Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-08-31

pushing aside the curtain of pre-
JUDGE that the partiSanS of the
North have drawn around the
South to prevent her progress.
They will help to turn the tide of
immigration to our shores. This
Is the only answer to the race
problem, the only way to secure
to the South a system of labor that
Is 50 much needed to develop her
latent treasures, to free her of
the pail that threatens her peace
and her prosperity. Baroness
Sternberg Is daughter of Dixie.
and, true to the inSticts of her
native land, she has led the Baron
to heights overlooking the land of
flowers that he might look over
the curtain and see the depth of
her StorehouseS of treasure and
hear the sounds of industry.
\ full and comprehensive his
tory of the operation of Mosby's
battalion should be written. Ii is
true Scott, Williamsona and Montero
have each written a history of the
command, and they are good as
far as they 90, but neither is as
full and comprehensive as it should
be. We give them full praise for
the devotion and energy with
which they applied themselves to
the work; at the same time we
recognize that for the want of CO.
operation on our part it was made
Impossible for them to write a full
and comprehensive history of the
operations of the battalion. If we
ever realize the hope of having
the memory of the deeds of the
most unique partisan command
that ever fought for che liberty
of 4 country, the hour for action
has arrived. Our ranks are being
thinned by the 'scythe of time.
Most of the command have passed
over the river, and in a little while.
1t wont be long, we, too, will fol-
low on, carrying the memories of
the deeds we did for our country
to the grave with US. This should
not be. Let some strong arm take
up the work, and | am assured
that many are ready TO lend a help
ing hand. Glasscock. Mountioy.
Baylor, Chew, Carter, O'Bannon.
Ames, the Hatchers, Ferguson and
a host of others-mighty men
were they in the fight. They have
gone now-they have crossed at
the ford and are waiting in the gap
of the mountain for us. See how
their plumes ghsten in the glory
gathered from hundred battle
fields, how they light up the dark
ness of the grave; let us roll back
the clods that bury them, lift them
up gently and place them in the
mausOleum of our history-our
battle abbey-where they will be
tcnderly cared for by the brave
mothers of the South until they.
too, are dead, when their fair
daughters will be seen standing
guard over the memory of the
deeds of valor ofthe grandest army
that ever walked the earth.
The deeds of such men should
be preserved; they are two sacred
to be forgotten. The historians of
the South in giving the operations
of the Army of Northern Virginia,
fighting and bleeding every day,
keeping off $4,000 of the enemy
from It's front, and now when the
historians of the South recount the
achievements of that grander army
we are left to stand strangely alone.
We are sorry to be thus forgotten
by our friends, but the history of
Mosby 5 battalion will be written.
1t Will be carved in marble, sung
IN songs and written in prose and
poetry.
After going over the battlefield
and gathering afresh the glories
Cenough for alp whose halo en-
circles the brow of our old com
mander and reftting to whom of
right they belong the pIumes that
were gathered there 40 years AGO.
we turned our face toward our
our dear old Mother Mountain
which seemed to look the queen as
much as ever as she celebrated the
occasion with her children. With
heads bare we stood and looked and