The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-23
THE STATE'S ROLL LOF HONOR
An Appropriation Needed to Com
pltee and Publish Confederate
Rolls

An Appropriation Needed to Com
pltee and Publish Confederat
Rolls
| Charleston News and Courier.
The Daughters of the Confedcracy
OF Charleston, through their President
Mrs. James Conner, have memorable,
the Legislature of this State TO appro
pirate sufficient sum of money [,
complete the records of the men VIII
fought for South Carolina in the Wa
for Southern Independence more thar
thirty years ago. 1t would seem to u
that no other argument is needed th?r
that contained in the Memorial itself
as follows:
"To the Honorable, the Senate ant
House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina The Memorial O.
the Daughters of the Confedcracy o
Charleston, South Carolina, respect
fully shewcth
"That the principal object of the
organization of Daughters of the Con
ledcracy Is TO preserve the truth of the
history of the War between the States
In common with all thinking men and
women, they deem ii essential to this
end that record of all who took part
IN that great struggle for freedom, not
only the officers, but also the pri-
vatc soldiers, should be put in pcrman-
ent form, so that the youth of our State
and coming generations may see and
Judge of the immense sacrifice made by
their fathers. Only by printing these
rolls can the rank and file of the Con
fcderatc soldicry be honored. In no
other way can the names of such find
their place on the historic page. Monu-
menls in many cases pcrpetuate the
names of officers, but only on these
rolls is record kept of the men who
gave everything and received nothing,
but the consciousness Of duty done.
Surely, you will not deny them the pos
sibility of at least being remembered
by their own people for whom SO many
OF them died.
Feeling thus the Daughters Of the
Contedcracy have watched with keen
interest the action of your honorable
bodies in making yearly appropriations
to have such records compiled under
the supervision of Col. John L. Thomas
as State Historian, and it was with the
greatest regret that they learned of it's
failure, when the work was nearly
finished, of the appropriations neces-
sary to have the rolls completed, and
the valuable matter already collected
put into proper form.
With these convictions, they de.
sire to bring the matter again to your
attention, and earnestly ask that suf-
iicicnt appropriation be male to en-
able the State Historian to continue
such further compilations as may be
necessary, and also to print all the
records collected, so that they may be
put IN permanent form and distributed
among the people of the State and all
Others interested, thus disseminating
through our land the valuable informa-
ton which they contain"
The several Chapters of the Daugh-
ters Of the Confcderacy in the State
Will join the Charleston Chapter, and
l! is hoped that the General Assembly
will give prompt and favorable attcn-
tion to their reasonable request. 1t
will not take much to complete and
publish the Confederate rolls, but what
ever the amount required it should be
given not in a grudging spirit, but as a
matter of the highest patriotic duty.
~ people who do not care for their he
roes, for the men who fought and died
for their country, have lost their self
respect and deserve the confidence of
no sclf-respccting people. The women
do not ask for much from the State
they do not bcsicgc the Legislature
with petitions for help F.; they do not
ask now for anything for themselves,
but only that the brave men who scrv-
cd the State long ago shall not be per-
mittcd to pass into oblivion they
speak for those who cannot speak for
themselves, for the dead who died
for their country, for the living rem
nant which will soon cross over the
river
There are only a few men in the
l Legislature who served IN the armies
of the Confedcracy, but there is not a
single member of that body who is not
pIoud that he comes of the old stock
which dared 70 face death for the sake
of his State. We do not believe that
any one of them will vote gaiust the
petition of the women.