counties that form this congressional district. Largely over half of these do not need and would not accept any assistance.
If need be, other appropriations can be delayed. These men are falling more rapidly than their comrades fell in battle. They will not need human assistance long, for soon they will be with the angels, and walking the streets of the new Jerusalem. While building monuments to the dead and strewing their graves each springtime with flowers let us give comfort and cheer to those who still linger in this vale of tears.
You may be sure that the noble women of the South
"Shall love to teach their children
Of our heroes who are dead.
Of the battle scars they carried,
Marching to a soldier's tread;
Of their loyal hearts so tender.
All aglow in truth's array.
And the many recollections
Of the boys who wore the gray."
