The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-27

More testimony could be readily az !
duccd to establish beyond the shadow
OF a doubt that Nelson 4. Miles was
responsible for putting irons upon the
person Of the president OF the Confed.
crate States, who had been the peer,
to say the least, of the president of
the tnitcd States until defeat came to
the cause Of the Southern Confcdera-
cy-but defeat without dishonor and
because of overwhelming odds. And
in putting shackes upon Jefferson
Davis and causing the iron to enter
his soul, Nelson y. Miles, major gen.
eral, L. s. A., placed shackles upon
the men and women whom President
Jefferson Davis represented, and made
the iron to enter their souls also.
The civilized world today condemns
the deed Of Gen. Miles. AS Nathan
said unto David, SO dues the outraged
South say to Gen. tlilcs. Thou Art
the Man. +" Yes, Miles fettcrcd the
ankles Of his noble captive, but could
not bind his soul. Such being the
record, consider the audacity of Gen.
Miles or of any friend Of his who
should expect the imperial South to
entertain any claim of Nelson A. Miles
to the support of these Southern
States in his role of aspirant for the
Democratic nomination for tie presi-
dency Of the United States. No
Southern mau, no man directly or re-
motely in sympathy with the late
Southern Confederacy, could for a
moment entertain the thought. No
Southern man having spark of man
hood in his nature could support the
candidacy of Nelson A. Miles. The
ethics Of the Divine Author Of the
Sermon on the Mount do not require
concession like that implied in accept
ing the said candidacy.
We may forgive the man were he to
ask to be forgiven-but we cannot for
give the officer or condone his crime.
No man in the South is less disposed
than the writer to return the fires of
sectional feeling between the late war
ring sections. No one more earnestly
desires peace with honor between the
North and South. No Southerner now
takes greater pride in all the grand
possibility Of a genuinely reunited
country. But to be true in the pres
ent one must De loyal to the past, and
stand ever by immortal principle.
Nor can the men and women forget
even if they could forgive.
Well may the South Of today, re-
viewing the record of the Southern
Confederacy-that was-say in the
spirit of the Recessional of Kipling:
Lord God of Hosts be with .s yet,
lest we forget" what is due to the no.
BILE dead and the noble living of our
1ium-this favored southland of the
United States, whose dawn of new life
since the wGr, though now obscured,
is destined to widen into clear and
boundless day, and thus to realize Mil
tons dream of England renewing
her mighty youth and shaking her in
vircible locks.
1t is with States as with individuals;
and let us have faith, hope aud love
these three
''To one was given the conqueror's laurel
crown,
And costly robes that unto kings be-
long;
Nation to nation published his renown
And cen Jury to century told his fame,
While poets wave with cunning arts Of
cong.
A never dying wreath about his name.
One who dared much, yet, seeming, lit
tie wrought,
Fell in the ranks amid the sands,
And wi.h his very life-blood dearly
bought
Fer leck Of earthly glory and success
A nameless grave dug out by stranger
hands,
And sleep that recks not of forgetful-
ness:
In sight of the unHise he seemed to die
Who pass'd to win the victor's crown
on high"
John p. Thomas.
April ., 1904.
S'---na..-.1.71.