The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-23

EY EON. :. Z. McLAJR1N BEFORE
The Confederate Veterans Of Horny
County, at CcaWaS, $. C., %cVeLa~
Der 18th, 1895.
III. Cn.nirnai., LGHic& H:a Gentlemen.

II. Lnnif'in0i,, LGGic& n:a GtI2tt@Htch!'
n the selection Of an orator too
young to lave participated II the late
we7, you have conferred upon me G
most distinguished honor. It is well
perhaps that it is SO, tur the time has
come when we can discuss that epoch
historically. Then tco the generation
VINO took pat IN the struggle are rap
idly passing away, and upon younger
ren is dsvo!7icc the duty oi preserv-
ing the sacred l.,en,ories Of the past.
anu t:arsnlit.in. 10 lostc:itv the trne
histec ~ % the c;r;! war. It has been
se;.et that tic fame Ct thos,s who s2c1t
xheir lives - t!1o =e-Hicc o. their coGG-
.ry is better preserved il Ire u1writ-
tec memorials oi the heart than by
any mster;::l monuments. t is there
fore, gentlemen ot the committed,
e2sincn1!r proper tna: Toa, the "orr-
T;v5rs." should meet ct stated pe:lcIs
70 homer vour :irs:i comrades.
''COufe,!ers:o Survivors year by
-car>vour ranks grew thinner, one by
one the grim icrryman' SETS yoa
u*oa Tie ether side 81 the dark river,
where again YOU NEE! comrades who
rassed over amid tic smoke and blood
~ Bull Euu. Nraassas o. the Wilder
Aess. Tie ranks o. the ''S:ouewall
Brigade au;l the Hampton legion"
a-e Dein@:api Qy recruited. Soon will
be com,,!ete tho2c phantom regiments.
i.3igades and divisions, which, II this
lie. made forever iilGstriuas tie names
u Lee, cs Jackson ana u Stuart. Ny
:-icods, you reel no: ne ashamed to
meet your eli co:n:at;e:, an;l TO look
IoHr ciI commanders in the face.
Yours the 1az>:c: lot ihe,v have been
OF -es5 ti:s.&4 many Years o.. flame .
eternal camping ground, while ter
You the agAt &as ueyer ended. Easier
- die upon III i;cld O; battle, with the
shouts of victory ringing II the ears
.han to have borne the humiliation O.
defeat: the raogs ot poverty. and the
horrors OF Reconstruction. E01; have
woa great battle since Appc!2attox,
uad you Will meet them. the iaural
wre&tces % victory cro"nins your
brc1s. IN III: gloom ol defeat you
atcpped from the battle trenches h&ck
into tho l,lov f;;rrows; you foHn;: q
land eli (iesolGte. Sachc2ed chinneys
Oh every side marked once happy
homes. Society was Gisoreanizs1, tho
capital Of Your State n ashes: your
government il the hands Of aliens, and
the heels OF yoSr former slaves upon
vour necks. Your courage fsisei'ed
not. II the arts Of pesce, yo4 re-
deemed the failures Of War: rebuilt
.vcar homes, and organized society
:1pon: better and surer basis than
human slayerr. Ny heart slows With
=: pride. wh:n I hear reccrnted your
deeds Ct yaior on the fields OF battle.
OnSnumb5red five to one. almost
without money, for fo;,r long years
you held the world at bay: your Whole
ianG scared and Scared with the in
yaaer's tra"k, BY tle light Of your
blazing homes You fought IN hunger
and in rags. When orce proud regi-
aents Of a Thousand ?acu showed less
.han orc hundred niHskets, Your thin
ranks closes! steadily on the center and
preserved an unfincbiag front. You
fought on even when Sherman N ms
March to The Sea-, caused the wall
ofyour women and childceu, homeless
and hungry, to reach you upon the
.settIc fields Of Virginia.
Bat, my friends: your greatest glory
lies in accepting the situation mant1I-
* and in heroicsily retrieving defeat
as Won have done. | yield to none IL
nv love and reverence for the ';Great
Captairs Of the war. Ike names OF
Lee and Jackson, Of Hampton and
Stuart, OF Hill and Loagstreet will live
forever: but to NE II: True Hero IS
the Poor, Private who did lis duty IA
the trenches, On the march and upon
p;cket. without glory or the hope O:
reward, dying unknown and Unnoted'
piled like corlwood ju the bloody BAT
tie trenches. o. coming nome after the
war, enFeeb!ea by wounds and wasted
b7 disease. to take Up the task Of &c
hebi!itat:pg his State. J. never neet
one Of these old veterans without feel
inc as il 7 should stand uncovered II
the presence OF true greatness. \ lit:
tie Incident occurred in MISSISSIPPI
which plainly shows thst I an lot aLono
IN this respect.
Nearly everybody Las heard Of Phi
raie John Alien" few know now he
cot the name. :frha Allen, then an
9!oscure Individual, was running
against some general 4 think BarSs-
dale for congress. Tie General wa&
running upon his record and title: and
told how. unoa q certain night upon
the eve OF battle, he lay awake IN hi
>ent thinking u his country while tn;
rain beat down and the lone sentr.
paced to ard fro in front q his tent.
.Cohu Allen got up t. reply, and said
Every word tic General has said j
%. know i is true because [ va
the lone sentry who paced to and frc
in the rain: and now you generals wh'
luv ia the tent vote for Barzsclale, an
YOU lone sentcies who paced to and r.
il the rein vote fcl 'fri1ate John Al
LEM" It is needless to add thet Pr
~e4n Joan Allen was elected 70 con
gr1ss, AMI Is nov one q the pe5
known members: and ! can testify lay
self to his hiyh character: honesty ant
usefulness.
On Monda-, il Darlington: 7 wa
.cII ~ ,,oth tic incident
It the battle OF GETTYSBURG sta!-
vart lad from Darlington was bravelS
advancing iathe face Of 4 hot ire whr2
ashot tore 81 his first finger. NJ on
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