-
kifliaa, and be thuuders Of con
gcl meliowing away 10 she distance.
She passions Of. men cooling as time
marches on. Isee peace 1t last com
.pletey restoredi aud the lately rent,
ahd wsr-dlstracted land is reunited
zone country, governed msrctfully
ne hand, and strengthened ~ pa
iot shss is over. The nnlop &
nted By Strifl, Sro the lats eas.
.uies proclaim in one voice, under one
a8g t'Unlon Forever
rbehold another picture. It IS the
present tune; the thundsrs Of war bid
far again to saake the land but the
issue is with an enemy from without /;
not the brothers within onr bordar.
am looking again, now northward,
NOV southward; and / see the same
two armies forming. They are CON
ing from the same plains, the same
shores and the same hills, they are
coming in the same uniforms and uu-
der the same flags, the union flag aoat.
ing supreme over all. They are meet
ing as brothers, for they are coming to
strike common enemy ana with a
common cause Of quarrel. Their
fathers house is attacked and their
fathers honor is sssailed. And as IN
fancy gaze, behold them form in one
sad army and move in one great
Elite OF battle agaiust the common
eaemg. On, such an army Such
soldiers, stirred With such memories
and impelled By such purpose They
move on to the assault; the army OF
Grant; the army OF Lee. Veterans oi
both armies and sons Of veterans. The
tBack.tail,r Of Pennsylsanis; the
"Tiger," Of Louisiana, are there, and
they fight under the old nag OLD
Glory waves supreme. The rebel yell ID
heard again. This time in defense Of
the union The line moves even, foI
for the yankee cannot let the Febel
move more quickly to the charge than
ne. HIS nag.and his faith are there
The rebel cannot lag, for his flag and
bis pledge are there. In memory there
bowers over that grand army the mar
ual spirits Of Grant and Lee and Jack.
son, and McPherson and Reynolds and
Johnson The mighty determination
Of Lincoln and Davis is now in fancJ
felt. The mystic army OF the dead
with all Its heroics deeds is arrayeC
ahnva tho Ifnas ~ tbo tfvfnox o1-rs