The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23

scattered meat and gravy and rushing
in front Of the Texans. he soon rallied
them ard led them forward to a most
glorious victory. using his pan the
While in Ilac. Of Il sword. This story
i kr,wn locally from hearing the old
veteran, laugh at the way IIuhtcr
lo"k"i walking " and dnwn the bat
tie line wayin. hi- frying iian, but in
a r." Years more these shall have
passed. away and the name nf Hunter
viii not be fpund in history ard the
llcidcnt viii be lust, with the thou
~ani> II others. t. make room for pa
s"> q sl>h .. Il raralr Of prejudice
ana -ycolhaury.
wa tllkins to -,,lnc young boys
yesterday about ,hr wly they gathered
taxes !nrine the war. Then the far
imcr- llW! 10 yiyc onc,tcntl Of every
thin. produced. Money would not DO.
l'ro'lucc VA far ahead of gold or any
thing and it certainly took Il fine
quality Of brain 10 handle il; ana End
the men and the teams as they were
fed. After doing all that could be-
done, mountains at least piles rs large
as houses was burned at almost every
station along the railroads. venture
to assert that fully as much of this
produce was burned as ever the sol
dicrs received, and even rs it was
burning thousands Of women and chill
drcn were almost starving for bread,
not to mention mcat-and not to men
ton the hunger Of the sol,Iicrs ut that
very time.
You will never learn Of such as this
from history not in its immcnsitv
and intensity. y line may be devoted
for the remark that much property
was destroyed and much suffering
undergone this is about the extent
while they will rrcediiy devote page
after page to the magnifying Of so nc
great officer, and so pleasing will the
picture he made that the youthful
mind will be lost to the tcrrors Of war
III the warship Of the warrior hero.
! feel it a great privilege to admire
and love such men rs Lee. johnson,
l.ongstrcet. Jackson, Gordon and
don mind throwing in ii lot of ADM
ration for Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
such as these but | venture to assert.
and /! hope it will not .,tound YOU,
that if all the talent which has been
cxcrtcd to the magnifyinr Of such
men, had been devoted to giving a
true history Of their times in all the
details. it would be mighty hard to
get up Il war with Spain or with any
one else that has any sumption.
Perhaps it is good policy Of govern
! mcnt t" encourage hcro-worship. |
don see any way around such thing,
nor do have any particular objection
to hci"cs. but do assert and believe
that they could be created and IL trend
Tor the youthful mind. guided into a
more worthy and exalted channel than
that OF the killing Of soldiers and the
destruction Of wars. believe that
the c"mmisSary Of al army had need
Of a finer brain than the maj, who
marshalcd the army. Especially did
1t take the clcarcst heads and the most
ildotn'tablc courage to feed the army
of the Confederacy. and the Federal
army, also. when they were away from
their base of supply, and yet you will
never hear Of Il hero cmanatinr from
the commissary-rathcr it would be IL
subject of %rcproach, so much for the
tutoragc we rcccivc-for the impress
Sions of history.
The mcl. who went into Atlanta
after the war and raised the city from
the ashes. the least one of them was
greater than Sheridan and they more
deserve the ~plaudits Of the world.
They have done greater things than
ever sherman dreamed ii. Count the
men VINO wa'tcd INTO the rubbish that
filled the streets and blocked them.
Just study on how they reared build
lngS, started factories, opened streets
and built bri'igcs-think upon them as
building the greatest city of the South
and say if it is not IL greater thing
than ever Sherman did. These arc the
kind Of men the most worthy Of imita-
ton and the mes that should engage
the greatest reverence from the youths
they should be our heroes.
Industrial heroes is what this land
of ours needs. Brave men and brainy
men who will risk their money and
give their energy to the industrial
notwithstanding work to the poor and
blessing the country with peace and
plenty.