The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-15

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oqnence and effect upon the subj act
of how the inner life, the attributes,
the character Of the Southern people
had been maintained "in spite Of the
agonics OF war, the awful struggles OF
post bellum poverty and the crushing
dtsappoiDtments Of defeat" He drew
a classical and interesting parall Il
from ancient and modern history TO
show that never in the history of the
world had there been a war between
people Of the same country, where,
alter the war was over, the conoucrers
paid so prompt aud so sincere tribute
TO the Val0r.. the example and the
character OF tho conquered as was the
case alter the surrender. Never have
a COZ quercd people stood SO erect and
SO completely maintained their man
hood as did the Confederates after
April, 1860. Ga what page in history
VIII you lind. said the orator, u record
similar to that which was made in war
aUd has continued in peace for a de-
ftatcd people. ln what age or coun-
try, rs says Gen. Gordon, in speaking
OF the association Of the United Con
fcdcratc veterans, have toe shattered
remnants Of defeated armies, banded
together in brotherhood SO unique, IL
purpose SO unscitish? Among what
defeated people has ever been wit
messed such fidelity to the memories of
an Unsuccessful past; such devotion to
The survivors Of an unsuccessful army,
coupled with such transformations,
genuine and responsive loyalty to the
government from which they so reso.
!utely and conscicntiously sought sepa,
ration? :" challenge the wOrl IS an.
nails to furnish q parallel"
The people Of the South preserved
their characters, said the speaker, in
the opinion Of President Andrews,
formerly Of B:own university, Rhode
Island. himself an ex-Union soldier,
because these people were like their
matchlcss leader, Robert e. l. ,c. O.
him this ex Union soldier says:
He was never outgeneraled by
Grant in all the campaigns from the
RAppahanoCk to the James river.
never trapped and never caught nap
ping. fail to find in the books any
such masterful generalship as this
hero showed, holding that slim gray
line, half'5tarved, with no prospect OF
additions, and lighting when his army
was too hungry, TO stand an ! his rinss
were only used as clubs. His courage
and that of his soldiers was sublime.
Lee was as great as Gustavus Adolp-
| nus, or Napoleon, or Wellington,
or Won Moltke. He succcssively de-
fcated, Out-generaled and routed the
best generals Washington authorities
could send against him. and it was not
until The immortal Grant, with the
linest army of veterans the world has
ever seen, took the field against him
that LIZ = marvellous. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
received a check. Even against Grant,
Lee fought as probably no other gen
eral ever fought. and against odds that
would have driven Napoleon to de-
spair." 49,.
OF the nnal struggle this scholar and
eX-UniOn soldier says:
1t WAS a great death struggle when
Grant faced Lee, and Lee then knew
that his was Il hopeless struggle. But
nc kept that thin gray line OF ragged,
hungry men, growing thinner and hun
gricr each day, together. His courage,
his wonderful presence and strong per-
s0naSity kept that little band OF tat.
tered and emaciated men in battle ar
ray, and they fought to the last ditch
and sure cuered ouly when Lee real
I'D that 1t would be murder TO keen
up the struggle"
In speaking OF the part taken in the
Spanish a merican war by the South,
Mr. Capers said
The prominent characters in Amer
lean history have all had special mis-
sioLs. Washington to found and free
united character; Calhoun to formulate
thc doctrines Of the old South l. e,
Gordon and Hampton to cnbody taC
| chlVairy OF the Southern character
Grady to be the eloquent young mes
ScnFcr OF pcac from the new South
and Bagley, Blue and Hobson TO de-
monstrate that the courage and char
acter OF the cX.COntederate soldiers
had been, thank God, transmitted to
| their sons"
An interest 'ng recital in detail then
followed, showing the service Southern
men had rendered the country in the
recent war
Mr.. Capcrs closed his address with
an elaborate review Of the results OF
the civil war upcn our national life
IN an address, said he, to his old regt-
ment In south Carolina Il few years
ago, that gallant aud battle SCARED
veteran, Judge Alex. G.. II lskell,
! I0okel into the present and also into
the future, and old soldier though he
was, expressed what believe to be the
opinion OF the younger generation in
the matter Q! the results Dt the war
upon our national life. In that address
Judge Haskell said
g Thus by fighting to the end we did
two thlngs-we commanded the re-
sp2Ct OF our eucmy and were asked to
come back into the Union, and we un
Intentionally but absolutely forced the
end OF slavery. 1t needs but Il glance
to see the innumarablc ills that would
nave befallen Ms and this great con-
tinent had we succeeded in establish
ing the Southern Confcderacy. We
would have begun with two republics
composed Of Confederate States, each
State rescrvng, as established by
thn inul linpp hln ri fh t,
at its pleasure. Trx.s and the west
Mississippi and the Pat iic. TO begin
with, would have b,cl independent
republics aud in q few years would
have been petty republics defended by
standing armies, and, perhaps, mum
bcrs OF them dependencies OF European
powers. Republics with great armies
are not lands Of liberty and soon end
in military rule. Instead OF boing
members Of one Of those petty re-
publics We are the free and Culal
| Am, hy,, Of