The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-11
NO SHAFT TO BEAUREGARD.
The South Reminded Of His Matchless
Services.

Services.

embrace nationalities and stupendous
constructions, the irrigation Of deserts,
the tunnelling of mountains, the build
ing Of transcontinental railways, the
cutting Of roads of communication be-
tween seas and hemispheres; and yet
amid the rush and turmoil Of this
modernilifeof acute activities there is
still room for worship, still time
and thought to be given to great mill
tary genius, still a burning admiration
for patriotism and every heroic dis
play Of devotion to flag and country.
While conventions are held to advo-
cate the conversion Of the vast arid
regions Of the far Northwest into
gsanaries and fruit farms by scien-
tifc irrigation Of that burnt and incin-
Grated soil; while plans are laid for
railway and canal connections through
out the length and breadth Of this
vast continent; while American COM
merce is stretching out imperiously to
reach and grasp legitimate returns
from strange and remote lands and
far distant peoples. Dewey's daring
entrance into the harbor Of Manila
and crushing defeat Of his adversary's
war fleet aroused whirlwind of en-
thusiasm everywhere, while the Amer
ican pulse beat responsive to all and
every act of heroic bravery brought
out by the clash of arms and the
thunder Of battle either ON the heights
of Ell Caney or cn the .low-lying sod
den plaip- .f The distant Philippines.
=, Engrossed in The development OF
internal resources of this great coun-
try and il the extension of foreign
trade needed to round out scheme Of
complete and profitable expansion, the
population Of these States needs no
spurring to give a just recognition to
military merit.
The mills and factories Of the East
toll With ceaseless and splendid
activity. The, grain fields Of the
Northwest are producing unprecedent-
ed harvests; the Southern cotton in
dustry points to an immense future,
while her smelling furnaces predict a
domination Of the worlds iron trade,
and American lumber dictates to home
and foreign markets, yet the absorp-
tion Of this progressive, energetic
trading people does not preclude a
passionate appreciation Of the actors
of past and present feats Of war, and
Che memory Of the men who once
stood and Of those who now stand
foremost in American military annals,
on land and sea, will neither be OBJ
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scured by time nor efaced by a too
great absorption in the commercial and
peaceful issues Of the hour.
The recent action of the Beauregard
monument committee, in its endeayor
and determination to bring to fruition
a plan long since set on foot, to erect
TO the memory Of that great Southern
leader, Gen. Beauregard, a proper and
suitable monument, meets with uni
yersal applause and approval, not only
in this city and throughout the State
of Louisiana, but elsewhere IN the
South, where his conspicuous ability
has left upon the minds of the people
an inefacable and undying impress.
To many it has long been a matter
of surprised regret that no shaft or
public monument exists to recall to
mind Beauregard's services to the
great cause he upheld with unaagging
devotion, which, for brilliancy and
genius, have not beer surpassed, rare
ly equalled.
Viewed dispassionately, after a lapse
of thirty odd years, when passion and
prejudice have cooled. by the light OF
a comparative study of resources, ad-
vantages and those extraneous forces
and conditions which go to make or to
mar success, Beauregard's military
career during the four years of hostil-
tiles in the war between the States, as
judged by Lord Wolseley, after an ex-
animation Of facts and events, present
a wonderful study, showing clearly
that his was military genius Of the
highest order.
That such must have been the case
seems to be proven by the unqualified
endorsement given to Beauregard' S
operations in the field, and to his en-,
gineering defences by foreign military
experts having neither reason nor
sympathy for any favorable express
sion of opinion.
German authorities incorporated in