Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-04-22
Rut time, like river. carries on

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the Jagged edges of sentiment and
hatred between two great nations
AS the years pass on, they carry far
ther away the scenes and schisms of
other days. The two flags have been
rewoven into one; the Southern boy
has gone into the war service OF the
United States, wearing the blue coat,
but the gray hat. He belongs to
one OF the three classes. He is
known as the American soldier. His
is not that patriotism which inspired
his father or uncles. His is desire
to &c his country & serviss, and gain
for himself a name for heroism..
Though he wear the blue and march
to the tune of Yankee Doodle" If a
Southerner-a true Southerner he
will be forever
In Manila he is an American vol
unteer soldier, but he is more--,he is
a Southern American volunteer SOL
dier. The American soldier is the
product of a nation which could not
wear joke. The Anglo-Saxon was
born to govern, to be free, to create.
to build a social and political struc-
ture, mighty and masterful. The
thusiasm of his race. He fights as
hard, he goes into battle urged by
the same zeal; he fires, falls or dies
in the same way.
The soldier blood of forefathe rs
flows in the boys Of 1908. At Kings
Mountain, at Bunker Hill, at Chick
amauga and at Franklin their ances-
tors fought amid the killed and
wounded The sword scar in the
fathers breast has its impress upon
the hearts of the boys of to-day. The
| battle cry is not hushed, the tramp
Of feet not still; the desire to rise,
go and meet the enemy, is only sleep
ing, like the picket at his post But
one rustic among the dry leaves, one
motion Of bough, and an army Is
awake, ready to march.
The soldier Of fortune seldom reaps
his reward. So 1t Is with the soldier
VI auNChIuiS. ouL Iue SOIulST VI
duty, Of patriotism, oftenttmes re-
turns a victor to wear the honors of
nations admiration, or else he
falls, fighting for a principle taught
at the fireside at home. He dies
man, and in the winding sheet Of a
nations love is laid to rest under the
| sky; no flowers but the stars, the
'forget-me-nots of the angels;" no
monument but the hills, Gods senti-
nels to the plains; no tears but the
, showers Of the sky; no prayers but
| the signing OF the wind through the
pines.
The blending of the old spirit Of
1861 with the new of 1908 makes
the soldier Of the present a manly
man, soldierly soldier. He Is a
creature of interest everywhere; he
wears halo no other can hope to
gain. Why do we say that? Because
he Is linked in our minds with SOL
diers of other days, and in rejecting
upon him we weave a subtle charm
in which we find the knights Of other
days. This true Southern American
soldier bears our national colors in
life, he wears them in death, and
with angels and archangels and all
the company of heaven, his soul
passes into the great beyond; his
body laid to sleep beside kinsman,
who died as he died, fighting for his
country.
l believe that where a soldier left
his home and all that was dear and
sacred to defend his country, actu-
ated from pure motives, as did the
Confederate soldier, and fell in bat
tie, Is, by some means, by the bound
less grace and mercy of God, over
yonder across the river under the
shade Of the trees, and that it is we'll
with him. The curse of God is pro-
nounced upon people that will not
fight for their. country when it is
necessary.
Course ys Meroz,' said the angel
of the Lord, Curse ye bitterly the
Inhabitants thereof, because they
came not to the help Of the Lord, to
the help of the Lord against the
mighty" J. Russell Wright.
| Walhalla, S. G.
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