The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-14
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| influence upon character. 1t performs
for the moral qualities somewhat tho
! the same Office that mathematics does
| for the intellectual--as 3 trainer. 1t 10
| the nursing mother Of all the manly,
hardy, horoic virtues-Obedience, truth,
| fidelity, bravery, and even patriotism it.
| self, for in all ages aud country there
has been an intimate connection between
bravery and love Of country. Military
discipline cultivates and stimulates per-
| sonal heroism, without which safety, in
dependence and liberty are mere words
of delusion. Devotion 10 country does
not ordinarily exist, and if it did, it
would be useless waste of empty seu-
timent, without the spirit to defend that
country. All hail to the new born citi-
zen soldiery of the State?
But yDu have special source ofnride in
the honorable record Of your own com.
pany. Organized and chartered in 1874
under Capt. Peter. Della Tore, and
Lieuts. Walter, Doucin aud DeSaussure,
it will soon be time TO celebrate your
semi-centennial. Your organization has
been kept up either as company, society,
or club, during the whole of the thirty
five years from that time to this day
the most eyentful period in the history
| of the couc.:y. 1t would be Interesting
but time will not permit, to pass in re-
view the successive oaico.s, down to
Capt. Ellison A. Smy.h and his officers,
| and the muster-roll Of the meu, number.
ing, as l am Informed, about thirteen
| hundred. | cannot, however, refrain
from touching on some Of the incidents
in your history. When you were youhg
in years, In 1916, tie Palmetto Regi-
mebi, rs faInous 10 its services as for its
suiierings, was raised for the Mexican
war OF that devoted regiment Charles
ton furnished Company F, which was
for the most part formed from your mem
bers. Under the gallant Capt. VIM.
company endured all the priva,ions and
dangers, and shared In ali the glories of
that modern "Ten Thousand" who un-
| der Gen. Scott captured Vera Cruz and the
Castle of st. Juan De Ulloa, scaled the
heights of Cerra Gordo, triumphed in
the bloody meadows of Churubusco,
carried Chapultapec and the Gate Belen,
and flung out in triumph the banner of
stars from the National Palace of Mex
| leo.
When in later times the bugle blast of
war summoned every con of the State to
uphold her standard and defend her soil
you volunteered and served through the
war, on the coast and the adjacent islands
oeaides this important work, your organi-
| zation as the matrix estt fo.;h for SER
vice in Virginia large part Of that fa.
nous company of artillery which at first,
rs apart of the Hampton Legion. was
commanded by the chevalier Stephen D.
Lee-who rose to the rank of lieutenant
general-and afterwards was known
throughout the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia rs Hart's Battery. That battery of
horse. artillery was connected with cav
>alry, and on the tanks and in exposed DO.
sitions rendered distinguished service.
In reviewing the romantic incidents In
tho history of that comparatively small
command-its adventurous expeditions,
its hairbreadth 'scapes by hood and
field, its dashing, dragoon gallantry-
the mind involuntarilyEecalls the pencil
note which Napoleon wrote on the POM
mel of his saddle while his cuirassiers in
full view were sweeping as with tenn
pest the stricken field of Eylau- -''Tbe
horse guards have covered themselves
with glory.
| When the bugles sang truce and the
wer vas :nded you returned to the pur-
suits of peace. Leaving your fallen
1 u, IcuCueQ
your deso!ate homes penniless and friend
less. Your property destroyed, yourselves
under the ban of treason and excluded
by aliens and strangers from all places
of honor or profit, you had to battle for
subsistence but you kept your faith, and,
in common with your ,countTymen. dis.
charged as best you could all the duties
Of good citizens. After n period, not
long indeed, but Which to us seemed
an age, by one herculean effort of our
people deliverance came and when the
expressed VII. OF the people, which pro-
| claimed that deliverance was about TO be
set aside, you .Ware the first company
III the State to tender your services to
defend the right and maintain the triumph
| of good government that had been
achieved by unparalleled eXertions. self
! control and passive heroism
Happily the title of government is not
! disputed now. Troops no longer occupy
the Capitol. We breathe moro freely.
The day is breaking. Good omens are
around US and it is/ ours to. act with
that moderation, justice and wisdom,
which will prove we deserved our tardy
| good fortune. and contribute to make it
perpetual. Peace has her victories not
less renowned than war. Let us on this
great holiday recur TO former times and
9E:. principles. Tihore swas nothing
about Washington more decidedly mar
ked than his lifelong opposition to Sec
tional bitterness and party strife. He
was broad in his views and catholic in
ell his sentiments. Imbibe his spirit.
emulate his virtues, and we shalt vet
have q peaceful and prosperous country.
His great example is more useful to us
now than ever before. Keep faith with
scrupulous fidelity. Make no false or
unmanly recantations, but speak the
truth with firmness, and modesty. Har-
Dor no feelings of revenge, but cultivate
kindly sentiments. Respect the honest
convictions of othera and demand the
Same for your own without self-reproach
or shame or sense of inferiority to living
man.
In our condition of restored liberty.
looking back upon the Stygian pool
from which we have just escaped-hor.
s'esco referens-and having faith in the
Sass;stless power Of truth, justice, endu-
rance and virtue, we may we'll adop. the
godiike invocation OF inc spirit Dem
| ogorgon to Pr0methens Unbound
gsntlenea,, virtue. wlsiom and endurance,
Which bar the pit over destructlon's strength
Thee are the spells by which to rcassumo
An empire Der the dtsentangled doom.
| To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;
To defy power which seems omnipotent:
To TO love and boar to hope I'LL hope creates
Neither TO change nor faltor, nor repent;
This, Ike thy glory, Titan Is 70 be