The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-13
ADOPTED BY OLD COMRa0Is.

in Convention.

The following is the memorial pre-
sented by Col. Hoyt and unanimously
adopted by the United Confederate
Veterans in their convention at Green
vile on last Thursday, as tribute 10
the memory OF Gen. Wade Hampton.
Col. Hoyt said:
The Confederate hosts are marching
on to victory. The world looks back
ward to App0mattoX to hear nations
death CRY, The dark and awful night
of the Confederacy had then come.
and men were unprepared for the final
shock Of the contest which had been
waged for four years.
1t was an era more event!ul 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 bat
ties. in which hundreds and thousands
were slain on both sides. Our great
leader said the time had come to sur
render: yet even at that moment. when
the flag of truce was going forward,
some of Lees ragged, half-Staved men
were driving the enemy in front OF
them.
In altogether another sense the thin
gray line that disappeared at Apo
mattox has achieved victories that are
not less important contributions TO
the worlds history, and tOGay. for
passing moment, amid the sacred plea
sures Of reunion We pause to recount
the virtues of the slain who died in
vain for freedom on the field or who
have made a record since that has
CHALLENGED the admiration Of the men
ard women who have known the Con-
fe1eracy only as memory OF the
past.
HAMPToN's C0MPATR1oTs.
In memorializing our own great
clieftain in war and in peace, let US
recall some of those who were his
compatriots in the triumphant tide
OF war and in the hours Of bitter an
ouiSh, when the StouteSt race that
ever fought was brought low to 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
won6rous woodland where he heard a
grand memoriam 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 nuff1ed footsteps.
In martial rank and file:
And I knew those gray-clad figures,
Thus slowly passing by,
Were the souls of Southern soldiers
Who for freedom dared to die
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.
Look wonder at Albert Sidney John
ston. who on Shiloh'S bloody field
Welded up his noble and unseliSh life
even when wicked and cruel Slander
was dragging down his name, and his
yindication 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 un-
stained character.
Swift as the eagles wing there goes
Stonewall Jackson, in whose ears rang
the victorious shouts Of his own SOL
diers at Charlottesville, as he passed
to his reward, with crown of glory
won and his warfare accomplished.
The civilized world recognizes the fact
that the supremest attribute OF his
character, though renowned as mill
tant soldier, was the infiexible devotion
of his soul to the cross Of Christ, an
humble, faithful, intrepid follower of
the lowly Nazarene.
POLK AND HILL.
The warrior priest. LeonidaS Polk,
the great and mighty leader Of men,
who counted it joy to meet his Master
while battling for the right and whose
life was freely given for the land he
loved so well.
A. F. Hill, whose pure and noble
spirit ioine6 the martyred host on the
last battle plain, as it were: Jeb Stu
art. the bold and daring cavalier,
whose funeral knell pealed forth amid
the boom. of his own artillery; gallant
Ashby's stalwart form was laid in an
early grave under the shadows OF his
own Blue Ridge, where the murmur-
inc waters of the Shenandoah sing d
REQUIEM over his earthly remains: the
matchless Pelham and the peerless
Pegram: the dashing, resourcefuI
Morgan and the incompatible Forrest.
SPLENDID CARoLINIANS.
Jenkins, glorious jenkins, with his
fearless. steady eye, that laughed with
triumph when the battle-Storm was
raging: KerShaw, the chevalier with
out reproach: Kennedy. the generous,
lofty spirit that knew not fear: Bar
nard E. Bee, an officer Of tried courage
and undoubted capacity, whose glo-
rious career was ended at Manassas,
where he gave his first orders in bat
tie: Milledge L. Bonham, Of noble
bearing and soldierly mien. who had
served in three wars: James Conner.
kindly, genial, chivalrous and true:
Stephen Elliott, Jr.. famous Tor daring
and skillful fighting: \. G. Evans, the
hero of Stone Bridge and Leesburg,
commended for "dauntlesS conduct and
inperturbable. GOODNESS" MaScy Gregg,
the brave soldier and true patriot, who
when his ammunition was exhausted
said he would hold his position with
the bayonet: Johnson Hagood, distin-
euished for gallantrv and recommend
ed for promotion by Beauregard as "A
brave and meritorious officer Abne1
N. Perrin. who fell dead while leading
his brigade through a destructive fire