The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-05-13

ballot had developed the evident
determination of the people, on
both sides. to yield nothing to each
other"
The nature of man being what
it is, it was not m )re surprising
! that, at last, the torch of war was
LIGHTED in our fair land than that
the flash and the thunder bolt should
dart forth from the angry cloud.
"a great revolution (says the elo'
quent Daniel, of Eirginia,) need
never apologize for nor explain it
self. There it is! the august and
thrilling rise of a whole population
And the tact that it is there, is the
best evidence of its righl to be
there. None but great inspirations
underlie great actions. None but
great causes can produce great
events. A transient gust Of pas
sion may turn crowd into a mob
"a temporary impulse may swell
q mob into local insurrectlon ;
but when whole people stand to
their guns before their hearth
stones and as one man resist what
they deem aggression; when for
long years they endure poverty and
starvation, and dare danger and
death to maintain the principles
which they deem sacred; when
they shake a continent with their
heroic endeavors and fill the world
with the glory of their achieve
| ments-history can make for them
no higher vindication than to point
to their deeds and say, Behold! "
Brave and true men of New0erry
whose names are written in our
hearts, bore worthy part in this
mighty rush of their country to
arms. They illustrated her spirit.
They defended her character They
maintained her principles and fell
in her name, and now they sleep
| in her bosom, and "honor's seal
is on their brow, and valor's star
is on their breast, and the peace of
God descends upon them.'
What test of character so sure
and so terrible, so exalted and so
purifying as that which the soldier
endures while passing through the
modification of defeat; the scorch-
ing trials of repeated disaster, and
the bitter disappointment of hope
less struggles against accumulating
odds. Only patriot soldiers, my
friends, would have stood by the
Confederate standard after Nlcks-
| burg and Gettysburg, and none but
true heroes would have fought at
Appomattox and at Bentonvllle.
South Carolina ssI2 900 dead Con-
federate soldiers speak to us from
their silent bivouacs, and the
echo of their voices is heard
in every true heart reminding
us they died for South Carolina
Let love and memory bend over
their graves in benediction and the
hand of gratitude preserve their
| deeds to history, that our exam
pies may teach posterity how 10y
ally Carolina's sons defended Gar
olina's honor. A classic poet has
said:
'The frmest mind will fail
Beneath misforlune's stroke, and
stunned, depart
From it's sage plan of action
The Greek poet wrote before
the light and grace of the great
example had taught mankind the
moral worth of suffering, before
the cross had revealed the powers
of sacrifice, and shown the trl-
umphs of patience and endurance
He did not know that the minds
purified in the fires of dlsappo1nt-
ment and hearts exalted by suffer-
ings endured for cherished ends,
grows stronger to bear their bur-
| dens. greater to prolong their
hopes.
| "Misfortune's stroke" only
closed up the ranks of our brave
Confederates and nerved their
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