Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-15
Viotory: or Death,

with invasion, and tho safety Of the State pro
claimed in danger, all citizens rushed to tho
. STANDARD Of the country. Iiirsaloa BY patri-
otto feryor, and the inspiring words. Of the
Marscllaiso, the frontiers were speedily crowd.
cd by impctuous, impulsivo and Impatient
warriors. The great difficulty was to direct
and discipline the eager mass Tho number
of experienced officers was very small, and
necessity compelled resort to new and un-
tried men, all Of whom wcrc eager for the post
Of honor and danger The energetic states
mon who then ruled France met tho crisis by
proclaimipg that victory or death was required
at tho hands of every officer. No excuse
would be received for defeat under any cir
cumstanccs. Nothing but eictory could sat
! isfy the demand of patriotism and the safety
of tho State. If they encountered the enemy,
they must conquer or 0ic. There was no
other alternative better be martyrs than das-
| tards.
The effect Of this energetic policy, vigor-
ously pursued was vast and instantaneous
The invaders were speedily expelled from her
soil by the inyincble legions of France, and
names, never before heard filed the triumph
| of fame.
| We arc in situation somewhat similar
at the first cry of invasion, our population
the glory aud the peril of routing the iuva-
ding foe. With the exception Of the few
officers of the late United States Army, who
have rallied to our standard, practical war is
n thing unknown to our citizen soldiers The
vast majority of our officers are, therefore, and
necessarily, unknown men. They have to be
tried, and upon the success of the trial will
depend The lives of our people and the safety
of the State. 10 adopt the stern rule of the
| French committee, and exact immo)ation or
victory might not accord with the manners or
the feeling of our age. But the next most
rigorous cxaction should be strenuously insist
cd on. Dismissal from the service, instant
| and without regard to circumstances, should
follow every failure. Success is the highest
the grcotcst-tic one prccn,ncnt and in.
dispcnsablc, sclfsufticicnt and all-suflicicnt
virtue in an officer. With it all things may
be accomplished; without it, nothing. Our
officers must learn to command that talismnn,
or they must cease to command a corporal's
squad of our people. This should be under
stood at once, as the fixed and irrcvocabIc law.
1t is demanded by the lives Of our soldiers
by the vast interests at stakc--the safety Of
the commonwcalth-th freedom and indie
rcndcncc of the Confedoracy.
Richmond Wing.
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SOMETHING FOR EvERYDoDY TO READ
The Raleigh STANFORD is right, thoroughly
right, in the annexed remarks Let all labor
chccrfully and submit to prvations gracefully,
in times like these Let us have no politi-
clans in command of the patriotic men who
arc flocking to their countries service, for the
sake of their country, and not for their own
individual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
u man NAV show himcplf e crcrv inch n
soldier" as well by attention to duties in ca~'r y
as by action in the field of battle Priyut,ns
arc to be expected. They are inscparablc
from the soldiers life. That privations will
be met and borne cheorfully by true men VIC
entertain no doubt. The situation of the
officers is more responsible, and more subject
to anxiety and carc than that of the men,
That officer who is most rigid, and at the same
time just to all, is really the best friend which
his command can have.
ca good officer will never consent if he
can possibly avoid it., that undisciplincd troops
shall be placed in the field against troops thor
ou%hly trained and drilled. The Southern
troops will not encounter towards. Our ad-
vantage is that we fight on our own soil and
in righteous cause. 10 this advantage let
us add thorough discipline and strict subordi-
nation. With these, and with miIitnry mcn
-ao! mcre i:o!f'ciuns ana cir2iun$-to com
mand our forces, they will not only acquit
themselves well but prove themselves invinci
bio in the noble cause they arc commissioned
to defend. We have unity and concord among
| oursclvcs-wc have the mcn--wc have the
indomtablc courage which is the birh-right
Of North Cnronians; let us add to this, re-
spcct for authority, chcerfulncss in meeting
and bearing privations, and such discipline as
odds will be in our favor on every field"
TIE RIFLE REGIMENr-Wc have under.
stood that Hon. j. i. o., and Col. j. Il.
Marshall, have bcon disappointed in getting
1 their respective Regiments into the Confcd-
crate service for twelve months Though
disappointed in this particular, they have not
cursed their misfortune, or consented to do
nothing, but VIC find them still proposing to
be of service to the country.
They have now determined to unite their
energies to raise Rifle Regiment to serve
during the war. Few if any, better scec-
ton of men in the State could be made for
this purpose One for his high political po-
sition, his manly and courteous bearing and
great energy of character; the other for his
high military distinction attained in the Pal
motto Regiment, as the Captain of Company
Il. He was one Of the three Captains we
find mentioned by General Quitman, for their
gallantry and distinguished service in the
Mexican war And the manner in which he
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