Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-07-22

piled; in hunger. i'm cold, barefoot.
in rags, confronted by ovcrwhchning
numbers. for four years the armies
OF the Confcderacy held in check and
defeated in battle the thoroughly
armed and equipped armies OF a
powerful government. which was up.
hcld by the moral and material sun
port Of every civilized government of
the earth. Truly. the story OF yhc
proWrSS, the endurance. courage,
h0pciu.ncSS, patriotism and attcn-
iion to duty Of the Confederate sol
ulrrS Is one TO command the admi-
ration OF brave men and the plaudits
OF true women.
BNt no measure Of courage no
depth o! devotion, could avail AGAINST
the power OF numbers and the lack
ol resources. What human cndcavor
coulu 90 mad been done: what
human Iortitudc could endure had
been endured. But miracles could
not be performed. nor the laws OF
nature converted by courage alone.
And so the end came, At ADpoma =
loX and Greensboro, after four wears
OF h&hlin%, OF marching. OF danger.
O! Suncrlng. OF want. Jf priVatiOn.
OF sickness in the hospital, but like
wise four years in doing deeds to
which the world turned in wonder
and in admiration, the end had come,
Lee had surrendered; the war was
ended, and for the Confederate sol
dl"r. Othcllo'S occupation gone. SO
when they had given their paroles.
and had listened for the last time
to the words OF their immortal Com
mander. they took up the weary
march homCward. DaHcd by The
blow that had fallen. sad, diSDirjtcd
mouIuIully tlay marchcd--in squads.
in groups. by twoS, singly. 1hnv
w"ndcd their way through a land
upon which the blight OF war had
fallen; past fields whore shells had
ploWcd deep burrows. and the bones
OF their comrades lay bleaching:
past lone chimncyS. the stark re-
mindCrS Of homcSIcadS laid waste bv
the ruthless hand OF the invader,
back they went to Il land over which
hroodcd the awful dcsolation OF
want and thcatCncd famine: a land
where grief dWclt: to homes whore
RachC! sat weeping for her children
and would not he cOmfOrlcd because
they were not" But there awaited
thcm in that land Of sorrows one
10Y. one blessing than which nothing
pnrcr and holicr has been given to
mortal man in his pilgrimagr
through lifc--thc love, the conf
d"nc", The faith OF the noble women
who, through all those years Of alb
S"nr", had laid the incense OF their
prayers at the foot Of the throne OF
ia" Most High God for the prOtcr-
non and preservation Of the loved
ones al the front. And so they came
nome. i'ui their troubles were not
ended. There cnSucd thr0ughout the
Southern States, lately i'm secession,
an era of political conditions so in
famous, so dcbascd. so corrupt. so
iuli or menace TO the peace. the
safety, and The honor Of the country,
that the recital of the bare outlines
must serve to arouse the incrcdulitv
ol inc listener. whose own knOWl-
Gag" or experience docs not SupDlv
IN" PROOFS Of the truth OF the story.
II seems that under this accumlla-
non OF hardShipS the spirit of these
Whr-Worn men must have broken.
iin) thcN Wcr" made OF the stun of
Whlch heroes are made. and they
demonstrated by their conduct that
'pcac" hath her Victories no less re-
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