The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-04-27

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Alex Stevens, BENJAMIN Hill. Robert
Z. Lee, that Stonewall Jackson, Stuart,
Gordon, Longstreet, Pickett. Pelham
Samuel Baker, Wirz. and the hosts
OF other heroes of our Southland, were
not traitors, hut were high minded,
Christian gentlemen, statesmen, sol
diers and patriots!
And for those veterans of the war.
these men who carried the suns. who
met the charge and shock OF battia
and bore the brunt and heat OF the
fray-what OF them? Slall they be
forgotten? God be with US yet, lest
We forget!
My tell0Wcountrymen, these brave
sons of the South who fought ana
died for the principles they believed
to le right IN the defense OF their
States and the South, which prime pie
of State rights is perhaps as alive
today as then. and who as they sleep
on the battlefelds of Nirginia's hills
and in the numberless graves OF the
valleys OF our Southland. may rest
peace; for their children and their
chiliren's children Of the South win
ever do them honor and ro,nen,rs1
them i'm oratifud, and 1ovo
ANA ID, fhose of vou INV frtsrs.
now In life who bnre r1at b,e.pr ~
bar,1e ard with IacI,.o,, stood ,. .f,.
rocl, ana vail of STONE aud ,,,i.a %.
he.J and Lmgsueat and Gordon
charged ON to glory and frehtlu
wounds and ia de,tb rorr,-t ma
assure vor as Won opa h, ora ,,o.
over mo river and rest with Tao,so,
ana f., and an Tho otha,. ,o,.oa. np5e,
inc saaea inf The .raos +bat .oy shall
ueya,. rcver be- foreottso nm, win
ever ever he ran.an,bered haporad
and 1orad And IN vo, 1i,iuo n.y..
vould say for MS an.
Speak kindly to these veterans,
For now they are old.
Their locks inform ngie with gray
Their footsteps are feeble,
once fearless and bold,
These veterans are passing
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Full its folds though now we must,
Furl that banner. softly, softly
Treat it gently, it is holy.
For it droops above our dead