The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-08-13
HOYT'S TRIBUTE TO HAMPTON.

IANA ~ AC>ADO1G Az AlkAls 1Ol
THE SOLDIER
AND THE STATESMAN
The Spirit Animating the Con
{ federate Soldiers i'm War ant
in Peace.
The following is the memorial offer
ed by Col. James A. Hoyt, of Green
vile, at the reunion exercises ON tn,
7th inst, held In commemorative o.
Gen. Wade Hampton, the soldier and
the statesman, and which was most
interesting feature of the reunion:
The Confederate hosts are marching
on to victoryl The world looks back
ward to Appomattox to hear Nations
death cryl The dark and awful night
ofthe Confederacy had then come, and
men were unprepared for the final shock
OF the contest which had been waged
for four years. 1t was en- eEa moro
eyentful than any period in the worlds
| history, where more battles were fought
| within a given time than on any other
portion of the globe-great and terrible
battles in which hundreds and thous.
and were slain on both sides. Our great
leader said the time had come to sur
render, and yet even at that moment,
when the flag Of truce was going for.
ward, some OF Lees ragged, half starved
men were driving the enemy in front Of
them.
In altogether another sense the thin
grey line that disappeared at Appomat.
tox has achieved victories that are not
less important contributions to the
worlds history, and today for a passing
moment amid the sacred pleasures of
reunion we pause to recount the virtues
OF the slain who died in vain for free.
dom on the field or who have made
record since that has challenged the ad.
miration Of tho men and women who
have known the Confederacy only as
memory of the past.
In memorializing our own great chief
tain in war and in peace, let US recall
some of those who were his compatriots
in the triumphant tide Of war and in the
stoutest race that ever fought was
brought low In the dust Of humiliation,
and In the brighter days that came with
hope and reconciliation to take the place
OF haggard waste and supreme despair.
Let us enter with Father Ryan the won
drous woodland where he heard grand
mem0riam strain that came in solemn
measure till his soul, with comfort
blessed,
"Sank down among the lilies
With folded wings to rest"
"Through the forests twilight aisle
Passed a host with mullled footsteps,
In martial rank ard file;
And knew those gray clad figures,
Thus slowly passing by,
Were the souls OF Southern soldiers
Who for freedom dared to die"
Look yonder at Albert Sidney John
ston, who on Shiloh's bloody field yielded
up his noble and unselfish life even
dragging down his name, and his vindi.
cation swiftly came to rebuke and silence
the vile tongues of his traducers. He
was among the noblest and bravest, and
the South will ever cherish his glorious
memory and unstained character. Swift
as the eagles wing there goes Stonewall
jackson, in whose cars rang the victo
rious shouts Of his own soldiers at
ChanCellorsville, as he passed to his re.
ward with a crown Of glory won and his
warfare accomplished. The civilized
world recognizes the fact that the supre
NEST attribute Of his character, though
renowned as militant soldier, was the
inhexlble devotion Of his soul to the
cross Of Christ, an humble, faithful, in
trepid follower of the lowly NaZarene.
great and might leader Of men, who
counted it Joy to meet his Master while
battling for tho right and whose life was
freely given for the land he loved 80
we'll A. p. Hill, whose pure and noble
pirit joined the martyred host on tn Q
last battle plain, as 1t were; Jeb Stuart,
the bold and daring cavalier whose
funeral knell pealed forth amid the boom
of his own artillery; gallant Ashby's
stalwsrt form was laid in an early grave
under the shadow of his own Blue Ridge,
where the murmuring waters Of the
Shenandoah sing requiem over his
earthly remains; the matchless Pelham
and the peerless Pegram; the dashing,
resourCeful Morgan and the incompara-
BILE Forrest; and Jenkins, glorious Jen-
kins. with his fearless, steady eye that
laughed with triumph when the battle
storm was raging; Kershaw, the cheva-
lier without reproach; Kennedy, the
Barnard E. Bee, an officer Of tried cour-
age and undoubted capacity, whose
glorious career was ended at Manassas,
where he gave his first orders in battle
Milleige l.. Bonham, of noble bearing
and soldierly mien, who had served in
three wars; James Conner, kindly,
genial, chiyalrous and true; Stephen
Elliott, Jr., famous for daring and skill
full fighting; N. G. Evans, the hero Of
Stone Bridge and Leesburg, commended
for "dauntless conduct and imperturb-
able coolness )" maxcy Gregg, the brave
soldier and true patriot, who when his
| ammunition W as exhausted said he would
hold the position with the bayonet {;
johnson Hagood, distinguished for gal
lsntry, and Recommended for promotion
by Beauregard as "a brave and merito
rious oalcer;'' Abner NJ Perrin, who
fell dead while leading his brigade
through destructive fire at the "bloody
angle" on the 18th Of May, 1864 Clem-
ent FL. Stevens, known as the "iron-
norved and renowned for his mechani
cal genius applied to the art of war {;
VIM H. Wallace, whose service In war
and In peace was with honor and fidelity;
Samuel McGowan, the lion hearted. who
| won laatin0 honor and diatiACtiOn In