The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-10-14

our nedTLS III the pTlQe OF race an
: the glory that our children inheri
: nation that has become a might
world power. Let us finish the fina
= laps of life's journey with hearts il
accord with that beautiful sentimen
. inscribed on Kentucky's battle mon
ument on Chickamauga' bloody field
''As we are united in life
And the united is death,
! Let one monument perpetuate
Their deeds and one people,
, Forgetful of all asperities,
Forever hold in grateful remembrance,
All the glories of that terrible con
fiict
Which made all men free
And retained every star on the
National flag"
The gates of the south stand ajar
Within their portals brave men anC
fair women with the smile of wei
come, the hand grasp of friendship
inviting their kin of every section Of
our country to enter, to join with
them in the uplift, to develop its
wondrous resources, to strengthen
the ties that bind, with love and with
friendship which will bring peace
and prosperity, strengthen the bonds
that unite us with far reaching
power of a mighty nation. What a
glorious contamination. There are
few, thank God, just few malcon
tents who are still fighting blantant-
ly with their mouths, for the cause
that it lost. Possibly it would be
soothing if they would read this ex'
tract from the order of Lieut.. Gen,
Walker, commander-in-chief of the
! U. C. ", regarding the reunion of the
blue and the gray on Gettysburg bat
tlefield July /, and 3, 1913 and the
proposed erection of the peace mon
ument thereon: your commander
feels that the time has come when,
i by invitation of our lod foes, we can
unite with them in celebrating that
permanent peace which we pray may
forever bless this, our great and glO-
rious country. Let us bury deep and
| forever all bitterness. The fighting
generation fought the war to a fin
ish, four years of fearful weary
struggle with it's sacrifice of count
less loss of human life. We give a
heritage to our pOsterity nation, a
unity of states, bound together in
/ thongs of Steel cemented with blood
and treasure. Stir up no bitter mem
cries, but strengthen the structure
with garlands of the flowers of love
and friendship" The generations
that come will have their own prob
lens, in fact there is now a type
who proclaim themselves the Cap
tains of Industry" You will have to
get together or you will find in this
land overlooking in milk and honey
that the few have absorbed all the
honey. And you, valiant sons of the
north. don't get hysterical about the
Daughters of the Confederacy; their
mission is peaceful one; they are
not plotting rebellion" or conquest
yet there Is danger to you should
you wander within the portals of
fair Southland. Should you measure
up to their standard you are in dan
ger of capture, of losing your heart
to some fair daughter of the Con-
federacy. That April day forty
seven years ago when that war-worn
and weary Army of Northern Virginia
commanded by that superb intrepid
soldier General Lee, confronted the
equally weary but victorious Union
Army at Appomattox, commanded by
that matchless soldier, General
Grant, the two names that went
down in history's pages as the great
soldiers of the modern times that
was the end. The compact of peace
was signed. You stacked your arms,
furled your battle flags and the Wis
ion of a southern confederacy van
ished forever-those Reconstruction
days were bitter gall and NORWOOD
to you, but, thank Cod you kept the
faith. You had courage to endure,
you turned the sword into plough
you have built up the waste places
Soon in fields where death had been
the harvest, the ripening grain
bleamed in the sunlight, the ways of
peace brought spirit of content
The lard began to blossom like the
rose. When the courage of brave
men you took up the burdens of rep
aration. Let us live to see this glo-
rious contamination. Cannot we
make life's ending as SO beautifully
expressed by oss:
Let me live in house by the side
of the road,
Where the race of men go by;
The men who are good and the men
who are bad,
AS good and as bad as /.
would not set in the scorner's seat
Nor hurl the critics ban
Let me live in house by the side of
the road
And be friend to man."
May Gods mercy spare this nation
from the horrors of another fratri-
cidal strike:
20 beautiful for patriots dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities CLEAN
Undimmed by human tears;
America, America;
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brother
hood
From sea to shining seal"
Katherine Lee Bates.
PATRIOTIC AND FRATERNAL.
tFrom the Confederate Veteran, 0c-
fOhar 1o1EA