Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-03-28
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FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
JASPER and Waugh.


Excuse me, Mr.. Editor, and pardon, OIL
shade of Jasper, pardon me, for linking your
heroic name with that of one so unworthy
the connection. The characters of the two
are antipodal, save in one thing-both fought:
Jasper for the freedom of his country, the
glory and honor of Americans, and in a
cause that triumphed; Waugh to enslaye
his country, to brand Americans with shame
and dishonor, and in q cause that, thank
God, must fail. The one fought and died for
his country's weal-the other fights and may
die, for his country's woe.
/ find in the : Age of the 18th ult., a com-
munication, at the head of which stands the
name of Sergeant Jasper, and signed ~
which does injustice to this ~State-South
Carolina. The writer, in speaking of the
American Revolution, says, full many a
heart, whose deeds would illumine the page
Of history, is uHnoticed by the historian,
amid the universal blaze of glory, and lies
in an unknown grave, 'unwept, unhonored
and unsung.' Such was Sergeant Jasper,
&C.
Now, so far from this being true, Jasper
and his deeds are mentioned by Weems,
Ramsey and others. Ramsey, in his Histo-
ry of South Carolina, after mentioning his
(Jasper's) bravery at the battle of Fort
NApuAOtiOJ Gays uO Ody tbIGSG tIO oCbiOu
President Rutledge presented him with a
sword. as u mark iof respect for bis distin-
SuiShed Ualor.'
l venture the assertion there's not a boy
ten years old, who can read, in Soath Caro-.
lima, that would thank II for his iatforma
ton /; simply because tits an old song tc
them. You may find boys and men in every
district and neighborhood in our State with
the name of Jasper-all in honor of tho an
noticed and 'unhonored' Sergeant. In ;
word. Jasper and his deeds are as familiar
as household words with US. II is incor
rect too in his account of the rescue Of tn
American prisoners. True they were guarded
by eight of the enemy, and true, Jasper hat
but one companion, his friend Newton. Tin
two heroes, unarmed, followed the British am
their prisoners until near S~avannah-ant
now all hope Of rescue seems lost. Jaspe
and Newton look upon the prisoners as be
yond their aid, when the party hafts near
spring for rest and refreshment. Soon, how
ever, despair gives way to hope, and hope Il
certainty, when they see the guard-wh
thought no enemy near-stack their arm
some distance from the spring. Jasper an,
Newton rushed from their cover, secured tn
arms, unbound their friends, and marche
the British, prisoners, to the American camp
ANOO bAO CoShpCOS anu L HIN " JIG HI
Jesse A. Waugh's Report has been tn
source of much amusement here, and yCu
structures are looked upon as right to TIL
point and driven home, to use a commo
saying. You can't strike him amiss. unles
you miss him. hope and believe the caus
of Prohibition will receive aid and comfor
from this attack of the enemy. | beliey
many who have heretofore been lukewarn
or even opposed to the measure, will /
found battling for the honor ofGod and mai
joining the Prohibition army to Danish frol
their State the greatest curse our countr
can labor under. The fist | heard Of tn
Report, was listening to a friend reading i
and | then really thought it a hoax-som
thing gotten up in ridicule, or a mock Sc
ion afai r. | could not believe the Chat
man of n Legislative committee, in any Sta
of this Union, could be such a simpleton.
What a rich caricature might be gottt
up, representing him when he immortaliz,
himself by that never-to to- be forgotten repo1
A friend suggests the following: He
seated at q table covered with papers in /
right hand a pen-under it a sheet of pap
on which he has been writing-his head
thrown back, the left hand clasping his fol
f head-which must be a noble one, high \ al
} massive'-his eye or eyes, if one was II
. CloSeu ny OFdnuy SWuSHcS OF WnlSKey punci
t bent upon or through the ceiling, just
!, that mighty brain is in all the agony Of lab
8 as it is about to give birth to that match,
r document, or some of the many erudite Sc
e fences or paragraphs to he found in it.
. friend in the room, with feet on the fend
e or higher, and who has a stump of a cie
j. in his mouth, is nodding and winking to h
a and saying That's right go it give ,
Jesse! A door opening discloses a serv;
entering, with two glasses of the c~ritter'
a waiter-the servant saying, BY 90.
mass Jesse wild US and agin de ~everlast
1t fool '~totlers.'
If North Carolina has many such pu1
men as the author of that Report, she rio
If deserves the name of RIP VAN W1NKLE.
REKLAW
Cedar Shoals, S. c.