The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1862-06-19

These distinguished lcadefs have Twsn 4
Place in the poputar heart which the most
renvwhei Generals might envy. and y whiob
mo rivalry can -eciipes. They constisute ,
trio of stss OF the FIRST magnitude, loomins
tabove tso horizon, and sheddinga q cheeriine
light over the cloads aud gloom that have
gathered around our cause. Their gallant
dsads have, time aud again, cleaned forth
with = splsrdor thar Frightened the gloom
lest passages IN the progress Of the war,
and Illuminated the difficult path of our
young republic in scientific strategy,
they may not be Nre- sRhent, though,
jngipg BY results, II stliH1 10 point Sut
any commanders who have H1lpsed then,
IN skilltul n,andsuycriny, In retreat, as well
as In attack. But ia headlong daring, in
vehement dash, In iron determination TO
wheh the word onward, is given,
they have sshone out most conspicuous.
These traitshsy uniformly given then,
victory against most formidable odds in
every encounter. They. are true types of
Southern fcharscter, in all It's noble ele-
ments OF chiyairJus coursgc,, enthusiastic
love OF Independence, aud fierce determs.
tien to succeed in this struggle for their
rights, at all hazards, aud atevery cost.
We leok with cheerful hope to the
trinR ph OF our arms at Richmond aud
Corinth, IN the great battles there impend-
ing. But while success there may do much
to hasten our redemption from Yankee
invasion, aud achieve the final triumph Of
Southern independence, defeat and disaster
at both OF these points could not destroy
our cause while jackson, as4ice, and Nor
gan are in the field While such mon live
to raise an arp in i,s behalf, that cause
viii live, andth0usani like them will stand
forth IN every part ofour beleaguered and
to follow our dag to victory. The great
chiefs ut our armies, Johnston and Besurc.
gard, are ,rpt the sole hope and reliance
vi the Southern people. Nor do all their
hopes of success centre in the issue of one
or two battles to be tonight by the sIlendid
armies those able Generals com niand. The
conhdenee of the Southern people in even.
tual success springs from chat enthusiasm
which has made heroes Of the three gallant
leaders fret nansed 1t springs from a
consciousness that snc!, men will not be
conauered--will not yield the causc-will
not, let veal or woe bctide, DO their proud
necks to the yoke of Yankee despo,ism, and
sarrender this-fair land TO van,iai ,iliace
rel'ip,. IL springs from, a conviction that
such men w,llnevcr lack followers. and
that they will always be sblo te, rally ar !
'nies from tnuunr.iin and valley. to dispute
every inch nj Srounl, until ,Iip-eaemv re-.
tires, bsffied aud exhausted The opinion
;s almost pniv,rs:l al the South tha, the
spSedi,~; n,oie OF expcLiny the enemy
from the South is to- invade the North.
II this policy should se',d"pted, the South
ern people would trcl additional confidence
in its success, il theiuradine columns were
Commanded by jackson. Price, and Nor
gan The, chivalry Of the South would
rally to their staniarls with the alacrity
ni rcvelicrs Z" feast. Soua would our
sested foes be- taught, at their own HOMES.
something of the bitterness of aggressive
war. They shonld he visited, not in the
infamous spirit of savage vandalism with
which they have desocrated everything
sacred in the South. but in the stern spirit
of just retribution for their crimes.