The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-09-23
The Survivors, Association.

ton, Charleston District, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted (:
Whereas, the events of the late war be-
tween the Confederate and United States
of America are now fresh in the minds of
it's survivors, and many records do now
exist which time and neglect will certain.
ly destroy, it is highly desirable to have
these records and these rccollections put
in such substantial form as to resist the
ravages of time; and, whereas, we have
DO government which will collect and
preserve the history of those transactions
of which we are proud, it is, therefore,
the duty of all South Carollnians to place
the history of the late war in its true
light before the world, in order that those
who fought and died for their country
may have not only the reward of their
distinguished patriotism, but the justice
which their achievements deserve and,
whereas, the Survivors Association of
any single district may do much in col
lecting and preserving these records, yet
because of the intimate association exis-
ting during the war between all the troops
of the State, the work will become pro-
portionally less onerous and much more
effective if the survivors of the whole
State were to unite in common effort;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Survivors Associa-
tiou of Charleston District earnestly in
vito the survivors of each district in the
State, where associations of record do
not now exist, to form district associa.
tions composed Of the survivors of the
Confederate army and navy, to collect
and preserve the records of the late war.
That the various district associations
be invited to send FIVE delegates to con-
vention to meet at our hall, in Charles
ton, Thursday, November 18, 1869, to
form State survivors, association, for
the purpose set forth in the next resolu-
tion.
That the primary object of the propos-
ed State Survivors, Assertion is the pre-
servation of all matters of history con-
nected with the late war.
That the proposed means of accom-
plishing this object is the establishment
of State Bureau, under tie control of
the State Association, where. all original
matter shall be regularly and convenient
ly filed away for the reference of such
persons us the Association may see fit.
That the secondary object of the pro.
posed State Association, the future de-
velopment of which is left to the action
Of the State Association, is the prepare
ton of standard Southern history and
smaller school histories. in which the part
the Confederacy bore in the late war may
be properly related to the world, and that
the rising generation may be taught that
their parents were not the vile traitors
that the common school histories now
prepared by our enemies assert.
Col. Edward McCrady, Jr, President;
Col e. Irvine Waller, Col. B. Fl. Rut-
ledge. Major T. e. Barker, Col. j. NJ.
Kinloch, Captain F. K. Huger, Captain
james Armstrong, Jr.. Secretary, were
appointed committee to correspond on
the suhjec. of these resolutions, to make
all necessary arrangements for the assom-
bling of tho convention, and to take such
measures as they may deem essential to
the full accomplishment of the intentions
of the preamble and resolutions.-Char.
lesion Ne,os.