The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-19
THE LOST CAUSE.
2uoSr Celebration of Washington'e S."rs,
day ut Charleston, b. G.

HE LUSI SAOCEs
9uoSr Celebration of Washington'e D."rs,-
day ut Charleston, b. G.
charleston Is. o. Cor. Chicago rribuneI
Washington's birthday was celebrated
At Charleston, s. c., this year with
great eclat. The day was ushered i'll
with a salute Of artillery aud grand
parade Of all the military companies of
the city, which were reviewed by Adit.
Gen. Noise, Of the State militia. In
the evening the various regiments and
companies sat down to banquets, at
which toasts were given to the head
nd soldiers of the Confederate armie.
and the part taken by the State in d.
receut unplessantness was duly glori
fed.
At the banquet of the Palmetto
Guards, the Colonies and Brigadiers
were very numerous, and Adjt Gen
Noise gave as his toast: "The Savior
OF the PrOstra'e State Senator Gov
Gen. Hampton" which was received
with great applause.
At the banquet of Harris Battery o.
the Washington Ar illery, Lien
Simons presented to the company tn,
resolutions of the late Confederate Con
grcss, duly embossed, vito a Rrea'
flourish Of trumpets. The resolution.
are g. follows:
Enrolled joint r, solution OF thanks n H,ri's
Battery, Hampton Legion, South Carolina vol
uuteers.
Resolued, BY the Congress OF the Confederate
States If America, that the ihanks Of the Cor
gress are hereby to- dered I, HATS Battery,
Hampton Legion, south Carolina volunteers,
for their gallant and patriotic res 'utiou re-
Gently adopted to re-e"l''' for ,, the B n Wv
Speaker of the House Of X pr--,n rves.
r M. 4. HUNTER,
President pro tenn. of the senate.
Walters Battery had banquet. a.
which the first regular toast was as fol-
lows: "rbe Day We Celebrate: It re-
wives the memories of days precious il
self denial, glorious in vic DRY and hon
orable in disaster and defeat" Which
was received with prolonged applause
Gen. Bsmberg. who was to have taker
part in the proceedings, and to have r.
sponded to toast, sent the following
sentiment:
The Washington Artillery. Hart's
Battery: The same in war and peace:
the former a patriot band that will
bountifully protect and preserve the
names of fallen comrades"
Capt. Dawson then presented the
following: 1.-THE State of South Caro-
lima and City of Charleston: Their
name is at once history and a prophe-
cy." Which was responded to in the
most exalted manner by the Rev. G. G.
Pinckney. d. D.
Capt. Dawson announced the third
regular toast:
The Artillery of tho Confederate
Army:
-Aha, a song Tor the bugle's tongue,
r the ug o TO ring uefore ne:
When our cleaning guns like clarions,
Shah thunder the battle chorus"
Which was responded TO by Capt. F.
w. Wagner.
Capt Dawson then announced the
fourth regular toast, as follows:
"The Infantry Of the Confederate
Army: How sublime their courage!
Not only the courage that dares, but
the grander courage that epdures; not
alone the heroism that braves death,
but the higher herolsm that laughs at
despair. How lofty their fortitudeI
Whether on the soil of their own States,
defending their own hearths, or pill
grlms from commonwealths q thousand
miles away, whose hearths they should
never see again--hOw these gallant
souls kept their faith bright as their
bay onets, and marched gayly to death
as to high carnival"
This was responded to by Col. James
Armstrong, Captain of GreRg's First
Regiment Of South Carolina Volunteers
III the Confederate States army, in q
most remarkable speech, considering
that they were celebrating Washing
tons birthday, and is SO suggestive of
the PATRIOTISM of the people of the
State of Sonth Carolina that send the
following extract:
"The toast which has just been Of
fered has awakened in my breast emo.
lions both stirring and profound. 1t If
IN no mirthful mood that speak of the
infantry of the Confederate army; bus
rather with quivering lip and fearful.
dimmed eye, and heart thrilled to Its
very center With mingled feelings OF
pride and sorrow, do l recur to the
glorious recollecticns anG hsliuwed
memories which cluster around the
names of the devoted followers of Lee
and jackson, Johnston and Beauregard.
whose Inflated valor aud self sacrificing
heroism form one of the brightest pages
OF martial history. The infantry of the
Confederate army bore the brunt OF
over 100 battles. They fought as men
seldom fought before. Faithfully an0
fearlessly they struggled; nobIy ana
erandly they died. They were patient
amid suffsrlng--as cheerful in the hour
ui trial ss in the time of triumph, and
were pndismayed by disaster and de
teat. For four years they stood as
stone wall against which the crimson
waves of battle rolled in vain. They
ehcited the admiration of even those
arrayed against them. Many thou.
sands Of them forever rest in
dreamless sleep - many of them
IN unknown graves, without q line to
mark the spot beneath which they have
crun. bled to dust. They were buried
on the battle plains where they fell,
having, like the untombed Romans on
the field Of Pharsslia, the glorious COW
ering of the soft bluo of heaven. We
rejoiced with them IN the time of vic
tory and wep. over them when they
died. They have left to us a memory
that misfortune has not dimmed, which
TIME cannot chill. The Southern cross,
with the bright stars. has disappeared
from the sky of freedom; but, though
hidden from view, it still shines in the
broad armament Of Fsme's proud tenn.
pie. The shield and crest Of the Con-
iederacy no longer appear among the
neraldry of nations, but the principle
involved IN the struggle, though it cul-
minated in defeat, can never bring the
blush of shame to the cheek or cause
rs to feel other than proud when the
recollection of the war comes back to,
MS like bright dream OF happy days.
In conclusion, permit roe to offer the
following sentiment: THE Real He
roes of the War: The rank and file OF
the Confederate army, who displayeo
more than Spartan courage and exhib-
tied more than Roman fortitude.'"
The fifth regular toast was: "The
Cavalry Of the Confederate Army:
"If you want 10 have good time,
Come aud jine the cavalry"
The sixth regular toast was to The
Fourth Brigade OF the South Carolina
Volunteers" which was responded to
by Lieut.. Won Sauten, of the Confed-
crate army.
A large number of volunteer toasts