The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-17
A Consolation 10 the South.

General D. II. Hill contributes to the
May Century paper on "The Battle of
South Mountain, or Boonsboro'." From
it we quote the closing paragraph: "If
we had to be beaten it was better to be
beaten by former friends. Every true
soldier loves to have "a foeman worthy
of his STEEL Every true man likes to at
tribute high qualities to those who we're
once friends, though now alienated for a
time. The temporary estraugement can
not obliterate the recollection of noble
traits of character. Some one attempted
to condole with Tom Yearwood, q famous
old South Carolina bully, upon the beat
ing given him by his own SOD. Hush
up,' said old Tom. + am glad that no
one but my own flesh and blood had a
hand in my drubbiug.
"The sons of the sottt struck her
many heavy blows. Farragut Of fennes-
see rose, as reward of merit, to the
highest rank in the Federal navy. A
large number of his associates were from
the South. In the Federal army there
were of Southern blood and lineage Gen.
erals Thomas, Sykes, Reno, Newton, j.
J. Reynolds, Candy, Ord, Brannan, Will.
liam Nelson, Crittenden, Blair, r. w.
johnson. T. J. Wood, N. B. Buford, Ter.
rill, Graham, Davidson, Cooke, Alexan.
der, Getty, French, Fremont, Pope,
Hunter. Some of these doubtless served
the South better by the side they took,
but most of them we're fine officers, and
some OF them were superb. -
"Then the South had three hundred
thousand of her SONS in the Federal army
in more subordinate capacities. Her
| armiessurrendered when Southern.born
President and aSouthern-born Vice pres
ident we're at the head of the United
States Government. Surely we have the
comfort of old Tom Yearwood, and it Is
comfort. That the wounds of defeat
and humiliation have been SO soon healed
has been owing largely to this balm to
! mortified pride. The sting of shame to
proud and sensitive Freuchmen is that
their magnificent capital was captured
by, and their splendid armies surrendered
10, soldiers of an alien race and religion,
speaking different language. aud unlike
themselves in manners and customs and
| in all those characteristics which consti-
tute their pride and their glory. On the
other hand, the civil wars in England
have left no bitter memories behind them
Who now knows or cares whether his
ancestors fought On the side of the White
Rose or the Red Rose7 Who now knows
or cares whether they were for King OF
Parliament; for James II. or for Viii.
liam Of Orange2 Compare this forget
fnlness of civil strife in England with the
bitterness which Ireland still feels over
her subjugation; compare it with the
fact that the Roman occupation of En-
gland for FIVE hundred years made nc
| impression upon the language Of the NO.
tives, so little intercourse was there be-
tween them and their conquerors; com.
pare It with the fact that for four hundred
wears after the Norman conquest there
was no fusion between the Norman and
Saxon tongues. In truth, all history
teaches that the humiliation of defeat
by a foreign foe is felt for ages, while
that of defeat by the same race is tempo.
rary and soon forgotten. The late Civil
War was relieved of very much of its
sectional character by the presence OF sc
MANY southerners in the Union armies
Therefore, it will be in the United States
as in all the unsectional civil wars OF the
worlds history in which race and religion
we're not involved-the waves of Oblivion
will roll over the bitter recollections Of
the strife. But we trust that fragrant
forever will be the deeds of heroism, pa
tince, fortitude, self.denial, and constancy
to principle; whether those deeds were
performed by the wearers of the blue OF
the gray from their respective stand
points of duty"