The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-04

ara XII again. Ie WtIitvt: 40 SiIaoil-
ers-anG none were made. The more
his subcrdinates killed and the moe
they burned, the better he was
pleased. He wished the Palatine 10
be made bowling wilderness. II IS
familiar sIory-a iamentatlon ana an
ancient tale OF wrong: and you renehl-
her lis outcome. Even today.2S we
read The story Of those horrors CEN
,nri,.s zone we t!!tii! with rinulcIiHe
.,}a,>,ra when the humane HiiSlaVuS
'Iani.,hns sprang into the arena. ana
horp down nell'S advocate IL hopeless
,,sfe;ii and irrcvov;toic death.
.,Arain. fifty Years later. the same
rn>nci OF he'll is proclaimed and en-
Forced. Once more the Palatinate is
devastated ny sword and fire. War is
!,cll-thcn make it hell, indeed-and
i.ave it over. They cid make it hell
Dilg vas it over? Was it shortened
even: y French general, Melae by
name. acting for Louis Mn, repeated
T!lly'S work: he could not improve It..
He also believed that TO carry on wal.
disguise it rs we may, it is TO be cruel.
!; is TO kill and barn. burn and Kill;
and again kill and burn. The great
monarch desired him also to bear
himself as TO leave on the inha abltants
of the palatinatc an impression that
future generations would know he had
been there. He did so bear himself:
What was the result? Hell was IN
deed let loose: but so was hate. Was
the war made shorter? No: not by an
hour. II was Simply made needleSs!y
bitter. brutal and barbarous. 10 TINS
dav the ruins OF Heidelberg remain
Melac's monument. Remembered to
be cursed-pillored with Tilly-hls
name is in the Palatinate household
worIi. Six generations OF men have
since passed and, today. with those OF
the seventh. Melac is u name there
riycn 10 dogs. Many of you have
doubtless stood. as have l, on the still
shattered and crumbling battlements
of Heidelberg, looking out over the
peaceful valley OF the Necker, and
listening to its murmering flow. Thlr-
tv wears ago | was there. and | vivldly
recall little incident Strinlngly Illus
trativc Of the exact opposite OF what l
am here today to say OF Lee. y por-
trait OF Neiac hung in the gallery OF
rho ,.ast 10 II hanrS there now. or did
20 80, not more than \ wear or two ago:
M hnt when saw il first. in 1872, it bore
an an ;nsnr;nti0n an Inscription elouuent
of % hara ~ N1eIac had in March, 1859.
blown m the castle. burned the town,
and devastated the surrounding coun-
rrv-r;ven future generations to know
ha had hpen there \ Frenchman, he
,,,,Sa ~ WOW hal} to the German. Near
~. w. rwo centnries later the turn of Ger
y v"o serheui'GT Hbau 1ar in W $50 devastat-
inc France. they inflicted on the
French the misery and shame of Sedan:
thev haSiaoed and ca ptured Paris. Two
TaarS afterwards. in 1872. | read this
;nscrintion in letters large and black
hanaaTh ~ The nortrait of Nelac at Hell
Solhara. s16s9 Eeroolten. 1871 They
boS ;nSaed heen oiyan cause to remem-
tIor. tIo'9 ,,n, I'D tbaT forgorten The debt.
oci' tlo1 iNs:. - ~ I,nS boo,, comnn+e6
tMo esti,u.ieo ois.; S; ,,.',, avacf eS in
W. ,Si loSits'; S ~ u.i'' s''' 'l-0'i' O'>''
oioo| alr1 ] t%,nr;can-as an ev-soldier
&c ~ Tn;onas q, ono Who did his best
~ ,oSt tidS Sn1o, auon 4i,rht hi ~ m destroy that
f,.,ou,ent S- t4U, of % the aTn,v If the Confeder-
,cr .l"7 70 I1 which he foilnd himself opposed
II rejoice that no such hatred at
tacheS 70 the name of Lee. Reckless
of life to attain the legitimate ends Of
v.ay W. he soncht To MITIGATE it's horrors.
Gnno-ed ~ n him at Gerfyshurg. | here.
fost'. SppoSsc ,sn,rS la+ar ~ do hin, ins, ice No
ioees ,.o5:.nSIn 80? nr3o. n,.a,: icoueS from
more cleuisSoIe r,I 49, I'ti +haN +bat for. ~
d S9atIlt1iIss5" 1ani, n,d iSnaG bv PoIart z 90
nlulateu any 81 ~ 80 ~ i 1SeS be a.
as, $50 ~ siio oioso ..r ~, !" Of, nf ;,1Tas;on @ 40
,.,aantor SalCIu Sti J;srrace; o. % ho then declared
:,!sr' 5.H"i hafa1i 7he arn,v and through it
o,,r Whole naon]e than the perpetra-
80, of t,,rba rons oI1traGes nnon the
;,nana,,+ H,p.o 20 md 6efanseIeSs Snch nro-
ny illti9ro Si,,,"t 80 o,I,. Sisgracn tho nerne-
eSou,, ,nJ ~ iii ,:o,net.tad u.ith fhen,
Iiaools "'tu a. SG,.a'I ~ 4ba SiscinIina
am5 onS e atS.iarcv of the army and des-
Tr,Ic+ivn rn of : he ends Of orr movement.
r n,nct he remembered that we make
- 80 80. ~, arn,ad mon 90 did NOT
l;taa Hsa MI TiIIv az and 4 VeIac exhort his follow,
Inv III ~, t an5 hnr,. and hnrn and XIII
ol; oIa " nv, Iii Iii and hurn. tn noaa war
sau s.Iu "oyta IT, IA S;d ,,or nrociaino that he
liell ~ ~ ,,n;sa,,or- ul1 w. 10 did not on.
;o;n MiaiTu ,no5 nO hiS Soldiers aS a dntv to
~ Jo,t onso - ny 80 naonla . Of pernsvIvania to
Sssuse .tie .,. pIop.0 ~, ,,ad bnan thara
.Slietnea sIl ,oeaen .! ~ 6;d M not Ira 1east
.laiN uet, I .' ~ orn,s vac stiIi
az o,,oaS 4 S,ar;con - :, % and not IT. = TiIlv ~ nor a
A. WaIar 1an4eA 'eN' CIV wv 50
:snd hare nc = soldier Of the Army
Of the potomac O. let me bear NV testi-
,nonN N NV fo r s;lch ofthe Army of Northern
V!;rain;a 1,-Ha ia as AZ NJ nav now he present.
Whfia y In1s var % 81 hesf @ js had vet its neces-
~ ~ ~ ni!e "a a, ,na,o;Ss az oI hie hadness vas not
a+ o,tet ',s G1 ;'rn ON ha ,,ceS In scone
~ Siido SaiiPat &c, o.ai4a .,a': oi,sorTad
any any spun b4 Efe olTT tIo H Tom.a eye, sG.
Hiu IGos ~ "a snno,y :. aaoo ,.ontrv 1U or fell
tal!EcS frnn, M ~ :, !, ro, re.f ioarjnS hehind
80 !, iaSS ,1.aA ransa of hate and hifterness
than cI;d rhe trmv of Northern Vir.
eimia mia in in that. nemorahle campaign
Which eliminated at Gettysburg. Be-
canse he WAS a soldier. Lee did not
ferl II incumbent upon him to pro-
~, h;n,sojfo . hrnta or-o eyhort his