The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-07-21

obellskS, pyramids aDo statuLes nave
in all time attested the grateful recol-
lections Of advancing ages and per
petuated in marble, bronze or stone
peoples gratitude and veneratlon for
heroic deeds. Whether we stand be-
side the blue Eegan or on the sands
of Egypt, beneath the far-famed Lin
dies of Berlin or IN the Invalides of
Paris, On the Waterloo Square Of Lon
don or the flowing Potomac Of our
own land, We everywhere behold the
homage paid the mighty dead, and
feel our pulses quicken within US.
And all over this South of ours asso.
clations like yours are erecting monu.
ulents to perpetuate the memory OF
the brave and fallen of our own Con,
federate struggle.
Beneath them lie the fathers, bro
theirs, husbands and kindred Of our
people. Aud as the Christians of the
middle ages venerated and fought for
the holy sepulchre, or the devout Mus
sulman bows himself morning and
eve to the shrine of the prophet, so
may these mute but eloquent symbols
of self-sacri6ce and devotion to prln-
ciple inspire US to nobler deeds and
stimulate our youths to emulate their
worth and heroism. May the lessons
of patience, devotion to duty and un-
hinchirg courage, exhibited so beauti-
fully in the lives and deaths Of our
martyred dead, sink deep down into
their hearts and help them onward
in their career of usefulness aud hon
or. To you, young men of NeWberry
especially, does this simple beautiful
shaft appeal. You are the inherltors
of the characters and heroism Of the
| noble men whose memories it perpet-
yates. Loving hearts have erected it.
You are its custodians. Upon your
| shoulders their mantles have fallen.
As they were true men in the civic
| walks of life and heroes in the storm
| clouds Of war, so may you ever prove
| worthy descendants of your noble sires
and kinsmen, and give to your State,
as they did your best love and ser7l-
ces, and like them, prove yourselves,
| "a every relation of life, true and de-
uoted men. Take as a talisman, to
be worn next your hearts to stimulate
you should you ever be tempted to fal-
| ter in your fealty, the dying sentiment
Of koightly hero and gallant gentle
| man, the lamented Gregg, who, in the
agony of a mortal wound, as his life
blood was fast ebbing away, and the
curtain of the world beyond was being
rolled aside, exclaimed>: Tell Cover
nor Pickens I die cheerfully for South
Carolina" Noble sentiment of no.
bic soul.
You have magnificent future be-
fore you. Your beloved State, battle.
Scared and torn, has for four years
laid aside her mourning, and, rising in
the majesty Of renewed hope and Wig
or, invites you to take your place
among that host Of active, earnest
workers who are moving on with high
courage and buoYant hearts to develop
her Intellectual, moral and industrial
wealth, and thus place her on the sure
foundation of material prosperity and
enlightened progress. While this
growing common country of ours, free
alike from the dangers of caste and
the evils of communism, has but yes
terday given every patriot assurance
Of the perpetuity Of civil and relig-
ious liberty in the rejection of the
''man on horseback" by one Of its
great parties: and in the nomination
by another of a peerless soldier-states-
man, whose sword will ever defend
but meyer destroy the liberties of his
country, and under whose wise, just
and impartial administration it will
bound forward on a career Of funexam.
pied prosperity, its Constitution once
more respected, its laws obeyed, and
it's starry ensign the symbol of an uni
ted people and Of co.equal States. It
is our country, made more glorious
BY the heroism and sacrifices of every
son who fell in the discharge Of duty,
fighting for his conviction of the right.
Its future is encouraging, its possibil-
tiles incalcul~ ble Let US all do our
whole duty in advancing its glory and
defending its honor.
ssGrand in her rivers and her rills,
Grand in her swoods and tempted hills
Grand in the wealth her soil concaals,
Grand in her grain and cotton Gelds,
Grand in her mines, in commerce grand,
In sunlit skies, in fruitful land;
Grand in her temples and in her schools,
Where knowledge dwels and virtue rules,
Grand in her strength on land on sea,
Grand in religious liberty:
Grand in her men, but grander far
In Spartan mothers, as our women are.