Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-07-01
Kentucky Soldiers,

Col Andrew H. H. Dawson of Mobile, Ala, +,
himself native of Kentucky, will deliver lecture
at eight o'clock on Monday evening next, in the
Commons Hall, on National Honor" for the ben
eft of the sick and wounded soldiers from Kentucky
in the Confederate service. 1t affords us pleasure
to commend this lecture warmly to the patronage
of our citizens. The Kentucky soldier. when woun-
ded or taken sick, is thrown into a cheerless hos
pital, and left to depend on his monthly pay for
means to purchase those comforts which he ought
to have. He has left home and friends to fight in
the cause of the South and these noble heroes,
when wounded or SICK should find grateful friends
in every portion of the Confederate States They
have no home which they can call their own. We
trust our people, and especiallyethose Of them who
are able to contribute, will show by their conduct
that they feel generous sympathy for the wants
and suferngs Of these noble men, who have left all
and perilled all in a common cause. Of the lecture
itself we find the following notice in the Atlanta
Rereille:
"MR DAwsoN'S LECTURE.-A lecture on q SUBJ
ject like National Honor" is not apt to attract
the curiosity Of the populace hence, the audience
that greeted the lecturer at the Atheneum on last
evening, although very large, was composed of the
more refined and elegant circles Of Atlanta society.
We will not attempt more than a passing notice of
the lecture of this gentlemen which in point of
merit in classic diction and elegance, to be duly
appreciated, needs to be heard The object of these
lectures is to raise funds for the benefit Of the
Kentucky soldiers, who although cut off from every
home defence are nobly struggling, side by side,
with the soldiers OF more fortunate States for the
establishment of our liberty and Independence
These lectures are conducted under the auspices of
local aid societies, through whom the proceeds are
transferred to the Kentucky Relief Association.
The lecturer, instead of being beneficiary, de-
frays bis own individual expenses, through desire
to labor for the common good. The motive Of his
action certainly deserves all praise, and We doubt
not it will meet with a warm response In every
Southern heart. As we said, it is not our purpose
to enter into a review of the lecture This would
be impossible in the brief space and time allotted
u.s. Suffice 1t to say that the lecture is teeming
with pearls Of Knowledge and wisdom-glowing
with beautiful thoughts and fancies which are the
result of much reflection deep research, and mind
of high intellectual endOwments. Like the eagle
that degns to rest on naught beneath the mountain
top he scars unto the ethereal heights OF thought,
until its plunage glows in the sunbeams OF heaven
Mr. Dawson IS deeply versed in the science and the
ory of government Like philosopher, the past
spreads before him, from whose page he deduces
lessons of wisdom, worthy the consideration Of our
rnIers anG statesmen The veil of the future is H.
Illuminated with the light of the past, as experiences
reveals the precepts taught in the school OF ages
From its source 70 its terminus he wanders along the
fountain oil learning BhlnSIih6 Iuo PSoi'S VI
cast ashore by the waters OF revolution as
of the centuries.
The lecture of Mr.. Dawson is characterized by
gentlenesS and courtesy throughout. His purposes
is net by anathema to still deeper wound the afict-
ed, but by persuasion to teach each and adj alike
the duties which they owe, in this struggle, to
country and to God. Whatever evils may exist,
he does not believe are to be eradcated by vtupe-
ration but On the other hand, by gentle and loving
words Unlike most lecturers and speakers, he
fails to see in thespecuator that Unsuitable vampire
whose only thirst the last drop Of his Unfortunate
victims blood In them, he beholds many noble eX-
ceptions such as contribute BagnanuO O0Sly OF their
gain to the needy and distressed He fuds in the
poSsessor of f,rtune accumulated before the waa,
who still perSistenly holds on to his coffsrS Tar
worse enemy to society and the country than in
him whose prosperity has but added 20 generous
disposition The means of becoming public bsne
factor. As an orator, Mr.. Dawson has fe. equals
Whilst his style is ornate, he s :orcible aBd logical
in the application Of truth to the Just rewards o
exalted patriotism. His gestu es give double foTe'
and expression to the lsugr age Of his thought
HIS elocution, to the charm of native grace, add
the crowning accomplishing ats of the schools. Tb
cultivated ear is caPtivare' By the musical foW %
his polished sentences, ar d his voice varying in mod
ulainn with the spirit of his discourse rises an'
falls like the cadence 6 n soag.
In the peculiar CT .ndlsioa Of the Kentucky sol