Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-17
No. 65

thusissm and went forward with A ru,h that was irresistible.
 "The best veterans have been seized with panic. When the nerves have been braced for hours the constant tension ex- hsusts the endurance of human nature, and the most trivial incident will throw them of their balance, less their self control, and send them senssless into panic like a herd of buffalo. Napier re- cords an incident of the Peninsula war. Sir John Moore's army, than whom more seasoned soldiers never bore musket, was resting by the roadside, and broke into utter confusion when loose horss came gslloping down the ranks.
 Fear is physical and intellectual dread. Cowsrdice is fear uncontrollable
 General Fitzhuah Lee, ex-Governor of Virginia, who won his spurs under the eyes of bis uncle, General Robert E. Lee, says:
 don, Is fear in a soldier cowardiceF Fear is cowsrdios and cowsrdics is fear both are painful approximations of dam ger. The meaning of both is 'to be afraid, and an absence of courage Is im- piled In each.' If a soldier Is afraid to fight he is deficient in courage.
 There are, however, two kinds of coursge-the moral and the physical the one obligatory in its nature. the oth- CT natural I have often witnessed 6 display of both by officers and men where the skirmish lines of contendIng armies first opened . big battle. Some would be nervous, srolted snd pAllid; others stoicsl, tranquil and unconcerned- But. after the skirmishers had been replaced by lines of battle and tEs rattle es~munk<ss and roar of cannon had drowaed the first sputtering shots, while the combstants were shouting and men were falling and the battle WAS an accomplished fact, the delicious sxcitemsnt,' which General Dick Taylor said SeonewAn always enjoyed on such occasions. would possess equally the one and the other, and no diserence would be visible In their deeds of daring"
 General L. L. Lomsx, than whom brsrer man never drew sword, gives his senti- ments:
 "In reply to the question, Ts fear in & soldier cowsrdic.f would ssy 1t Is not.
 "Ths best soldier is one who knows and fears the danger and marches boldly for ward to meet 1t.
 'I believe the excitensnt we saw in many on the field was cloak for real cow ardIce, and If not successful in the first dash they often gave up. A brave sol dier is cool and perseyering under fire.
 "Every intelligent and educated man fears the contest, but Is by no means for this reason s coward"
 General Wright, a doughty warrior, now in control of the war records office, expresses his opinion as follows:
 "You ask from me an answer 10 inc question, Is fear in a soldier cowsrdicsF My division commander in the late civil war, General B. F. Cheathsn, who was a hero of two great wars, once ssid to me: The man who says he goes into battle without fear is either sn idiot, lunatic or lisr.' On the eve of An engagement, as far ss my observation and experience 90, there is always percephble fearful look ing forward to the consequences. It is said of Tsmerlane that on the eve of @ battle he was heard 10 exclsim. I wish I were 6 shepherd boy I agree with Gene rsl Chestham that no sane man ever en- gagged in absttle without a sense of fear. But this fear is not the fear of & coward. The brave man is he who goes into battle with full knowledge of its Psrils, which he wishes to escape, but risks his life for his cause snd country.
 "It Is told of Governor Enow SenstorD z. B. Vance that, being in hotly contested engagement in the late civil war, he gar hare between the lines running for life, when he exclaimed, Go 1t, Mollie White Tail, If were not Governor of North Carolina would run, too
 The following forcible sentiments are from the pen of 6 famous southern cEvsl- " general, who refuses to allow his nsns to appear:
 'I fancy every msn will sgroe that fear is ss universal and indispensable quality as most others. Self preservation is the first law of nature. Solicit1de for preser- ystion Is commonly called fear. Coward ice, spprehend. is sn entirely different thing. CowArdice is an upmanly suomis- sion to unworthy fear. Yon will find cowardlce exhibited and well described in Measure for Messure' Cesar was afraid and cried to Csssius, when be wss sink ing. to gave him; Macbeth WAS frightened by the ghost of BsnQuo, but neither of them wss 6 coward.
 'I repeat that fear is 6 natural emotion, and only becomes cowArdioe when 1t is yielded to. Perhaps the highest courage is that which conQueTs fear, or which does its duty and shrtnks from no peril, sl though the feeling of apprehension may be rscking the human soul. Fear in 6 soldier, In my estimation, Is not coward ice, unless 1t makes him desert the post of duty. have no ides that the CoffsderAte soldiers who reclaimed the Crater Et Pe- terssurg did not feel the emotion of fear when they were rushing over an earth | quake to restore 6 broken line. but the courage that conquered the fear is, to me, | sublime"
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