The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-05-18

is this Qualification was the eff
fort to protect Southern Rights while
remaining in the Union Secession
was an effort to protect Southern
Rights by withdrawing from the Union.
This is the period hat marked the
activity of John g. Calhoun, whose
opposition to the "Force Bill" result
ed in a compromise and a reduction
of taxation.
Passing down the line of our his
tory we find another epoch when
Southern patriotism makes an indy.
ing record-thc Civil War. 1t would
take us too far afeld to undertake a
minute examination of this period of
Southern history. The heroes are
too many to be named and the deeds
OF heroism too numerous to be cata-
logued here. The patriotism of our
fathers at this time was easily shown
by the readiness with which they re-
spondcd when the call to arms was
made. 1t was simply marvellous.
They heard the stirring appeal
VIM "'Sth tIiO "CoIOIIS ul NOltT Cull-
With musket, pike, or knife
He yields the deadlicst blade of all,
Who lightest holds his life"
Hearing the appeal, the husbands
left their devoted wives, the SOM their
fond mothers, and the young men
their affectionate sweethcarts and went
away, many of them, never to return
again. Some time g | walked
through the great cemetery at Chat
tanooga. Among the many shafts, [
occasionally found one marked "un-
known" TO the great busy world,
the peaceful sleeper may be unknown.
But some mother knew her boy never
returned, or perchancc some devoted
girl knew her lover never returned,
henccforth they are to be inconsolablc
until they find their loved ones in the
realms where battles arc never fought.
The patriotism of these men was shown
IN the cause for which they fought.
1t is not my purpose upon this occa-
sion to enter into Il discussion of the
intricate problem involved in the great
civil struggle.
AT the bottom of all was the great
question of Liberty in whose interest
the most precious blood of the race
has ever been shed. | cannot partic-
ularizc here, but | will not leave this
point without giving one or two illus
trations of supreme hcroism. During
this struggle, a brave Confederate, on
account of his courage, was chosen
color-bcarcr of his regiment. Upon
receiving the flag he vowed never to
surrender it. At Gaines Mill he fell
in the forefront of the fight with Il
mortal wound through his body. Rails
ing himself upon his elbows, he quiet
ly tore his battlc-hag from the staff,
folded it under him and died upon it.
During this war, w. Il. Fauccttc, of
North Carolina, was colnr-bcarer of
his regiment, the Thirteenth n. G..
In a charge during the first days bat
tie at Gettysburg, his right arm, with
which he bore the %colors, was shivcrcd
and almost torn from its socket.
Without hating or hcsitating, he
seized the falling flag in his left hand
and, with blood spouting from the
severed arteries, and his right arm
dangling in shrcds at his side, he still
rushed to the front, shouting to his
comrades, Forward forward T.
These are but specimens of count
less numbers of Southern heroes who
were constantly giving evidence of
their daring courage and unparalleled
patriotism.
1t is related that a Swiss drummer
boy was once captured and ordered
to beat Il retreat. The proud boy re-
piled "Switzcrland knows no such
music SO our Southern heroes
would die, but never surrender.
Shall we not pcrpetuatc the mem
DRY OF such men? Yes, indeed we
will. The world has ever commcmo-
rated the deeds of it's heroes. We
read in the "Lays of Ancient Rome"
of the daring exploits of Horatius in
holding the Bridge. With his two
comrades slain, he stood alone and
with bloody battlc-axc held the in
vading army at bay until the bridge
was destroyed behind him; then
leaping into the Tibcr swan back to
the sacred city.
Leonidas and his three hundred
Spartans immortalizcd themselves at
Thermopolac and they were not only
enshrined in the memory of their
grateful countrymcn, but an ad-
miring race has sung their praise
through the intervening years.
To you good women who arc doing
so much to keep ever fresh the mem
Dry OF IL patriotic heroes, | extend
hearty thanks and invoke the divine
blessings. Woman has always been
an inspiration to patriotism. Sismondi
records that a noble, patriotic young
mother gave to a starving soldier the
milk that her half furnished babe re-
CURED, and sent him, thus refreshed
and strengthened, to defend the walls
OF her bcleagurcd city. All! she was
II type of Southern womanhood.
[ am glad that the women of South
Carolina have erected on the Capitol
Grounds in Columbia a fitting monu-
mcnt to the Confcderatc soldiers J,ot