The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-03-18


right forcvcr-wrong is ctcrnally wrong
and tramplcd right is grandcr than
triumphant wrong. From the decisions
given against us in the court Of battle,
we therefore appeal and these decisions
we carry up to the high tribunal of Jus.
ticc, for reversal. This, and this alone,
was settled by battlc-that wo wore
tho weaker party. We had less brute
force on our sido and We were obliged
to yield to the superior strength Of our
assailants. The armies and government
OF the Confcdcracy woro but the mortal
flesh and blood OF an immortal Cause
They arc gonc-it is living. Nor steel,
nor lead, could touch its life or take il
away. 1t IS living in tho loves of South.
crn hcarts--t is living in the memory
of the Southern doad-it is living in the
storios which Southern mothers arc tell,
ing their little childrcn-it is living IN
the sorrows and tears Of our widows and
orphans. And wo shall keep it alive.
The right of our cause did not fall with
Richmond. 1t exists to-day rs clearly
as it did when the first boom OF our guns
sounded across the Carolina waters, and
when the Palmetto flag-mid tho ring.
ing OF bells, and tho rapture OF gladden.
CD hearts and the sounding Of cheers
which the shore sent over the sea
waved i'll triumph over Sumter And
on that April day when Leo gave up
his sword bright and unblcmishcd as
when he first grdcd it on, he yielded
merely, and only, tho policy Of further
rcslstancc--not tho principle which had
lifted that resistance into right and
sanctiIied it as a duty Right began
our struggle right Justified and cnnoblcd
ut. right animated our soldiers, right
made chem brave to endure, and bravost
of al TO die; right marched with them,
step by step, into every CORY field right
flashed in tho sheen Of their swords, and
lhundcred in tho boom of their cannons
in every fray; right wrcathcd glory
around their banners wherever their
banners were borne; right consccratcd
their victories and consoled them in
their defeats right lit in their hearts the
flame Of hcroism which blazcl out into
ldtathlcss deeds; right ncrvcd them to
every sacrifice they made, to every
hardship thoy endured right lit beacon
fires OF glory on the plains of Manassas.
Oh the heights Of fredericksburg, in the
.swamps Of the Chickahominy, in the
trenches Of Richmond, on tho mountains
Of Tennessee, in the batllo:placcs OF
kentucky, on the soil OF Georgia, on the
seaboard OF The Carolinas, in the wilds
beyond the Mississippi land. now, right
stands amid our ruins and graves, and
pointing to the glorics Of our cause and
waiting'inhope for the terrible rc,ribu
tion Of the future, lifts towards the heav-
ems the manaclcd hands, which. there
at least, have never pleaded in vain, and
solcmnly protests i'll against tho opprcs.
s'ons OF victorious wrong; and we, for
ore JOIN now and always in the protest.
We stand by the Past of our country,
and cause, and we accept no Faluro
which will moi accept that Past. There
arc men who bond their principles Lo.
lore tho bayonet. There arc men who
desert the a!lars ola Lost Cause round!
which they once stood with the bloolin
their hearts painting for libation, and
who knccl to offer homage at the altars
OF successful wrong. There arc men
who tramplc under foot the very stand,
ards that once tloatcd proudly overthcm.
There are mon bnso enough to lift
their hands against the very rights for
which they once upliftcd swords. We
are not such. For ms, principal is prin-
ciple-right IS right yesterday y-to-
day--to.morrow--forcvcr. Submission
to might is not surrender ofright. We
Weld to the ono but sl,nll never yield
up tho othor." "aa