The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-24

Ichor'' Down, down, as or played tina
loid chain. fathom by fathom- Just a
THE ship neared the jaws of death tn.
Ianchor struck and held Now b battle
las demons OF the air and demons of tn.
deep fought for the ship. safe only IL
1.-THE strength of the anchor chain That
ichain is as taut as a bar of steel-wiIl II
Ibreak? No: for int IL has gone The
fidelity. the honesty. the manhood oi
1.-THE old blacksmith The ship vas saved
Thus during h reconstruction tornado
when our helpless ship Of southern
states were being driven by the black
Istorm OF hate. and almost engulfed in
1.-THE dark sea Of domination. the
silent influence. the faithful manhood o.
Lee was our anchor and our chain, fix
led not only the firm rock Of patriotism
below. but also fixed within the veil OF
la devout faith in roc above.
In line with this superb poise and
wise conservatism of the man. Charles
Francis has recently said: After the
le~yacuation of Richmond Mr.. Davis and
Others advised to continue the struggle
lin a guerrilla form from the Businesses
lof the southern unit regions, but
the firm stand Of Lee averted such a
bloody sequel to our civil war as now
Sleeps the veldts and kopjes of South
Africa with the blood of Briton and
IBoer"
The almost womanlike gentleness of
the nan has prevented some from ZEE
ling his giant-like strength and colossal
massiveness. The tremendous weight
of his personality is only measured in
the amazing destruction wrought upon
his adversary by the armies under his
directions:
The campaigns and battles Of the
civil war were on a scale of surprising
ma gnitude. There were more Than a
score of single battles, sometimes ex-
jtending over several days, in each of
(which the losses in killed and wounded
on the federal side were greater than
1.-The aggregate of all Dur losses in all our
lother wars combined. How paltry seem
the 5000 killed and wounded in the war
of 1912. or the war i'm Mexico, or the
war with Spain. compared with the a.
900 at Shiloh. Is. 200 at the Chicahominy,
13. 900 at Antietam, the same at Freder-
Iicksburg, 16. 900 at Charlottesville. $4,000
at Gettysburg, 5000 at Chicamauga.
81. 900 in the Wilderness, and rs. 900 at
lSpottsylvania. The grand aggregate of
destruction fairly staggers the imagi-
nation. accustomed as we have been for
more than a generation to the figures;
90. 900 killed by bullets, 1S6, 900 killed by
disease. $4,000 dead from other causes
a grand total Of 304. 900, about one in
nine of every man who wore the federal
uniform"
In the words of another, "If Minerva,
with wisdom. courage, justice n right.
was on the side of the southern cham
pion. it was Minerva without armor, or
leven the necessary garments to protect
her against the inclemency of the
weather: whilst on the other side stood
Mars in full panoply; Ceres with her
Iinexhaustible conucopia; Jupiter, with
his th~underbolts; Neptune, with his tri-
dent: Murcury, with his winged feet;
Plutus. with his hounds, and Vulcan,
with his forge and hammer" 1t re-
Iuuired Herculean strength to enable
Lee to battle for four years against the
combined forces of the world. 1t was
this gentleman behind the men behind
the guns who did 1t.
The chief business of the south is no
to make money, but to make men. Ours
is to place the daughter above the dol
lar and the man above the money. God
in his providence has assigned it to the
north tc make money. He has called
the south to make men. This being SO.
to fulfill our high destiny, we need not
only right conditions, but a model, pat
tern. ideal man to set before our youth.
There he stands. Robert E.. Lee-"who
was a foe without hate, a friend with
out ~treachery, a soldier without cruelty,
Ia victim without murmuring, a public
lofficer without vice, a private citizen
without wrong, neighbor without re-
lproach. a Christian without hyprocracy,
a man without guile. He was Caesar
without his ambition, Frederick without
his tyranny, Napoleon without his sell
Ifishness. and Washington without his
reward. He was gentle in his life as a
woman. pur as a virgin in his thoughts.
watchful as a Roman vestal in duty,
submissive to the law as Socrates, and
grand in battle as Achilles APP
plause.) We have the model. Whence
the material? Where the crucible? In
the making of a man, divine guidance,
time, history, war and blood, peace are
compounded and commingled. All that
is dramatic and heroic in the history Of
the English people for the past two
hundred and fifty years has localized to
furnish the model, the material. the
crucible and the conditions to make the
coming southern man.
With the conditions of our American
civilization. previous to the civil war. II
was not possible to produce a full orbed.
symmetrical man. either in the north
Or south. In both sections the strong
est features and characteristics pre-
walled. but in each something vas lack
ling to make the complete a These
junsymmetrical characters grew natur-
Ially out of the two distinct and antaE-
j~onistic civilizations that originally set
tied this country. At the time of King
lCharles and Cromwell in England. two
distinct types of men struggled for the
mastery-the cavaliers and the round
The cavalier was cultured. self
soft-handed, high toned-a
gentleman. He embodied the best part
of chivalry-its g%allantry. its personal
honor. its love of display, its pride. The
cavalier came to Virginia n at James
town laid the foundation Of civilization
lin every respect like his prototype who
fought the Roundheads at Marston
Moor in 1914. The Roundheads or Puri-
Itans founded the civilization OF the
north at Plymouth Roofs. While the
austere Puritan was singing Psalms
and refusing to kiss his wife on Sun
day the Cavaliers were frolicing and
drinking wine at Jamestown. At James
town slave labor was introduced. the
white mans hands were white and soft.
his habits easy and luxurious. but the
|geniality of the climate helped him and
The prospered. By industry. Self-reliance
economy. the Puritans Of the north
grew mighty in spite of sterilTty of
soil and harshneSs OF climate. Both
NOW re THE TIME