The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-07-27

N"'cutialc |alO! poured ont It's blood
i lost. y" longer is there Coufed
crate Government. Capital, army or
nag, set something still remains, and
that something i, the certain definite.
~ marked element Of manhood and re.
nncmeDt, that was most noticeable
among the Southern States during
their unfortunate struggle TO exist as
nation. That element surviving in
the descendants Of the old Southern
stock, constitutes one of the most pre-
cious, invaluable and permanent DOS
sessions OF our most glorious Repub.
lie. Who can deny that the Southern
soldiers were products of Southern
homes, which homes as one notable
writer has said, "were veritable patch :
es OF Paradise" In those homes was
the Bible, "the most holy of booke;"
the only volume having Cod sor its
author, truth for iis coa.en,e, snd
salvation for its end. There religion
reigned supreme, and it is due to this
fact that the Southern soldiers were
such men of character, invincible and
fearless. Another Southern trait which
is worthy Of imitation is, it's feeling
towards the rece it once held in bon
dage. 10 say that the slave holders
OF the South were the awful monsters
and tyrants that they arc claimed to
hlve been is TO discount two hundred
on'' fifty years Of missionary work by
the Anglo Saxon race. aud to insult
tie Church of Christ as it existed dur
ing that period.
THAT the negro loves the South
and the South loves the negro is
proven by the fact that at the out
break of the civil war their number
vas four millions, while now the me-
gro population amounts TO over eight
millions. The best friend to the ne.
gro is not the Northern philanthrop.
ist, whose theories are often based
upon errors Of ignorance, nor the poll
tioians in Washington. who use him
for political machine, to be operated
IN the interest Of some party No, it
is neither Of these, but it is the old
time Southerner who has tested aud
tried the worth Of the negro, during
and since the war, who he's accom-
Pitched the most for his well-being,
and who ie looked up to and honored
by the negro himself.
"The last and best trait Of the Con-
federate character is it's intenBe
"Amerioanism." The South before
and after tho war, even to.days
was and is the most thorough.
ly American section OF our whole
country. If there were whole regi.
ments Of immigrants landed at Castle
Garden during the war, they were not
enlisted under the Confederate flag.
If there we're retr tits who could hard.
" speak the English language, and
who we're in want of American histo.
tory, laws and customs, they did not
join the Southern army. If there
were men who were soldiers for gain
and self-advancement only, and not
for patriotism, it is difficult to i'm.
agine them wearing ragged suits Of
gray, and undergoing all the hardships
of defeat. If to-day there are Anar-
chists and traitors to democratic
ideas, you will not find them in the
South. Never in any place in history
were men more earnest n their be-.
lies. Meyer were any Na.riors influ.
enced less by passion and prejudice,
or more by the guidance Of pure and
lofty ideas. For four long years their
conservation to the cause Of their infant
country, and their unsurpassed cour-
age on hundred battlefelds, claimed
the admiration Of the world.
History knows no nobler attesta-
tion of fidelity than shines in the
record Of the Confederate service.
Never before, never sinoe, have mar
tial heroes, whether of Greece or
Rome, France or Spain, Or England, i,
Russia or Germany, shown more patti.
ence on the lonE weary marches, hear
tier cheerfulness in oomfortless
camps. More good humor in poverty,
more stubborn resistance in withstand
ing the attacks Of overwhelming mum.
bers Of the foo, from Manassas to Ap-
pomattox-all ever the South, from
Virginia to Texas, the Confederate
soldier, with duty as his watehword, ,
was ever the same loyal hero. So
long as wars of defence are deemed
honorable by civilized nations, SO long
as courage and endurance exotic ad.
miration, 80 lope as self.aaorifioe IN.