. The unwritten South. Cause, progress and result of the civil war. Relics of hidden truth after forty years . JEFFERSON DAVIS. No! not forgotten, though the halls Of state no more behold ! not forsaken, though the walls Of dungeon keeps enfold dearest to the Southern heart, Because her first anointed,The prophet chosen for his part. The man of God dumb it is that tyrants check The words that fain were spoken,And set the foot upon the neck Of the people they have broken; If still it is that bond and chain Each manly limb encumber,And men but murmur in their pain, A
. The unwritten South. Cause, progress and result of the civil war. Relics of hidden truth after forty years . JEFFERSON DAVIS. No! not forgotten, though the halls Of state no more behold ! not forsaken, though the walls Of dungeon keeps enfold dearest to the Southern heart, Because her first anointed,The prophet chosen for his part. The man of God dumb it is that tyrants check The words that fain were spoken,And set the foot upon the neck Of the people they have broken; If still it is that bond and chain Each manly limb encumber,And men but murmur in their pain, As children talk in bow our foreheads in the dust In deep in our prayerful trust. Our own dark desolation;We ask for him who steered our ship Until it met the the cup may pass that meets his lip Through mercy of his Maker, Progress of the GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. Forth from its scabbard pure and bright Flashed the sword of Lee;Far in front of the deadly fight,High oer the brave in cause of right,Its stainless sheen, like a beacon light,Led us to many a victory. Forth from its scabbard, high in the air, Beneath Virginias they who saw it gleaming knew who bore it, knelt to swear,That where his sword led, they would dare To follow and to die. Out of its scabbard, where full long It slumbered peacefully,Roused from its rest by the battle the feeble, smiting the the right and avenging wrong, Gleamed the sword of Lee. Out of its scabbard never gleamed Sword from stain as brighter sword led braver band,Nor braver stood for brighter brighter land had a cause so cause a chief like Lee. 11. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. Is it not evident that the war began upon the South yearsago? The actual fighting only began when the South sawthe preparations for war going on,
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