The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-08

us until North and South today, like
tho sisters Of l'ctheny, dwell together
iii love. VIC cherish the ilag which
ripplCS above us IN the breeze we
glory in every stripe and we arc proud
gotten the sacrifices and the triumphs,
the privationS and the marlyrloms
which our lost cause brings to mind
and ever and anon our thoughts lly
backward to the days when hope beat
wildly III the bOsOms Of our gallant
boys in gray and our brave baltalons
tluttcrcu the banner which now hcauti-
lies lie air no more. We cherish every
relic which the war has left us every
lock OF hair, every faded photograph,
every letter dimmcd with age nor
shall we cease to cherish them until
yon,iCr, 'Wherc the war drums thrOb
no longer we shah fold the owners IN
our LOVING arms and press :hcm fondlv
TO our hearts again.
we have not forgotten Lee. Our
hearts still shrine the image of the
captain of our hosts and we vcncrate
him still az the prince imperial Of the
sons Of men. Without fear and with
out rcproach he led us from victory
unto victory, and though at last the
durcSS of superior numbers compelled
him to partakr of the bitter cup of
| failure, he found himself in the hour of
surrender enriched with nubler hon0rs
in the ashes of defeat than any earthly
cOnqucrOr ever found III the laurcls Of
success. Grand in battle, grander still
IN peace, ! think of Gen. Lee as |
think OF some rock-rihhcd mountain
pile rising in colossal majesty above
the plains to bathc its summit in the
purcr ether Of the skies. Nature made
but one such man and broke the due in
molding Lee
We have not forgotten Stoncwall
Jackson. We cherish stlll the memory
of that priest of battle whose martial
enthusiasm yOkcd with his saintliness
Of character made him resemble some
fearless knight Of old eager to plant
the banner Of the crusade upon the
scpulchcr Of Christ. Our memories of
the past delight to brood upon his eX-
pioits in the valley of Virginia and our
hopes Of the hereafter find sweet en-
ploymcnt in dreaming Of him yOndcr
| 'uCutl illc NCl llti SllitNC VI tllC nnliOl
tai trees
Johnston, Bcaurcgard, Stuart
Hood, Forrest, Longstrcct, Early. We
have forgotten none of them, and in
, fighting our battles o'cr again We march
, behind them still
G "Wc have not forgotten our tattcrcd
= regiments of lll-starrcd cavaliers. w,
= recall with pride the spectacle which
l. they presented when they sprang t'
o arms at the drum tap in 1861, going
L forth to battle not as mcrCcnarcs wht
8 alc hired to fight for pay, but as pa
0 trots wholare constrained to struggle
+ and to die for principle. ljnnVa!cd il
the chronicles of war is the rccor'
which they made. HaIf-starvcG AM
If half clad they fought as only hcroe
&c can fight, winning victory after victor,
n from the enemy, though outnumbcrc
IS two to one in almost every struggle
g and they yiclccd up the strife at last
c. but not until they had swcllcd the Ped
tx cral pension rolls with the names c
ar nearly twice as many pensioners q
,e ,hcrc were soldiers mustered in th
v Confederate ranks. Crushed by failure
cr but sustained by loves anticipate
yc welcomes, we see them start upon IL
to Journey homcward only to find ash'
ur piled on ashes where home, Swc
n homcn had been loved ones Scattc
rk ed slaves cmanCipatcd ; millta
ed forces in possession; everything Sa'