The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-11-15


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To:lTHss EpEypn OF THn PBuN1x: A
flying trip to Richmond offered come
points which may not be utterly devoid
OF interest to your readers. !. r.r AZ !. II,
The Southern Historical Society held
its regular meeting on the 29th and
e0.h. General Hampton g address was
the leading feature of, thai occasion.
General EARLY. presiding, opened tho
meeting. with prayer by the Rev. DR..
Woodbridge, OF the Monumental
Church; and. then introduced /. General
: Hampton. In ntheintrodhotion, General
Early made some very charaoteristio re-
marks, cutting right and leftin his pc
cu!iaf way at the policy OF what he
termed time.servers, weak -kneed jour.
nalists, and hasty ignorant historians.
General Hampton was received with
great ,oprdiality. which warmed into
enthusiasm as he proceeded with his
address. The' great work, he maintain
ed, before the society,.is to provs and
to psrpetuats the truth about secession
and its war, and thus to demonstrate
the fact that we OF the South were
fighting the battle of constitutional
rights, and were neither traitors nor
rebels. He pointed out some of the
consequences growing out Of bad 90.
vernment, both North end Southea
corrupt Judiciary and venal Congress,
in the former; and, in the latter, the
domination of ignorant tools, of parti-
san tricksters and infamous renegades,
Out OF this we are to rise by the power
of right; and history furnishes striking
instances in which this has appeared.
a noble tribute to the noble women of
the South was paid in General Hamp-
tons most forcible style. Hope for our
future shone through The whole address;
and that success, which the orator pre-
dlcted, he held should not only be won,
but also deserved, as was just as certain
as that We should be true to ourselves,
10 right and to honor.
Aftor Gen. Hampton, the Rev. DR..
Curry was introduced. which was in
questionable taste. although earnest
and in the style of muscular Christian-
lty. He called Gen. J. e: Johnston the
greatest living master OF the art of war:
and made some reflections on Gen. Lee.
that were not applauded, delivered, as
they were, in the presence of Lees per-
sonsl friends and so soon after his
death. DR.. Curry had no sympathy
With monarchy, and ridiculed the fears
OF C@sarism,, go far as tho South was
concerned.
The Rev. DR.. Hoge made few re-
maiks. but they were incisive and clear.
He held that the issues of 1776 and of
1860 were much alike, and that the war
OF secession, in lits principles, it's motive
and its manhood. was quite as noble as
that Of the Revolution. In conclusion,
he said,he agreed With all that had been
said abont loyalty to the General Go
vernment. now that the sword had been
sheathed in defeat, but with one qualifi-
cation. He honored the General Go
vernment and the Union, provided
they respected the rights OF the South
equally with those Of the North. Con-
tralization, party legislation, sectional
Discrimination, oppression Of the South
-these things are the agencies Of
tyranny, and the glory that can be won
through shem can but go to gild the
crown OF q tlespot. And il. said the
speaker, the Government we honor per.
sist In oppressing the South, in malign-
ing her motives. in ignoring her rights,
and in trampling upon her honor, I
never will utter my benediction upon a
land like that. '@YiS 20
Major Stiles, of Richmond, next ad.
dressed the meeting. His style was de-
clamatory., and many of his utterances
severe to the last degree. The special
point OF his remarks ". at the society
should soc togathering :. ncidents-
incidents that illustrat Ae temper, cha
racter, motive. espritaud greatness Of our
effort to maintain the principles of con-
stitutional right, and thus preserve tho
coloring of the picture of which the out
lines are the military achievements and
political movements of tho war Of seces
sion. Major Stiles held that war, so far
from being brutalizing experience,
was, in an eminent degree, Christianiz-
ing His war life was life; bnt the
apathy Of. to-day is death-in-life that
lacks manhood and motive. He gave
number OF anecdotes illustrative of his
neutrality-suspicious. of little things,
that moved souls in the agony of action,
and, as he swept with his narrative i'm
petuously onward, strong men were
moved to tears.
Before concluding. General Early, re-
ferred to the obloquy that Nol ihern
papers had heaped upon Mr. Davis for
praising the devotion and fidelity of our
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