The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-15
Arp Ha8 a F'r0liC.
Grandchildren Visit Him and Have Happy lime They
Worried Him Some.

than | have ever found anal thsy afr
beautifully. ch1rmin-v told Every
page Of ths~ little booklet i> adoIucd VIII,
them. II j. uot often that medical men
indulge in biographical literature Int
pr Mc';uirc i certainly a man oC rare
culture. read this address aloud /" my
wife and daughters last evening and ~
times | could not read | had TO pause
and Wait for my heart to L. SIN and
my voice 10 come back 10 me. Those
always tell mc when what | read j. in
spircd. How did ou. hearts burn With
III Us a> | read au,l now WAS our psi
triotiSm revived and ST agIow with a
new fire. Even on the first page hc
awakcnS us from that lcthargy which
time and current events bring over the
best OF patriots for hc SAYS:
1T WAS With a swelling heart that |
recently heard some Of the first soldiers
and military students IF England declare
that within the past POO years the E1G-
lish speaking race has produced but hSo
soldiers Of the first rank Marlborough,
Washington. Wellington. Robert +, Lee
and Stoncwall Jackson. | heard them
declare that IackSon'S campaign in the
Shenandoah valley was the finest ~pcci-
men of strategy and tactics "f which the
world has any record; that in this series
Of marches and battles thcr" wa4 never
n blundcr and that thirs campaign was
superior to either Of those made hy Ma
poleou in Italy. One British officer who
! teaches strategy in great European col
! legc told ne that ho used this campa ign
as 4 model and ,lwclt upon it for menthS
/ in his lectures and that il was taught
! iii all military schools Of Germany and
! Van Moltke declared il was without
rival III the worlds history Indeed.
! he added, Jackson seems to III" I"
! have been inspired" Another British
soldier Of high rank and trained stu
| dent of war told me that for It's mum
hcrs the army "f Northcrn Virginia had
more force and power than amy other
army that ever existed.
/ Well. that is enough for Il starter a
| starter of the blood IN the patriot )
veins. Sometimes | feel like | would bc
proud to have been born Il Nlrginian,
| where these great soldiers lived Wash
! ington, Lee and JackSon-and whore
jefferson and Madison and Monroe and
Patrick Henry and John Marshall lived
wish that every old soldier and every
young man in this southern land could
read this splendid address,. ! fear that it
! Is too long for Il single issue Of lhc
4 Constitution. for it is nearly 1000 words
! but nothing better could occupy lis col
.i [ 4
i there are any young men III Georgia
who are, inclined to mak" sport Of the
! war the pcru~ll of this address VIII
make them feel ashamed that they ever
entertained such unpatriotic dcelin-.
We have heard of Il ''youg mans party
4 aS hostile 10 any further political honor
! tp he veterans. but surely this cannot
4 hr true. for what young man can b"
! found who would So diShouor tn" mother
who bore him or the father or uncle or
I knsman who fought or fell in the lat-
/ war; No. Rather let every Georgian
echo the sentiment Of Henry Grady
I Wh"l he said at the New England ban
\ quct: Tho south has nothing to take
\ back. In my native town i a monI-
! mcut that crowns lis central hill 4
! plain white shaft. Deep Cut into its
\ shining side is Il name dear to me. above
! the naucS OF mon that Of a brave and
/ simple man who died III brave aud sim
! pie faith Not for all tbc @lor"S Of New
I England would ! exchange tho heritage
i he left me in his soldier death. 70 the
/ foot Of that monument ! shall send my
/ children'S children 10 reverence him who
cnotlcd their name with his heroic
! blood"
That is patriotisni-purc and simple.
BILL ARP.