The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-10

country. We can help only by
our prayers-we regret very
much that we cannot help them
more.
For the good Of your country,
you have shown a laudable de-
sire to leave your institutions Of
learning, various occupations,
and the many pleasant assocla-
tions which you have formed
here, and go to the distant part
Of the country, to aid in the de-
| fence of our rights, and while
many a tear of friendship, of
sympathy, shall flow for the
brave and noble sons of this
company, we promise you our
kindest wishes, our sympathies
and our prayers. Be Of good
cheer! do not fall, or be crushed
| in the hands of despair.
/ have one dear brother-with
all the timidity due my sex, /
am ready to offer up in defence
Of our country's rights and hon
or; not with grief, but thanking
God that | have one brother to
offer. May he, and this noble
company, prove to be faithful,
intelligent and chivalrous sons
Of the South.
When tie direful contest is
over, and the patriotic husbands,
brothers and friends return, the
ladies' of Cedar Fork will meet
you with a tear of joy, the smile
of welcome, the bosom Of de-
light, and the embraces Of pure
and unsullied affection.
In behalf of our society, / now
present to the N. g. Greys, this
beautiful flag. We bid you all,
GoD SPEED.
At the close Of this address,
Lieut.. NJ. w. Page accepted the
flag, in the following beautiful
language:
Miss LYON, LADIES, GENTLEMES,
AND SOLDIERS IN ARMS:
The touching and eloquent
language in which you have
| just presented, through me, to
the N. G. Greys a flag bearing
the name of North Carolina
thereon, calls forth a response
| in so full and patriotic a strain,
that | fear | cannot convey to
you the hearty expression of the
recipients. You have. indeed
breathed 50 earnest a prayer
and presented such forcible Ian,
guage for the ultimate success:
Of that flag. as TO no doubt in
spire a greater and bolder intent
into the breast of every soldier
in this company, to ever keeE
that flag high above the reacf
Of its enemies. Indeed, l feel al
a son of Carolina, a sensation o
laudable pride in behalf of th'
rights and liberties of her citi
zens, excited within my breas
by the fervid patriotism this da,
breathed by you as a fair daugh
ter of Carolina; and when thi
company shall have gone from
: this place, TO engage in tn
great conflict of liberty or op
I preston, life or death, a glanc
T at that flag as it may float in tn
: breeze will cheer and refresh th
wearied step, nerve the droop
: ing arm, and give an impetus :
} a glorious triumph that know
+ no end, save only in death. No
/ that we desire to reyel in tn
, banquet of death-to unsheat
our sword, and return it to il
{ scabbard, crimsoned with th
{ blood of our fellow-men--to ur
: furl our banner, and under il
Q broad folds seek and wage a wa
!. for mere name or glory. No, M
i we desire only, and that to th
4 last extent, to repulso, to seal
= ter, 10 confouhd, and If need
!, be, to destroy the assassins I
n our peace and happiness.
b We desire, EVEN TO A CREATE
|. DEGREE, that peace and securit
n which we have hitherto enjoyet
}, Hence, the sound of war, rol
s ing as distant thunder agai
il echoing and reyerberatin
throughout our country'sl slengt
and breadth, has aroused an
3 excited a manly and patriot
S defence for eur homes, our fire
Q sides, and our liberties. Nov
Q the peaceful pursuits of life al
{ laid aside-ths land, in par
= forgets her tillage, and II
z scholar has laid aside his letter
y the mechanic ceases his inveI
}. tions, and in lieu thereof, ii
Il burning sword, the flashin
. bayonet, the pomp and splend,
v Of military grandeur loom u
3 to the astonished eye-for /
n sudden, indeed, is the transitio
e from peace TO war, that the b
/, wildered multitude seem for
l. moment shocked, IL not pa
a alyzed. But as gallant sons /,
l. Carolina, as we rush TO and eI
a gage in the mighty struggl
our motto shall ever be Ito ali
n well, to aim high, to aim at u
J. mark and when victory sha
y ln.... ..n..a.luI aaa.ns, .aa.. hanna