The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-21

warm Wy ooy onu.~oo1 W
redolent perfume of her pines and
flowers, the springtime fruits, and the
very songs Of these Southern birds
are to-day psrmeated with it. And,
after all, is not pride one root Of that
civic virtue we call patriotism?
The United Confederate Veterans
Of 1900 Southern camps blew the
bugle that attracted 25,o00 or SO
strangers, May ll-l2, to Charleston,
S. c., that still boasts that she was
sThe Cradle Of Secession Z Of re-
unions this was the ninth. Let me-
tell you Of half dozen manifestations
of pride seen with Northern pastor $
eyes
First. Pride Of Family. More than
the pride in the Southern City by the
Sea, more than; the welcome by Mayor
and civic committees, is the pride in
Southern family. These Charleston
families, whether Huguenot. Cavalier,
Scotch, or what not, have within them
the soul Of a genuine American hospi-
tally never seen anywhere else than
in our Southland. The welcome s
printed on bunting and banner was
more deeply felt in every Charleston
heart and home. / have been to many
great gatherings, but from the capture
Of the city By the Confederates tc its
evacuation never have / seen so little
s.desire to make Entertainment has
been, for the most part, free, and cor
diality everywhere supreme. Neither
wealth nor n,agni6cence, good paint
nor fresh walls are essential to royal.
welcomes. .Phe roses everywhere
bloomed in welcome hues.
Second. Pride in state.-From
Maryland to Texas, and Missouri to
Florida, the Southern States have been
generously vying with one another,
waving palmetto, the red, white and
red, Southern battle-Aags and State
banners. Upon every breasts. have
been badges galore. Every Charleston
Office, store, and nearly all the homes,
have worn Southern colors for Reunion
week, and the Southern gray has been
the popular snit.color Of the hour.
The word ''sebeii'' is tabooed except
in the.indeseribable 'srebel yell. The
real "yell'' has not been heard. but
some of the odtbursts OF enthusiasm
for hero, s6ng, or story must have
been close approaches to it. The
Empire State Of New York, with all
its riches Of glory, could never be
stirred in It's cosmopolitan population,
from shouting infant 70 piping old
man sloquens, from women in teens TO
women in eighties, as Cardinals fes-
tive week has moved tie pulses.
Whether Maryland, My Maryland, :
or MY Old Kentucky Home," and
always Dixie. . evena Northern man
BECAME enthusiastic FOR s'our State, !
ao each, in turn, came to the front.
:. IT,
Third. Pridein.P Patriotism. There
has been 4 healthful national spirit
growing in the South in these later
years, and one readily discernable.
The Stars and Stripes have aoated
here and there, even at . Confederate
Reunion, though many of the Older
generation of Southerners4 especially
women and among the Vets-stlil
have the inborr hatred to the national
colors; as to them they mean ''Peaeral'
or Yankee" and the memory OF
losses Of slaves, carpet.bsg rule, etc.
twill take time. more than a genera
tion, and more than Spanish war, OF
even more than the presence Of one OF
Dewey's cruisers-the 'Raleigh-ay:-s
these colors in theiharbor Of Sumter
ard Moultrie, to make Soutberner,
especially Of the Carolinian type:
enthuse for aOld Glc75 eas he does
for his local aag. Tine wise words and
oonciliatory spirit of President Nc
Kinley as TO :'the care Of the graves
Of the patriotic dead Of the South dc
mach, as this Convention has ~it.
pessed, TO eradicate sectional bitter
ness. s;Wbat is your feeling as tt
the civil war; i said to the head o.
an old-time Southern family. ''"s
were right in craftsmanship, but, a:
brothers, we should have waited ant
won success for our principles in leg
isla.ive halls, and DOT attempted t
win our victory on the battlefield.
Fourth. Pride in Memory OF th'
Past.-The opening day of the ne
union was the anniversary Of che death
Of Stonewall .Jackscn-the SoutheFE