The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-29

for the Development OF tis or rem aote
issueo before they can be brought under
the range OF a philosophic apprehension,
and the secret thread be discovered, run.
ming through all history, upon Wliicin it is 5.
single facts crystalize in the unity of
some great providential plan. z .
The generations Of tho ilisipterested
must succeed the generations OF the,pre.
JUDGED before history, properly termed
such, can be written. This, precisely.
is the work we now attempt, to con.
struct the archives in which shall be
collected these memoirs to serve for fn-
ture history.
1t is believed that invaluable docu-
ments are scattered over the whole land,
in loose sheets, perhaps, lying in the
portfolios of private gentlemcn, and only
preserved rs souvenirs of their own
parts in the historic drama.
Existing i'll forms SO pcrishublc, re-
garded, it may be, only so much waste
paper, by those into whose hands they
must fall, no delay should be suffered in
their collection and preservation
There is, doubtless, too much that is
yet unwritten floating only in the memo
ries of the living, which, if not speedily
rescued, will be swallowed in the oblivion
of the grave, but which, if reduced to
record, and collated, would afford the
key to many a cipher, in little while to
become unintelligible for want of inter
probation.
All this various material, gathered
from every section, will need to be in
dustriously classified and arranged, and
finally deposited in the central archives
of the society, under the care Of appro-
pirate guardians.
To this task of collection, we invite
the immediate attention and cooperation
OF our co-patriots throughout the South,
to facilitate which, we propose the Or
ganization Of State and district assoca-
tlons, that our whole people may be
brought into harmony of action in this
important matter.
The rapid changes through which the
institutions of the country are now pass
ing, and the still more stupendous revo-
lutions III the opinions of men, remind
us that we stand to-day upon the outer
verge of great historic cycle, within
which completed past will shortly be
enclosed. Another cycle may touch its
circumference; but the events it shall
embrace will be gathered around another
historic centre, and the future historian
will pronounce that in stepping from the
one to the other he has entered upon an
other and separate volume of the ma
tons record.
Let us, who are soon to be in that past
to which We properly belong, see that
there are no gaps in the record
Thus shall we discharge q duty to the
fathers, whose principles we inherit, to
the children, who will then know
whether to honor or to dishonor the
slres that begot them; and, above all, to
the dead heroes sleeping Oh the vast
battle-plains, from Manas .s to Ticks-
burg, whose epitaph history yet waits TO
engrave upon their tombs.
The funds raised by initiation fees, as
sessments. donations and lectures, after
defraying the current expenses, will be
appropriated to the rent or purchase of
q suitable fre-proof building for the
safe-keeping Of the archives.
For the accomplishment of these ends
contributions are respectfully solicited
from all parties interested In the estah-
lishment and prosperity of The Southern
Historical Society. ir3
Contributions to the archives and IL
brary OF the society are respectfully and
earnestly solicited under the following
specific divisions:
l. The histories and historical collcc.
tions of the individual States, from the
earliest periods to the present time, in
Guiding travels, journals and maps.
2. Complete files of the newspapers,
periodicals. literary, scientific apd medi-
cal journals OF the Southern States, from
the earliest times to the present day, in
clpding, especially, the period of the re-
cent. American civil war. = -aNN
3. Geological, typographical, agricul-
tura5 manufacturing and commercial re-
ports. illustrating the statistics, climate,
soil, resources, products and commerce
Of the Southern States.
4. Works, speeches, sermons and dis
courses relating to the recent conflict
and political changes, congressional and
State reports, during the recent war.
8. Official reports and descriptions, by
officers and privates and newspaper cor
respondents and eye-witnesses of cam
paigns, military operations, battles and
sieges.
6. Military maps.
7. Reports upon the munitions, arms
and equipment, organization, numbers
and losses of the various branches of the
Southern armioc-infuotrv orf;llarr