Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-06-19
Caldwell, Rough and Ready Bows.

Caldwell Roush and Ready Boys.
The following addresses were delivered in Lenoir,
Caldwell County, in this State, by Miss NJ G. Jones,
in behalf of the ladies of that County upon the pre-
sentation of beautiful flag to the Caldwell Rough
and Ready Boys, and responded to on behalf of the
company, by Dr. F. G. Dula prior to their leaving for
the camp of Instruction and thence for the war.
This is a noble company, numbering ia, whose
average weight is 15S lbs They were fully equip
ped by the citizens of the County, and will be ready
to stand in the thickest of the fight with the pa
triots of the South against our invaders. We ex-
pect to hear from these brave men on the field of
battle
In the midst of a large concourse, Miss Jones,
presenting the flag said
caldwell ROUGH AND READY BOYS"
Gentlemen Our country has need for arms, has
called on her citizens for soldiers, and the brave
hearts OF Caldwell have speedily responded to her
call. see before Inc, the choicest young men of our
country. Our hearts gladden. and bound to know
that we have such protectors. We bid you go
forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear,
and with manly hearts,"
You have every thing to stimulate you-your
country has called you, but that is not all you will
be lighting for your homes your tresideS, your
wives your children (perhaps might more appro-
prlately say, sweethearts to most of you) and may
we not hope that it will strengthen the nerve, and
add vlgor to the arm, to know that many bright
eye will oft be dim, and many merry heart 10 be
made serious and prayeru for the sake of the brave
ones who have so readily answered the call " to
arms"
The ladies OF Lenor have assigned to me the pleas
ant duty OF presenting to you, this flag. You see
its motto, gentlemen, THE brave may fall but CAN
not yield" We deem it unnecessary to ask you to
keep it in remembrance. We trust it with YOU
feeling assured that you will ever keep it floating
where honor leads; assured that as long as there
remains one manly arm to defend it, its beautiful
emblems will be seen tiuttering in the breeze
There Is one thing, gentlemen. we will ask YOU to
remember-it is, that We the ladies regard each one
OF your lives as being worth, at least toOenty times
as many OF that hireling mob you will have to con-
tend against.
So handle them "Rough and Ready" as YOU
choose and be assured that you have the good wish
eS and prayers of the ladies Of Caldwell.
DR.. Dula responded as follows
Ladies and GeRtLCmeR:-ln the name of the VOL
unteer company, l come forward to receive this
beautiful flag. Being so highly honored cannot be
unmndul of my inability to speak in behalf of the
company, as the occasion deserves, or of my unwor-
thiness to receive such honor. To have confided to
us from the hands of the fair of our land the
beautiful standard we behold the flag we are
to gaze upon in the perlouS hours of our struggle
for Southern rights and honor is an occasion fit in
deed, to arouse our patriotism to demand vows of
fidelity to the trust committed to our keeping 1t
is with pride we gaze upon it. Patriotism bestowed
*. This confidence in us ladies, is not misplaced.
| proclaim it in behalf Of the company, this flag
shall never, never, be diShonored.
We lift our eyes and behold inscribed upon its
folds a sentiment which with the associations of
this momentouS occasion, must and viii ever nerve
our arms and animate our bosoms in the gloomy nOur
of strife for our honor, independence, our in
herent right to SelEgovernment nay even more our
very existence" the brave may fall but cannot
yield" With this triumphant sentiment, your
smiles and prayers and with the protection of Him
who gave these rights and liberty, victory over
by the Abolition invaders can never ne proclaim
ed upon Southern soil. To you, ladies', we owe our
all; tbs you who say my father, my brother, my
lover put on your armor and to your cOuntryS res
cue, rally. Soon this flag must disappear from
| your presence-Ol:cn and anXiouSly will You ask
| shall 1t be my lot ever again TO gaze upon it. In
the name OF the company, | answer that You shall
again behold it unfurled to the breeze; though mu
tilated 1t may be, though scared and torn by the
battle storms, yet the more cifulgent will shine its
glory, the wildly will YOU read upon its folds
! the history of the Rough and Ready" volunteers
over whom it hovers. Soon it may be floating over
the plains of the Old Dominion Let its defenders
eSpouSe the cause of the whole South and upon
whatever soil planted there let them be found noby
! battling in defence Of common country. And
| to you my fellow soldiers, let address word
It's to your honor, to your valor this flag is commit
ted; It's your action that must honor dshonor it
It's your behavior in the hour of trial that must bear
it noby and trumphantly before the gaze of its en-
emieS or trailing in the dust dshonored
Proud and noble sign to us confded as fel
low-Soldier let me eyhort you as true patriots Ia
rally beneath its ample folds, and upon the altar Of
! your country, to sustain and defend it. Surely
we believe that upheld by justice by hearts so true
by arms so vigorous it WILL ere long be respected
by its enemies as it is loved by its defenders Gen.
tlemen let us trust in Him whose Infinite Power
can mould the swords now arrayed against us into
pougShares and beat their spears into pruning hooks
/ to justify cause, and reward us with success.