The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-06-05
tent Of the 9tate a,ro Gommtra.

oTH poopic, u iea6C, Will IeaQ with
avidity the defence Of their own
section and their own honor
made, as it is, in a soomun1y, vet,
aaasterly style, Mrs @. is not only
brilliant, but strong; gentle in spir.
it, but intensely patriotic-so : is
her book e. j. MRYNARp1E. q
s.iiasaaH s3i --I y,goS9 .ntnNi a,u q
8 a Charleston BooE.-4We have
been permitted to examine, adj
vance sheets of a new book now
being published by that enterpris.
ing firm in Philadelphia, Messrs.
Claxton, Remson & Haffelfinger,
who have, since the war, done 80
much towards devolping the liter.
ary talent of the South. The book
we refer to is ono written by a tai.
ented, patriotic lady of this city
we may say a true representative
lady of South Carolina of the, old
reginae--one of the thousands
"who have never bowed the knee
to Baal," but who cherishes the
fond memories of the past as among
the most precious Of life's Jewels.
The title of this anxiously look,
ed for book is as follows, and we
must congratulate the authoress in
her clever adroitness in. making
even oliver Wendell Holmes con-
tribute his quota towards inculca-
ting a great truth: 80 a,-. -,
fSts Hugh st. Czasr, the South
Carolina Rebel Boy /; or 1t isno
Crime to be Born a Gentle.
madn-By Mrs. Sallie F. Chaplin.
1.-The right of strict, social dis
elimination of all things and per.
sons, according to their merits, ma.
tive or acquired, is one of the most
precious Republican principles
y l insist on my Demo-
cratic liberty of choice, and 90 for
the man with the gallery of fami.
ly portraits, against the one with
the twenty-five cents deguerreo
type, unless I find out the last is
the better of the two" ... .....
OIaver Wendell Holmes.
The book will contain about
three hundred octave pages, hand
somely printed and bound. An
additional attraction will be a
number of original engravings of
Home Scenes, gotten up expressly
for the book. The frontlspiece Is
old Secession Hall, which former.
ly stood on Meeting street.
= Butthe main feature of the book
is the piquancy of it's style, and it's
interesting and truthful descrip.
ton of events. 1t sparkles with
wit, is weighty with thought, full
of pathos, and bubbling over with
fun. Many of the graphic por-
traits drawn cahnot fail to be re-.
cognized, and there are many who
will be led to g see themselves as
others see them" g
The following beautiful dedica-
ton will strike responsive chord
in every Southern breast: s-
TO THE CHILDREN OF THE SOUTHERN
CoNFEpERAoY,
Whose Fathers were Brave, and
True enough to fight for the prin-
ciples they believed to be right |
dedicate my LITTLE Book.
These Brave Fathers fell (many
OF them) upon Blood Stained Bat
tle.Fields, and in Fame's broad
Pantheon have tailed to gain that
Immortality which short-sighted
man bestows yet we, who loved
them, aud the Glorious Cause, in
which they persisted intend to pro.
test, and we do still protest, and
shall never cease protesting,
against the Judgment that would
consign their precious memories
to oblivion ~ 'aSf .r-a .sA A''
Heroes of a Lost Cause" true
they are: but that cause was ours,
and we can never forget that their
living bodies and beating hearts
were our bulwarks on many a
hard-tought Battle Field and thew
have gone to their graves in
bloody shrouds, for our sakes. But
they died as Brave Men love to
die IN Defence Of the Right; their
deeds are
"Worthie on Fame's eternal bead>roll To bo
fyled,"
and every line written in this book,
calls upon you Qheir children) TO
emulate their valor aud sacredly
cherish their memories while lite
lasts and above ell, do nothing to
disgrace the names, which shey
made illustrious, aud in dying be.
queathed to you, as q priceless leg.
acy, to be handed down without
blenish-to the last generation.
There was not single deed, in
the unequal struggle, in which
they were engaged of which you
ought not to be proud, for although
the flag Of the Southern Confedera.