The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-01
Memorial DaY.

,Tis Memorial Day, and fresh flowers shall deck each patriots
It is 81 but ts a small sxa tniHSt ef th 1Hs e. gFa dsSdfgb paid al duty he gave;
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Not as hirclings of tyrants for conquest they fought.
c Con- tHuS %ai tights fights, ERmperHed, occasioned the fight.
Ass s%s tt the =! as Sgrs e.. fa55a i hosts toe to contend,
Their inherited rights to assert, and with arms tt defend.
Now, marshalled and drilled, they haste to the war, to a teacher
Of fs 70 voice ssI very ,% %sr sSn,d A.; 1ss; yiss sf a sessDss. obedience, endurance,
Rigid rules to obey, heavy penalties bear.
In camp and in field they cheerfuly bore
What trials and ~hardships good soldiers endure; ..:
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T. Es warn S,a, Of &, sh siss df9gsr t the sdg 6ma6SeMn sn aq fbioupD rain:
Fhe aGs #os in aq tSs tSm w@R ' Of bat aGo t Re@i meet;
In attack, in repuise, in sulen retreat;
fof 'oas A. ea <; b,ffa in ed EsSs5fI as t5s foe;
In silence awaiting the oncoming blow '.
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And tumuit and ca carnage the soul fill with awe;
As in dSu .5s,ans; , e5d sggsD up tt the S. smG tx 5sSS Ssh height
# H Sis ssss f Bs3s SfP De f y Ss ss!1 ePos e. down
AS over the corpse-strewed, bood-soaken field,
81 I'll the hf7HasS wien hSaS the "a; vsnasisS ss o s ssne 5 yieIdd.
A 18Th they Syf fell 8 SO to ' Sury IN tSeH inches 80 dHn asatfhhs Cd ana gs5y;
To their country's safe-keeping committing, unsulied their name
To make shine resplendent forever in song and in story.
From rom T Potom McS famed banks to welInamsd Rio Grand;
G Gp0 the tb beS Gal Of tS M ths mG%ite am hei tgR@ Of @G Tennesse ee sea
On the plains H Of Msn ssss, tn there ae, utterly iS feHt M sh he-oe;
Hep %ss1f N R b!eodS assault or d Edass u gEn Ssissts;
Advances on Richmond repeling in memorable fights. ST
Assured of its Justice, success of their cause in no doubt,
ostnumbered they br9yey fought snt. on , gain td hard p Or y TnG{ h @st;
After desperate struggle, when driven wen from ron s heagn nns tl LOOK o";
Near the "City by the Sea-" they to Sumter gave renown.
Attacks on this fortress being often repealed,
Gen. Eliotts brave veterans its ruins still held;
III boats # Of The the foe re- repealed sIea fir from ei1 the shore;
Resources Re y es exhausted dan and sa4 as NOW deP Phs aa, they bS yislSd}} field.
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Not as victors returning, survivors from battle fields came.
No No g'aesanrs within joyful "as haxzss and II he Ssdes fs am ~
BSt often to pillaged and desohfe homes they return, .nn
An army had passed, Commissioned to ayage and burn,
Its pathway by havoc was marked, ana with , run was stre"n'
AS when through country has passed the dreaded cyclone.
Then lay on the flowers! Defeated, their praises proclaim!
Success not obedient to human command, .
f Bu e 9o d SnSpl %s ne Ssne BE ih %1 mfs ihs ms sana of fame;
MaSiS Ssa tbeS sysnt sn shf hes aTiya T a gdF effort nt tRs measure of fame.
Then lay on the flowers! And see that of fragrant white rose
70 Generals Jackson, and Stuart, and POLL, all these
Who their lives to Inflated Contederacy gave.
Thus nt c2us Ss9i to tS St t eartn AND snd o "ow T!fbn ari Rs % she shaii n %s r remsin.
Our own loyal hearts shall continue to sing in her praise,
And hope for the day when over all hearts she will reign.
From her grave shall arise the "Lost Cause" of truth and OF right,
When aroused from her slumber at command OF Love AMOR Lght,
Two valiant and tireless knights in humanitys light,
Against the leagued hosts of oppression, and leglons OF, nlght.
Well await her awakening with garland OF Laurel ana pay;
And crown her, when risen, some future Memorial Day;
When every tyrant and foe of humanity slain,
The Cause Of truth and of right forever shall reign.
Our heroes, when living, we greet with %triumphal processionsand
song,
When dead, by their birthdays observed, and by statues, their
lives we prolong; ..
And by every age their achievements are known.
Are these the merited rewards for achievements of patriot dead,
These statues of bronze and of marble we raise?
Or promised rewards to encourage the living IN ike pains u tTeau,
And hereafter receive like posthumOus praise?
Why westminster Abbey or glorious victory" did Nelson ex-
claim,
When the Navy of France he sighted aar,
And bore down upon it at famed Trafalgar?
Why this wish for loving remembrance when gone-for postum
nous praise?
That on hstOry's page our names be enrolled,
If never to regions of bliss any word or messenger came
That of grateful and loving remembrances fold?
Deem not this but eXtravagant fancy and license which poets may
claim
In the Mountain of TRANSPORTATION" twas shown
That the deeds of the living to the dead may be known.
Be this as it may, 1t is right and becoming these tributes to pay,
These wreathes of fresh flowers and MINISTRIES best lays.
The hearts natural promptings we heed, and isgenerous impulse