The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-15

like huge mountain above the undulattng plain
of humanity, and he must fix his gaze high toward
heaven to catch its summit. He possessed every
virtue Of other great commanders without tt eir
vices. He vas foe without hate, friend without
treachery, soldier without cruelty -. victor
muring. He was public officer without vice.
private citizen without wrong, neighbor with.
out reproach, Christian without hypecricy, and
ambition Frederick without his tyranny, Napo-
leon without his sel6shness, and Washington
without his reward. he was obedient to author
ity IS q servant, and royal In authority as a true
and pure as virgin in thought watchful as o
Roman vestal In duty. Submissive to Law as
Socrates, and grand in battle as Achilles"
Was ever grander tribute paid to mortal man,
was grand in all these attributes of man and of
soldier, 30 were the followers who went to their
death under the flag which loatei over his grand
and devoted head Don't you remember what
Father Ryan said
'Never hand waved
Sword from stain rs FREQ,
Nor purer sword led braver band,
Nor brayer bled for brighter land,
Nor brighter land had cause 80 grand,
Nor cause chief like Lee"
TApplause.] And as We have reared lofty shaft
Of marble to point future generations to the path
way which leads to glory by rectItude and honor
as e1emplifed BY Lee, 30 let us build monuments
to those who followed him and died under bis
our love and our affection as this monument
floral monument on the stagel is redolent of the
sweet perfume Of natures flowers. Let us build
monuments whose foundation stone shall be our
love and our gratitude, and whose cap-stone hall
be tho admiration OF generations yet to come
and let US with the finger OF love write upon the
tablets Of those monuments that 1quisitely grand
story of their heroic deeds and their more heroic
DEATH 80 that those who shall come after US shall
pause and read that simple but eloquent story,
and shall with bowed head and reverent lips muir.
mur: Tread lightly here. 1t Is hallowed ground"
when have thrilled as have read the story Of
all you did and dared, when my heart has swelled
with emotion al have heard the story Of oil that
you suffered and endured, have felt that fate
had dealt all too unkindly with me In that was
not old enough to have had part with you in
your deeds and In your dangers; but as repre-
sentative Of that generation which has come after
you, know that I do not exceed the authority OF
the commission, conferred upon me to-day to speak
to you, when say that ours shall be the holy and
sacred task to keep forever bright, untarnishe
and undimmed the glory Of your past: lApplause
1t shall be to us not alone duty but labor OF
love to hand down to our children and our chill
dren's children the debt of gratitude which we
owe you and which all humanity owes you, for
the grandeur and nobility Of the example Of duty
never beset other men. 1t shall be our bounden
duty It shall be our glad purpose to see that Is
tory shall yet do you justice and write your name
where 1t deserves to be wrltten-above that OF any
other naLlOQ WHICH loves W plUClalm lLS uedu w
old soldiers, when at last you shall have crossed
over tho river and joined your comrades who have
gone before and rest under the shade Of the trees
and when the last great bugle call shall sound to
summon the living and the dead to rendezvous In
the presence of the Great Captain of all the hosts
of heaven and of earth may there come to you
amidst the thunder and the lightning, gave the
law unto Moses on Sinai, these gentle words
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant en- tor
thou into the oys Of thy Lord" [Applause.]
Miss Mae Miller sweetly sang song of
.sThe Soutb,' and Miss Elma Osborne,
in becoming homespun gown and
captivating manner, recited "The Home
spun Thread"
A pretty musical version of "The Bon
ME Blue Flag was given by Mrs. John
M. Patrick, and achorus composed of the
following young ladies representing the
States named:
Miss Gena Benson, South Carolina,
Miss Lizzie Crayton, Alabama, Miss
Mamie Brown, Mississippi, Miss Ina
Hill, Florida, Miss Carrie Clinkscales,
North Carolina, Miss Leila Harris, Arkan-
sas, Miss May Johnson, Tennessee, Miss
Josephine Cashine, Georgia, Miss Mittie
Tribble, Virginia, Miss Zoe Bleckley,
Louisiana Miss Leila White, Texas.
Rev. G. P. Watson next entertainingly
addressed the audience. If there were
two other periods of the worlds history
than the present in which he would have
preferred to live, said Mr.. Watson, one
OF those would have been the olden days
of Scotland, when the patriotic Highland
ers, under Wallace and Bruce, were
resisting the yoke Of the oppressive En-
glish, and the other would have been the
stirring days of the civil war.
He did not believe In war, the speaker
said, but neither did he believe in sub
mitting to oppression, and when driven
into corner with no other means of
in his opinion, Justly fight. He himself
was an unreoonstructed Southerner. He
was an American and proud of the
grand country to which he belonged, but
also South Carolinian and an unaltera-
BILE admirer of her imperishable record
for honorable principles and gallant deeds
Of valor. Applause Northerners are
afraid the people of the South will never
forget about the war and lose their pride
in the men who fought They never will.
TApplause.] Northern school books use
the term "rebel," the vilest SANDER that
was ever given utterance to. No people
has ever stood, or will stand as much, as
the Southern people did for their patriotic
feelings. [Applause.] In conclusion Mr.
Watson urged his hearers not to forget
that they must make history for coming
generations, and God grant that every
true and grand as that made by the
Southern men from 1860 to 1865. Ap.
plsuse.
That patriotic production. Maryland
my Maryland" was charmingly rendered
by Miss Mae Miller and Mrs. A. G.
Means.
The tender and pathetic words of
"When this Cruel War is Over" were
feelingly sung by Miss Annie Arnold.
Rev. J, N. II. Summerell followed in
few short but highly interesting remarks.
He had been referred to-, be said, as
stranger in the midst of his hearers, but
he already felt himself at home upon
finding that he was not the only unrecon-
struoted Southerner present. [Applause.]
And really he wasn't much Of stranger,
since he came from neighboring State,
and one which furnished more men than
any other to the Confederacy, for there
was not battlefield in all Virginia upon
which tarheel blood was not shed. ZAP
plause7 Mr.. Summerell referred to the
custom in Scotland of erecting monu
ments to mark the places where the
Scottish people had distinguished them
selves on fields of battle, aud urged upon
his hearers the duty of transmitting to
future generations q knowledge of the
deeds of daring which have placed the
Southern people at the pinnacle Of moral
and martial greatness. BE said the sight
of the old and tattered battledags as they
were borne into the hall and exhibited
upon the stage deeply moved him. He,
as Mr.. Watson had done, regretted that
he had not lived in the more stirring
scenes of the war and been permitted the
proud privilege Of fighting under those
standards which had been not conquered
butoverpowered. [Applause.l When he
saw these battle-scarred colors and heard
the speakers refer to the scenes of the
past, be could feel the eight arise within
him. Perhaps, after all, he had been born
soldier. [Applause.] In conclusion
Mr.. Summerell said If the feeling mani
tested in the audience before him was
indicative of the feeling all oyer the State,