The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-01
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made to carry on tho war you demand
cd. You ought to be ASHAMED Of your
SELF
'Th Confederate Soldier.
When the rod curtain OF war rolled
up on the American stage 1t revealed
the South III arms rcndy and willing
to defend all that makes lifo worth
living. tho freedom, OF country. the
honor OF people. the sanotlty Of home.
There was also exhibited the subj lnlcst
and most unlaue figure the world has
soldier, the eyolutionfof a revolution.
which history here takes UP never
again to put him down.
!, The courage q the confederate {, sol !, !, !
he inquired not for the number OF MS
Ss 81 foun9 III ass se's o ,nsx
tered over the Confederacy from Rich
tierNo Arkansas 10 he everglades Of
Florida, can hardly have been num-
bered IN April ls6l-16o 5000. about one
NTH. OF those OF the, enemy" Tho
Wilderness an enemy three tines their
number: 81 900 Contcdsrates confronted
Grant with his 10000; attacked him
wherever he showed an uncovered
more y,en than tho number OF the
whole Southern army.
He Fought for Right.
I care not what some may think OF
the Confederate soldier as an indi-
vidual; put his car. on his head. but
ton his old gray jacket around him
put his musNet on his shoulder. place
him In the war-worn and weather
beaten ranks OF his fallen country. and
soc how he scars above the rest oil
mankind. how grandly he enters the
awful. realm OF war, In which no has
become denizen. unfolding its
n fttorrrAfinnr ia q.
gies. permitting tho military geniu.
OF the world to gaze an humble rever-
ent observer Let us not then be con-
tent with the lukewarn1, and II YOU
the Confederate soldier fought 70,
what he believed to be right. II
precedent Is a guide, II argument hat
any convincing force. i approving
conscience any solace, II subsequent
appreciation BY those who once dis.
duty magnificcntly performed any in.
dication then we can assert without
fear OF successful contradiction tina,
the Confederate soldier fought aud died
for what he knew TO be right.
II would not give. my dead ossory
cry OF q bereaved EnElisl, mother
Yea, / would not give the memory ot
my dear. dead country and ner Elo-
rlous past for all the living anticipa
tons OF lue udllolI5t W Wv ~ 49,
the true Confederate soldiers prous
declaration. Wherever his hallowed
bones are buried. earth has the care
OF ono more lero's grave and nehre1
the custody OF an additional soul. ovc1
which the plaudit of well done. GOOD
and faithful servant" has been pro
nounced.
Respect Her Burdens.
These blessed post-bellum campfire:
which YOU kindle year by year warn
into life the shadows OF the past ant
the mighty days from 81 to 90 tha
are dead and gone.
Now. the polomic heat OF the qua .in,
having passed without "recrinltn1auo!
or abuse" without throwing falth =
the Winds without waving good-p!
to confidence" the South proudly points
to the actors In that great drama a.
her rarest Jewels, and places them u
the diadem that crowns the 'natloh
head to shed undying lnstre to Amer
81 She is not disturbed that people
ltonw so much about her, but VIVA
wounds and offends her Is that thes
know so much about her that Is no
70. She still has problems to solVe
md burdens griev1us TO- pc S Sannloon
Walking at ST. Helena with an Eng
fish lady, met In narrow7path a maj
struggling under great load. ~,
lady ordered him r 70 fet eu aor % al
stepped aside. turned on her, and Wit
Ills characteristic fire said, Madam
-respect the burden" And this Is wha
he hepss South calls on the nation and tn
World TO do, respect her burden, and t.
ada not to It, and to leave her alon,
while she bears those burdens rat,1a. w i,as
! she alone can bear. and solves thos
probiems which sho alone can solve
some day genera lions yet unborn WI
rise up and call her blessed, Ter IL, n
| light that she has been, is and WI
ever make to keep Anglo-Saxon bloc
untarnished and American Citizenship
pare and unblemish ed.