The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-14
THE SURVIVORS,.
sURHIvoRs' ASSOCIATION OF THE
STATE OF SOUTH CIROLIN4'
Annual Meeting at Carolina Hall, CO.
lumbia. S. c., on Thursday, November
10, 1870.

1uInpfa> S'5 VIA -
10, 1870.
The following districts were represented
Abbevi!le, Anderson, Barnwel. Beaufort, Charles.
tor, Chester, Colleton, Darlington, Edgefela
Fairfield, Georgetown, Greenville, Kershaw, Lam
caster, Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Newberry,
Orangeburg, Richland, Spartanourg, SUMTER
Onion, Williamsburg, York.
The hour Of meeting was 10 A. NJ. General
Kershaw, as senior vicepresident, took the chair.
The first business in order was the report OF the
executive board, submitted by Colonel EDWARD
McCrady, Jr, chairman. At the close OF the re-
port, which was unanimously adopted, the FOL
lowing resolutions were submitted:
J.. Reso,red, That the estimates Of expenses
submitted by the executive toard be referred 70
special committee OF three, to devise pan ior
meet the expenses already incurred, ana lor tue
expense Of the next year, and report the same 20
this meeting. ....,,o.,.o, .,
pay to the executive board the sum OF Sl25 Tor the
ladies who have rearranged and engrossea tne
Roll OF the Dead, aud also 10 pay the Dill OF
Messrs. Walker, Evans CogSwell, reported due
by fhe Coard. amounting to Ss3 10.
8. ReSolred, That the executive bo ri De au-
thoriZed to publish by subscription, upon the plan
reported by them, the Roll OF the Dead, prepared
nv Professor Rivers, as now rearranged In two
ed;ions, the first edition for corrections and ad-
ditions and the second SO corrected and addea 10
In permanent form. 49,
thoriZed 10 purchase, as soon as the treasurer
shall be in sufficient funds after having paid the
amounts already ordered. complete me OF tne
oflcial reports issued by the War Department OF
the Confederate States, and such other histories
as they may deem 1t important at once TO obtain,
and to draw on the treasurer, when SO IN lands;
therefor, to an amount NOT exceeding SlZo:
s. Rescued, That the executive board be auf
rhorized to obtain place Of deposit for the re;
cords and books Of the association, which shall
be to a ala e
3. RESOLVED, That this association requests all
persons having original reports OF, or letters
. describing battles, marches, resonnoisances,
sieges or other papers relating 10 the operations
Of The war, TO permit ihe executive board 10
have copies Of the same taken for preservation.
T. ReSolred, That this association appeals to the
surviving ces ana o. s.Tvcs syfs s
State. anu the officers OF the general stan, 70
prepare rolls Of their comrades from memory, II
There exist no records from which TO make tnem lem
out and forward the same TO the chairman OF the
executive board. .......,
g.. Resol,ed, That the thanks Of every Confeder::
ate soldier OF the Stata OF South Carolina ana OF
the people generally are due 10 Professor Rivers
for the valuable material he has collected Tor tae
history OF our State troops. and especially lor the
Roll OF the Dead, preserved through MS generous
and patriotic labors, and this association OF the
survivors Of the warrender to him their grateful
Acknowledgements.
It was then resolved that .he executive board
publish the report In full.
Towards the publication OF the records OF. the
association, 1t was resolved that tie several dis
trct associations get filed lists Of subscribers, at
s5 COPY, and forward the lists to the executive
board.
Upon the treasurer's giving Information OF the
need of funds, the delegates Of several district
associations handed In $50 each as their quota,
and the representatives OF the other districts
pledged themselves to furnish the same amount
At this poiat General Bonham took the chair,
at the request Of General Kershaw, whopresented
the following tribute In Aenaorta'n, wnich'was
read and adopted unanimously By the rising OF
the whole association ln silence: 81
In, ,Memoriam.
II is meek that we recall on this occasion the
memory Of our revered chieftain, General Kooert
TO his greatness and bis worth, amid the Votlve
offerings OF our countrymen at the shrine OF tne
patriot and hero. When We approacn tne ttuly
9rand and breathe the atmosphere OF that Wnlcn
Is sublime either In the moral or phy slcal worla
the heart Of man'is stilled-the spirit Is awed anu
humbled BY the prl sence Of the Infinite MANIFEST
emanstions OF His own supernal nature and I'm.
age, sometimes vouchsaled to the denlzens OF
earth. Thus 1t Is when we stand oy the neWly-
made grave and contemplate Ine person. t1e We
feel the inadeduacy OF our limited powers either
rightly to conceive the virtues or the dead, or 70
embodg In language such conceptions as our
capacities enable us to enjoy. We would with
draw into the deeper recesses or our own nature
the silent regions or unu,terable emotions, those
borders Of the spirit land where we catch the
mune in the stiffness OF our own hearts. Yet 1t IS
ft1inQ!that we his friends and Comrades IN the
mast, who shared his triumphs aud his reverses,
his joys and his sorrows, his hopes tand ms de-
spafr, should wreathe around his honored name
and memory our gar,ands OF love and praise
fresh and unfading flowers from the garden OF
grateful hearts, embalming for the generauons
70 cnrne the virtues and the greatness VI tne
illustrious citizen, hero and patriot.
ais was nature so perfect, that. like the icicle,
IL defles ANALYSIS or comparison. 1t presented
fullness completeness grandeur o. RS ueyeSP Se}i
nothing to desire. Neither the experience OF me
living, nor the portraitures OF history onered lts
prototype or parallel Our great @ s sSpSnrsymln
tics as also In the analogles OF his career, re-
semblance as that between star and star. put
they differed as lone star dinereth from anotner
star in glory" His form. his face hs voice, his
bearing, God-like in beauty, power and grace
Distinguished him from oil other men men.
ue Certainly was made but "a httle
fg%su crossed sna the river to be with them,
whittier the mower Of his noble army had gone be-
fore whittier we, too shall follow t faithful SEN
tineIs AZ one by Oae we are relieved from duty
mere and ordered to the front to 1oln tnat Vctor
band There are men, cast In so h1gn moulo,
SO peculiarly and eminently favored ey COO, as
20 be rather fitted for that better lie than THIS.
They are the great exemplars; the beacon hgnts
that guide the race onward and upward. Inlnk
ofthat illustrous throDg-the Confederate deau-
In the world Of light AMI liberty HOW many
such men-"heroes In history"-bnd there place
most fitting among the highest and the brightests
Yer even among these, how towers the lo1t5 splrlL
of Robert Z. Lee! When we consider the moral
prandeur OF the man, even his magnlncent
Schieyements in the deld OF arms cease to aston
ish rs and we lose ourselves In the contempla'
tion OF his nobility Of SOUL What was his lie for
the last flye years but constant marty rdom OF
the spirit-a daily dying for as To teach US 10
iahor TO snfer to endure, to wait patiently los
nnr reGemptlon to abide faithfully by the ineVlta-
HE. to bow to the will OF God. VINO can estimate
what he felt, what he endured, in those nve years
of agony, for his tortured countrymen What
wonder his great heart broke at last! his ouCy
done, thank God, henceforth he wears tne Vlctor 5
cr0Wn-illustrious inhabitant OF one OF the "niany
mansions'' OF his "Father's House" Thither, IN
our humble measure, may we strive 10 lono"'
that sswhere he Is, we may be also."
Resolred That the above be inscribed upon tle
minutes OF the association. and copy oe Ior-
warded to his bereaved family, as an assurance
OF our profound and respectful sympathy ",'s
their affliction.
Upon the adoption Of this paper, the ASSOCIATION
adjourned as q mark OF reverence