The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-02-16
Spirit Of the Army.
ENfhENcHMENTs NEAR RICHMOND, Va,
January 80, 1866.


officers and men Of Brattolls Brigade, s.
iC. ", held this day, Private J John B. Er.
win, 9Th S. G. v, was-ealied to the chair,
and the following preamble and rcsolu-
tions, reported by a committee of two
from each Regiment Of the Brigade, were
unanimously adopted
4 Whereas. the people. Of the several
States Of this Confederaey were forced
:. into the present struggle to preserve the
inaIicnable rights Of frecmen; and relying
/ upon the justice of their cause and the
j approval Of High Heaven pledged to eacf
i other their lives, their fortunes, and
:, tlleiae sacred hensFyn TO achieve their In
4 dependence; and whereas, in support Of
their just rights, and in defence of their
.2homes and fresides, the best blood of our
people has been shed, and the bones of
our dead lie scattered throughout every
State Of the Confederacy, whilst at every
stage of the UNEQUAL conflict, the valor,
endurance and patriotic devotion of our
people have secured a succession of victo-
rics OF which any nation might well be
proud; and whereas, the contest is still
undecided and our independence is sill
unachieved, but proud and naughty foe,
| flushed with temporary success, is at=
tempting to extort unworthy terms Of
submission from the tinid counscis and
thc causeless desponaoncy.of some weak
minds IN our midst, it becomes the citizen.
s6ldicry of South Carolina to reafirm the
sacred principles of State sovereignty and
Independence, which their State was the
first To- AHiiounce; to reject once again all.
terms of union or afiiiation with. q base
and unprincipied foe; to rebulSe the time
serving policy of those who having count
ed the cost, are unequal to the exigencies
of the crisis, and who are SO insensible to
the great principles which form the
great groundwork of the present revolu-
tion. SO unmindfnl of tho glorious recol-
lections of the past history, and SO re-
gardless of the memory OF its illustrious
/ dead rs to counsel an unworthy .submis-
sion to the enemy, anG base abHndon-
ment 81 oGr cause, and abo-c I'll, to as
sure the true friends of liberty at home
and our follow soldiers in the army, that
we have never yet g despaired OF the re-
public )" but that inspired by the memo
ries OF the past, we entertain brighter
hopes of the future, and believe that one
more determined effort is alone necessary
20 achieve our independence. Be it there
FORE.
Resozued, That we, officers and men of
Bratton's Brigade, S. G. v; do this day
renew our devotion to the great princi-
Piles of State sovereignty and constitu-
tionaI liberty, which lie at the basis OF
the present revolution; that we again
endorse the act of secession which sepa-
rates us from hateful fee; and with the
aid Of Heaven we will continue the strugg-
gle until our Independence be achieved,
or we perish in the attempt.
Resolued, That every consideration of
honor, of duty and Of patriotism impel us
to preserve the rich heritage of freedom
which we have received from our ances-
tors, to emulate the valor, the endurance
and heroic devotion of those who have
fallen in the present struggle; and to re-
strain us from abandoning cause which
has been consecrated by SO many costly
sacrifices, and crowned by SO many illus
trious victories.
Resolved, That we owe it to the glori-
Gus recoliccti6Hs Of the past; to the MEM.
ory of our martyred dead; we owe it to
ourselves and to the cause of human pro-
gress, to preserve our institutions from
obstruction and our homes from spoliation,
the tombs of our slain from desecration,
and our names and memories from being
o byword and reproach among the nations
of the earth, by manfully working out
our independence:
Resozved, That the outrages inflicted
upon us, by q base and unpnncipled foe,
in violation Of all the usages of civilized
warfare, have created an impossible gulf
between the two sections which must. for
ever prevent all union or afRliation be-
tween them, whist the settled policy
and avowed principles Of the Northern
EGo9ernment leave Us tc expect that no
concessions Oh our part would be accepta-
t Bile to them; sf6rs Of state of complete
subsSection, which would be worse than
death:
Reso1ysd; That in the late reverses