The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
many a bloody field t- sa Nfl The Confederate Soldier of History.

many a bloody field. .- e.. Nf!t The Confederate Soldier of History.
 The heroic figure of the Confederate soldier. as presented to the world by the dispassionate historian, can but gain the admiration of his enemies. There may be those who differed from him politically. those who from self interest or prejudice would deny him the laurel he hath so dear ly won, because. thinking for himself. he opposed encroachment upon the consti- tutional guarantee of Local Self Govern ment. Yet even those doubting his cause can never doubt him." Too well do they remember how, like rushing torrent, he swept before him their mighty army from off the plains of Manassas. and spread consternation throughout their capitol. SToo we'll do they remeul- Der with what results they met him at Winchester. Cross Keys. Port Republic. and how that indomitable military genius, Stonewall Jackson, fell upon and taking l1,0o0 prisoners at Harper's Ferry, crossed the Potomac into Maryland. Nor will they soon forget the few who drove back the many of the foe at Fredertcksburg and at Sharpsburg. who won glorious. vic tories at kernstown and Monocacy. '.grappled with death In the Wilderness. and defeated the finest army on the planet at Charlottesville. Nay. more, with admiration do they remember. as with the impetus of a mighty hurricane the boys in Gray a second time defeated and whirled into disorderly retreat their well equipped and well drilled armies, adding new glories to the chaplet or lau. rels stripped from the historic fields of Manassas. Nor do they forget the many significant silences and death pauses when the muster roll was called afte. their "careless assaults at Spottsyivania, or success In Pennsylvania at Cold liar bor or New Market, along the .rippling Rapidan, or on Mayres Stony Heights at Pittsburgh. or after the awful slaugh- ter at Petersburg. many d brave soldier in Blue answering not, his going to pnch his tent "on Flames eternal camping ground" was sad but immortal monu- nent of glory to the chivalry and valor of the Southern soldier.
 Four Years Against Fearful odos.
 For four awful years did he fight against fearful odds not only deiending his home but invaded the enemy's ter ritory and mingled blood with the north branches of the Potomac. For four years. almost without navy. did her so-calieu pirate boats" walk the blue waves as a thing of life. wrapping many graceful merchantmen fresh from the pine and spruce forests of the North, in nery winding sheets. and sent paraiytic stroke to the heart of Northern com inerce. The story of his Valor and pray cry. on five hundred stormy fields, will ever be told by tho mute eloquence or every graveyard from Oak Hill to the Rio Grande. And every brook ana streai or rolling hill or lofty mountain pfak,
 
 of some soldier boy nourished tncre who, when his country called, angled iln more the silvered trout or chased the timid hare. nor leaped again In chllolSn sport from rock to ciii1, put went .ja.. tGlu un, as he understood. to protect nation honor bv preventing thc infringement or solemn agreements 1t had sworn to nolI jnvIoIatc to defend the Constitution ana to strike the serpent of CAPITALIZATION that he feared would draw it's coils more tightly around the nation, crushing m- diyid,ial industry and political rights
 Glorious Memories.
 There IS that within each manly breast causing him to write on memory $ tahiets fin loving characters Of untorgettuIncSSs' ness the deeds Of noble defeuse for the prin- cipIes and customs of his home. y ne man lacking this is not the man ne should be- The Irishman Yould he less Irish were his Celtic lay to give place to the English melody. or the child ot the Alps cease loving to hear the dread ful roar as from peak to peak leaps the live thunder But 1t is natural. Rather ask the Nomadtc Arab 70 leave the protecting shade of his loved palm tree. 10 pitch his tent in the mist and fog of the bleak Siberian marshes ani shed not tear. than that true-heartea Southerner ceases 10 hear the sublime but truly awful roll of Ft Donelson bombardment: or soon forget the hard fought but glorious battle of Bull Run. where many a true and gallant boy rom the land of sunshine and Of snow. l3N down to sleep together. What a fratri- tldal scene, Born of tho same parcnts; children of inc same household; alike indomitsble: and died by each other < hand. Oh. brothers at the North join us today in 'gracing their memory with an elegv of words and tears.
 Shall memory soon be overcome in oh Iiy,ion's slow and silent stream. losing in sweet forgetfulness the. sublime les sons of duty. equally exemplined in. the trenches at VicksbuIg, at CQrinth. where the Rappahannock's crimson waters roll. or on the twin hills of Gettysburg. Shall the Southern heart cease to r~~' ''' lA"-