The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-08

10 sPIlnS into the battles breach
and with maddened shout and Rebel
yell, grapple with the enemy and
II SO decreed, die for the cause we
loved so well. But alas, the Mon.
arch, Time has exercised his
prerogative and only a few are left
totterlng on the shore.
But here was band of noble
youths, a veritable embodiment of
kentucky manhood and chivalry.
whose hearts were filled with lofty
prlde, with noble, ambition; the
SEED corn of the Confederacy, ac-
cordlng to President Lincoln; whose
Ideals were Kentucky's traditional
glory and renown-who seldom mis-
stepped in the drill, who never fall
tered on the field
"It was not for the wage. not foc
money nor for conquest, that they
fought, suffered and sacrificed. but
the Southland and her cause, Ken
lucky and he: unrivaled fame. her
landscape beauty, her. brooks and
rllls, her pastures green, her heroes
history and untarnished sheen, her
lovely maidens, her stalwart men.
this was our inspiration, these our
incentives to deeds of daring with
victory or death the battle cry.
But membory portrays also MANY
thrilling incidents and exciting
scenes among which are Fort. Dom
aidson, Shiloh, 'Vicksburg, Baton
rouge, Jackson, Huntsville. Muir
IreesDoro, Chattanooga, Chickama-
qua, Dalton, Resacca, Dallas. the
death trap, Kenesaw Mountain
zine Mountain, New Hope, Peach
lree' lntrenchment, Utoy Creek. the
place OF sweet revenge for the death
TRAP Atlanta, Joresboro, Columbia
ana almost a score of other fields
attests their courage and valor arC
IS the inscription upon their mon
Ement IN the temple of fame. and
L am tempted 10 exclaim, Rejoice
We gray-haired old veterans these
are your Jewels, these your tro-
DO, we arrogate to ourselves and
kentucky honors to which we are
not entitled, who gave to the world
Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis.
Albert Sidney Johnston and the
Orphan Brigade. Kentucky, the
; land where the Creator seems to
have finished his wondrous work of
creation when the morning stars
first sang together and Jehovah
proclaimed it good, wonderful land.
wonderful people, unexcelled, une-
:. qHaled. And it is we'll that the his
torian, Shaler, noble and chival-
rous enemy, should have selected the
history of this little band of Ken
tuckians to illustrate the military
character and proves of the Amer
lean volunteer and we'll may every
true and loyal son of Kentucky say
, to the world, These are some of
Kentucky's offerings upon the altar
of glory and renOwn, in the hour o,
our country's greatest distress and
peril, these are some of her contri-
buttons to the worlds history of
mans renown, courage and valor.
We do not challenge the record of
Others but we bring these offerings
as illustrative and characteristic OF
OH old Kentucky Home and her
people. And it is but fitting that
these good people of the city of Paris
and Bourbon county, number of
whose noble sons imperiled and sac
rificed their lives upon these memoir
able fields, some of whose names are
engraved upon yonder monument,
should once more have the opportu-
nifty to mingle with and to grasp
the hands of these few surviving old
veterans, and look into the eyes that
cleaned defiance Gin the battle rage,
whose deeds in the death grapple
proclaimed them true KentlIckians.
1t is in like manner gratifying to
these old veterans to see and to-
know that these good people are will
ling to pay us such spontaneous
homage from their noble and. gener-
Gus hearts, and extend to us such
lavish, such boundless hospitality
and good cheer.
but, how could it be otherwise.
for this is but typical of dear old
Kentucky, we all love so we'll, and
about which we love to sing, dear Old
Kentucky, of which we old Orphans
far from home, so often dreamed,
sung and wept, when on the toilsoma
march beneath the blistering South
ern sun and in the dreary and cheer
7 less camp of the malarious swamp.
Dear old Kentucky, toward whose
green pastures our eyes were ever
turned and for which our weary
hearts always yearned. Grand old
kentucky, the land or Boone and
Kenton, Clay and Crittenden, Brock
inridge and Marshall, the land of
milk and honey, the home of the
beautiful, the gentle and lovely, re-
joice, again and again, we. noble old
heroes, Kentucky's- history and her
thousand charms was then our sorg
and story, Kentucky and her glori-
Gus renown is still our watchword
and benediction.
Whose heart can but throb with
pride and thrill with joy and admi-
ration when contemplating these
glorious SUI roundings and indulging
these inspiring thoughts, thrilling
recolleetiors. Old comrades, now IA
the Pickering rays of life grow dim.
let your hearts rejoice in gratitude
and thanksgiving for your history Is
a legacy of glory, acclaimed and